Page 20 - Professional and Continuing Studies Calendar, Fall 2018

PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT
Individual Coaching
Coaching is a unique experience with benefits that include fresh perspectives
on personal/professional challenges and opportunities, enhanced thinking and decision making, deepened interpersonal effectiveness and increased confidence. With the help of a confidential coach,
you can expect noticeable results in the areas of productivity, personal satisfaction with life and work, and the achievement
of professional goals. Embark on an empowering process that builds on what you know, with lasting changes for the future you want to create.
Facilitator: Various Coaches
Length: 2-hour block (30- or 60-minute sessions) or 4-hour block (30-or 60-minute sessions) Dates: To be arranged individually
Time: To be arranged individually
Cost: $295 + applicable taxes (2-hour block)
or $525 + applicable taxes (4-hour block)
Moving from Hero to Host:
Coaching Approach to
Change Leadership
This is a highly interactive workshop exploring the power of taking a Coaching Approach to Change Leadership. What if you shifted from playing the Hero role (having all the answers) to that of Host (inviting others to contribute)? Discover tools to explore change, transition and the VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) world.
Facilitator: Lily Seto Length: 1 day
Date: Wed, Feb 27, 2019 Time: 9am-4:30pm
Cost: $325 + applicable taxes
Performance Coaching
Comes Alive!
Level up your performance coaching skills. This course brings together effective
tools that are readily adaptable to diverse coaching situations. Participants will finish the course with practical skills in applying the appropriate tool from a comprehensive coaching toolkit to positively enhance performance in the workplace.
Facilitators: Nooreen Preusser and Denis Ulanov Length: 3 days
Date: Wed, Feb 6 to Fri, Feb 8, 2019
Time: 9am-4:30pm
Cost: $795 + applicable taxes 18
Digital Literacy
Crafting Compelling
Stories through
Digital Storytelling
This one-day workshop provides hands-on learning about crafting digital stories. Digital storytelling focuses on learning, creating and sharing experiences through supportive technology. Here, a topic of interest is explored, articulated and shared through photographs, narration and music. How individual stories can align with wider group actions through discursive activities and advocacy initiatives will also be highlighted. Participants will leave the workshop with their own digital story to share.
Facilitator: Robyn Cox Length: 1 day
Date: Fri, Mar 1, 2019
Time: 9am-4:30pm
Cost: $325 + applicable taxes
Online Safety & Privacy
The online realm is filled with threats, including hackers, malware and identity theft. Social media companies such as Facebook sell users’ personal data to
the highest bidder, thereby making you the product in a highly lucrative business. How do you stay safe and maintain
your privacy in such a rapidly changing environment? This course covers the principal ways one can remain safe while working online. Topics include customizing your social media account, password management, browser customization
and virtual private networks.
Facilitator: David Juniper
Length: 2 days
Date: Thu, Oct 11 and Fri, Oct 12, 2018 or Thu, Jan 24 and Fri, Jan 25, 2019
Time: 9am-4:30pm
Cost: $295 + applicable taxes
Social Media Strategy:
Building & Maintaining
Your Digital BrAND
Social media offers unlimited resources for growing your business and professional network. This course provides a foundation for professionals of all levels to develop their own real-life strategies and learn hands-on tactics to develop, manage and repurpose
professional content across channels such as social networks, websites and mobile apps. Over four weeks, students will explore strategies to successfully design, develop and integrate their digital presence so they can forge career-building relationships, enhance their networking skills and promote their professional brand online.
Facilitator: Garth von Buchholz Length: 4 weeks (ONLINE)
Date: Mon, Oct 9 to Sun, Nov 2, 2018 Time: Asynchronous
Cost: $425 + applicable taxes Film Industry
Lights! Camera! Action!
Everything you need to know about being an Extra in film & television
Experience the excitement of being on a live set by having the right knowledge and tools to succeed as an extra. This comprehensive course informs you about everything you need to know to work as an extra in the entertainment industry. As a film extra,
you will earn money, get the chance to see movie-making up close and gain valuable work experience.
Facilitators: Annie Klein
Length: 1 day
Date: Sat, Nov 10, 2018 or Sat, Mar 23, 2019 Time: 9am-4pm
Cost: $75 + applicable taxes
Motion Picture Industry Orientation
Find out about the players and behind- the-scene workings of the film industry in this union-required introductory course. Learn who’s who on the set, develop your set etiquette and established protocols of set safety. Explore the various jobs in the business and the realities of working in the industry. You will leave with the tools needed to decide if film is for you, and if the answer is ‘yes’, you’ll have the confidence needed to feel comfortable on your first day on set.
Facilitator: Kathleen Gilbert
Length: 1 day
Date: Sat, Sep 29, 2018 or Sat, May 4, 2019 or Sat, Jul 20, 2019
Time: 9am-4pm
Cost: $75 + applicable taxes