Balancing Work, Life & Time
Jodi Smith– M Ed
Track D, 1:00 – 1:50, AT 206

Discuss your specific work-life balance and time management obstacles, specific habits employed by highly productive people, and tools to help you value your time and achieve your goals!

Cool Tools – Excel
Amelia Ward – Systems Analyst

Track A,11:00 – 11:50, AT122

Amelia’s Top 10 Countdown of Cool Tools you will want to know to make your job easier, more accurate and fun!

Creating Fillable Forms
Diane Skyland and Allison Smeltz
Track D, 4:00 – 4:50, AT122

Learn how to convert your Word document forms into fillable PDFs. Fillable PDFs are the new standard for most forms on the fvcc.eduwebsite. You will learn how easy they are to create, convert and will be easier for students, faculty, and staff to complete and return electronically.

Emotional Intelligence – Book Discussion
Carlin Hale – MS, LCPC, QPR
Track A, 10:00 – 10:50, AT206

This discussion will focus on Emotional Intelligence (“EQ”) and how IQ scoring and alertness of mind are not the only elements of success. Self-control, zeal, and persistence are important features of every successful story. We will review various EQ concepts, including understanding the role of the unconscious mind, mental wellness, empathy, artistic expression, relationships, physical health, and much, much more!

This class requires the participant to read the book Emotional Intelligence prior to Professional Development Day. Registrants may check-out the book in Human Resources.

Getting It Out in the Open…Challenges at Work
George Shryock –Professor Emeritus
Track B, 9:00 – 9:50, AT207
Track C, 1:00 – 1:50, AT207

When it's time to talk to the co-worker, boss, subordinate, students and others who make going to work difficult, here are some ways to reduce the threat and get it out in the open. We will look at difficult behaviors, discuss coping strategies, and actually practice talking and listening for tense situations.

What is This Google Docs Thing?

Amelia Ward – Systems Analyst
Track B, 8:00 – 8:50, AT122
Track C, 2:00 – 2:50, AT122

Is it animal, mineral or vegetable? Find out in this hands-on workshop about Google Docs in order to hang out with the other cool and nerdy kids at FVCC!

Grammar Refresher
Kathy Dunnehoff– MFA
Track D, 3:00 – 3:50, AT205

Run-ons, sentence fragments, comma splices… so many things can go wrong when we write. We often know what sounds and looks correct without understanding why. In 50 minutes, with practical and easy to remember guidelines, we'll re-learn the "why" of grammar.

MBTI - What Type Are You?

Karen Glasser – MPA, SPHR, MBTI Certified Practitioner

Track B, 10:00 – 10:50, AT207
Track D, 2:00 – 2:50, AT207

The goal of knowing about personality type is to understand and appreciate differences between people.When you understand your type preferences, you can approach your own work in a manner that best suits your style, including: how you manage your time, problem solving, best approaches for decision making, and dealing with stress. Knowledge of type can help you better understand the culture of the place you work, develop new skills, understand your participation in teams, and cope with change in the workplace.

This class requires completion of the MBTI online assessment prior to Professional Development Day. Registrants will receive assessment authorization in Human Resources.

Mindfulness – Stress Reduction

Michelle Richards

Track B, 11:00 – 11:50, AT208
Track C, 4:00 – 4:50, AT208

Learn how mindfulness meditation and practices can help reduce stress in your life and create more balance and ease. Through the art of paying attention one can develop an intimacy with oneself and life that enhances everything we do and experience. Meditation is a simple (but not alwayseasy!) way we can take responsibility for our lives and health. We do this by tapping into our own innate resources and abilities to grow, heal, learn, and transform. It is an awareness practice that can benefit absolutely everybody.

School of Wow – Delivering a Quality Customer Service Experience

Mary McLoy, BA

Track A, 9:00 – 9:50, AT206

Track C, 3:00 – 3:50, AT206

How you greet people or answer a question has a direct impact on the enrollment and perception of the college in our community. It goes without saying that good customer service is essential, but do you answer the ringing phone, help the student at the front desk, or respond to your boss’s question first?

Tips for Writing Smashing Emails
Kathy Dunnehoff, MFA
Track A, 8:00 – 8:50, AT205

We fire off so many emails during the course of a single week, but how often do we really consider the role, audience, and purpose behind our communication? It only takes a couple of seconds to make sure the send button is also sending the right message.​