Instructor Led Programs

How to Prepare for Your End-of-Year Review (Individual)

Please join us via Zoom for a brief session to get you moving in the right direction to complete this year’s performance management process. Useful information will be provided to help you set the stage for participating in a successful review conversation with your manager (including tips for how to finish the performance management cycle in Workday) and to plan for your continued growth and development.

Tips for Making the End-of-Year Review as Effective as Possible (Managers)

Please join us via Zoom for a brief session to equip you with the skills necessary to ensure that you are ready to conduct an effective review conversation (including tips for how to finish the performance management cycle in Workday), and to help your employees plan for their continued growth and development.

SupportLinc EAP Overview for Benefits-eligible Employees

Life can be a juggling act. It takes time and energy to balance your work, family and personal wellbeing. The SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is available around-the-clock, 365 days a year, to help manage life’s challenges, at no cost to Penn State benefit-eligible employees and their families. This seminar will provide an overview of SupportLinc services, expert guidance, and valuable resources – all 100% confidential – for a wide array of personal and work-related concerns, including stress, anxiety, grief, mindfulness, relationship issues, dependent care and much, much more.

BUILD: The Sandwich Generation

Many people today will face having to take care of an elderly relative while they are still taking care of their own children. This is known as the “Sandwich Generation”. This presentation will discuss how to collect information, communicate with compassion, be proactive and respectful and cope with the issues people in the Sandwich Generation must face. Provided by SupportLinc.

How to Prepare for Your End-of-Year Review (Individual)

Please join us via Zoom for a brief session to get you moving in the right direction to complete this year’s performance management process. Useful information will be provided to help you set the stage for participating in a successful review conversation with your manager (including tips for how to finish the performance management cycle in Workday) and to plan for your continued growth and development.

TIAA: ENROLL! Getting a head start on your future: A Step-by-Step overview of your PSU Plan

Understanding the retirement plans offered by Penn State, the advantages of a retirement program, how to create a retirement strategy and how to update your account with TIAA.

Tips for Making the End-of-Year Review as Effective as Possible (Managers)

Please join us via Zoom for a brief session to equip you with the skills necessary to ensure that you are ready to conduct an effective review conversation (including tips for how to finish the performance management cycle in Workday), and to help your employees plan for their continued growth and development.

PNC: Preparing for Financial Emergency

Unexpected events — from a home or car repair to job loss, illness, divorce, or a natural disaster — can result in financial emergencies. In this workshop, we’ll help you increase your financial peace of mind by learning how to incorporate an emergency fund into your regular budget and how much you may want to have in that fund. We’ll also discuss strategies for adjusting your budget to weather the unexpected if an emergency does occur.

BUILD: Serving Those Who Served – Penn State Veteran Services

This session is a companion session to Penn State’s Military Cultural Competency IDP course. This course provides information on the programs and services that the university provides to support the military-connected community at Penn State. We will give a snapshot of what the military-connected community looks like at Penn State and discuss the various programs and services provided by the university to support both the student and faculty/staff military-connected community at Penn State. We will also talk about how you can get involved in supporting military-connected Penn Staters both on the student and faculty/staff side of the university.

Maximize Your Professional Growth by Leveraging the Learning Resource Network

Learn how you can quickly navigate through the over 17,000+ FREE, online courses available to all employees. These courses allow you to learn at your convenience by using the Learning Resource Network (LRN) to browse, launch and learn. Plus learn how to take advantage of the over 95,000 free, online book titles that are available to you as a Penn State employee.

Enhancing Confidence & Clarity in Public Speaking

Speaking in front of a live audience is a common fear. Some get a little nervous while others experience a full-blown panic attack. But the ability to present with confidence is a critical competency for success at work. This program guides participants through a thorough and proven method for strengthening presentation and public speaking skills, from assessing your audience to answering questions with confidence.

