During times of disruptive change, it is training, knowledge, and skill building that help to turn uncertainty into opportunity and innovation. For over a year, we have been unable to gather in face-to-face workshops, meetings, and conferences, but this has certainly not slowed the work of our Center. In our yearly analysis of activity, we found the number of programs offered by the CPD increased by 20 percent from the previous year. We have survived and thrived in the pivot and moved our activities to an online and virtual environment.

Our work continues to be “in flux,” and we embrace the fact that many colleagues are still unable to travel. Virtual events have allowed many to attend CPD conferences for the first time, as travel costs or time out of the office may have prohibited participation in the past. We have also been able to increase the number of online resources via our YouTube channel to be accessed at a convenient time; channel subscribers have increased this year by 49%.

Online and virtual events have increased our ability to be more inclusive and meet our diverse participants where and how they are working today. Look for our Annual Report next month. You might also want to visit our recently upgraded website - pardon our dust, we are still working on it. 

Happy first week of fall,

- Lisa Raposo, Interim Director

A note from the planning committee: The conference is free and will be held virtually. As SUNY is building capacity and best practices for supporting all students during these challenging times with evidence- and results-based campus and student leadership/models/methods, our communities of practice have again joined together in order to facilitate collaboration, networking, and sharing of ideas to improve offerings for all students across the state.

This summit brings together three SUNY communities of practice; Student Success, Applied Learning and Advising. Call for Proposals be coming in December. Please consider bookmarking this event website for more information regarding registration, speakers and event details!

This course is designed to teach the fundamentals of project management to New York State employees. The course uses the NYS Project Management Guidebook as a foundation and will take learners through the project management lifecycle. It is not designed for people already working in project management roles, but rather, this workshop is designed for people new to project management with little or no formal training. The focus of the training is to help SUNY employees understand the concepts and improve their project management skills.

Not ready for full, in-person events? Check out this article from Inside Higher Ed on the future of academic conferences.

Congratulations to our Research Foundation colleagues and friends on their platinum anniversary! Thank you for being a valued Member of the SUNY CPD.

The SUNY CPD offers a variety of workshops to get SUNY Online Signature Program faculty and staff acquainted with the resources, technology, and processes associated with the SUNY Online Degrees at Scale Initiative. SUNY Online Signature Program faculty have the opportunity to participate in two orientations, one for the course design process, and one for the delivery of a SUNY Online Signature Program course. These faculty are also invited to participate in a series of monthly Faculty Focus Forums that provide faculty with a space to share feedback and perspectives about teaching, technology, program scaling, and more. For more information please email Jamie.Heron@suny.edu. 

If you missed the live presentation regarding the upcoming Microsoft Enterprise Skills Initiative program, you can sign in to watch the on-demand video. Please contact Kris Lynch (Krista.Lynch@suny.edu) with questions

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