Think Like an Actor, Present Like a Pro
This workshop is open to faculty and staff.
It’s conference season, and you’ve once again been asked to share your expertise by giving a breakout session at a regional, national or international conference. The thought makes you both smile and shiver. The pressure to deliver a presentation to a group of your professional colleagues that is clear, confident and memorable is undeniable. As you prepare, you start to wonder:
“How do I make my presentation more interesting?"
Essential Skills for Successful Leadership
This 1-day workshop is designed to assist faculty in developing the essential leadership and management skills necessary to run a lab, start a program, or manage a center or division.
This workshop will highlight topics such as:
- Leadership
- Management
- Diversity
- Communication
- Conflict resolution
- Managing performance
This program is highly interactive and includes small group breakout sessions.
Making the Most of Your Presentation
Strong presentation skills are a key to success for researchers and other professionals alike, yet many speakers are at a loss to tackle the task. Systematic as they usually are in their work, they go at it intuitively or haphazardly, with much good will but seldom with an effective outcome.
This lecture proposes a systematic way to prepare and deliver an oral presentation; it covers structure, slides, and delivery, as well as stage fright.
Communicating the Value of Your Research to a Broad Audience
As researchers, you have a lot of different audiences that may benefit from knowing about your work (ex. funders, patients, community members, industry partners, etc.). But most research training focuses on how to communicate to others in your field. This workshop will address this challenge by teaching the importance of value propositions and communicating research in a way that makes it compelling for every audience.
Time Management: Getting Things Done (GTD)
This is a two-part workshop. Participants must attend both sessions.
September 6, 2023 | 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
September 13, 2023 | 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Research shows that mental clutter, or information overload, has significant negative effects on our productivity, relationships, happiness, and overall quality of life. It’s the stuff that keeps us up at night, reduces our focus on what is important, and prohibits us from getting things done.
Crucial Accountability
This workshop will help you learn how to deal with bad behavior, disruptive colleagues, and difficult bosses or employees. You will learn a straightforward, step-by-step process for identifying and resolving performance gaps, strengthening accountability, eliminating inconsistency, and reducing resentment. It uses video, group discussions, skill practice, and real-life application to make the course both entertaining and engaging.
Crucial Conversations
This is a two-part workshop. Participants must attend both sessions.
October 16, 2023 | 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
October 23, 2023 | 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
A crucial conversation is a discussion between two or more people where the stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong. These conversations—when handled poorly or ignored—lead to strained relationships and dismal results. In this workshop, participants will learn to:
Early Career Kickstart: Clinical Track
These biannual sessions are intended as a follow-up to the monthly New Faculty Orientation. Orientation gave you the information to get you started at Michigan. In this session, there will be specific focus on expectations for advancement and career planning within the clinical track pathways.
Intended Audience: Medical School clinical track faculty (and clinical lecturers who are interested in the clinical track) who have been at the organization for at least 3-6 months
Early Career Kickstart: Tenure Track
These biannual sessions are intended as a follow-up to the monthly New Faculty Orientation. Orientation gave you the information to get you started at Michigan. In this session, there will be specific focus on expectations for advancement and career planning within the tenure track. Established instructional track faculty will share their stories around their career trajectories including milestones and stumbling blocks to avoid.
Early Career Kickstart: Research Track
These biannual sessions are intended as a follow-up to the monthly New Faculty Orientation. Orientation gave you the information to get you started at Michigan. In this session, there will be specific focus on expectations for advancement and career planning within the research track. Other topics will include: funding & grant resources, setting up your lab, hiring in the lab, research regulations, and mentoring. Established research track faculty will share their stories around their career trajectories including milestones and stumbling blocks to avoid.