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FALL 2012 GUIDE Bookshop (OHD803) Sept 25 & Nov 6 & Dec 11 Proofreading & Editing (OHD211) Sept 28 Report & Proposal Writing (OHD210) Oct 9 The Principles of Inclusivity (OHD502) Oct 11 or Nov 13 Effective Presentations (OHD209) Oct 12 & Oct 19 Guerrilla Grammar® (OHD206) Oct 24 & Oct 25 Understanding Inclusivity (OHD503) Oct 25 Accessible Communities (OHD507) Nov 1 Generational Inclusivity (OHD505) Nov 8 Writing Matters I ™ (OHD207) Nov 9 Sexual Orientation & Gender ID (OHD506) Nov 15 Writing Matters II ™ (OHD207) Nov 16 Inclusive Communication (OHD504) Nov 22 Getting Things Done TM (OHD705) Nov 27 Inclusivity Capstone (OHD508) Nov 29 Personality Dimensions (OHD601) Dec 4 Performance Conversations (OHD405) Dec 13 To register for these workshops, please visit: http://www.hr.uwaterloo.ca/myhrinfo/myhrinfo.html

Organizational & Human Development (OHD) is pleased to announce registration is now open for our Fall 2012 workshops. OHD is offering the entire Principles of Inclusivity series, as well as the highly engaging and self-reflective course, the BookShop (more on this particular offering is featured on page 2). Also, for the first time, OHD will be offering a full series of the Business Communication Certificate courses, facilitated by Ron Champion and Tim Paci. Whether you are planning a large office project or a winter vacation, Getting Things Done gives you the tools and framework for all your personal and professional projects. Finally, OHD is offering the popular Personality Dimensions and a session on Performance Conversations for those who want an early start on performance appraisals.

Visit the OHD website to learn more and review course descriptions. http://www.ohd.uwaterloo.ca/staff/

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As OHD revises this program there will be select opportunities to be part of the pilot phase for the program. OHD runs pilot workshops of developing programs to gather feedback from our participants about the learning objectives, content, and activities. If you are interested in being part of our pilot groups,” please contact Katrina Di Gravio to be added to our list. Look for new programs in 2013.

Since 1993 the University of Waterloo has offered the Leadership for Results program (in various forms) to introduce staff to some of the basic leadership and supervisory skills needed in the workplace. After a lengthy run, OHD is in the process of reinvigorating the program by taking a look at the five core modules and enhancing the workshops to be more current and focused. The workshops will now combine the core skills with policy and procedural linkages which will be extremely helpful for both new and seasoned employees.

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OHD is pleased to announce that we still have updated posters of the Basic Principles of the University Waterloo Workplace (known as The Basic Principles) available. These redesigned posters now include the sixth principle, Think Beyond the Moment. If your office or department would like a copy (or copies) of this new poster, please contact our office and provide information on having them shipped to your location. Alternatively, you can also make arrangements to pick posters up from the OHD office located off the Hagey Hall Courtyard. Please contact Mark Lisetto-Smith at ext. 38257 or at mark.lisetto-smith@uwaterloo.ca

RECOMMENDED READING

Charles Duhigg The Power of Habit:

Why We Do What We Do & How to Change It

(2011)

Malcolm Gladwell Blink:

The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

(2006)

Marcus Buckingham StandOut: Finding your Edge

(2011)

Vijay Govindarajan Chris Trimble

The Other Side of Innovation (2010)

B A S I C P R I N C I P L E S P O S T E R S ST I L L

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Want More? Check out OHD’s

Training & Development Library at our offices in

Hagey Hall 161 D.

For the Fall 2012 term, Organizational & Human Development will be offering a “Bookshop” on Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Dan and Chip Heath, authors of Switch. The Bookshop series is a blended program offering components of a book club and workshop. Here’s how it will work:

• Participants meet 3 times during the Fall term (9-12pm on Sept. 25th, Nov. 6th and Dec. 11th). You must attend all three sessions.

• You receive a personal copy of the book (yours to keep) at the first meeting along with guided questions

• Participants READ the book on their own time (really – this is important.) • We meet two additional times to discuss content and share how ideas

can be applied • This book is for anyone who has a concept or idea and seeks to

understand how you can design your communication so that it is “sticky” --- understandable, memorable and effective in changing thought and behaviour.

