Design-Thinking Innovation
In this interactive, hands-on workshop you will experience “innovation in action” as you learn the principles of design-thinking innovation and explore how this tool can be used to foster creative, collaborative culture in your areas. You will also learn about the conditions that create environments for you and your teams to nurture and develop great ideas to solve real problems in real time. Innovation requires a different way of thinking about problems and solutions and also how we work together effectively in teams within organizations.
You will learn
• why we need to innovate, and how we help that happen
• the conditions necessary to foster innovative culture
• the importance of experimentation, risk and failure in innovation
• the principles of design thinking that foster innovation
• how to work effectively in teams to find innovative solutions.
You will also
• take away the tools you need to innovate with your teams and solve real problems, efficiently and effectively
• be provided with a “design-thinking innovation canvas” to take back to your teams.
Wed, Jan 22
9 am–1 pm
Abby A225 , Abbotsford campus
Facilitator: David Harper
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/design-thinking-innovation-tickets-86552688421
Developing a Professional Growth Plan
We are surrounded by great teachers and engaged students at UFV, but how engaged are you in your own learning? Do you feel that spark of excitement about your own professional learning? Having a professional growth plan provides focus and intention to your professional learning. How do we incorporate and ask for feedback to ensure we are working on the right things? How do you balance areas that you want to explore with areas that you feel you need to improve on? During this interactive session we will define an area of focus for your personalized plan and develop goals and activities to work on for the year ahead.
Mon, Feb 4
9–11 am
Abby A225
Facilitator: Marnie Wright, AVP, HR
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/developing-a-professional-growth-plan-tickets-86554186903
Records Management
Most organizations have shared drive space where employees save documents of use to the department. Often these drives become bogged down with outdated or redundant information due to lack of consistency in naming files and folders and lack of general oversight of the drive. This workshop is intended to assist in mapping a new folder/file structure to support the maintenance and efficiency of records on a department drive.
Date & Location: TBD
Time Management/Personal Productivity
The ability to manage time and stress is absolutely critical to the success of any manager or leader. Learn techniques for effective time and stress management. Find out how to identify stressors, set priorities, handle interruptions and crises, and improve work methods and productivity.
Date & Location: TBD
MS Outlook and Managing Email effectively
Looking to be more efficient with your emails? This workshop covers tips and tricks used in MS Outlook to enhance your productivity by utilizing the calendar to categorize, create recurring appointments, and plan meetings with others. Additionally, learn to effectively utilize contacts and manage your day-to-day tasks.
Date & Location: TBD
Project Management
Project management is a fundamental skill in today’s workplace. This workshop will provide you an overview of the discipline, explore how its applied in the business world, and look at ways you can apply it to your work; including essential software to keep your project on track.
Thurs, March 26
9 am–noon
Abby K173
Capture & Release — photography tips
Learn how to take better photographs for work, home, and play. Find out how to share your photos effectively through social media. This workshop is led by a long-time professional photographer and current UFV communications specialist with a knack for capturing and sharing key moments. Bring your own equipment, whether it is a DSLR camera or even a cell phone. This course focuses on how to improve the quality and composition of your photos, not on how to operate specific camera equipment.
Date & Location: TBD
Understanding Unconscious Bias
Overview: Everyday, the decisions we make and the workplaces we create are impacted by implicit bias. We are often unaware of when our personal, cultural and institutional biases are at play or of the way that they shape our culture and relationships. Through experiential learning and discussions of the research, we will examine how our implicit bias affects who we hire, reward, promote and retain. We’ll consider some of the ways that implicit bias shows up in our workplaces and learn some steps to raise awareness of our own biases and to create more inclusive workplaces.
Mon, Feb 25
9 am–noon
Abby A225
Facilitator: Kim White
Audience: Supervisors, managers, & leaders
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/unconscious-bias-tickets-83427181947
Gender Diversity
Overview: This session intends to familiarize leaders with the operational considerations of supporting transgender students and employees and how to make the university more inclusive of transgender staff and students. TransFocus intends to provide attendees with the following learning outcomes:
• Increased awareness and understanding of key terminology and framework related to gender diversity
• Greater understanding and appreciation of the challenges and barriers that trans employees face
• Increased understanding of specific structural limitations and gaps that may exist at the university to determine how to address them
• Specific measures of how to be respectful and supportive of trans people
Mon, Jan 28, 9–11 am
Location: Room A225, Abbotsford campus
Facilitator: Kai Scott, TransFocus Consulting, Inc.
Audience: Supervisors, managers, & leaders
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gender-diversity-tickets-86559225975
Intercultural Fluency
Overview: This session intends to provide employees and team an introduction and a general level of knowledge about Intercultural Fluency, its concepts and tools. It will provide intercultural fluency training and how to use this tool in an academic environment. General learning objectives:
• Participants will better understand how valuing cultural diversity and strengthening connections across differences improves employee well-being and workplace engagement
• Participants will examine the different kinds of diversity and gain insight into how one’s own identity shapes one’s own views, values and perceptions in the workplace
• Participants will gain insight into how bias creates obstacles to inclusion on an individual, organizational and societal level
• Learn how to recognize and address bias and actively engage tools and strategies to create more positive and productive diverse teams and workplaces
• Look into Mission/Vision of UFV and explore how Intercultural fluency can be integrated into that
Date: March 5, 10 am – 1 pm
Location: Room A225, Abbotsford campus
Facilitator: MOSAIC; Intercultural & Diversity Practitioner
Audience: Supervisors, managers, & leaders
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/intercultural-fluency-tickets-86566888895
Health & Wellness Workshops
Physical Activity at Every Size
Is the goal of physical activity weight loss? There is a societal misconception that this is the case, but the evidence doesn’t back this up. We will explore the multitude of mental and physical health benefits associated with physical activity and why a lack of weight loss with physical activity shouldn’t be viewed as failure.
Fri, Jan 31, 2020, 1–2 pm
Abby K173
Facilitator: Iris Lesser, Assistant Professor Kinesiology
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/physical-activity-at-every-size-tickets-86820792327
Gratitude in the Workplace
Over the past two decades, the field of positive psychology has expanded rapidly, and one of the most discussed areas has been gratitude. We know that people who practice gratitude lead healthier lives both physically and emotionally. We also know that gratitude has a positive impact on both the workforce and workplace. Expressing and receiving gratitude at work directly and indirectly contributes to a culture of cooperative, motivate, and effective employees who give back and feel supported, appreciated, and recognized. The research on workplace gratitude goes deeper than a simple thank you. This session will also address the dark side of gratitude, and disentangle some of the complexities in order to present a balanced view of the topic. By attending, participants will gain awareness on research-based strategies to improve the well-being of employees and the culture of organizations.
During this 1 hour wellness session participants will:
• Better understand how expressing gratitude positively impacts our health and happiness
• Discover the benefits of expressing gratitude and appreciation in the workplace
• Learn strategies to promote gratitude in the workplace
Date: May, 2020 (Date TBD)
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Bring your lunch. Refreshments will be available.
Location: Rom A225, Abbotsford Campus
Presented by: Homewood Health
01/22/2020 – 03/31/2020
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https://www.ufv.ca/hr/learning-and-development/workshops/
For more information, contact Tara Rozenek at tara.rozenek@ufv.ca
03/29/2020