Leadership Development - Developing Your Professional Career: Part 3
Dates: November 6 - December 1, 2023
Meets: Online; learn at your own pace.
Registration Fee: $145.00
Sorry, we are no longer accepting registrations for this course. Please contact our office to find out if it will be rescheduled, or if alternative classes are available.
Sorry, we are no longer accepting registrations for this course. Please contact our office to find out if it will be rescheduled, or if alternative classes are available.
Have you ever wondered how do I get to that next level in my career? What does it take? This course will help you identify those skills that all great leaders possess, while learning new skills that will help take you to the next level. Whether you are leading a department or a organization you will gain the knowledge you need to be successful. Learn how to incorporate a developed image and communication skills that will rocket you to that next level.
Agenda
Unit 1 Mapping your Career for Success
Unit 2 Developing your Professional Career through Non-Verbal Communication
Unit 3 Image is Everything
Unit 4 Using Social Media to help develop your Professional Career
Course Outcomes
Course Objectives
About Your Instructor
Tawanda McLaurin a facilitator of Professional Development and IT courses at the local college. She believes that each individual has what it takes to reach their goals and helps individuals create roadmaps for success.
About Online Learning
Online learning is a fun, enjoyable and very productive way to learn. Millions of people are learning online each year. You will engage with and get to know the instructor and other participants. You may make friends. It's easy. It's fun.
How the Course Works
It's easy to participate in this online course! An email invitation will be sent by the Wednesday prior to the course start date with details to login and manage the course. You will be given a web address to go to enter the classroom along with a password. Use your email address and password to gain access.
Once inside the online classroom, here's what you can expect.
Participate when you want
You can participate any time of day or evening. The online classroom is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There are no live real-time requirements or meetings. You decide when you participate. For the best learning, participants should log into the course on two to three different days of the week.
What you will do
For each unit, you will:
The content (readings, audio lectures, slides) and self-quizzes are accessible for the entire course, so you can work ahead or go back and review again at your convenience.
About Online Learning
Online learning is a fun, enjoyable and very productive way to learn. Millions of people are learning online each year. You will engage with and get to know the instructor and other participants. You may make friends. It's easy. It's fun.
How the Course Works
It's easy to participate in this online course! An email invitation will be sent by the Wednesday prior to the course start date with details to login and manage the course. You will be given a web address to go to enter the classroom along with a password. Use your email address and password to gain access.
Once inside the online classroom, here's what you can expect.
Participate when you want
You can participate any time of day or evening. The online classroom is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There are no live real-time requirements or meetings. You decide when you participate. For the best learning, participants should log into the course on two to three different days of the week.
What you will do
For each unit, you will:
The content (readings, audio lectures, slides) and self-quizzes are accessible for the entire course, so you can work ahead or go back and review again at your convenience.
Discussion
The discussion for each unit lasts one week. All comments are made in writing (no audio required) and can be made at any time of the day or night. Your instructor will log into the discussion area at least once a day and answer questions, make comments and respond to comments by you and the other participants. We encourage you to make two or three comments each day to maximize your learning and enjoyment of the course.
Still have questions? We are here for you! Call 440.525.7116 or send an e-mail to ceinfo@lakelandcc.edu and we will help in any way we can.
Agenda
Unit 1 Mapping your Career for Success
- - Defining where you want to be in your career in 5, 10, 15 years
- - Setting and monitoring your career goals
- - Establishing a mentor partnership as a start in your professional career
Unit 2 Developing your Professional Career through Non-Verbal Communication
- - The difference between verbal and non-verbal communication
- - Conveying the right message with your body language
- - Writing what you think
- - Haptics – Using touch to convey non-verbal communication
- - How to understand others non-verbal communication
Unit 3 Image is Everything
- - You are your brand
- - What you wear can determine where you go
- - How to determine if your image is headed in the right direction
- - How your communication and your image should agree with each other
Unit 4 Using Social Media to help develop your Professional Career
- - The purpose of Social Media
- - How to use Social Media to create a professional online presence
- - How to avoid negative images trap that many people fall victim to on Social Media
Course Outcomes
- - Upon successful completion of this course you will:
- - Possess the information necessary to identify the difference between verbal and non-verbal communication in the workplace.
