FREE Short Classes From Passionate Experts to Energize Our Community
RazorLearn classes – a new, community-based initiative – connect you with volunteer community experts and civic leaders who want to share special skills and explore shared interests that are relevant to our lives, health and growth.
Enrich your mind, expand your knowledge, and connect with people who share your interests through this engaging smorgasbord of classes.
In-Person or Online
You can choose how you wish to
participate in RazorLearn Classes.
Attend in-person at our facility in Bentonvile, or
Join us online via Zoom
Volunteer to Teach for University of Arkansas Professional and Workforce Development.
PWD would like to partner with local subject matter experts to share their knowledge and experience with our community and workforce through non-credit training.
RazorLearn Class Schedule
Servant Leadership: Positively Impacting our Workforce Through an 'Others-First' Approach
Discover the power of servant leadership which emphasizes selfless actions to meet the needs of our teams for their personal and professional growth in order to foster a thriving community. In a world often characterized by self-serving practices, this webinar offers invaluable insights into how adopting a servant leadership mindset can enhance organizational success while nurturing a culture of stewardship and collaboration among staff.
Discover the power of servant leadership which emphasizes selfless actions to meet the needs of our teams for their personal and professional growth in order to foster a thriving community. In a world often characterized by self-serving practices, this webinar offers invaluable insights into how adopting a servant leadership mindset can enhance organizational success while nurturing a culture of stewardship and collaboration among staff.
FREE Class
Legal System Survival Skills
This course will review common legal issues that impact businesses, individuals, and families. The course provides guidance on how to position yourself and avoid legal pitfalls in areas such as contracts, motor vehicle accidents, family law, assault, defamation, and First Amendment issues.
This course will review common legal issues that impact businesses, individuals, and families. The course provides guidance on how to position yourself and avoid legal pitfalls in areas such as contracts, motor vehicle accidents, family law, assault, defamation, and First Amendment issues.
FREE Class
Big Leadership for Small Nonprofits
This course provides leaders of small nonprofits with the foundational tools to excel in their roles. You'll learn the core principles of nonprofit leadership. Discover effective strategies for operations and fundraising, and gain access to a curated list of resources designed to support your organization's mission. Enhance your leadership abilities and empower your nonprofit to thrive.
This course provides leaders of small nonprofits with the foundational tools to excel in their roles. You'll learn the core principles of nonprofit leadership. Discover effective strategies for operations and fundraising, and gain access to a curated list of resources designed to support your organization's mission. Enhance your leadership abilities and empower your nonprofit to thrive.
FREE Class
Tame the Tension, Build the Bridge: Unlocking Collaboration through Conflict Resolution
Turn clash into collaboration! This course equips you with communication and conflict resolution skills to navigate tough conversations, build trust, and achieve win-win outcomes. Elevate your EQ and communication power! Discover how to actively listen, manage emotions, and navigate conflict with grace, fostering stronger relationships and achieving success. Ditch the drama; embrace the dialogue! Learn powerful communication strategies to resolve conflict constructively, build bridges with diverse perspectives, and create a more productive and harmonious work environment.
Turn clash into collaboration! This course equips you with communication and conflict resolution skills to navigate tough conversations, build trust, and achieve win-win outcomes. Elevate your EQ and communication power! Discover how to actively listen, manage emotions, and navigate conflict with grace, fostering stronger relationships and achieving success. Ditch the drama; embrace the dialogue! Learn powerful communication strategies to resolve conflict constructively, build bridges with diverse perspectives, and create a more productive and harmonious work environment.
FREE Class
Strategic Brand Management
Delve into invaluable insights to optimize your brand's impact and resonance in the market. Learn the foundational strategies crucial for effective brand management, along with practical tactics tailored to navigate the dynamic landscape of modern media channels. These essential principles apply to small businesses as well as large corporations.
Delve into invaluable insights to optimize your brand's impact and resonance in the market. Learn the foundational strategies crucial for effective brand management, along with practical tactics tailored to navigate the dynamic landscape of modern media channels. These essential principles apply to small businesses as well as large corporations.
FREE Class
Risk Ready: Identify, Assess, and Mitigate Threats to Your Business
Master the unexpected! This course equips you with the skills and knowledge to develop and implement robust business continuity plans, ensuring your organization thrives even in the face of disruption.
Master the unexpected! This course equips you with the skills and knowledge to develop and implement robust business continuity plans, ensuring your organization thrives even in the face of disruption.
FREE Class
About RazorLearn
RazorLearn is a community enrichment series organized by Global Campus Professional and Workforce Development to provide learning from local Northwest Arkansas industry experts. Courses are taught by a network of local professionals and leaders dedicated to serving the NWA community on a diversified set of topics.
Learning is an investment in yourself and a pathway to a better life. To promote this learning, Global Campus creates opportunities for engagement to broaden our reach and deepen our community connection. We want to help you be successful and reach your goals through a range of low-cost learning opportunities.
Our plan is to create and facilitate a public space for the community and campus to experience the joys and benefits of professional development. Please join us for a yearlong series throughout 2023, including short-term noncredit courses, lectures, and events. RazorLearn courses are open to the public. There are no educational requirements to attend. Participants do not have to apply or be admitted to the U of A.