BUILD: Accessibility 101 @ PSU -- An Introduction

This session introduces the main points of accessibility policy and guidelines and uses demos of assistive technologies, such as screen readers, and testing strategies and tools to show how following accessibility guidelines benefits everyone. The session ends with information on how to learn the skills and strategies to successfully implement accessibility guidelines based on your job duties and technological environment.

Styles of Leadership

This facilitation will present the six styles of leadership, visionary, pace setting, command directive, participative, affiliative and leader as coach. The application of each style of leadership within leadership team and individual situations will be explored and practiced.

Dealing Positively with Challenging People & Situations

To realize the importance of effective communication and how to respond positively with internal and external customers during challenging situations. Sometimes it seems like people are difficult on purpose, even when you try your best to help them. Some days it seems like all your ‘buttons have been pushed’! Attend this engaging seminar to help you recognize when you are going to ‘react’ rather than ‘respond’.

Mental Health First Aid and R U OK (1 of 4 part Mental Health Awareness Series)

Everyone suffers when mental health issues or other types of emotional distress are left unaddressed in the workplace. Fortunately, providing employees and supervisors with basic mental health first aid training helps ensure that employees who may be struggling get the help they need. In this training presentation, attendees will learn how to identify the signs of someone struggling with a mental health issue, connect with the person in a supportive and appropriate way and guide them towards the resources available to help them address and resolve the issue. Provided by SupportLinc.

Trust in the Workplace

Trust is key to the success of every organization. Organizations with low trust pay a high price. The costs take the form of low morale, low productivity, and low job satisfaction and often lead to a lack of creativity, innovation, and even more important, respect. This seminar will explore how trust is lost and how it can be regained so that your organization or group can work together more effectively, creatively, and with greater satisfaction and respect for each other.

General Safety Program: UPPS Scamming and Phishing Safety Training

Presentation on the numerous scams and frauds committed in person and online.

Resume Crafting Strategies Workshop

In this session, you will learn about the vetting process that recruiters use when reviewing candidate resumes, along with the implications this has on what you decide to include on your resume and how you plan on formatting it. The presenter, Dr. Bob Orndorff, will reinforce the importance of crafting your resume strategically versus slapping your content onto a piece of paper. You’ll also learn how to customize and tailor your resume to the needs and values of the recruiter and their organization.

How to Prepare for Your End-of-Year Review (Individual)

Please join us via Zoom for a brief session to get you moving in the right direction to complete this year’s performance management process. Useful information will be provided to help you set the stage for participating in a successful review conversation with your manager (including tips for how to finish the performance management cycle in Workday) and to plan for your continued growth and development.

Tips for Making the End-of-Year Review as Effective as Possible (Managers)

Please join us via Zoom for a brief session to equip you with the skills necessary to ensure that you are ready to conduct an effective review conversation (including tips for how to finish the performance management cycle in Workday), and to help your employees plan for their continued growth and development.

Improving Your Professional Writing Skills

This program is designed to teach employees how to improve their professional writing, including e-mail messages and letters, marketing copy (i.e. brochures), and more. Individuals will learn how to create accurate, clear, compelling content for any medium. Through hands-on, skill-building activities and interactive discussions, individuals will be confident that their message will be received.

Mentoring 101: The Basics for Mentors

Have you been approached by someone to be their mentor (or considered sharing your skills and experiences with others as a mentor)- and you’re not sure how to begin? Join us for an information session to learn more about:

• The benefits of mentoring
• The roles of the mentor and mentee
• Characteristics of a successful mentoring experience
• Identifying what you can offer—and how to step up

We will share mentoring best practices, hear from a mentoring pair about their mentoring journey (and why it was worth the time and effort) and provide a next step action plan to get you on your way as a mentor!

Mentoring 101: The Basics for Mentees

Have you been thinking about finding a mentor but don’t know where to start?