- - Distinguish different styles of leadership.
- - Have the basic knowledge necessary to successfully lead a department or organization.
- - Know your brand and use tools for improvement to convey the right non-verbal message.
Course Objectives
- - To provide tools needed to identify your brand.
- - To address the most commonly asked questions about developing your professional career.
- - Detail steps to identify different leadership styles.
- - To provide those interested in developing a professional career with a knowledge of how to use non-verbal communication effectively.
About Your Instructor
Tawanda McLaurin a facilitator of Professional Development and IT courses at the local college. She believes that each individual has what it takes to reach their goals and helps individuals create roadmaps for success.
About Online Learning
Online learning is a fun, enjoyable and very productive way to learn. Millions of people are learning online each year. You will engage with and get to know the instructor and other participants. You may make friends. It's easy. It's fun.
How the Course Works
It's easy to participate in this online course! An email invitation will be sent by the Wednesday prior to the course start date with details to login and manage the course. You will be given a web address to go to enter the classroom along with a password. Use your email address and password to gain access.
Once inside the online classroom, here's what you can expect.
Participate when you want
You can participate any time of day or evening. The online classroom is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There are no live real-time requirements or meetings. You decide when you participate. For the best learning, participants should log into the course on two to three different days of the week.
What you will do
For each unit, you will:
- - Access the online readings
- - Listen to the audio presentation for the unit and view the slides
- - Take a self-quiz to see how much you have learned
- - Engage in written online discussion with your instructor and other participants
- - Make comments on the discussion board (try to make one or more comments at two to three different times each day to keep up with the conversation).
The content (readings, audio lectures, slides) and self-quizzes are accessible for the entire course, so you can work ahead or go back and review again at your convenience.
About Online Learning
Online learning is a fun, enjoyable and very productive way to learn. Millions of people are learning online each year. You will engage with and get to know the instructor and other participants. You may make friends. It's easy. It's fun.
How the Course Works
It's easy to participate in this online course! An email invitation will be sent by the Wednesday prior to the course start date with details to login and manage the course. You will be given a web address to go to enter the classroom along with a password. Use your email address and password to gain access.
Once inside the online classroom, here's what you can expect.
Participate when you want
You can participate any time of day or evening. The online classroom is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There are no live real-time requirements or meetings. You decide when you participate. For the best learning, participants should log into the course on two to three different days of the week.
What you will do
For each unit, you will:
- - Access the online readings
- - Listen to the audio presentation for the unit and view the slides
- - Take a self-quiz to see how much you have learned
- - Engage in written online discussion with your instructor and other participants
- - Make comments on the discussion board (try to make one or more comments at two to three different times each day to keep up with the conversation).
The content (readings, audio lectures, slides) and self-quizzes are accessible for the entire course, so you can work ahead or go back and review again at your convenience.
Discussion
The discussion for each unit lasts one week. All comments are made in writing (no audio required) and can be made at any time of the day or night. Your instructor will log into the discussion area at least once a day and answer questions, make comments and respond to comments by you and the other participants. We encourage you to make two or three comments each day to maximize your learning and enjoyment of the course.
Still have questions? We are here for you! Call 440.525.7116 or send an e-mail to ceinfo@lakelandcc.edu and we will help in any way we can.
Notes:
An email invitation will be sent by the Wednesday prior to the course start date with details to login and manage your online course.
Please NOTE to eliminate the possibility of the email invitation filtering as spam, add teacher@ugotclass.org to your Safe Senders List. Call 440-525-7116 if you encounter any problems.
| Fee: | $145.00 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | 16.00 |
| CEUs: | 1.60 |
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