Free Webinar Series
U of A Professional and Workforce Development is pleased to offer these 1 hour webinars at no cost to all interested participants. Registration is required and additional information will be provided via email in advance of the course date.
Forest Therapy to Reduce Stress in the Workplace
These are challenging times and stress levels are on the rise as people navigate the many changes affecting personal and professional lives. We need to renew our minds and bodies to maintain motivation, productivity, happiness, and wellness. This session will start with an overview of what forest therapy is, followed by information and research supporting forest therapy as an option to reduce stress. Finally, the session will conclude with a call to action for participants to deliberately slow down their daily pace and experience nature.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the basic tenets of forest therapy
- Examine the benefits of engaging in nature
- Examine simple actions that can be taken to reduce stress, improve clarity, and increase happiness
October 15, 2020
Online / Live Stream
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Dr. Heather Sprandel
Instructor
University of Arkansas
Using Food to Your Advantage - Improving Focus and Productivity in the Workplace and at Home
This webinar will introduce working professionals to the essentials of a healthy diet, including foods that improve focus and support productivity. It will teach methods of incorporating foods that have a direct impact on productivity into recipes that are quick and easy.
Learning Objectives
- Learn essentials of healthy eating
- Identify foods that improve focus and support productivity
- Learn quick and easy recipe modifications based on these foods
October 23, 2020
Online / Live Stream
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Nancy Harris Buckley,
MS NDTR
Instructor
University of Arkansas
Cultural Competency
This webinar will explore the importance of being able to maneuver cultural and business nuances that differ from your own to be successful in social, professional and business settings.
Learning Objectives
- Navigate working across borders within your own team, organization, partners and clients
- Overcome challenges you may encounter when interacting with other cultures
October 29, 2020
Online / Live Stream
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Denise Thomas
Director of Africa & Middle East Trade
Arkansas World Trade Center
Docker Basics
This course will provide an introduction of Docker, including installation and an overview. You will build and deploy working services in standalone environments and using Docker Compose.
Learning Objectives
- Build imager
- Run image
- Connect to container
- Deploy multiple services
November 5, 2020
Online / Live Stream
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Ben Walcutt
Senior Software Engineer
JB Hunt
Do Your Projects Support Your Strategies?
This course will explore foundational concepts of Benefits Realization Management (BRM), which is both a discipline and a process used to align projects undertaken by an organization with their organizational strategy and culture.
Learning Objectives
- Understand Benefits Realization Management concept
- Outline Benefits Realization Management process
- Evaluate opportunities by applying Benefits Realization Management
November 12, 2020
Online / Live Stream
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Phil Jones
Adjunct Instructor
Project Management Consultant
Agile Scrum 101
In this course, you will learn the history of Agile, why Agile is useful over the Waterfall method, and a basic introduction of Agile vs Scrum. We will also discuss the certification options for Agile and Scrum.
Learning Objectives
- The history and development of Agile
- Agile vs Scrum
- Certification options
November 19, 2020
Online / Live Stream
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Jennifer McCool
PAL 1 and Scrum Master
Owner
Organize This AR
Kubernetes Basics
This session will offer an introduction to Kubernetes using Kubectl and MiniKube. You will deploy and interact with working services on local installation and a cloud installation.
Learning Objectives
- Deploy namespace
- Deploy deployment
- Deploy service
- Deploy Ingress
November 24, 2020
Online / Live Stream
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Ben Walcutt
Senior Software Engineer
JB Hunt
D.I.Y. Entrepreneurship
Want to start a business or side hustle and aren’t sure where to start? Learn the steps to D.I.Y. a small business from the ground up: from business licensure to logo development/recognition to the day-to-day operation of a business and more—there is a lot to figure out before you start! We will go through the steps of starting up a business from scratch with limited resources and share what we have learned along the way.
Learning Objectives
- Translate an idea and your experiences into a money-making business
- Steps of starting up a business from scratch with limited resources
- Understand the difference between a service and a product (and potential tax liability associated with each)
- Explore the different types of business organizations and which might be best for you
- Most important components of running a business (legal, financial, service/product development)
December 3, 2020
Online / Live Stream
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Communication and Time Management
In today's workplace there is a plethora of communications form and channels. There are many theories on how best to manage these to stay on track. In this course you will hear tips and tricks from someone who has tried them all!
Learning Objectives
- Managing communication channels
- Identifying priorities
- Time management strategies
December 10, 2020
Online / Live Stream
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Eric Howerton
Chief Growth Officer
SKU Ninja + WhyteSpyder
