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Classroom Learning

Our fall 2009 offerings are grouped under the following series:

Classroom Training Refund Policy for Columbia Participants

Each half-day course costs $70, and full-day courses are $140.

If it becomes necessary to cancel registration, please do so by sending an e-mail to hrlearning@columbia.edu, at least five (5) business days before the course.

Advance notification gives wait-listed participants the opportunity to attend. The cancellation notice must be received by the Learning & Development department at least (5) five business days in advance in order for the full cost of the course to be waived. If the cancellation notice is not received within five (5) business days, the full cost of the course will be charged to the registrant.

In addition, all registrants are required to obtain approval from their manager to take any of our classroom courses.

  1. Internal chargeback to your department: When registering for the course online, you will be prompted to provide your FAS number for internal chargeback purposes.
  2. Credit Card/Purchasing Card payment: When registering for the course online, you will be prompted to provide your FAS#. Enter 000000 and then follow the instructions on the next screen to pay by credit card. Staff members will still be responsible for adhering to Columbia University Finance Department policies, and other school/department business processes, for approval and submission of these expenses for reimbursement.

Privacy Policy

As required by law, ColumbiaUniversity HR Learning & Development does not disclose non-public personalinformation that we have obtained to any of our affiliates. We are committed toprotecting the confidentiality of the personal information you provide. Accessto your personal information is restricted to those staff members who need toknow that information as part of their job in order to provide effectiveservice to you. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguardsthat are reasonably designed to guard your nonpublic personal information.

Communication Skills Series:

Presentation Skills

Price: $140
Location: Room 469 Studebaker Building
Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Register for this course.

Target Audience: All Faculty and Staff looking to improve their presentation skills.
Maximum Class Size: 10 participants

By the end of this program, participants will learn how to:

  • Prepare and organize a presentation for maximum effectiveness.
  • Use strong non-verbal techniques to enhance delivery.
  • Turn nervousness into positive energy.
  • Analyze, involve and adapt to any type of audience.
  • Handle any type of question or objection.
  • Address all of the above topics in the context of both formal and impromptu presentations.

Basic Business Writing

Session #1
Price: $70
Location: Room 469 Studebaker Building
Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Time: 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Register for this course.

Session #2
Price: $70
Location: Room 469 Studebaker Building
Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Time: 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Register for this course.

Target Audience: All Faculty and Staff looking to improve their business writing and written communications skills.
Maximum Class Size: 20 participants per session

By the end of this program, participants will learn how to:

  • Write more clearly and quickly.
  • Review the basics of sentences and paragraphs.
  • Structure any message or document for maximum effectiveness.
  • Avoid common slip-ups in spelling, usage, grammar, and punctuation.
  • Proofread your own work.

E-mail Etiquette

Session #1
Price: $70
Location: Room 469 Studebaker Building
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Time: 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Register for this course.

Session #2
Price: $70
Location: Room 469 Studebaker Building
Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Time: 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Register for this course.

Target Audience: All Faculty and Staff looking to improve their e-mail communications skills.
Maximum Class Size: 20 participants per session

By the end of this program, participants will learn how to:

  • Create polished, professional emails and replies.
  • Craft useful subject lines and calls to action.
  • Be in command of your tone.
  • Handle angry writers and “hot” messages.
  • Determine when to use alternatives to email.

Communicating Effectively with Impact

Price: $70
Location: Room 469 Studebaker Building
Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Register for this course.

Target Audience: All staff looking to improve their speaking skills.
Maximum Class Size: 25 participants per session

By the end of this program, participants will learn how to:

  • Analyze the audience.
  • Prepare and organize a presentation for maximum effectiveness.
  • Improve use of body language and vocals while speaking.
  • Turn nervousness into positive energy.

Dealing with Difficult Situations

Price: $70
Location: Room 469 Studebaker Building
Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Register for this course.

NEW SESSION ADDED
Location: Room 469 Studebaker Building
Date: Friday, December 11, 2009
Time: 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Register for this course.

Target Audience: All staff looking to better handle conflicts in the workplace.
Maximum Class Size: 25 participants per session

By the end of this program, participants will learn how to:

  • Understand what difficult situations are, where they come from and why they are important to manage.
  • Be able to use the two main skills in managing difficult situations: empathy and assertiveness.
  • Learn different conflict management styles and be able to adapt your style based on the situation.
  • Learn a process for handling difficult situations using collaboration.

