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Professional & Personal Development
The Professional & Personal Development Program highlights the following discussions, training sessions, and development workshops available to you. Explore the items below for more information.
Facilitated By:
Nikki Valadez, Human Resources
Nick Alexander, Admissions & Records
Frank Calderon, Admissions & Records
Shen Milunovic, Student Finance
Description:
Are you interested in furthering your educational goals or transferring the CSU Fee Waiver & Reduction Program benefit to an eligible family member? If so, you will want to attend this session so you can maximize this wonderful benefit to help achieve educational goals.
Faculty & Staff – To register for this Workshop/Session:
If you require an accommodation to attend this program, please contact Human Resources at x5168 at least seven business days in advance of the program.
Description: This training will cover the fundamentals of creating accessible PDF documents using Acrobat Pro DC. Participants will learn key structural elements for converted Word to PDF documents.
Recommended Attendees: Staff, Faculty, IT Specialist, Web Developers, Web Content Creators, Graphic Designers, Instructional Support, Business Analysis, Financial Personnel, Marketing Specialist, and Admin Support
Learning Objectives
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 - 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Location:
Human Resources Training Room, Oviatt Library 16, Garden Level
Kevin Lizarraga, Director, University Marketing, University Advancement
Description:
This session will help you evaluate your current marketing efforts and it's alignment with the overall university brand aesthetic and messaging.
You will learn the basic steps to promote your event, service or program on or off campus and gain insight into the creative services that are currently available to your college, program, or department.
This session is ideal for anyone who produces or works with any marketing and/or communications collateral.
Faculty & Staff – To register for this Workshop/Session:
If you require an accommodation to attend this program, please contact Human Resources at x5168 at least seven business days in advance of the program.
Facilitated By:
Marilyn Magaram Staff
Description:
Join us in the MMC Wellness Kitchen to learn how to make your next refreshing drink enjoyable without refined sugar. Space is limited, reserve your spot today!
Faculty & Staff – To register for this Workshop/Session:
If you require an accommodation to attend this program, please contact Human Resources at x5168 at least seven business days in advance of the program.
Description: This training will cover the fundamentals of Adobe Acrobat scanned documents and Optical Character Recognition (OCR). Participants will learn to utilize the scan tool to conduct an OCR document and provide selectable text. PDF Tools is recommended before taking this session.
Recommended Attendees: Staff, Faculty, IT Specialist, Web Developers, Web Content Creators, Graphic Designers, Instructional Support, Business Analysis, Financial Personnel, Marketing Specialist, and Admin Support
Learning Objectives
Presented By:
CSUN Athletics
Description:
Reminder: Check GoMatadors.com for schedule (date/time) updates!
The Spring 2020 Faculty & Staff Series includes eight home events on campus. For attending four of the eight designated games, participants will receive a CSUN Athletics pullover or sweatshirt.
CSUN Faculty and Staff members will receive complimentary admission to each game and are invited to bring up to three additional guests. All CSUN Faculty and Staff members are eligible to participate by checking in at each game using their CSUN ID. The Athletics Department will have a separate check-in area for participants at each venue in order to track attendance. Premium giveaway items may also be made available for each game, as applicable, at the Faculty & Staff Series check-in table while supplies last.
For more information regarding the CSUN Faculty & Staff Series, please contact Associate Athletics Director for Marketing, Branding and Fan Development Dawn Ellerbe at dawn.ellerbe@csun.edu or by calling (818) 677-3215.
Spring 2020 Faculty & Staff Series Options
CalPERS Representative
If you are nearing retirement, this class will help you strategically plan and prepare for retirement.
Faculty & Staff – To register for this Workshop/Session:
If you require an accommodation to attend this program, please contact Human Resources at x5168 at least seven business days in advance of the program.
Withdraw from Session: If you need to cancel your registration, select the “Self” icon in CSU Learn. Select “Learning,” then “Registrations.” Select the box next to the session you need to cancel, and select “Cancel Registration.” In the next window, select “Confirm Cancellation.”
