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If you're planning to bring a group of colleagues together, we'll help make it engaging.

Use shareable content from our library or work with our speakers and facilitators to plan a session that works for you — whether tried and true or a new one just for your group.

These employee engagement services are available university-wide at no cost to your group.

Sessions for building employee engagement

These are all the sessions we’ve successfully delivered to groups across the university — on site and over Zoom.

Choose from a range of topics, from mental health to technology. You’ll also find a variety of formats. We offer hands-on experiences, workshops to learn and apply new concepts, and presentations that quickly and effectively share knowledge.

Title Description Category
Addressing Family Conflict This presentation will focus on the origins of family conflict and offer suggestions on how to interrupt cycles of arguing, disagreements and negotiating rules within the family. Elder care, Mental health
Agreements for Thriving Explore ways you can choose to manage yourself in a way that keeps you thriving, even when dealing with change. Personal resilience
Basic Computer Skills Workshop This workshop is designed for individuals who have little or no computer experience and want to improve their skills. Technology
Basics of Diversity Learn about all the dimensions in which individuals are different and how to create an environment that encourages appreciation of diversity instead of biases. Interpersonal skills
Basics of Leadership We'll explore the topic conceptually and practically to become the best leader each of us can be. Leadership
Basics of Self-Compassion Based on the works of Kristin Neff and Chris Germer, this 60-minute introductory session will give folks an opportunity to learn, practice and bring more self-compassion into their lives. Mental health, Personal resilience
Build Your Own Self-Compassion Meditation Offering kindness to ourselves can be a powerful tool when we inevitably struggle. Mental health, Personal resilience
Building a Climate of Trust Learn your role as a supervisor or leader in developing a trusting workplace environment and strategies to make it happen. Leadership
Captivate: Advanced Interactions This Captivate workshop is designed for both new users as well as experienced Captivate users. Technology
Captivate: Enhancing Your Project Now that you have a basic understanding of Adobe Captivate, it's time to add more creativity and functionality to your project. Technology
Captivate: Introduction Learn how to create a professional quality web-based tutorial that goes beyond screen capture. Technology
Coaching and Feedback Uncover talent, strengthen your team, and positively and constructively guide employees. Leadership, Supervising
Coaching Yourself Learn how to turn up the volume on the inner coach to live with less internalized criticism and more resiliency, creativity, self-regulation and connection to purpose. Mental health, Personal resilience
Collaborative Problem Solving with Children and Teens Use collaborative problem solving with children and teens to improve flexible thinking, frustration tolerance, parent-child bonding and conflict resolution. Elder care, Mental health
Communicating Across Cultures Becoming more aware of our cultural differences and similarities will help us communicate with each other more effectively. Interpersonal skills
Communicating With Success Learn communication skills to help you drive effective decision making, teamwork and action. Interpersonal skills
Create your own workout plan Join MoveWell Fitness Manager, Carrie Davidson as she discusses the necessary fitness guidelines and components to create your very own work out plan based on your life, your needs, and your goals. Physical activity
Creating a Resilient Mindset We sometimes have all the tools we need to thrive, but something still stands in our way.. Mental health, Personal resilience
Creating Sleep Habits for Better ZZZZs A conversation about using sleep science and the body’s circadian rhythm to create sleep habits that work for you.  Personal resilience
Creative Writing for Psychological Well-Being, Resilience, and Social Connection Creative writing is a unique form of play that expresses core conditions of being human. Mental health, Personal resilience
Cultivating Habits that Last Beginning new habits and sticking to them can be tough. We'll have an engaging conversation on the science, strategy and innovative approach of Tiny Habits. Mental health, Personal resilience
Cultivating “The Good Life” Through Authentic Living  This presentation integrates insights and research from positive psychology and existential psychology traditions, as well as research on mindfulness, compassion, and creativity. Mental health, Personal resilience
Customizable Mindful Practice Experience Calm the body and mind any time with these experiential practices. Mental health, Personal resilience
Decoding Food Labels We'll give you easy take-home tips to demystify those grocery aisles. Nutrition, Personal resilience, Physical activity
Developing a Winning Image Learn how to build your personal brand, grow and nurture your network and more. Leadership