Join us for an information session to learn more about:

• The benefits of mentoring
• The roles of the mentor and mentee
• Characteristics of a successful mentoring experience
• How to find a mentor We will share mentoring best practices, hear from a mentoring pair about their mentoring journey (and why it was worth the time and effort) and provide a next step action plan to get you on your way as a mentee!

Time in a Bottle: Effective Time Management Strategies

This program discusses practical, common sense techniques to use time wisely at work. It provides paradigms to help set priorities, manage meetings, organize workspaces, and develop personal daily and weekly plans. Employees learn to identify time wasters at work and to recognize time-use barriers.

How to Prepare for Your End-of-Year Review (Individual)

Please join us via Zoom for a brief session to get you moving in the right direction to complete this year’s performance management process. Useful information will be provided to help you set the stage for participating in a successful review conversation with your manager (including tips for how to finish the performance management cycle in Workday) and to plan for your continued growth and development.

Leading a Hybrid Team at Penn State

Making the move to established hybrid teams challenges traditional management models. We’ve discovered the benefits and trials that come with Hybrid work and recognize that there’s still a lot to learn.

In this facilitated session/discussion, we will seek active involvement through the chat function and breakout sessions, providing a safe environment to explore what is working, what could be better, and troubleshooting where needed.

Grow with your Strengths: Intermediate CliftonStrengths

This intermediate course builds on the principles covered in the introductory course by going deeper into talents and strengths. We’ll discuss theme domains, theme dynamics, motivators and demotivators, partnerships, and ways that strengths can be used to address or prevent burnout. Emphasis is on utilizing talent themes to achieve workplace outcomes.

The 6 Types of Working Genius: A Better Way to Understand Your Gifts, Your Frustrations, and Your Team

Do you wonder why you enjoy certain tasks at work, and it seems like the day flies by when you’re doing them?  Do you put off certain tasks or get exhausted when you have to do them frequently?  Those tasks could be in your working genius or frustration.

Supportlinc Overview for Managers and Supervisors

Life can be a juggling act. It takes time and energy to balance your work, family and personal wellbeing. The SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is available around-the-clock, 365 days a year, to help manage life’s challenges, at no cost to Penn State benefit-eligible employees and their families. This seminar will provide an overview of SupportLinc services, expert guidance, and valuable resources – all 100% confidential – for a wide array of personal and work-related concerns, including stress, anxiety, grief, mindfulness, relationship issues, dependent care and much, much more.

Run Hide Fight: Active Attacker Response Program

Guidance on how to respond to an Active Attacker situation for Faculty, Students and Staff can be obtained through the Run Hide Fight: Surviving an Active Attacker Program, presented by the University Police. The Run Hide Fight: Surviving an Active Attacker Program provides information on the steps you can take to mitigate the actions of an Active Attacker.

Supercharge Your Storytelling

Unlock the power of storytelling to captivate, connect, and inspire your audience—whether you’re presenting in meetings, giving a speech, teaching or leading a team. This dynamic, hands-on training will introduce you to proven strategies and frameworks that will elevate your storytelling skills, enable you to persuade audiences effectively, and empower you to create lasting impact.

TIAA: RETIRE! Live with confidence in retirement: 5 steps to creating your retirement income plan

If you’re getting ready to retire, this webinar is essential for understanding how to create an income plan that helps you maximize your savings throughout retirement. In five steps you’ll learn how different sources of income work, how to build your strategy for lifetime income and what to consider when planning withdrawals from your retirement assets.

BUILD: Accessibility 102 @ PSU - Accessible Word Templates

This is a follow-up to Accessibility 101

In this session, we will walk through using a Word template to create accessible documents using Microsoft Word with templates as an example. We will reformat a report so that it includes headings, image ALT text, accessible tables, and an accessible bar chart with a description. We will also discuss how to share an accessible template for multiple documents and how to modify the styles of a template.

Understanding Anxiety (Pt 2 of 4 part Mental Health Awareness Series)

Anxiety is more than feeling stressed and, if not managed, can create significant difficulty navigating life on a day-to-day basis. This presentation will go over the causes and symptoms of anxiety (acute, chronic and clinical) and how to effectively cope with it. Provided by SupportLinc.