Personal Effectiveness Series:

Time Management

Price: $70
Location: Room 469 Studebaker Building
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Register for this course.

NEW SESSION ADDED
Location: Room 469 Studebaker Building
Date: Friday, December 11, 2009
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Register for this course.
Target Audience: All Faculty and Staff looking to improve their time management skills.
Maximum Class Size: 20 participants per session

By the end of this program, participants will learn how to:

  • Establish the link between goal setting and successful time management.
  • Discover where their time goes.
  • Explore the “5 Phases of Mastering Workflow”.
  • Receive tools and tips on how to get organized and set priorities.
  • Learn how to handle distractions and avoid procrastination.

Maximizing Your Leadership Impact

Price: $70
Location: Room 469 Studebaker Building
Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Register for this course.

Target Audience: Managers who want to achieve even more impact in their role.
Maximum Class Size: 25 participants

By the end of this program, participants will learn how to:

  • Evaluate the impact of good leadership.
  • Better create the impact they want as managers/leaders.
  • Determine the qualities they bring to management/leadership.
  • Identify the qualities they need to develop to become successful managers/leaders and design plan with key action steps to enhance their leadership skills and competencies.
  • Enlist partners to help them achieve their plan.

Developing Your Leadership Potential

Price: $70
Location: Room 469 Studebaker Building
Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Register for this course.

Target Audience: Non-managers, including those who arethinking about becoming a manager one day and those who want toinformally manage others on projects.
Maximum Class Size: 25 participants

By the end of this program, participants will learn how to:

  • Determine the qualities of a successful manager/leader.
  • Understand the differences between individual contributors and managers and key tactics for making the transition to managing and leading.
  • Design a plan of action to develop key skills to prepare them to manage and lead others.
  • Enlist partners to help them achieve their plan.

How to Network Powerfully

Price: $70
Location: Room 469 Studebaker Building
Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009
Time: 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Register for this course.

Target Audience: All staff looking to improve their networking skills.
Maximum Class Size: 25 participants per session

By the end of this program, participants will:

  • Examine the top challenges to powerful networking (in general and specifically at Columbia).
  • Explore best practice techniques and create goals to address these networking challenges.
  • Learn key concepts for structuring their “elevator pitch” designed to be used in powerful networking.
  • Create and practice delivering their elevator pitches.

Working With Different Behavior Styles

Price: $80 ($70 course fee, plus a $10 fee for the assessment)
Location: Room 469 Studebaker Building
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Time: 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Register for this course.

Target Audience: All staff looking to learn more about their behavior styles as well as how to work with styles different than their own.
Maximum Class Size: 30 participants per session

By the end of this program, participants will:

  • Learn more about themselves and others by exploring different behavior styles.
  • Increase effectiveness of communications and work interactions by learning how to adapt to different styles.
  • Discuss how to work well with other styles and to understand the need for all four styles on a team.
  • Examine how different styles play out in teams.

Negotiating with Confidence

Price: $70
Location: Room 469 Studebaker Building
Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009
Time: 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Register for this course.

Target Audience: All staff looking to improve their ability to negotiate successfully.
Maximum Class Size: 20 participants per session

By the end of this program, participants will:

  • Increase awareness of negotiation dynamics and why usual methods often fail.
  • Learn and practice a systematic framework for preparing for and conducting effective negotiations.
  • Identify common difficult tactics in negotiations and discuss how to deal with them.
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Project Management Series:

Project Management Skills

Session #1
Price: $140
Location: Room 469 Studebaker Building
Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Register for this course.

Session #2
Price: $140
Location: Room 469 Studebaker Building
Date: Friday, November 20, 2009
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Register for this course.

Target Audience: All Faculty and Staff looking to improve their project management skills.
Maximum Class Size: 20 participants

This course will introduce the tools and techniques used tomanage projects. By the end of this program, participants will learnhow to create and implement:

  • A project charter, used to initiate and define the project and get everyone aligned to a common purpose.
  • A project scope statement, to identify the objectives and parameters of the project.
  • A work breakdown structure, to organize the details of the work to be done.
  • A project schedule, to manage the sequence and time of the project work.
  • A team management plan, to enable team members to work together effectively.
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