Return to CSUN's Professional & Personal Development Training Calendar at: http://www.csun.edu/development/training.
Description: In this training, attendees will learn about working with Enterprise accessibility evaluation tool and generating reports.
Recommended Attendees: Web Developers, Information Technology Specialist, Web Content Creators, Instructional Designers, Instructional Support, Business Analyst
Learning Objectives:
How to scans web pages for accessibility issues
How to generate and modify reports
How to schedules and revise views
organizing and managing scans
George Nofel, Dedicated Retirement Planner
To schedule a one-on-one with George Nofel please call (800) 343-0860 or register online at https://nb.fidelity.com/public/nb/default/fort.
Appointments available between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM.
Facilitated By:
Bergen Muzatko, Senior Training Consultant, Information Technology
Karen Primm, Senior Processing & Entering Document Management Analyst, Information Technology
Description:
Adobe Sign is CSUN’s e-Signature service that lets you send, sign, track, and manage signature processes using a browser or mobile device. It is part of the Adobe Document Cloud suite of services and is available now!Join Bergen and Karen for an introduction to Adobe Sign to learn how you can increase efficiency in your processes.
Faculty & Staff – To register for this Workshop/Session:
If you require an accommodation to attend this program, please contact Human Resources at x5168 at least seven business days in advance of the program.
Join us for a hands-on workshop where you will learn how to:
Facilitated By:
Mika Williamson, Director, Recruitment Services & Compensation, Human Resources
Description:
One of the biggest challenges for some supervisors and managers is that of supervising those who were recently their colleagues or coming into a team as the new person. Navigating that changing relationship with former peers or establishing a new team dynamic can be quite difficult without guidance and support. Whether you are aspiring to become a supervisor or manager, a new supervisor or manager, or whether you have served in that role for some time, you will find this workshop helpful.
Attendees will explore how to:
Faculty & Staff – To register for this Workshop/Session:
If you require an accommodation to attend this program, please contact Human Resources at x5168 at least seven business days in advance of the program.
CalPERS
Once you retire, you may decide to return to work for a CalPERS covered employer as a retired annuitant or reinstate from your retirement. In our webinar, we’ll discuss the limitations as a retired annuitant and the guidelines you must follow if you reinstate from retirement.
Description:
This workshop will focus on what to do before, during, and after an earthquake to support personal and family safety. The course will include personal action-items participants can take home to secure furniture and wall hangings, plan for turning off gas and water utilities, creating a family emergency kit, and develop a family plan of communication and reunification. Participants will also learn what they may need to access resources from their local, state, and federal governments.
Register for the workshop here.
Join us for a hands-on workshop where you will learn how to:
Description: This session is an introduction to text to speech or screen reader technology and how screen readers are essential to allow users who are blind or visually impaired to access information.
Recommended Attendees: Staff, Faculty, Executives, Financial Personnel, Marketing Specialist, Business Analyst, Admin Support, Graphic Designers, and Instructional Support.
Learning Objectives:
Facilitated By:
Dr. Nick Morgan, Founder and CEO, Public Words
If viewing online on your own, the webcast is limited to the first 200 logins (multiple viewers can sit in the same room and use one link.) Please login as a “guest” and then type in your CAMPUS/Your Full Name (i.e CSUN/Steven Spielberg). Listen to the audio via your computer speakers. Also available: join from your mobile device by downloading the Adobe Connect app! To view, visit: https://calstate.adobeconnect.com/CGT
Facilitated By:
Life Matters
Description:
A kind workplace leads to reduced stress, increased morale, and better business outcomes. Discover methods for enhancing your level of kindness and respect in interpersonal relationships.
To access the webinars:
*These webinars will be available during the month listed. You may request to be notified by e-mail when it is posted.
George Nofel, Dedicated Retirement Planner
To schedule a one-on-one with George Nofel please call (800) 343-0860 or register online at https://nb.fidelity.com/public/nb/default/fort.
Appointments are available between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM.