Managing Up: How to Have Effective Feedback Conversations with Your Manager

Feedback - what comes up for you as soon as you hear that word? Excitement, fear, anxiety, anticipation, curiosity, dread? Maybe a mix of all the above. Feedback is complex, and we all have different orientations and experiences when it comes to the topic of feedback that should be honored and respected. Recognizing the impressions of others’ actions on us, identifying our feelings, and articulating the impact of those actions can be tricky, but important skills when navigating the terrain of our professional relationships - especially with our managers.

How to Prepare for Your End-of-Year Review (Individual)

Please join us via Zoom for a brief session to get you moving in the right direction to complete this year’s performance management process. Useful information will be provided to help you set the stage for participating in a successful review conversation with your manager (including tips for how to finish the performance management cycle in Workday) and to plan for your continued growth and development.

Building Bridges, Not Walls: Confidence in Difficult Conversations (Manager/Leader)

As a leader, there are times when we encounter situations that require us to have a difficult conversation. This course will help you transform your approach to address the issue at hand and maintain a positive relationship with others. Join us in this empowering course where we will guide you through the art of navigating challenging dialogues.

Building Bridges, Not Walls: Confidence in Difficult Conversations (Individual Contributor)

In our fast-paced and interconnected world, difficult conversations are inevitable, yet many of us find ourselves avoiding them altogether. Whether it's providing constructive feedback, dealing with a misunderstanding, or discussing sensitive topics, we often shy away from these encounters due to fear, discomfort, or uncertainty.

This course is designed to help you understand the underlying reasons behind your avoidance of difficult conversations and provide you with the necessary tools and insights to lean into them effectively. Drawing on the neuroscience findings, you will gain a deeper understanding of how our brain works and the impact on our approach to difficult conversations.

Understanding the Role of the Human Resources Organizational Change Consultation Office (Information Session)

The Human Resources Talent Management office offers training and consultation focusing on helping people manage change. These services are intended to help support individuals, teams and groups better understand and manage change.

Effective Email Communication

This session will explore how to communicate with others via email and messaging apps. Learn how to craft strong emails that get to the point professionally and quickly. The session will also briefly examine messaging apps, such as Microsoft Teams, to uncover the best practices for these modes of communication.

Proactive Strategies for Effective Conflict Management

Join us for an engaging session focused on enhancing your conflict management skills. This interactive workshop is designed to help you effectively navigate and leverage conflicts, regardless of whether they are currently active or potential. Gain insights into managing interpersonal dynamics proactively and turning conflicts into opportunities for growth. By the end of this session, you'll be equipped with valuable tools to foster constructive dialogues and manage conflicts more productively.

Overview of Penn State Policies

This is a proactive program highlighting the positive aspects of Penn State policies, guidelines, and practices. Discover the ways in which Penn State policies impact your work life. Taught by professionals from the Office of Human Resources, this seminar is your opportunity to review or clarify the following topics.

BUILD: Beyond Build: Empowered Allyship: Creating Belonging in the Workplace

Each of us can be an ally at work, adopting behaviors, implementing practices, and taking actions that will help us support and advocate with and for others. This session will delve into what empowered allyship looks like, and the impact that allies can have on shaping an inclusive workplace. Attendees will discuss some case studies and examples and learn some necessary skills and resources to be an effective ally.

Interviewing Skills – Best Practices for Employees

Interviewing is the final step in the job-search process that makes all the difference. In this seminar, Dr. Bob Orndorff will share strategies for creating the best responses to interview questions and for presenting your very best self. It’s not only “what you say” that matters, but also “how you say it!” Bob will also provide tips on how to navigate challenging interview venues including group interviews and virtual interviews.

