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UMass Lowell Continuing Studies, Corporate & Distance Education

Effective Organizational Skills

CRS# 00.617-041
One Day; Meets 9:00am-4:00pm; Friday April 30
Held on Lowell Campus; Tuition: $475; CEUs: .7; PDUs: 7

Space is limited so register today!

UMass Lowell is a PMI® approved Global Registered Education Provider.

For questions or to register for this noncredit seminar, call (978) 934-2405!

Overview
Learn how to get organized for your brain type and work style. Once you identify your work style and build your organizational systems around it, you become organized and stay that way. When you are organized, you are more likely to meet deadlines. You will stay more focused on your project and spend less time searching for the information you need to accomplish your work. This interactive seminar teaches you how to get more done in a day and avoid the pitfalls of timewasters. Managing your calendar, your workspace and your meetings all lead to increases in productivity and allow you to recapture “lost” time.

Audience
This seminar is designed for anyone who currently manages a project and those who are soon to assume management roles.

Content
Learning Objectives
  • Students learn to identify their dominant work style and its impact on their productivity. 
  • Students learn to recognize the four brain styles and which one is their most natural inclination.
  • Students learn how to become more organized in ways that align with their personal work and brain styles.
  • Students learn how to manage their calendar and workspace more effectively.
  • Students learn how to manage interruptions and recapture “lost” time.
  • Students learn the art of running effective meetings with a purpose, focus and measurable outcomes.
  • Students participate in exercises that help them evaluate the effectiveness of their time management.
  • Students learn and practice new skills applied to projects both at work and at home.

Instructor(s)
Karen Scibinico
, a partner in Emerge with Coaching, is a coach, mentor and trainer. Karen is a seasoned leader in the multiple venues of public education, business, and higher education. Serving as a dean and director of the Center for Executive and Professional Education at Bentley College, she combined these experiences to lead a team of people delivering professional development programs. Karen left Bentley to establish a triad of businesses to change people’s lives in a positive, lasting way. Her extensive background enables her to connect with others at a variety of levels and on common ground. Adept at listening and motivating, Karen helps people develop their own skills to enrich their lives.

Jan Stewart held leadership roles in the public and private sector as a program director and operations manager prior to founding Emerge with Coaching. Jan is uniquely gifted with an aptitude for developing individual and team talents and energizing group performance. Her coaching style is effective in helping people who want to grow personally and professionally. Her leadership positions most recently include president of a local business networking organization. She has leveraged her previous experience to partner with municipalities, public and private schools, and non-profit organizations to facilitate meetings and coach individuals.

Find out how you can apply this course towards a noncredit Certificate in Project Management!

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