Past Events & Meetings

We Don't Have to Fight Loneliness Alone

11/05/2020

The group listened to an episode from the "WorkLIfe with Adam Grant" podcast, titled We Don't Have to Fight Loneliness Alone, followed by a brief discussion. The episode also features Michigan Ross Professor Emerita Jane Dutton.

Episode description:
"Many workplaces have become increasingly lonely, even before the coronavirus pandemic made more of us literally remote. It's not just an unpleasant feeling -- loneliness can hurt our health and our job performance. Find out why it's time for happy hours to finally die -- and how it might take less than a minute to start building real connections."

Resources:

• Podcast Episode: We Don't Have to Fight Loneliness Alone

• WorkLife with Adam Grant

• Michigan Ross Article

Harnessing Disruption to Accelerate Your Growth

6/24/2020

Jill Dark, Director of Leadership, Learning & Talent Transformation at Steelcase

We are standing in the face of the largest forced experiment in human history. Everything we believe about work and technology is shifting. How will you use this opportunity for growth? As the head of leadership, learning, and talent transformation at Steelcase, Jill Dark knows how to harness disruption and turn it into value. “We may not be able to predict the future, but we can take actions that shape it,” says Jill Dark.

Speaker-Recommended Resources:

• Linda Hill: How to Manage Effectively for Creativity (Ted Talk)

• Institute for the Future

• NeuroLeadership Institute

• Bernard Marr & Co.

WITCoP Member-Recommended Resources:

• Brag!: The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn without Blowing It by Peggy Klaus

• Rebels at Work by Lois Kelly and Carmen Medina

COUNTS (U-M Council for Nontraditional Students) Toolkit for Supporting Students

Community Outreach

1/22/2020

Morgan Tibble, LLMSW, CEW+ Program Coordinator, University of Michigan

Morgan Tibble led a conversation about supporting nontraditional students on campus and discussed professional development opportunities geared for University staff, including CEW+ services to support staff members' career and educational goals.

Hour of Code at AAPS

December 2019

Women in IT supported for its third year. Together we had 50 volunteers from U-M and the overall reach of this event was:

• 26 schools had volunteers.

• 132 total volunteers.

• 216 total volunteer shifts.

• ~5,000 AAPS students interacted with volunteers

Check out the impact report for more information.

2019 Michigan IT Article to recruit volunteers:

https://michigan.it.umich.edu/news/2019/10/28/volunteer-for-the-annual-hour-of-code-event/

Debunking the Interview Process

4/10/2019

Panelists:

• Lija Hogan: Engagement Director, UserTesting

• Audrey Schmidt: Interim Senior Director of Data, Reporting, and Analytics, Health Information Technology & Services

• Jean Tennyson: Program Manager, HR Recruiting and Employment Services, University Human Resources

Less Stress, More Peace & Women's History Month Celebration Activity

3/11/2019

Office of Counseling & Workplace Resilience

A hands-on mindfulness session

A Trip into Cyber Safety - Learn about Information Assurance

It's more diverse than you think

Campus Outreach Subcommittee

Topics included:

• Cybersecurity, security incidents, who works in cybersecurity, current trends

• Sign-up to take part of an onsite excursion at Michigan Medicine to explore these topics in more detail.

To register for the excursion, send an email to:

ia-edawareness@umich.edu