Effective Meeting Facilitation: How to Stop Wasting Time in Meetings

Do you plan or lead meetings? Join us for a facilitated discussion on the concepts introduced in the “How to Stop Wasting Time in Meetings” LinkedIn Learning course. Learn how to set a clear meeting purpose based on the stakeholders and the type of meeting, and how to get aligned on a direction and ensure all voices and perspectives are heard; while discovering guidelines for effective meetings, how to follow up, and how to hold people accountable for take aways after your meeting.

Leading with Your Strengths

There's only one right way to lead... YOUR way. And the CliftonStrengths for Leaders report will help you figure out what that is and how to do it. This course is a great investment for leaders at any level, as it helps people see how their innate talents contribute to greater success in their leadership role. If you’re new to CliftonStrengths, you’ll begin by taking an assessment and then receive your personalized CliftonStrengths for Leaders report. If you already have a CliftonStrengths assessment, you’ll get a code that will allow you to access your personalized CliftonStrengths for Leaders report based on your previous results.

Persuasion in Practice: Enhancing Communication and Team Dynamics

Learn how to master Cialdini’s six principles of persuasion and apply them to your department’s goals. We’ll also explore how a healthy work environment (based on the *SCARF model) enhances influence. Lastly, we will touch on how techniques like framing, priming, and other "simple" behavioral tactics can improve communication. Engage in hands-on exercises, secret challenges, and peer review to sharpen your persuasive skills.

BUILD: Work Culture: Practices in Developing Inclusive Environments

There are many approaches to developing inclusive work environments. This session will approach creating an inclusive environment using a 3-level framework that will be applied to creating more inclusive spaces.

Activities will be facilitated to prompt personal reflection as well as provide tools to consider how one’s values and roles may influence organizations of which they are a part. You will walk away with a personalized action plan to start creating a more inclusive organization.

Enhance Your Personal Brand: Lessons from the World's Most Successful Companies

Apple. Google. Target. Twitter. Coca-Cola. Starbucks. These are some of the most famous brands in the world. But did you know that you have a brand as well? Your personal brand is the essence or promise of what will be experienced by others when interacting with you. Through self-reflective exercises and creative thought experiments, this program will show participants what factors comprise their personal brand, which ones may be increasing or decreasing their effectiveness, and how to develop a personal brand that enhances personal and professional success.

Healthy Workplace Relationships: Developing Supportive Connections (Pt 3 of 4 part Mental Health Awareness Series)

For many people, work relationships are some of the most impactful in their life. Attendees will be given resources to help identify their existing strengths, both as individuals and as part of their various relationship systems, and ideas of how to continue to learn and grow. Provided by SupportLinc.

BUILD: Understanding Transgender and Gender Diverse Identities—Support and Advocacy

The Transgender and Gender Diverse Identities workshop is designed to provide participants an opportunity to better understand nuances around the transgender and gender diverse communities. Included in the session: language regarding gender diversity, challenges faced by the community, and most importantly how to support trans and gender diverse folks in the community.

TIAA: SAVE! Start to finish: The early career woman's guide to financial wisdom

When women are starting their careers, there’s a lot to consider—career goals, job satisfaction, achieving a work/life balance. But it’s important to also consider retirement. Discover how establishing a plan now can help build your financial future.

BUILD: Accessibility 101 @ PSU -- An Introduction

This session introduces the main points of accessibility policy and guidelines and uses demos of assistive technologies, such as screen readers, and testing strategies and tools to show how following accessibility guidelines benefits everyone. The session ends with information on how to learn the skills and strategies to successfully implement accessibility guidelines based on your job duties and technological environment.

Purposeful Productivity: Getting Real Stuff Done... For Real!

Do you find yourself working really hard, but still not feeling like you’ve accomplished anything – at least anything important? Do most goal-setting processes stress you out or fall short in your life? There is a way to be productive and get stuff done that’s flexible, forward-moving, and fun! It takes some discipline, but it's not rigid. There are a few steps, but it's not hard. You’ll learn a quick process for productivity that might just change how you approach everything from cleaning the garage to tackling a massive project at work, from building a new healthy living habit to earning a new credential.

