Each year, the Professional Development and Enrichment Subcommittee of the P&A Senate develops and hosts a series of Seminar Series events which support professional development for P&A staff. Past presentations have focused on developing a personal brand, supporting student mental health, and increasing work satisfaction. While developed with P&A employees in mind, these events are open to everyone in person and via a video connection. The presentations and materials are archived below.

Archived Seminar Series videos and materials

March 2024

• University Resources for Professional Development (video)
• Supplemental Materials 

December 2023

• Tips for More Effective Meetings (video)
   

November 2023

• Crucial Conversations (video)

February 2023

• Compensation 101: Compensation Planning in the Annual Budget Process (video)

December 2022

• Fostering and Creating Community in Your Workplace (video)

October 2022

• How to Write an Effective Award Nomination (video)

February 2022

• The Realities of Resilience in the Face of Burnout (video)

December 2021

• An Introduction to the Office for Conflict Resolution (video)

October 2021

• How Money Flows at the U (video)

April 2021

• Leveraging and Understanding a Multi-Generational Work-force (video)

February 2021

• Mindfulness, Morsels, and Movement: Feeding the Body and Mind (video)

December 2019

• Introduction to ISSS Multicultural Workshops (video)
• Supplemental Materials

November 2019

• Enhancing Wellbeing: Workplace Tips and Approaches (video)

March 2019

• Emotional Intelligence (video)

February 2019

• The Wellbeing Program: Employee Success Stories and Ways That You Could Benefit!

December 2018

•  Generation Z Characteristics - Implications for Serving Students

October 2018

• Leveraging Positivity - Moving Beyond the Simplistic Idea of "Think Positive"

February 2018

• How Silos Learn: Working in the Idea Factory

November 2017

• Leading Up

September 2017

• Leading Inclusively From Within (video and materials)

April 2017

• Financial Wellness (video)
• Supplemental Materials

December 2016

• Sleep Wellness

October 2016

• Leader as Host (video)
• Art of Participatory Leadership Community of Practice
• Art of Hosting and Harvesting Conversations That Matter 
• World Cafe

March 2016

• Community Engagement: What Does It Have to Do with Me? (video)

January 2016

• Let’s Make Work Better - Strategies for Improving Happiness in Your Worklife (video)
• Presentation Slides 
• Professor Theresa Glomb's UMN TEDTalk - Fall 2015

December 2015

• Using Google Drive to Improve Your On-Line Collaboration (video)

October 2015

• Encore Presentation - Negotiation Strategies: Principles of interest-based negotiations (video)
• Reading List

March 2015

• Re-recording - Geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial resources at UMN (video)

December 2014

• Developing Your Personal Brand for Career Advancement - Brand “You.” The Good, Bad and Ugly of Personal Branding in Today’s Digital World (video)

February 2014

• Teaching tips from the first P&A award winner of the prestigious Horace Morse teaching award and applying for the annual P&A Unit Award (video)

December 2013

• Understanding and Supporting the Mental Health of U of MN Students (video)
• Handout from the Brown Bag

October 2013

• Technology Service Owners about a variety of tools (video)
• Google Doc with highlights from four service areas

February 2013

• Dr. Michelle Everson - designing and teaching hybrid and online courses and Mary Beth Kelley - cooperative learning activities geared for college-aged students (video)

December 2012

• Leza Besemann, Technology Strategy Manager, Office for Technology Commercialization (OTC) (video)

October 2012

• Julie Tonneson from the Office of Budget and Finance, University Budget (video)

April 2011

• Hope Johnson, Office of Information Technology, UMConnect (video)

March 2011

• Lynn Zentner, Office of Institutional Compliance, Individual Conflicts of Interest Policy (video)

February 2011

• Donna Peterson, Current Legislative Session (video)

January 2011

• Julie Tonneson from the Office of Budget and Finance, University Budget - Part 1 - Part 2

April 2010

• Rosie Berry, Resolving Conflict (video)

February 2010

• Julie Tonneson from the Office of Budget and Finance (video)

November 2009

• Reorient yourself to the U (video)