• This book does not promise miracles yet with some focused effort to follow their six principles (Simple, Unexpected, Concrete, Credible, Emotional and Storytelling) that may be enough to make a difference.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Chip Heath is a professor of organizational behavior at Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. Chip has taught courses on Organizational Behavior, Negotiation, Strategy, and International Strategy. Dan Heath, a former researcher at Harvard, is a consultant and developer of innovative textbooks and a Senior Fellow at Duke University's CASE center, which supports entrepreneurs who are fighting for social good. They also write a regular feature for Fast Company magazine.

The Centre for Career Action is pleased to be offering seven unique and informative webinars/workshops for staff this term. For session descriptions, times, and registration information, please go to https://uwaterloo.ca/career-action/staff. Register early; space is limited in some workshops.

WORKSHOPS & WEBINARS:

About: The Centre for Career Action provides webinars, workshops, and confidential career advising to all contract and regular part- and full-time Waterloo staff. Sorry, services not available to faculty, unionized staff, or staff who work at the university colleges. Please note: Online booking is currently not available for contract (temporary) staff. Please contact the Staff Career Advisor, Rebecca Burwell (rburwell@uwaterloo.ca) for more information.

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For more information on this session, please e-mail Susan Grant

smgrant@uwaterloo.ca

Writing an A+ résumé Sept. 18 or Oct. 1 or Nov. 29 Perfecting your interview skills Sept. 21 Discover your interests through the Strong Interest Inventory Sept. 25 Job search: uncovering opportunities Oct. 5 Write an A+ cover letter Oct. 9 or Nov. 26 Assess your skills with SkillScan Oct. 16 Create a comprehensive LinkedIn profile Oct. 29 I’d do what I love…but what is it? Dec. 4 FEATURED EVENTS: Leverage your strengths for career success Nov. 8 Guest Speaker & StrengthsFinder 2.0 assessment How to excel in your career at Waterloo Nov. 18 Four panelists share their secrets

LINKS OF INTEREST

Centre for Higher Education Research & Development (CHERD) http://umanitoba.ca/centres/cherd

Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA) http://www.hrpa.ca

Academica's "Top Ten" http://www.academica.ca/news

Canadian Management Centre http://www.cmctraining.org

Organizational & Human Development also offers

customized sessions for your department or office.

Visit uwaterloo.ca/ohd and fill out the custom training request form.

DID YOU KNOW?

MORE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

Accessible Customer Service On-line Training Modules – AODA Online Module http://aoda.uwaterloo.ca

Centre for Extended Learning – Professional Development courses and programs http://cel.uwaterloo.ca

Employee Assistance Program – Counselling, brown bag lunches, and events http://www.eap.uwaterloo.ca

Lynda.com | On Demand Training – web-based software training company.

Call ext. 33456 or email a request (request@uwaterloo.ca) for an account

All Waterloo staff are welcome to attend these seminars (no charge, and there is no need to register).

If you would like to receive a weekly reminder about these seminars, please subscribe to please subscribe to the istprofdev mailman list.

With the computing industry changing so rapidly, and so little time available for professional development, the IT Professional Development Advisory Group organizes seminars to help.

Professional Development Seminars are held every Friday morning from 9:00 to 9:45 am, from September to June.

2012 IST Professional Development Seminars

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These early fall offerings are focused on the core web training for the new Waterloo Content Management System (WCMS), including three new courses Creating Accessible Web Graphics [SEW108], WCMS Advanced Web Form Creation [SEW109], and Writing Accessible Web Content [SEW110]. Introduction to SharePoint [SEW089] - September 27, 1:30pm-3:00pm, MC 1078 Accessible Word and PDF Files [SEW106] - October 10, 10:00am-11:30am, MC 2060 Creating Accessible Web Graphics [SEW108] - October 11 9:30am-11:30am, MC 2009 Practical Applications for Social Media [SEW107] - October 18, 1:30pm-3:30pm, MC 2009 WCMS for Content Maintainers [SEW099] - September 25 & 26 (Session 19); October 9 & 10 (Session 20); October 23 & 24 (Session 21). All sessions 9:00am-noon, MC 1078 WCMS for Site Managers [SEW100] - October 18, 9:30am-11:30am, MC 2009 WCMS Advanced Web Form Creation [SEW109] - October 30, 9:30am-11:30am, MC 2009 WCMS Web Form Creation [SEW101] - September 18 (Session 8); October 16 (Session 9), Both sessions 9:30am- 11:30am, MC 1078 Writing Accessible Web Content [SEW110] - October 2, 9:30am-11:00am, MC 2009 Writing for the Web [SEW016] - September 18, 9:30am-11:00am, MC 2009

Fall 2012 | Sept & Oct Skills for the Electronic Workplace

For full course descriptions, times and locations, please visit the Training for Staff & Faculty homepage: http://strobe.uwaterloo.ca/ist/services/index.php?service=18

• NOTE: As an IT Green Initiative, SEW will no longer provide printed handouts for presentation-style courses (usually held in MC 2009). Two business days before the course, attendees will be emailed the link to the handout file. The handout can be self-printed and brought to the class and/or downloaded to a portable device (i.e. laptop). Log in to the SEW SharePoint site, then select SEW Handouts from the menu.

