Program for the 2022 PDI

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Debora Colbert

Director, Professional Development

Monday, January 10th

9:00 AM

Session Title
Colorado's Conservation Data Explorer (CODEX)
Presenters:
David Anderson,Michael Menefee
Category:
General Campus IT and Technology Tools
Date:
Monday, January 10th 2022
Start Time:
9:00 AM
Session Length:
2 hours
Room:
LSC 324
Description:
CODEX is Colorado's new Conservation Data Explorer. It is hosted at CSU by the Colorado Natural Heritage Program in the Warner College of Natural Resources. It is an interactive map website where users get access to Colorado's current decision quality data for planning, research, learning, and environmental justice. Users can submit queries and get detailed reports on conservation targets within their area of interest, and a report on the ecosystem service benefits. Users have personal accounts where their queries of the map are saved. Please note: Participants will need to bring a laptop with internet connectivity. We suggest bringing one that is fully charged because there might not be plugs for everyone!
Goals and Target Audience:
Goals: Learn about applications of this tool at CSU, engage with our team, and become a power user of CODEX. Target Audience: Faculty and staff seeking information for their research or for student projects, project planners, and any interested citizens who would like to learn more about the tool.

2:00 PM

Session Title
Finding our Way Forward- Maps and Practices for Coping during Turbulent Times-
Presenters:
Glynn Forkey, MSW ,Jeff Paulez, PhD,Viviane, Ephraimson-Abt, MED
Category:
Safety and Health
Date:
Monday, January 10th 2022
Start Time:
2:00 PM
Session Length:
80 minutes
Room:
LSC 324
Description:
Rachel Naomi Remen wisely said, "The expectation that we can be immersed in suffering and loss daily and not be touched by it is as unrealistic as expecting to be able to walk through water without getting wet. Many of us have experienced change, loss, and trauma, through multiple pandemic related stressors. This session, offered by staff from the CSU Health Network, is intended to support your way forward. You will learn ways to conceptualize what you have been through and its impact on your body and mind, and your life. We will explore collectively what has been helpful, how we have managed to cope, and what strengths we have developed. You will receive experience practices and receive resources to support you in navigating these bumpy times.
Goals and Target Audience:
Faculty and Staff

Wednesday, January 12th

9:00 AM

Session Title
Leveraging Strengths for Personal Effectiveness
Presenters:
Joy Nyenhuis
Category:
Personal/Professional Enrichment
Date:
Wednesday, January 12th 2022
Start Time:
9:00 AM
Session Length:
2 hours
Room:
LSC 324
Description:
CliftonStrengths provide us with lenses to understand what we do best. How can you leverage your Top 5 CliftonStrengths Talent Themes to improve your personal effectiveness? To deal with time management challenges? Better manage your attention? Have more energy? Join us for this workshop style session with time for learning, reflection, and discussion. Participants will leave with personalized ideas and strategies to address time management challenges.
Goals and Target Audience:
Anyone who has taken the CliftonStrengths assessment and knows their Top 5 Signature Talent Themes (bring your list) and is interested in leverage those to address time management challenges and improve their personal effectiveness.

11:00 AM

Session Title
Staying Positive, Testing Negative: Building Community While Working Online
Presenters:
Scott Wiebensohn,Matthew Diven
Category:
Personal/Professional Enrichment
Date:
Wednesday, January 12th 2022
Start Time:
11:00 AM
Session Length:
50 minutes
Room:
LSC 324
Description:
Wiebensohn and Diven are part of a team that created an online community where library employees and students from varying departments interact and grow together. Bi-weekly topics have varied from bird watching to comic books to gardening tips to CSU homecoming stories! This lively workshop focuses on sharing successes, hurdles, and goals necessary to build community by utilizing online tools as a positive consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sharing a sense of belonging through online threads can transition into better in-person interaction and cooperation. We will have dedicated Q&A time to address all inquiries.
Goals and Target Audience:
This workshop is designed for all CSU faculty, staff, and students – anyone interested in creating a collaborative and entertaining online community. Attendees will leave not only with the ability to showcase fellow faculty/staff and community members as guest presenters, but also an understanding of Microsoft Teams. Sharing diverse experiences through this growing program can inspire others at CSU to focus attention around strengthening community within departments and across campus.

1:00 PM

Session Title
Rare Plants of Colorado
Presenters:
David Anderson,Pam Smith,Crystal Strouse
Category:
Personal/Professional Enrichment
Date:
Wednesday, January 12th 2022
Start Time:
1:00 PM
Session Length:
90 minutes
Room:
LSC 324
Description:
In this session we will go on an adventure focusing on the rarest, weirdest, and most interesting plants of Colorado. We will explore our state through the lens of habitats for rare plants, and what the rare plants tell us about our natural history, cultural history, and landscapes. We will connect those stories with a few of Colorado's famous female natural historians.
Goals and Target Audience:
Goals: Learn about Colorado's rare plants and their natural history, meet local botanists, and become aware of ways you can be involved. Target Audience: Anyone who is interested in plants, Colorado, natural history, and who enjoys a good yarn.