Cal Poly Humboldt Professional Development Newsletter - April 2023

April 3, 2023

This month inside Cal Poly Humboldt Professional Development Newsletter

  • Cross Collaboration Classes on CSU - This month's newsletter is dedicated to Cross Campus Collaboration Professional Development in CSU. Many classes that were formerly in-person are now offered virtually. This gives us a unique opportunity to extend campus classes beyond campus borders and offer a new way to share professional development across the CSU! Earn a digital badge for completion of 3 Cross Campus Collaboration classes in the spring series.
  • Train the Trainer - Train the Trainer is intended for subject matter experts or employees who find themselves in a position of creating or delivery training.
  • Emerging Allies Networking and Connecting Session - This interactive session is designed for anyone who would like to learn more about allyship and make new connections. Whether you are just starting your allyship journey or are already regarded as an ally by your peers, you will learn from one another.
  • A Fearless Campus - The mission of a Fearless Campus is to create a supportive, inclusive, equitable and psychologically safe campus environment with a common purpose of enabling performance, commitment, and retention for all members of the campus community (leadership, faculty, staff, and students).
  • Change RHYTHM - You will be introduced to the Change RHYTHM model, explore the tone of your inner narrative, self-assess your relationship and mindset towards a recent change event, and define a set of unique resilience rituals that will enable you to adapt to and evolve through the change and maintain forward momentum in the new normal that follows.
  • Marketing 101: Fundamentals for the Non-Marketing Professional in Higher Ed – In this interactive workshop, you'll identify how a solid marketing plan can support and amplify your existing efforts and create an action plan to immediately implement core marketing concepts that benefit your customers and your team. 
  • Positive Psychology - Join this engaging and interactive learning experience on how positive psychology can lead to personal and professional success.
  • Creating a Healthy Mind: Addressing Burnout - Burnout is a real thing that leaves us exhausted, detached from our jobs and inefficient in all areas of our lives. Creating a healthy mindset that is flexible and able to adapt to the stress of everyday life can be a remedy for burnout.
  • Personal Branding - Building your Professional Presence - What does your personal branding say about you? Join us as we discuss the importance of personal branding in attaining your professional presence and aspired goals.
  • Zoom – We’re Not All Experts - While many of us use Zoom for web conferencing, there are some simple settings and features that can make meetings smoother and even more enjoyable. Join us to discover how you can maximize your use of Zoom at your next meeting.
  • Providing Developmental Evaluation - This session will offer strategies for using evaluation meetings as developmental, supportive spaces of learning, discuss new approaches to employee development, and address the ways evaluations can be part of a host of equitable and inclusive workplace practices.
  • Success as 1st Gen Professional - Join us to learn about potential barriers and strategies to address concerns as you transition from college to career. This session might be most beneficial for those recently switching from a student to staff opportunity in higher education or other industries.
  • Navigating the Audit Trail - This session will provide you with a foundation of risk and internal controls by understanding how they impact our daily lives as well as our work on a CSU campus.
  • Resume 101 - Learn to write a resume that will stand out and help you move to the next step in the job search process.
  • Sustainable U: Practical Tips to Support Your Campus (and Personal) Sustainability Goals - Join the Sustainability & Energy Director from CSU Channel Islands to learn practical sustainability tips for your work and home and to discuss key CSU policies and goals.
  • Self-Coaching 101 - The Self Coaching 101 session will explore the mental processes and paradigms that lead to personal and professional excellence. 
  • CSU's Got Talent - How to Achieve: Peak Productivity Through Strategic Self-Care
  • and more!