Communicating Change: The Importance of Effective Communication in Change Management

Communication before, during and after a change implementation is key to ensure end users and stakeholders understand the what the change is, how it affects them, and how it will be implemented. Determining the breadth and depth of types of communications is important to ensure successful change implementation.

BUILD: Interfaith Education: Societal Understanding

This is the second program in the Interfaith Education workshop series. It builds on the previous workshop focused on Interpersonal Understanding. *It is recommended that you participant in the first session of the series, Interfaith Education: Interpersonal Understanding, prior to attending this session, but is not required.

Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention

With a focus on prevention, this program reviews sexual assault as it relates to Pennsylvania laws, the importance of consent, and resources and support for victims.

Mentoring 101: The Basics for Mentors

Have you been approached by someone to be their mentor (or considered sharing your skills and experiences with others as a mentor)- and you’re not sure how to begin? Join us for an information session to learn more about:

• The benefits of mentoring
• The roles of the mentor and mentee
• Characteristics of a successful mentoring experience Identifying what you can offer—and how to step up

We will share mentoring best practices, hear from a mentoring pair about their mentoring journey (and why it was worth the time and effort) and provide a next step action plan to get you on your way as a mentor!

Exploring University Park Transportation Services and Options

Join us for an informative session hosted by Penn State Transportation Services, where you'll learn about the wide range of transportation services and options available to employees at the University Park Campus. This session will cover services such as Fleet Operations and rentals, Parking, Campus and Community Transit, Biking, the Spin Bike Share Program, carpooling, and other local transportation alternatives. This session will help you navigate transportation options for both work-related travel and daily communing needs.

Crucial Accountability

Accountability is a critical performance criterion for the workplace. Accountability exists at all levels of an organization/team. The accountability term is frequently used when tasks and team objectives are not being met, but more frequently than not, it was not defined up front what ‘it is’ to the accountable individuals and teams. Supervisors in particular are responsible for ensuring that accountability exists within the team but frequently ‘defer’ and do not confront the lack of accountability. At the same time individuals within an organization/team need to understand their individual accountability and holding their peers accountable. All need to understand what the elements are for achieving it and how to coach/counsel when it is not being met. Much of the presentation will be based upon the book, ‘Crucial Accountability: Tools for Resolving Violated Expectations, Broken Commitments, and Bad Behavior’.

FiSH! Philosophy

The FiSH! Philosophy is a set of simple, practical tools to help you create a workplace where people love to be and where the energy and passion lead to increased productivity, teamwork, and customer satisfaction. This 2.5-hour online program will introduce participants to the core principles of the FiSH! Philosophy, explore its application in the workplace, and provide actionable strategies to foster a positive and engaging work environment. Through interactive sessions, real-world examples, and collaborative activities, participants will learn how to incorporate the FiSH! Philosophy into their daily routines to enhance workplace morale and performance.

Your Personalized Blueprint for Emotional Intelligence

Have you ever struggled to navigate a tough conversation, felt misunderstood, or wished you could manage stress more effectively? This workshop will help you uncover how boosting emotional intelligence—the ability to understand, regulate, and express your own emotions and those of others—can provide the tools to handle these challenges with confidence and clarity.

BUILD: Accessibility 103 @ PSU – Accessible PowerPoint Template

The focus of this session is building accessible PowerPoint slides so that all audiences can access the information. Starting with some basic Penn State PowerPoint templates, we will explore how to insert image ALT text, tables with headers, usable links and text with proper reading order for a screen reader. We will also show how you can use the Slide Master tools to expand the template with new layouts and color options.

Mentoring 101: The Basics for Mentees

Have you been thinking about finding a mentor but don’t know where to start?

