The Goodwin College of Professional Studies is hosting a webinar series titled, “Goodwin Great Talks.” All students are invited to join their peers, Goodwin College leadership and University campus partners to engage and network with those in the workforce. Special speakers from a multitude of backgrounds will offer a diversity of topics, such as non-profit leadership and future planning. We are excited to have you tune in and boost your transferable skills!

For questions and more information, please contact TinaMarie Coolidge, EdD, at 215.895.6933 or Tinamarie@Drexel.edu

Inflation: What Does It Mean for Consumers and Investors?

Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 12-1 p.m.

This presentation will cover the basics of inflation. We'll discuss how it is measured and why it changes, including the role of government fiscal and monetary policy. We'll briefly explore periods of high inflation in the United States. We'll describe the effects on consumers, and talk about how investors can reduce inflation risk in their portfolios. Our discussion will be straightforward and non-technical.

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AI, Part 1: What is AI and Why Should It Be Important to Me?

Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 12-1 p.m.

"What is AI and Why Should it Be Important to Me?" is designed to offer participants a comprehensive exploration of artificial intelligence (AI) and to underscore its profound relevance in their lives. The session seeks to demystify AI, shed light on its fundamental concepts, delve into its wide-ranging applications, examine its impact on society, and elucidate why individuals should take an interest in this transformative technology.

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AI, Part 2: The Future of AI

Tuesday, April 9, 2024, 12-1 p.m.

Artificial Intelligence is in the news almost every day, and there are strong opinions about the possibilities and risks that this technology may bring. But what does it mean for us both as individuals and as a society? And what can past technology advances tell us about the future impact of Generative AI? This session will help you think about your future by:

- Dissecting technology history to help predict the future of AI integration
- Identifying the areas of life that might see the biggest impact
- Exploring the best and worst case scenarios for AI's future
- Preparing yourself now for the changes that we see coming

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Three Keys to Ensuring Project Success

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 12‒1 p.m.

In this interactive session, Goodwin College of Professional Studies Continuous Improvement Guru, Tim Young, will share three (3) keys to managing projects to a successful outcome. What is a successful outcome? This session will cover that; as well as essential skills to help project leaders manage cost, scope, and time. Come to this session ready to participate and you will leave with simple and actionable tools that you can use during your next, or current, project./p>

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AI, Part 3: Leveraging AI as a Creative and Thinking Partner

Tuesday, May 7, 2024, 12‒1 p.m.

Join us for an engaging session where we delve into the exciting realm of leveraging artificial intelligence as a creative and thinking partner. By the end of this session, you'll gain a deeper understanding of how AI can be harnessed as a thinking partner, providing you with new perspectives and avenues for expressing your creativity.

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AI, Part 4: AI as an Ethical and Responsible Participant in Society

Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 12‒1 p.m.

In this thought-provoking session, we delve into the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on society, emphasizing the crucial need for ethical considerations in its development and deployment. As AI technologies become increasingly integrated into various aspects of our lives, it is imperative to explore how these systems can actively contribute as responsible participants in our societal fabric.

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Self-Care and Community: Considerations and Practical Strategies for Preventing Burnout

Thursday, June 6, 2024, 12‒1 p.m

While the term "self-care" has been normalized in the media and everyday language, the practice of developing lasting self-care strategies can feel elusive and complicated. This webinar discusses the role of culture and community in practicing self-care and the limitations of how self-care is commonly portrayed. This webinar is suitable for all students interested in mental health.

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Past Talks

Exploring Gender, Sex, Sexuality and Gender Identity

On Dec. 13, 2023, Giuseppe G. Salomone, PhD, led a session discussing gender, sex and understanding gender awareness. Gender awareness can also be seen as a process because our ways of thinking about ourselves, others, and the world as gendered. Gender and sex exist in a continuum and are ever changing. Topics of discussion will include, gender, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, personal pronouns, and chosen names. 

Mara Capistrano, MS & Yamilet Santiago Dávila, MS: Self-Care and Community: Considerations and Practical Strategies for Preventing Burnout

While the term “self-care” has been normalized in the media and everyday language, the practice of developing lasting self-care strategies can feel elusive and complicated. This webinar discusses the role of culture and community in practicing self-care and the limitations of how self-care is commonly portrayed. This webinar is suitable for all students interested in mental health.

Webinar Key Takeaways:

- Learn about the basics of self-care and the role that culture plays in one’s wellbeing
- Learn how to assess and identify barriers to self-care and warning signs for burn out using a multicultural lens
- For Drexel students, discover campus resources related to mental health and ways to nurture collective wellbeing

Michael Edmondson, PhD: Navigating Chaos: The Ten Principles of Non-Profit Leadership Post-Covid

Today’s post-COVID global marketplace is volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) and presents new challenges to non-profit leaders. The pandemic’s disruption and residue created an unstable and imbalanced culture across organizations of all sizes and in each industry that exposed numerous negative workplace characteristics many either knew, or never stopped to consider. Examples included low wages, long and unnecessary commutes, bad management and unfulfilling work. These characteristics were symbolic of organizational cultures outdated, toxic and imbalance created by incompetence, inertia and ineptitude. This webinar is suitable for anyone interested in the non-profit sector.

Webinar Key Takeaways

- Learn the role of self-awareness in leadership
- Understand the latest post-COVID challenges for non-profits
- Understand the significance of organizational culture
- Assess your own relationship with chaos

Dan Freeman MS, EdD: Leading Organizations for the Next Generation of Employees

This webinar focused on how to approach interviewing, hiring, coaching and retaining and promoting the next generation of employees. Managers and leaders often do not understand the new breed of talent that is coming to work for them. To sum up this new breed of talent in one phrase, it is the “humanizing the workforce.”

Webinar Key Takeaways

- Understand what an inclusive environment looks like at your company
- Understand why this new talent needs to be interviewed and hired differently than those hired even 8 years ago
- Learn how correctly coaching these new employees will lead to higher retention rates, leading to cost savings
- Learn how to reward, celebrate and potentially not promote your new employees

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Jennifer Kebea, EdD: Lessons Learned by a New Nonprofit President

Jennifer Kebea, EdD, was named president of Campus Philly in July 2021. In the midst of the pandemic, she took the helm of a small nonprofit that had been through significant programmatic and financial transition. Join Kebea as she looks back on her first 18 months as president of Campus Philly and the lessons she learned along the way.

Webinar Key Takeaways

- Get insight on what it’s like to transition to a top leadership role within a small nonprofit
- Answers and honest feedback on the realities of nonprofit leadership
- Ability to consider your own pathways to nonprofit leadership

Craig Loundas, PhD: Emotional Intelligence in Leadership: What's Needed During Unstable Times

This webinar focused on the power of emotional intelligence in leadership, and challenged leaders to tap into next-level intelligence to practice better self-management and handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically.

Webinar Key Takeaways

- Learn the important role emotions play throughout your work interactions and performance
- Find specific ways to leverage emotional intelligence skills to improve leadership effectiveness
- Get strategies and tools you can use right away to regulate your emotional response to triggers
- Understand the importance of practicing empathy by imagining yourself in someone else's shoes