Page 14 - Professional & Continuing Studies Calendar, Fall 2017

PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT
letters, reports and/or web-content. Strong writing skills lead to smoother communications, fewer misunderstandings and increased productivity. Learn the
plain language principles that will help you make your written communications easy to read and understand. Demonstrations, videos, and hands-on exercises will help you gain con dence in your writing and learn which grammar gremlins (including punctuation) make the difference between clarity and confusion.
Facilitator: Fiona Prince Length: 1 day
Date: Thu, Mar 8, 2018 Time: 9am-4:30pm
Cost: $249 + applicable taxes
Writing for Business
This course is a must for people who write the following for business: announcements, brie ng notes, decision papers, emails, instructions, letters, reports and/or web-content. Strong writing skills lead
to smoother communications, fewer misunderstandings and increased productivity. Learn the plain language principles that will help you make your written communications easy to read
and understand. Demonstrations,
videos, and hands-on exercises will help you gain con dence in your writing and learn which grammar gremlins (including punctuation) make the difference between clarity and confusion.
Facilitator: Fiona Prince
Length: 3 weeks
Date: Mon, Nov 20 to Sun, Dec 10, 2017 Time: Asynchronous
Cost: $499 + applicable taxes
Career Skills
The Brain in the Workplace
Incorporating recent scienti c ndings, this workshop explores the relationship between the brain, psychology, and leadership. The session is designed to help build one’s personal and team leadership capacity by examining recent research about how the brain makes connections and changes itself. It will touch upon topics
such as the role of emotions in decision- making, the impact of stress, interpersonal communication, and how social bonds are formed. The course will introduce ve unique capabilities of the brain that are critical for effective leadership.
Facilitator: Paul Mohapel Length: 1 day
Date: Mon, Feb 19, 2018 Time: 9am-4:30pm
Cost: $325+ applicable taxes
Building a Business Case
In order to realize our ideas – from conceptualization through to actualization –weneedtobeabletomakeacaseand present it effectively, in language that portrays the depth of our belief in the initiative, and the merits of it coming
to fruition, while addressing potential challenges and risks. In this two-day course, you will work through all the phases of business-case development, produce a full draft of a business case, and practise presenting it to decision-makers.
Facilitator: Doug Kerr
Length: 2 days
Date: Mon, Feb 5 and Tue, Feb 6, 2018 Time: 9am-4:30pm
Cost: $495 + applicable taxes
Creating and Supporting
an Empowered Culture in
the Workplace
People who practice empowerment participate and contribute at high
levels, are creative and innovative,
take sound risks, are willing to be held accountable, and demonstrate leadership. When properly understood and developed, empowerment can help individuals authentically and meaningfully engage
in their work and in their organizations. This practical and participatory full-day course will explore the best practices, skills, and tools necessary to create and support an empowered culture within the contemporary organizational context.
Facilitator: Patricia Galaczy
Length: 2 days
Date: Wed, Feb 21 to Thu, Feb 22, 2018 Time: 9am-4:30pm
Cost: $549 + applicable taxes
Creative Problem-Solving for Innovation: Getting Everyone Out of the Box
Business innovations and scienti c discoveries often result from romantic experiences, rags-to-riches stories, and chance. However, business insight and scienti c discovery is also a way of thinking that can be learned and practiced. If you have always understood that optimal performance demands creativity, innovations and insight, then this course is for you. Learn to access and maximize the creative tools, energy, and skills you have to generate productive and sustainable solutions.
Facilitator: Jennifer Walinga Length: 1 day
Date: Tue, Feb 27, 2018 Time: 9am-4:30pm
Cost: $249 + applicable taxes
Dealing with Dif cult Situations on the Front Line Does it seem that you are dealing with dif cult people more often or that people have become more dif cult to deal with? We all need better toolkits. Learn to be responsive instead of reactive and support dif cult people in moving towards solutions using the 8 “D” formula: Diffuse, Discuss, Divert, Deal, Direct, Distract, Disarm,
and Disengage.
Facilitator: Brenda Robinson Length: 1 day
Date: Mon, Jan 15, 2018 Time: 9am-4:30pm
Cost: $249 + applicable taxes
Design Thinking
This two-day interactive workshop will explore the principles and methods of Design Thinking. You will get the opportunity to use Design Thinking methods to work
on the design challenge “How might we cultivate innovation in our life and work”? You will also be guided in selecting a suitable challenge of your own, and develop a plan for addressing it. By the end of the workshop, you will understand how Design Thinking provides an answer to the ambiguity and uncertainty synonymous with 21st century life and work.
Facilitator: Dave Whittington Length: 2 days
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