Join us for an information session to learn more about:

• The benefits of mentoring
• The roles of the mentor and mentee
• Characteristics of a successful mentoring experience
• How to find a mentor

We will share mentoring best practices, hear from a mentoring pair about their mentoring journey (and why it was worth the time and effort) and provide a next step action plan to get you on your way as a mentee!

Team Dynamics: Six things to think about

Promoting a productive and safe work environment involves fostering trust, delegating effectively, and maintaining open communication. By incorporating the tips from this training program, managers can develop the skills and mindset needed to counteract any tendencies toward micromanagement and instead build trust and foster a more positive and productive work environment that benefits you and everyone on the team.

SupportLinc EAP Overview for Benefits-eligible Employees

Life can be a juggling act. It takes time and energy to balance your work, family and personal wellbeing. The SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is available around-the-clock, 365 days a year, to help manage life’s challenges, at no cost to Penn State benefit-eligible employees and their families. This seminar will provide an overview of SupportLinc services, expert guidance, and valuable resources – all 100% confidential – for a wide array of personal and work-related concerns, including stress, anxiety, grief, mindfulness, relationship issues, dependent care and much, much more.

From Routine to Remarkable: A Creativity Bootcamp for Innovation at Work

Creativity isn’t just for artists—it’s a skill anyone can develop to solve problems, innovate, and make work more engaging. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll explore creativity as a mindset, process, and set of practical tools. Learn how to recognize and overcome common barriers to creativity, spark fresh ideas, and apply innovative thinking to real-world challenges. Through interactive activities, you’ll learn to apply a variety of tools and techniques as you practice the creative problem-solving process. Whether you’re tackling routine tasks or complex projects, this session will equip you with strategies to think outside the box and bring creative solutions to life.

The 6 Types of Working Genius: A Better Way to Understand Your Gifts, Your Frustrations, and Your Team

Do you wonder why you enjoy certain tasks at work, and it seems like the day flies by when you’re doing them?  Do you put off certain tasks or get exhausted when you have to do them frequently?  Those tasks could be in your working genius or frustration.

TIAA: INVEST! Take Control of your financial life: 5 steps to managing money and debt

If you’re just starting out or want to improve your day-to-day financial skills, this webinar will help you learn how to manage your money and balance your priorities so you can enjoy life now and save for the future.

BUILD: Inclusive Learning and Working

The Inclusive Learning Model (ILM) was designed by the World Campus Accessibility Team to assist student-facing units with creating a more inclusive student experience by providing innovative resources to address unique challenges and misconceptions. This workshop will help units to foster inclusion within their mission, practices, and procedures.

BUILD: Accessibility 102 @ PSU - Accessible Word Templates

This is a follow-up to IDP Accessibility 101

In this session, we will walk through using a Word template to create accessible documents using Microsoft Word with templates as an example. We will reformat a report so that it includes headings, image ALT text, accessible tables, and an accessible bar chart with a description. We will also discuss how to share an accessible template for multiple documents and how to modify the styles of a template.

Talking about Mental Health in the Workplace (Pt 4 of 4 part Mental Health Awareness Series)

1 in 5 adults in the United States experiences a mental health concern every single year. While emotional distress is not always a sign of mental illness, it can still take a major toll on employee wellbeing – not to mention productivity. In the end, everyone suffers when emotional distress and mental illness are left unaddressed in the workplace. Fortunately, employees and organizations can take steps to create a supportive environment, or what is often referred to as a psychologically healthy workplace. Taking these basic steps not only helps employees in distress and connects them to care – it increases employee resilience and engagement, as well as productivity. Provided by SupportLinc.

BUILD: Introduction to Deaf Culture and American Sign Language

This presentation provides an engaging and informative introduction to the rich history, unique language, and vibrant culture of the Deaf community. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of Deaf Culture, including its values, traditions, and the social and historical factors that have shaped it.

Professional Writing Essentials: Punctuation

Words are only part of writing. Punctuation keeps your writing easy to understand and expressive! This course reviews the basics of punctuation and how to properly use it. Individuals will gain confidence as they learn the building blocks to create properly punctuated, effective communication. Learners will participate in discussions and exercises to build their punctuation comprehension.