DISC Team This team session places an emphasis on team communication and how individuals can use their awareness to better communicate, manage and solve conflicts. Interpersonal skills
Don't Be A Cover Band: Discovering Your Life Purpose This interactive presentation will describe the steps to create your own life purpose statement. Mental health
Don't Believe Everything You Think Understand how to identify and manage anxiety and worry. Mental health
Eating Well in a Hurry Learn practical tips for healthful eating when time is tight and you are away from home. Nutrition, Personal resilience, Physical activity
Emotional Eating Learn how to tame emotional eating by understanding more about this common coping strategy and using self-reflection. Nutrition, Personal resilience, Physical activity
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Learn about emotional intelligence, how you can increase it and use it, especially when facing challenges. Interpersonal skills
Essential Building Blocks of Well-Being Explore tangible, research-based practices and techniques to engage, re-connect and flourish more in life. Mental health, Personal resilience
Excel: Charts and Graphs Learn how to create a variety of charts and save them. Technology
Excel: Data Tools and Time Savers Explore useful tools to combine, separate, or extract data in a spreadsheet, look up data from another spreadsheet, protect your Excel worksheets and create Macros to automate repetitive tasks. Technology
Excel: Functions and Filters Learn how to use relative and absolute references, build formulas, work with Excel Functions, apply sorting and filtering tools and use conditional formatting. Technology
Excel: Introduction Learn how to organize, format, and calculate data with formulas in a spreadsheet. Technology
Excel: Pivot Tables Learn how to use this powerful tool to dynamically analyze Excel data sets. Technology
Facing the Challenge of Change Discover your personal change style and better understand resilience and coping strategies for nonstop change.
Family-Friendly Meal Planning Discover healthy-ish tips you can use to create more family meal wins. Elder care, Nutrition, Personal resilience, Physical activity
From Deciding to Doing Learn how to think critically about your goals and how you can prepare, so that any goal is within reach Leadership
Generations in the Workplace Learn how each generation defines success and investigate the differences that impact communication and relationships in the work environment. Interpersonal skills
Group Problem Solving Explore an in-depth and inclusive approach to problem solving. Interpersonal skills
Healthy Relationships at Work Discover strategies to balance and maintain healthy relationships at work and learn coping skills that encourage positive and resilient relationships with our coworkers.  Mental health, Supervising
Healthy-ish Eating Discover how to approach nutrition from a perspective that is relaxed and forgiving—one that honors the reality of your time, energy, skills and motivation.  Nutrition, Personal resilience, Physical activity
HR Supports Employee Well-Being ​Hear about the well-being benefits and resources available to UK employees, as well as how to get connected to them. Elder care, Personal finance, Mental health, Personal resilience, Physical activity
HR Well-Being Resource Table Well-being experts will provide an interactive experience for employees, retirees and spouses to learn about what we offer. Personal finance, Mental health, Personal resilience, Physical activity
Illustrator: Introduction Learn how to use the Illustrator workspace to create and edit basic vector graphics. Technology
InDesign: Introduction This workshop will introduce you to the InDesign user interface and show you how to work with text, images, and styles in a basic layout. Technology
Ins and Outs of Strength Training Better understand the benefits of strength training, whether you're only beginning or want to improve your current regimen. Personal resilience, Physical activity
Integrating Work and Life: Making Choices Discover the vibrant relationship between achievement and fulfillment in both work and life. Leadership, Mental health, Personal resilience
Intuitive Eating Learn more about Intuitive Eating: a framework that can help you rebuild trust in your internal signals around food and eating. Nutrition, Physical activity
Laughter is the Best Medicine ​A good laugh has great short-term benefits on both your mental and physical health, including stress reduction. Mental health, Personal resilience, Physical activity
Leading Effective Teams Learn positive steps you can take to create an empowering climate and influence your team to succeed. Leadership, Supervising
Loosen Up with Chair Yoga! We'll lead you through a short, guided routine of stretching and chair yoga to undo tension and stress from the workday. Personal resilience, Physical activity
Managing Burnout: In Life and at Work Mental health
Managing Setback and Starting Again This program focuses on managing setbacks and barriers in the realm of goal-setting and self-care. Mental health, Personal resilience
Managing Staff Conflict Learn how to diagnose conflict issues, identify the three stages of conflict and apply five conflict management strategies. Leadership
