Unlock your potential as an inclusive leader! Join our engaging three-hour workshop designed to empower individuals, regardless of role or background, to cultivate inclusive leadership skills. Explore the facets of self-awareness and privilege, learn to navigate bias and communicate consciously in interpersonal interactions, and discover strategies to foster inclusivity on a broader organizational scale. Led by an experienced facilitator, this workshop offers a transformative journey towards fostering diversity, equity, and belonging within our university community — and any group you're a part of. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your leadership toolkit and make a meaningful impact in an inclusive way.

About the Presenter:

Jenna Britton is a writer, content strategist, and educator. She currently leads content strategy and storytelling on the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) team at retail tech company, Shipt.

About Professional Edge:

Professional Edge is an industry-informed program designed to help students develop cutting-edge skills essential in the modern job market. Join our events, trainings, and immmersions to build targeted, practical skills in an interactive and engaging format and distinguish yourself in a field of other job applicants. Receive guidance from instructors informed by the latest business trends and leave with tangible tools and stories you can leverage in your career search.

We all want to contribute to and experience teams that are high-performing and collaborate effectively. Research tells us some of the qualities teams need to succeed (like safety, trust, and belonging), but how do we understand and interpersonally contribute to those qualities in a neurodiverse group? This session will help us view some of the foundational approaches to collaborating on teams through a neuro-inclusive lens. You’ll leave with additional cultural competence practices around observing, interpreting, and analyzing interpersonal workplace scenarios. You’ll also apply the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework to identify one or two additional practices you want to add to your toolkit when working within teams.  Competency Alignment:

About the Instructor:

Laurel Bastian (she/her) is a Faculty Consultant with the Teaching Engagement Program who provides training, consultation, and professional development to UO faculty, specializing in access, inclusion, and student wellbeing. Prior to UO, she was faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business, where she taught professional and intercultural communications. 

About Professional Edge:

Professional Edge is an industry-informed collection of short courses designed to help students develop cutting-edge skills essential in the modern job market. 

Build targeted, practical skills in an interactive and engaging format and distinguish yourself in a field of other job applicants. As a participant, you'll receive guidance from instructors informed by the latest business trends and leave with tangible tools and stories you can leverage in your career search. 

This is a two-part series occurring on May 3rd and May 17th from 12-4pm. Participants who attend both days of this program and fulfill all requirements are eligible to earn a Power BI Essentials microcredential from the Lundquist College of Business. Enrollment Deadline: Friday, April 26th Today and every day in the future, organizations you will work for will collect vast amounts of data - and your challenge will be to make sense of it. Excel spreadsheets have their place, but they're static, limited in their ability to visualize data, and time-consuming to build and use. In this training, you will be equipped with the skills to move beyond the confines of stagnant data and transform it into a living, breathing dashboard. After this training, you will be able to confidently use Power BI to: Transform data: Format data to extract actionable insights. Create data models: Present your data intuitively and in a visually engaging way, making it easier for your audience to understand complex information. Visualize data: Tell the story of your data in quick, responsive analytics. Share assets: The power of automation ensures that your data reaches the right people at the right time. In a data-driven world, your ability to extract meaningful insights and make informed decisions is a game-changer.

Power BI empowers you with the skills you need to drive decision-making processes, giving you a competitive edge in the job market. NACE Competency Alignment: Critical Thinking, Technology About Professional Edge: Professional Edge is an industry-informed collection of short courses designed to help students develop cutting-edge skills essential in the modern job market. Build targeted, practical skills in an interactive and engaging format and distinguish yourself in a field of other job applicants. As a participant, you'll receive guidance from instructors informed by the latest business trends and leave with tangible tools and stories you can leverage in your career search.

Enroll by the April 26th deadline to secure your spot!