Creating and maintaining an inclusive and welcoming environment for everyone on a campus is necessary to recruit and retain diverse faculty, students, and staff, as well as to create an environment that promotes Global Citizenship to reflect an increasingly global society. Yet at most institutions, DEI initiatives only focus on domestic diversity and lack a global perspective. […]
** Please join us on Zoom for this presentation Topic: NCFDD Live Strategy Sessions: 5 Tips to Avoid Summer Burnout and Every Summer Needs a Plan Time: May 11, 2023 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 895 8419 6078 Passcode: 535998 One tap mobile +16468769923,,89584196078#,,,,*535998# US (New York) +16469313860,,89584196078#,,,,*535998# […]
Faculty concerns during and emerging from the pandemic have focused on time lost for scholarly/creative pursuits, teaching, and well-being; many faculty have sustained long and challenging disruptions to their professional (and personal) agendas. A sabbatical, when available, is a critical support for faculty engagement in scholarly and creative endeavors and restoration of well-being, outcomes that support […]
Have you been putting off your writing all year by promising yourself that summer is when you'll buckle down and get it done? Are you finding yourself continuing to procrastinate and avoid your writing even though summer has arrived? Have you ever wondered why it is that you really want to write, but just don't […]
Do you identify as neurodivergent or as someone with ADHD (Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder)? Do you work with faculty or graduate students with ADHD? Are you looking for effective skills to be successful as an academic that better fits the diversity you bring to higher education? If so, please join us for a conversation about common experiences […]
Do you struggle to share your writing at the early stages because it’s not perfect? Do you find yourself devastated by criticism of your work? Do you beat yourself up every time the tiniest thing goes wrong? Is it difficult for you to celebrate other people’s success because it reminds you of your own shortcomings? […]
The 14-Day Challenge is an opportunity for you to experiment with daily writing, online community, and supportive accountability. It's very simple: You commit to write every day for at least 30 minutes. At the beginning of your writing time, you login to our online community, start the timer, complete your writing, and post your progress […]
Do you need to have a breakthrough in your writing and research productivity? Do you promise yourself every term that you're going to be highly productive, but end up falling short year after year? Do you want to learn why our Faculty Success Program consistently improves over 90% of participants' productivity every session? If so, join us […]
This webinar discusses the importance of audience engagement for public presentations and provides strategies for capturing and keeping the attention of an audience in various contexts. The presenter will provide recommendations for how to study an audience prior to a presentation, as well as suggestions for verbal and nonverbal communication strategies that engage an audience […]
Do you often start the semester or term with high hopes for your writing projects, but end disappointed by your actual productivity? Do you desperately want (or need) to write a lot this semester? Do you want to figure out how to be more productive AND enjoy your life this semester? We offer this planning […]
At the end of November in 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a text-generating AI with never-before-seen capabilities of producing almost any type of text with the click of a button. Students immediately realized the potential of using it for their assignments, easily generating essays and code, while avoiding being caught by existing plagiarism detection software. Since […]
**Please Join us on Zoom for this presentation Topic: Live on Zoom: How to Align Your Time with Your Priorities Time: Feb 8, 2024 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 865 0646 1694 Passcode: 201403 One tap mobile +13092053325,,86506461694#,,,,*201403# US +13126266799,,86506461694#,,,,*201403# US Grab your strategic plan and learn the […]