Managing Stress and Building Resiliency Learn better strategies to manage stress and life's challenges, especially during adverse times. Mental health, Personal resilience
Meditation 101 Learn how to get started meditating and feel the benefits of mindful stillness during easy practices in a non-judgmental setting. Mental health, Personal resilience
Microsoft 365: Overview This overview covers the basics of logging into Microsoft365 and navigating through the different online apps such as Outlook, OneDrive, Word, and OneNote. Technology
MIND Diet Learn about simple nutrition and lifestyle changes that may help reduce your risk of cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease. Nutrition, Personal resilience, Physical activity
Mindful Self-Compassion This four-week workshop series provides an opportunity to learn, practice and bring more self-compassion into our lives Mental health, Personal resilience
Mindfulness in the Workplace These practices improve emotional well-being, reduce stress and burnout, and enhance communication, creativity and collaboration. Mental health
Moving More at Work or Home We'll talk about a variety of ways to move more at work or at home and show you how to incorporate these exercises throughout the day. Physical activity
OneNote: Introduction Learn how to use this digital notebook that provides a flexible way to gather information and helps teams work together more effectively. Technology
Outlook: Calendar Features Learn how to customize your calendar and how to create appointments and meetings, invite meeting participants, and share calendars. Technology
Outlook: Introduction Learn the tools that you need to navigate the Outlook screen, work effectively with e-mail and manage your contact information. Technology
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome This presentation provides a brief literature review of what defines imposter syndrome, developmental pathways and vulnerabilities to imposter syndrome, and strategies for responding to and overcoming imposter syndrome. Mental health, Personal resilience
Parenting and Work-Life Discuss the reality and challenges of maintaining harmony between one's work and life responsibilities while being a good parent that prioritizes child care and home life. Working parents
Parenting in a Diverse World We will explore the challenges of raising children in an imperfect, often unjust world. Mental health, Personal resilience
Personality Differences Explore what personality differences mean and how to turn stress and irritations into understanding and productivity. Interpersonal skills
Photoshop: Editing Techniques, Effects and Filters Learn advanced features such as various masking techniques, add special effects using layer styles, and edit photos with filters and adjustments. Technology
Photoshop: Introduction Learn about the program interface and its basic image editing features. Technology
Photoshop: Marketing Material Design This workshop covers several techniques that can be used to create innovative, high quality marketing materials such as flyers, handouts and business cards. Technology
Planning for Mental Well-being after Retirement Retirement is often viewed as our reward for hard work throughout our careers. But retirement is a change, and any change requires adjustment. Mental health
PowerPoint: Engaging Presentations Learn how to develop multiple slide masters, save a custom presentation theme, effectively use transitions, add and modify SmartArt and use action buttons to create non-linear presentations. Technology
PowerPoint: Graphics and Animation Learn how to use various graphic types, insert shape objects, create unique graphics by modifying images, apply animation to slide objects and animate objects with motion paths. Technology
PowerPoint: Introduction Learn how to navigate the PowerPoint interface, insert slides, add basic content to slides, use the Slide Master, and present your completed slideshow. Technology
Practical Approaches to Self-Care Mental health, Personal resilience
Practicing Gratitude, Showing Appreciation Gratitude and appreciation can have profound impacts on our minds, bodies and relationships. Interpersonal skills
Premiere Pro: Introduction This introduction to video editing software will show you how to set up a project, import videos, and arrange them on a timeline to produce a basic video composition. Technology
Presentation Principles This workshop is designed for the professional who occasionally, or frequently, makes presentations. Leadership
Prioritizing Well-Being At Work For supervisors, we'll review the ways HR supports employee well-being and you'll discover what you can make possible for your team. Leadership, Personal resilience, Supervising
Prioritizing Wellness in the Workplace as a Supervisor This session will focus on increasing supervisor awareness of the impact they have on their employees’ overall mental well-being and encouraging employee engagement in available resources. Leadership, Mental health, Supervising
Providing Exceptional Customer Service Learn what exceptional customer service is and why it matters, and then develop an action plan. Interpersonal skills
Reframing in Times of Stress: Strategies to Change Your Thinking ​When facing potential stressors, the way we view what we're experiencing can exacerbate our stress — or minimize it. Mental health
