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This speaker series will be hosted virtually using Microsoft Teams. For more information about Microsoft Teams, please visit Northwood Tech’s Innovative Teaching and Learning Center.
Thank you for joining us for Northwood Technical College’s 2023-24 Inclusive Leadership Speaker Series!
Each presentation will be hosted virtually using Microsoft Teams from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Central Time. The sessions will involve a presentation followed by Q&A. Northwood Tech students, faculty, and staff, as well as community members and business and industry leaders, are invited to attend.
Northwood Technical College is committed to making events accessible to everyone. If you require an accommodation to fully participate in the speaker series, please contact Tom Barbano at Tom.Barbano@NorthwoodTech.edu or 715-246-1804.
- Sept 28 - Best Practices for Leveraging Emotional Intelligence to Foster a More Human Centered Relationship
Presenter: Luis Moreno
Thursday, September 28, 2023 | 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Participants will learn more about Emotional Intelligence and how it can be leveraged in the workplace to improve relationship building, communication, trust, and results by fostering leaders and teams that are more human, equitable and inclusive.
Luis Moreno is a Speaker, Writer, Trainer, Coach & Consultant. He has over 18 years of experience in 7 Fortune 500 companies. He leverages his expertise in Human Centered Leadership and Emotional Intelligence and collaborates with other experts around the world to help foster workplace cultures and communities that are healthier and happier. Visit his website for more information, luismorenotcbpn.com.
- Nov 28 - Inclusive Leadership in Context
- Presenter: Jennifer Kuklenski
Tuesday, November 28, 2023 | 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Dr. Jennifer Kuklenski will cover ideas from her book, “Diversity and Organizational Development: Impacts and Opportunities.” Participants will learn what diversity, equity, and inclusion really mean in a multicultural setting and methods for becoming a more inclusive leader, capable of celebrating people’s unique characteristics while creating a sense of shared belonging.
- Presenter: Jennifer Kuklenski
- Feb 27 - We Got This! Strategies for Improving Ourselves, Our Communities, Our World
Presenter: Paul Wesselmann
Tuesday, February 27, 2024 | 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Let’s face it: we’ve had a rough few years. Living through the Time of Covid, ongoing struggles around civility and civil rights, the very future of civilization. We are individually and collectively struggling. WE NEED HELP! Here’s the truth: WE GOT THIS! Paul will share a resilience model that has helped thousands of people reach OUT to more effectively connect with others and reach IN to more consistently show up with their best available selves in work, school, and life.
Apr 2 - Why Can’t We Get Along Anymore? : Depolarizing Our Country, Our Communities, and Ourselves
Presenter: Paul Wesselmann
Thursday, April 2, 2024 | 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
There is no doubt that our society is increasingly polarized, in part because there are some really important issues that have divided the country along seemingly intractable fault lines. THERE IS REASON FOR HOPE: It turns out that we don't have to agree on things to get along a little better, and we don't have to hate each other even when we disagree passionately. Join us as we explore a handful of research-backed strategies that are being employed around the country to help people from differing backgrounds and beliefs come together with civility and curiosity to listen and learn.
Paul holds degrees in psychology and higher education, is the author of two books, and has spoken on hundreds of campuses around North America. His February "We Got This" peptalk was extremely well-received, and we're excited to have him help us explore this difficult and important topic.
Continuing Education
Teams Support Information
This speaker series will be hosted virtually using Microsoft Teams. For more information about Microsoft Teams, please visit Northwood Tech’s Innovative Teaching and Learning Center.
