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PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT
in service of achieving desired community and organizational outcomes. This course explores approaches to navigating change that increases collaboration and internal, external and community stakeholder engagement while mitigating the risks associated with poorly managed change.
Facilitator: Jon Donald or Beth Page
Length: 3 days or 4 weeks (ONLINE)
Date: Wed, Oct 17 to Fri, Oct 19, 2018 or please refer to website for dates (ONLINE)
Time: 9am-4:30pm or asynchronous (ONLINE)
Cost: $795 + applicable taxes or $495 + applicable taxes (ONLINE)
Organizational Transformation
This one-day course develops participants’ strengths and competencies in performing a high-level assessment of the impact of strategy and change on an organization and its employees and forecasting the likelihood of implementing wide-scale change successfully. During the course, participants will work in teams and learn an innovative approach to assessing the probability
of implementing organizational change successfully.
Facilitator: Various
Length: 1 day
Date: Please refer to our website for dates Time: 9am-4:30pm
Cost: $325 + applicable taxes
Project Portfolio Management Essentials
Designed for experienced project leaders and executives who oversee projects in an organizational context, this two-day course describes a disciplined process for linking the organization’s strategy with its project work. Interpret company strategy and
use the strategy to drive better portfolio management and project team leadership. Establish sound procedures for portfolio governance and develop project execution processes that support organizational objectives. This course is aligned to the Project Management Institute’s (PMI®) standards for Portfolio Management (PfMP) while weaving in concrete real world examples faced by organizations today.
Facilitator: Daniel Shereck Length: 2 days
Date: Thu, Jan 31 and Fri, Feb 1, 2019 Time: 9am-4:30pm
Cost: $595 + applicable taxes
Servant Leadership
In this interactive and experiential workshop, we will explore what it takes
to be a 21st-century leader – a Servant Leader! Learn how to lead your team through stressful projects while remaining thoughtful, empathetic and inclusive. This course is designed for leaders
and practicing managers who want to create a work environment conducive to collaboration and long-term success.
Facilitator: Gita Badiyan
Length: 2 days
Date: Thu, Jan 10 and Fri, Jan 11, 2019 Time: 9am-4:30pm
Cost: $495 + applicable taxes
Teaching & Facilitation
Boost Your Facilitation Practice with
Liberating Structures
Liberating Structures are processes
that can be used with groups of any kind. They are “serious fun” activities to support engagement, collaboration and innovation. Whether you occasionally run meetings
or lead teams through complex cycles of organizational change, you will find useful tools to boost your facilitation practice and effectiveness. As an important first step in exploring Liberating Structures, this workshop invites you to experience many Liberating Structures activities
as a participant.
Facilitators: Tracy Kelly and Beth Cougler Blom Length: 2 days
Date: Thu, Apr 25 and Fri, Apr 26, 2019
Time: 9am-4:30pm
Cost: $595 + applicable taxes
Facilitating Learning Online –
Fundamentals
Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) - Fundamentals is a five-week online course that is focused on developing teaching skills for asynchronous online learning. Over the course of the five weeks, you will learn strategies to create active learning
environments online for your students, facilitate or co-facilitate a pre-designed learning activity and receive feedback from your peers. FLO Fundamentals gives you the opportunity to develop your online facilitation skills with other new and experienced facilitators. This workshop is designed for core faculty, associate faculty and staff in facilitation or support roles of online or blended courses, regardless of experience level.
Facilitator: Various CTET (Centre for Teaching and Educational Technologies) staff
Length: 5 weeks (ONLINE)
Date: Please refer to website for dates
Time: Asynchronous
Cost: $495 + applicable taxes
Facilitating Learning Online –
Synchronous
Facilitating Learning Online – Synchronous is a three-week online course that is
focused on developing teaching skills
for synchronous online learning. You will learn best practice strategies to plan for, facilitate and follow up after synchronous online learning events. FLO Synchronous will provide you with opportunities to see and learn from examples of synchronous online facilitation and, if desired, practice synchronous online facilitation skills in a safe environment. This workshop is designed for faculty and staff who would like to increase their teaching and facilitation skills within
a web-conferencing environment such as Collaborate Ultra.
Facilitator: Various CTET (Centre for Teaching and Educational Technologies) staff
Length: 3 weeks (ONLINE)
Date: Please refer to website for dates
Time: Asynchronous
Cost: $495 + applicable taxes
Facilitating Stakeholder Engagement
Designing a process to engage stakeholders while delivering a worthy outcome is a challenge. It requires defining the question, planning the process, managing the room, synthesizing results and communicating outcomes. In this session, you will have
an opportunity to identify your own question, plan an event and practice your facilitation skills.
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