Providing Exceptional Customer Service in a Hybrid Workplace

Life as we know it is very different; we are living and serving our internal and external customers in ways we could not have even imagined.. But are we achieving success or are we finding excuses to explain why customer service is falling behind?

Safety and Security for Office Personnel

This program offers useful safety guidelines for the workplace, reviews security features typical of campus buildings, and identifies different ways to contact the police. You will learn how to implement a code word, how to deal with irate customers in a safe manner, and how to respond if you encounter an individual with a weapon.

Attitude of Gratitude

Gratitude is the practice of affirming gifts and positivity in the world coupled with the recognition from which these resources stem. The practice offers physiological, psychological and social benefits improving on our bodies, minds and relationships. In this presentation, we’ll discuss the many benefits of gratitude and provide simple and manageable ways that offer significant results to cultivate gratitude in our everyday life. Provided by SupportLinc.

Mentoring 101: The Basics for Mentees

Have you been thinking about finding a mentor but don’t know where to start?

Join us for an information session to learn more about:

• The benefits of mentoring
• The roles of the mentor and mentee
• Characteristics of a successful mentoring experience
• How to find a mentor

We will share mentoring best practices, hear from a mentoring pair about their mentoring journey (and why it was worth the time and effort) and provide a next step action plan to get you on your way as a mentee!

Mentoring 101: The Basics for Mentors

Have you been approached by someone to be their mentor (or considered sharing your skills and experiences with others as a mentor)- and you’re not sure how to begin?

Join us for an information session to learn more about:

• The benefits of mentoring
• The roles of the mentor and mentee
• Characteristics of a successful mentoring experience Identifying what you can offer—and how to step up

We will share mentoring best practices, hear from a mentoring pair about their mentoring journey (and why it was worth the time and effort) and provide a next step action plan to get you on your way as a mentor!

Dealing with Financial Stress provided by SupportLinc

Finances continues to be a major source of stress for many people. In this presentation, attendees will learn some of the most common causes of financial stress. Additionally, they’ll learn to recognize the negative effects of financial stress as well as practical strategies to reduce or eliminate it.

Building Positive Self-Esteem: Strategies for Success provided by SupportLinc

From time to time, everyone faces circumstances that make it hard to feel good about themselves. This presentation is designed to provide attendees with ideas and practical strategies that they can begin using immediately to increase self-esteem and can begin to develop an overall healthier mindset.

SupportLinc EAP Overview for Benefits-eligible Employees

Life can be a juggling act. It takes time and energy to balance your work, family and personal wellbeing. The SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is available around-the-clock, 365 days a year, to help manage life’s challenges, at no cost to Penn State benefit-eligible employees and their families. This seminar will provide an overview of SupportLinc services, expert guidance, and valuable resources – all 100% confidential – for a wide array of personal and work-related concerns, including stress, anxiety, grief, mindfulness, relationship issues, dependent care and much, much more.

Mentoring 101: The Basics for Mentors

Have you been thinking about finding a mentor but don’t know where to start?

Join us for an information session to learn more about:

• The benefits of mentoring
• The roles of the mentor and mentee
• Characteristics of a successful mentoring experience
• How to find a mentor

We will share mentoring best practices, hear from a mentoring pair about their mentoring journey (and why it was worth the time and effort) and provide a next step action plan to get you on your way as a mentee!

Mentoring 101: The Basics for Mentees

Have you been thinking about finding a mentor but don’t know where to start?

Join us for an information session to learn more about:

• The benefits of mentoring
• The roles of the mentor and mentee
• Characteristics of a successful mentoring experience
• How to find a mentor

We will share mentoring best practices, hear from a mentoring pair about their mentoring journey (and why it was worth the time and effort) and provide a next step action plan to get you on your way as a mentee!