Wednesday May 1, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm – Email Writing Secrets

Click here to sign up >> Register. Led by Linda Bland, Cahoots Writing Service

This interactive workshop offers suggestions and tricks for improving your writing and management of e-mails.  The class focuses on how e-mail writing differs from other writing.  Learn the latest recommendations for when to use e-mail.  Identify ways to avoid misinterpretation of your e-mails.  Acquire suggestions to adjust your e-mail writing for better results.  Outcomes:  Learn to use e-mail so it doesn’t dominate your day—and you get the answers you seek. Read more>>

Wednesday May 15, 1:00 – 3:00 pm – Organizing Basics

Click here to sign up >> Register.  Led by: Porter Knight. Includes bound note-taking guides for all participants to use as a lasting resource.

The hours in a day are finite yet the demands on your time seem limitless.  How can you effectively get your work done when you’re pulled in so many different directions?  This workshop will put you back in charge of your day so you can focus on what’s important. 

*Though there is some new material, this workshop includes most of the core components that Porter Knight has presented in past years and in other formats, including:  RRRIPP through paper, RRRIDD yourself of email, TrueTime Planning. Read more>>

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Led by: Porter Knight

Includes bound note-taking guides for all participants to use as a lasting resource.

The hours in a day are finite yet the demands on your time seem limitless.  How can you effectively get your work done when you’re pulled in so many different directions?  This workshop will put you back in charge of your day so you can focus on what’s important.  You’ll learn:

• The one tool you need to make every day sane
• Six steps to managing flow of paper and data
• The real problem with email and how to conquer it
• Five strategies to counteract the myths of time management
• Secrets to saying “No”
• How to respond to interruptions
• Three components of a “balanced” schedule

Join us for this lively and interactive program.  We’ll include time for discussion so that you can plan how best to apply these ideas.  You’ll leave with tools you can put in place immediately for a more effective and peaceful work day.

*Though there is some new material, this workshop includes most of the core components that Porter Knight has presented in past years and in other formats, including:  RRRIPP through paper, RRRIDD yourself of email, TrueTime Planning.

Led by: Porter Knight

When you’re overwhelmed and feeling stress, it’s hard to stay focused and productive.  But understanding neuroscience and the physiological responses of your brain will give you new tools to regain calm and be effective at work.  Come find out why your brain does what it does and how that derails your day.  You’ll learn 6 simple strategies to manage your brain, and understand why they work.  We’ll include time for discussion so that you can plan how best to apply these ideas in the course of your day, and you’ll leave armed for increased performance, faster recovery from stress, and higher job satisfaction. Includes bound note-taking guides for all participants to use as a lasting resource.

Thursday April 18, 9:00-11:00am, location TBD

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Learn about protected absences, leave coordination, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), work-related injuries, Family Medical Leave, discrimination issues, protected characteristics, and anti-harassment.  (Led by: Sheila Andrus, Human Resources – Training & Development).

Two choices to attend:

• April 9th: 10:00 -11:30 EST, Location: Crest Room, Middlebury Campus
• April 10th: 1:00 pm – 2:30 EST/10:00 am – 11:30 PST, Locations: Carr Hall Middlebury Campus and McCone Boardroom MIIS Campus  (There will video conference connection for MIIS participants)

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An Overview of Manager Training Session 1

June 13th 2:00-3:30, or July 11th 9:00-10:30

Location : TBD (an email will be sent to registrants once the location is determined)

Hear about what managers learned in training on day one.  You will learn a common language and perspective on the role of a manager at Middlebury College and what contributes to an effective organization.   

Topics include:

• Program overview of the 5 sessions
• The elements of an effective organization
• The role of a professional a manager
• Build organizational and interpersonal trust and competence through effective communication and decision making

Click to Register -> Wednesday June 13th  2:00-3:30 pm  or

Click to Register -> Wednesday July 11th 9:00-10:30 am

or call HR at x5465 and leave a message with your name and contact information

Visit the go/learning web page for more information: go/learning

go/learning is a workshop series focused on improving skills and effectiveness for all employees. Many of the topics offered will be adapted from the Manager Training completed between January and March 2012, such as our first offering:

“Setting SMART Goals”

May 16, 9-10:30 a.m.

Location: Axinn 100

You will learn:

• What makes up a SMART goal
• The advantages of SMART goals
• How to write SMART Goals
• How to apply them to:
  • Work results
  • Personal development

Ways to register:

1. click this link: go/learning
2. Or click this link: Middlebury College for the college website and type in go/learning in the top bar
3. Although registration on the go/learning Web page is preferred, you may also register by calling Human Resources at 443-5465.  Please leave a message with a way to contact you

About the workshops: The workshops are open to all employees.  The same topic will offered two times over two months*

For your planning purposes, the workshops will typically be held on:

• 2nd Wednesday from 2-3:30 p.m., or
• 3rd Wednesday from 9-10:30 a.m.

* For May we will offer a repeat of the same session in the same month.

Please note: Managers are encouraged to support staff attendance. Staff members are encouraged to seek managerial support in advance so work distribution can be adjusted and planned.