Getting your message across in a way that is clear and coherent is a critical skill in your professional and personal life. This workshop identifies the necessary ingredients of any conversation. Learn to be a better communicator by exploring the communication process and how different communication styles affect your personal style.
This workshop is idea for supervisors and managers.
Through Communicate with Others, you will:
Do you communicate well with people outside your age group? Find out how to manage communication across generations by first learning about the generations in the workforce. Knowledge about each generation will give you a general understanding about each group's frame of reference and help you interact more effectively.
As a result of Communicating Across Generations, you will:
This workshop uses small group discussion and case studies to better understand the importance of performance management. The process will be thoroughly examined from the manager's and employee's points of view to better enable managers to fully utilize the evaluation process as a way to encourage and develop employees. In addition, participants will learn more about how to properly prepare and conduct an effective performance evaluation. Also, the role of the manager after the evaluation is concluded will be explored.
The East Liverpool Campus Wall of Fame committee announces that nominations are being accepted for scholarships and awards to be given at the annual Wall of Fame dinner on May 1. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes former students and alumni for their professional accomplishments, civic involvement and community leadership. The Friend of Kent State University at East Liverpool Award recognizes a community member for their efforts to strengthen our campus. The following awards and scholarships will also be made available students this year: Student Campus Service Award: ...
Dean Tondiglia of Stow, Ohio, has been named Kent State University’s new chief of police. Prior to leading Kent State Police Services, Tondiglia most recently served as the university’s assistant chief of police and associate director of public safety. He will retain the associate director of public safety title. Tondiglia was sworn in today by John Peach, Kent State’s director of public safety and now former police chief who after 45 years with the university, 33 of which as police chief, is turning over the police chief position to Tondiglia. Peach will remain in his role as director of pub...
It may be cold and snowy outside, but believe it or not, summer is right around the corner. You know what that means, right? Flip flops, warm, sandy beaches … and class! Wait, what? That's right, registration for Summer 2015 begins on Monday, Feb. 23. Unlike Fall and Spring, there is no registration entry schedule, with registration opening to all students, regardless of class standing, Monday, Feb. 23. Students may search the schedule of available classes through FlashLine, or by visiting the online viewable schedule. But before you do that, don't forge...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the Kent State University Scholarships for Broadening Participation in the Sciences Program with funding to annually provide 21 scholarships of $5,000 each for undergraduate students. The scholarship program, led by Committee Chair Jonathan Maletic, Ph.D., Kent State professor of computer science, was started in 2007 and is designed to assist financially disadvantaged students who show promise in the sciences by enabling them to pursue a full-time program of study that can be completed in four years. The program also is designed to increase di...
