Professional Development

Minutes/Report: DATE: March 30, 2010 - Support Staff Training LOCATION: Conference Call ATTENDEES: Marsha Boender, Kristi Fuller, Heather Robinson, Amy Gaffney, Pam Smith, Carol Bogaard (couldn’t get phone to un-mute), Brandi Stone-Miller GUEST(S): MINUTES STATUS: I. Support Staff Workshop Details A. Date: Thursday, August 12, 2010 B. Location: DMACC Urban Campus C. Catering: Gateway Market 1. Specialty Cookie to reflect theme D. Time: 9:00am-3:00pm E. We need a Theme 1. Email ideas to the group F. General Session: Motivating Employees; speaker DeLoris Hawkins G. Session Topics (45mins each) 1. Color Session (Conflict Resolution) a) Marsha B. will talk with Carrie from HR at Iowa Student Loan 2. Occupational & Mental Health: Someone that could talk about exercise or stretching and such that can be done in the work place and the importance of doing so from long hours at a desk and/or in front of a computer. And maybe we could do something in conjunction with this and talk about mental health too??? a) Admissions find speaker 3. Social Networking: Facebook, Twitter and all the recent technology tools. I actually have a guy here in our office who is in charge of our E-communications and does a lot with Facebook and Twitter and has his own Blog as well. How it is used in an office setting and how our children use it. a) Admissions find speaker 4. Dress for Success: See if someone can come from Talbots a) Carol B. will talk to Tracy H. 5. Excel/Word 2007 Tips & Tricks: a) Brandi will ask DeLoris about speaker from DMACC 6. Organization Session (Shelly’s Friend from NE) a) Amy G. will contact Shelly H. Brandi needs session names, session descriptions, and presenters NEXT MEETING: TBD MEETING ADJOURNED: SUBMITTED BY: Brandi Stone-Miller POSTED BY: Pam L Smith