Even though many of us have grown used to telecommuting, working from home in a full-time or hybrid capacity can be challenging. Check out these upcoming professional development opportunities to help make your experiences smoother and more positive.

Live online workshops

Select each course name to register; listings are in Pacific Time.

Box Introduction
April 13, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Get an overview of Box Drive — UCOP’s cloud-based file storage and sharing service. Learn how to: use box, collaborate within and outside of UCOP, comment on files, set folder permissions, share links and more. IT administrators will answer questions and review helpful features.

Zoom Advanced
April 14, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
In this course for advanced Zoom users, we’ll cover personal meeting IDs; advanced web portal settings, scheduling options, sharing options and annotation; polling; breakout rooms; reporting and cloud recording.

Collaborative Tools for Virtual Meetings
April 15, 10 – 11 a.m.
Learn techniques to facilitate virtual and hybrid meetings that include all voices and engage your participants. We’ll cover how to structure your meeting, determining the right engagement strategy and best practices of hybrid vs remote meetings.

Box Advanced
May 11, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Want to know how to securely store sensitive data in Box? Interested in how to get data into Box via email or URL? Sign up for this advanced Box class and we will cover a wide range of topics including setting up alerts to monitor folders and using Box groups to manage department collaborations.

Inclusive Hybrid and Virtual Meetings
May 13, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Inclusive meetings lead to a climate of openness as well as greater teamwork and decision ownership. This workshop features techniques to facilitate virtual and hybrid meetings that include all voices and engage your participants. Topics include meeting structures that foster engagement, tailoring engagement strategies for participants and objectives and best practices for hybrid and remote meetings.

For managers

People Leader Forum – Self-Care for Leaders
April 8, 1 – 2 p.m.
Monthly People Leader Forums provide an opportunity for people managers and supervisors to connect with one another to develop leadership skills, build community, share best practices, swap strategies for navigating current challenges and learn to better support themselves and their teams. In April, Annie Prozan and special guest Nicole Browning Williams will focus on how leaders can prioritize self-care to show up as their best selves.

Self-paced learning resources

LinkedIn Learning videos and courses

• Communicating remotely
• Digital body language
• Essentials of mindfulness and compassion
• Leading virtually: Vulnerability and presence when working from home

Articles

• The key to making hybrid work? Meaningful engagement— Johnny Warström
• 11 ways to create community in a ‘hybrid’ work environment— Forbes Communications Council
• How to communicate when everyone is wearing a mask— Jeremy Adam Smith & Zaid Jilani

For questions, contact ucopld@ucop.edu.

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