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Take Time To Brush Up On Meeting Skills
The fundamentals of meeting preparation and participation, as well as a look at meetings of the future, are the topics of an upcoming training series in October. These unique professional development events will be sponsored by the CCC e-Conferencing Grant and brought to campuses via the California Community College Satellite Network (CCCSAT). The administrators, staff and faculty of the CCC system will be introduced to meeting fundamentals and e-conferencing technology through a series of five “live” television programs entitled, “Meeting Time: Every Minute Counts.” CCCSAT is currently available in over fifty percent of the system* and the administrators, staff and faculty on those campuses (with the satellite feed) will receive an invitation to attend these programs. In order to fully prepare campuses for digital meeting and e-conferencing capabilities, the first four programs will offer information on “traditional” meeting preparation, planning and participation. Each program will feature guest experts in the field of meeting management. In addition, they will feature administrators and faculty from throughout the system who are involved with meetings and technology. The final program will feature experts in digitally delivered meetings featuring e-conferencing. All programs will be hosted live, with an opportunity for audience participation from all locations. Programs are scheduled from 2-3 p.m., on the following Wednesdays:
For those campuses not full connected to the CCCSAT network, videotaped copies of the events will be provided to campus libraries. These uniue series of events will be the first time that CCCSAT has been utilized to provide all affiliates with a system-wide training opportunity. Palomar College was chosen as the e-Conferencing grant recipient of a five-year, $11.5 million technology initiative from the Chancellor’s Office. The funds underwrite a system-wide needs assessment on meetings and collaborative communications. The desired outcome is the implementation of e-conferencing capabilities throughout the system. This process is being completed through a series of targeted surveys, with ongoing data compilation and analysis. Subsequently, potential e-conferencing vendors will be identified, with the goal of choosing a provider to serve the system in the near future. *see www.ccceconferencing.org for list of CCCSAT affliates Contact: |
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