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Designed to help employees build valuable works skills and enhance their performance, these programs provide a dynamic learning experience that will enable staff to hone their day-to-day professional skills, and for supervisors to create an environment conducive to success. Opportunities are also available to explore the educational and cultural resources available at the University to develop meaningful career opportunities.

An Introduction to Social Media: Networking on the Web

Presenters: Dan Camarda, Communications Coordinator, Office of University Communications
Tyler Perrino, Social Media Coordinator
Alumni Relations

Date: Thursday, September 29, 2016
Time: 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Location: 342 Craig Hall

Who Should Attend: Faculty and staff who want to know what it means to “tweet,” “Facebook,” and get “LinkedIn”

The ability to navigate social media is priceless in this increasingly digital society. Participants of this workshop will take away an introductory knowledge of today’s upwardly popular online social networking tools, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin. The workshop features a discussion on social media best practices and possible pitfalls. Participant will find this couse helpful as they begin their exploration of social media.

Effective Interpersonal Communication

Presenters: Diane Chabal, Learning & Development Specialist
Organization Development

Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Time: 9 a.m.– 11 a.m.
Location: 342 Craig Hall

Who Should Attend: Front-line staff who would like to enhance their communication skills

Communication and listening effectively is the workplace is critical to your organization's success. Participants will review different ways to communicate with and actively listen to any individual. Participants will learn their preferred way to communicate and how to adjust it based on the other person.

Grammar, Punctuation, and Proofreading: Ensuring Professional Presentation

Presenters: Beth Bateman Newborg, outreach director, The Writing Center

Date: Thursday, November 3, 2016
Time: 9 a.m – 11 a.m.
Location: 342 Craig Hall

Who Should Attend: Faculty and staff who do considerable writing – such as correspondence, memos, proposals, and/or reports – in their professional positions.

This workshop will address common questions about proper grammar and punctuation, with emphasis on how such mechanics are essential to effective business communications. Strategies for identifying and resolving grammar and punctuation errors will be discussed and practiced, as will effective proofreading skills. Participants will have an opportunity to have their grammar and punctuation questions answered and will leave the workshop with handouts and a list of resources for ongoing support of excellence in the mechanics of business writing.

Managing Up

Presenter: Diane Chabal, Learning & Development Specialist
Organization Development

Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Time: 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Location: 342 Craig Hall

Who Should Attend: All Faculty and staff

The ability to partner with supervisors to develop mutual goals can help individual employees, their supervisor, and their organizations become productive and successful. An employee’s relationship with their supervisor is the most important relationship in the workplace. “Managing up” is a skill that helps an employee influence their supervisor to create positive change in the workplace and affect organizational goals and outcomes. This interactive workshop will provide tips and tools to support a constructive relationship with supervisors even when that effort may be challenging. Participants will leave the session with an action plan for “managing up.”

Navigating the University Library System

Presenter: Leslie Poljak, liaison librarian
University Library System

Date: Thursday, November 10, 2016
Time: 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Location: Hillman Library Ground Floor, Amy Knapp Room G-74

Who Should Attend: All Faculty and staff

Participants will learn how to search for and retrieve articles, ebooks, downloadable ebooks, digital collections, and other library resources. Whether your purpose is to perform research of your own, or to help a student navigate the online resources of the library, this workshop will help you understand how to access millions of digital documents and images. Participants are encouraged to bring a mobile device for hands-on participation. A brief tour of Hillman Library, including special collections, is also included. Join us to learn about what the University Library System has to offer you.

Public Speaking in a Nutshell

Presenter: Michael Bannon, director
Communication Lab

Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Time: 9 a.m. – noon
Location: 342 Craig Hall

Who Should Attend: Faculty and staff who speak in public, discussion groups, press conferences or other forums as part of their professional positions

This workshop is designed to teach participants how to improve their public speaking skills and gain confidence in their ability to make presentations in front of large and small audiences. Facilitated by the Communications Lab, this session will introduce you to the skills necessary to better organize ideas, relate to audiences with greater ease, deliver more effective presentations and deal with speaking anxiety. Participants will leave this session with a list of resources available for ongoing development of public speaking and communication skills.

Strategies for Excellence in Written Professional Communication

Presenter: Beth Bateman Newborg, outreach director
The Writing Center

Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Time: 9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Location: 342 Craig Hall

Who Should Attend: Staff and faculty who do considerable writing—such as correspondence, memos, proposals, and/or reports—in their professional positions

Do you want to make sure the recipients of your professional correspondence understand–and efficiently act on–requests or instructions within an email, letter, or memo?" This workshop is designed to provide faculty and staff with strategies for writing effective emails, letters, and memos. The session will cover email etiquette, how best to address correspondence to various audiences, and how to most effectively include information and instructions within correspondence. Participants will leave this session with a list of useful references and other handouts to use towards best outcomes when corresponding with faculty, students, supervisors, applicants, customers, and colleagues.

(NEW) Taming the Email Beast

Presenter: Diane Chabal, Learning & Development Specialist
Organization Development

Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Time: 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Location: 342 Craig Hall

Who Should Attend: All faculty and staff

When managed well, email is an incredibly useful communication tool. When not managed well, email is time consuming and cumbersome. Two key elements in maintaining and enhancing the productivity and professionalismm of this communication tool are well-written emails and the ability to manage your email inbox before it manages you. This workshop engages participants by introducing the critical components of effective email composition, tips on appropriate email etiquette, and creating systems for processing and organizing your email inbox.

(NEW) Train the Trainer

Presenter: Maureen Lazar, Manager, Learning & Development
Organization Development

Date:Thursday, December 1, 2016
Time: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Location: 342 Craig Hall

Who Should Attend: Faculty and staff who deliver training content

Are you responsible for delivering training content to your department? If so, this is the course for you! Different from presentation skills, this course helps facilitators increase their confidence when facilitating training courses by learning effective facilitation strategies that create a safe learning environment for their audience. Strategies to overcome challenging situations and customizing materials to your learners will elevate the level of engagement in your next training session.

Writing With Style – Official University Style, That Is!

Presenter: Sarah Jordan Rosenson, proofreader
Department of Communications Services

Date: Thursday, October 27, 2016
Time: 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Location: 342 Craig Hall

Who Should Attend: Faculty and staff who are responsible for writing promotional materials and/or Web sites for their departments

Is it PhD or Ph.D.? Is it 4 p.m. or 4 PM? This workshop will answer those questions and many more by serving as an introduction to the University of Pittsburgh writing style. A consistent writing style, like a consistent graphic image, helps to present our University to its many audiences in a professional manner. The Department of Communications Services has developed the University of Pittsburgh Writing Style Manual, a handy guide that describes the University’s writing style in detail. Workshop participants will receive an overview of the manual, which provides guidelines for print materials and Web sites produced by and for the University of Pittsburgh.

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