• Registration: Sign up for these workshops through MyHRinfo (http://www.hr.uwaterloo.ca/myhrinfo/myhrinfo.html). You can register for courses through the Learning and Development module of the Self Service menu (where you view your payroll and benefit information).

OHD is inviting proposals for the Sixth Annual Waterloo Staff Conference for workshop sessions taking place on April 9 & 10, 2013. Proposals should be for an educational and interactive session(s) focused on professional and/or personal development that will include discussion, activities, and engagement on a specific topic. These may be single presenter sessions or team-led.

All proposals should include:

1. Your name(s), department(s), and contact information for the presenter(s) / those involved in the session. In each instance, the person who submits the proposal will be the key contact.

2. Session title. 3. Session description (not to exceed 200 words, please) outlining the objectives, material, and design

for the session. The description should discuss the learning outcomes participants will gain by attending your session. For interactive sessions please also include a description of methods of presentation (e.g., group activity, discussion, level of interactivity, etc.). List any references you deem relevant (these may be in addition to the 200 word limit mentioned above). Your description will appear in the conference program and on the conference website.

4. All audio-visual requirements.

Submission of Proposals

• Please email your proposal as an attachment to Mark Lisetto-Smith (m25smith@uwaterloo.ca). • All attachments should be .doc, .docx, or .rtf format, or pdf. • Name your file by your last name and the session title e.g., Lisetto-Smith_Utilizing-Social-Networking-

For-Work.doc • Give your email the subject heading: "Call for Proposals: 2013 Staff Conference".

The deadline for submissions of proposal abstracts is October 22, 2012.

All proposals will be subject to a review process by the OHD office. You will receive reviewers' feedback by December 3, 2012 and will be invited to consider this feedback before submitting the final version of your session description before February 11, 2013. Amendments not received by this date will regrettably not be included in the 2013 conference. The final session information must be available on the website when registration launches on March 11th, 2013.

Staff Conference 2013 Workshop - FYI:

OHD will provide assistance leading up to the event, which is facilitated through an initial meeting(s), follow-up discussions, and through a 1 hour training session on the location/rooms, and technology. Our team works closely with you to ensure your session runs as smoothly as possible.

Workshop facilitators should be prepared to run their workshop twice; however, you may be asked to run it once, twice, or even three times depending on demand/type.

Size limitations vary depending on room. Typically the room sizes are 40, 70, and 175, and rooms are designated by the topic of a workshop. OHD will monitor enrolment and may move your room accordingly, and we'll keep you apprised of any and all changes, of course.

Most workshop presenters source their own materials (if they are needed) and develop their own materials. OHD provides printing of handouts (if sent to us by the cut-off date) and assists with operations of your workshop on the days of the conference through a room host.

Questions about your proposals should be directed to Mark Lisetto-Smith of OHD, ext. 38257 or to m25smith@uwaterloo.ca.

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Our History The University of Waterloo recognizes the benefits of lifelong learning. To support this value, Organizational & Human Development (OHD) was created in Fall 2006 as a non-academic support unit to design and deliver a wide range of personal and professional training and development opportunities for the campus community.

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Our Services OHD offers workshops for staff, students, and faculty on a variety of topics, from leadership and communication to planning for your retirement. In addition, OHD can provide customized training solutions. The OHD team will work with you to assess and address your concerns and needs.

Finally, OHD organizes the annual staff conference for the University of Waterloo. This two-day event brings engaging and informative keynotes to the campus and provides multiple in-house workshops from across the university.

More information about the services of OHD can be found at our various workshops, news, and events sections.

Do you know of a student on campus who is looking to develop their leadership potential? OHD offers a broad based experiential Student Leadership Certificate Program available to any current student (undergraduate and graduate) at the university. Visit uwaterloo.ca/ohd for more information.

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