Interactive Keynote with Danny Almeida, Ph.D., A Culturally Informed Strengths Approach to Success in Higher Education

Traditional models of success tend to socialize faculty, staff and students into dominant ways of being and oftentimes oppressive cultures in academe that perpetuate inequitable teaching and learning environments. This interactive keynote, instead, will introduce a Culturally Informed Strengths Approach to success, based on CliftonStrengths, that encourages being your authentic self, building upon the often unacknowledged assets that faculty, staff and students bring to their roles in higher education.

Faculty, staff, and administrators have been invited. Unfortunately this event is full because we cannot order additional lunch orders. 

Interactive Keynote Schedule:

• 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Overview of CliftonStrengths and the Culturally Informed Strengths Approach

• 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.: Lunch (provided if RSVP by Monday, November 4th)

• 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.: Workshop on applying the Culturally Informed Strengths Approach to maximize effectiveness

Dr. Almeida is an associate professor in Higher Education Counseling/Student Affairs at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and a Gallup-certified CliftonStrengths Coach and Certified Diversity Trainer. He is a leading educator and researcher who specializes in designing programs that enable faculty, staff, and administrators to work authentically and effectively by leveraging their unique combinations of CliftonStrengths themes and the strengths embedded in their intersecting social/cultural identities.