Remote Work and Caregiving This presentation will highlight some challenges and solutions that come with remote work as well as offer tips for managing caregiver responsibilities while working remotely. Elder care
Resilient Relationships This program will explore identifying and overcoming barriers and ruts in existing relationships with partners, friends and family. Mental health, Personal resilience
Retirement: More than Financial Security This discussion will focus on planning for your emotional well-being during retirement and how to prepare for this. Mental health
Self-care for Supervisors Learn the importance of knowing the impact and influence supervisors have on employee mental well-being; managing stress and modeling self-care in the workplace Leadership, Mental health, Supervising
Self-Care Strategies Learn 7 practical tips for supporting psychological and emotional health. Mental health, Personal resilience
Self-Care. In Place. Find ways to incorporate self-care into daily life. Mental health, Personal resilience
Setting Boundaries for Work-Life Balance This session will focus on increasing the ability of supervisors/managers to manage stress and model positive self-care strategies in the workplace Leadership, Mental health, Supervising
Stress Management for First Responders If you're a medical, law enforcement, social worker or other first responder, we'll discuss ways to manage this unique stress. Mental health
Suicide Prevention Using QPR: Question, Persuade and Refer These are three simple steps that anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. It's important to remember suicide is everyone's business. Mental health
Supervisor Strategies to Support the Working Caregiver Get tips on how supervisors can support their employees that are providing care for an aging loved one. Elder care, Leadership, Mental health, Supervising
SV Behavioral Styles This course will provide Supervisors with information about personality differences and how to understand those differences while increasing department productivity. Interpersonal skills
SV Corrective Action This course will provide supervisors an overview of the university's corrective action process and related forms. Supervising
SV Employee Coaching and Development This course will provide supervisors an overview of the university's corrective action process and related forms. Supervising
SV Hiring and Interviewing Learn how the university handles record retention, as well as behavioral interviewing and documentation practices to utilize throughout the interview process. Supervising
SV Performance Evaluation This workshop will provide supervisors an overview of the university's performance evaluation process and related forms. Supervising
Taking Care of Yourself We'll explain many ways to add more care and nurturing to your everyday life so that you can be at your best at work and beyond. Mental health, Personal resilience
Teamwork in a Changing Workplace Explore just why working together as a team is so important to the success of the university as well as your personal success. Interpersonal skills
Teen Talk: Communicating with Your Teen and Pre-Teen ​Let's talk about how the teen brain works, identify roadblocks to communication, how to improve communication and when you and your teen may need professional support. Elder care, Mental health
The Power of Self-Compassion Research shows that self-compassion increases life satisfaction, happiness, self-confidence, body appreciation and immune function. Mental health, Personal resilience
Thinking Critically Learn how creativity connects to critical thinking and how to use both to identify and solve root problems. Leadership
What to Do About Bad Attitude Behaviors Learn how you can contribute to reducing bad attitude behaviors in your work area. Supervising
Who Am I and How Did I Get Here? Explore the challenges of identity, life transitions and purpose. Mental health, Personal resilience
Word: Beyond Basic Documents Learn how to easily manage longer documents with section breaks and style formatting. Technology
Word: Introduction Learn the basics of navigating through documents, as well as selecting, moving and formatting text, check spelling and grammar, utilize AutoCorrect features and insert a picture into a document. Technology
Words Will Set You Free Creative Writing Workshop This is a creative writing workshop for first timers and old pros. Mental health, Personal resilience
Work-Life Balance for Faculty ​This presentation will focus on strategies and practices to navigate the world of academia while balancing personal lives with partners, children and overall well-being. Personal resilience
Work-Life Boundaries Learn tips to help you effectively manage your work schedule as well as maintain boundaries between your work and your life. Elder care, Personal resilience, Working parents
Work-Life Management Learn helpful tips for effectively integrating your work and life. Personal resilience
Workplace Grief If your group has experienced the death of a co-worker, we can offer information about the cycle of grief, reactions to grief and managing grief in the workplace. Mental health
Your Mindset Matters Learn about the concept of growth mindset and how it can be utilized for both work and personal goals. Leadership