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  1. Difficult Conversations: Communicating Effectively Across Difference

    https://cfaesdei.osu.edu/events/difficult-conversations-communicating-effectively-across-difference

    Have you ever engaged in a conversation about an uncomfortable or sensitive topic with someone who is very different from you and didn't know how to approach it? Conversations between people with different views and lived experiences can go awry and ...

  2. Implicit Associations, Insidious Assumptions: Unintended Manifestations of Bias in Everyday Life

    https://cfaesdei.osu.edu/events/implicit-associations-insidious-assumptions-unintended-manifestations-bias-everyday-life-7

    This 90-minute workshop will provide an introduction to unconscious associations that can lead to an affinity toward or prejudice against some people (implicit bias). We will explore how our socialization process leads to the formation of conscious and un ...

  3. The Language of Inclusion: Pronouns and Other Gendered Words

    https://cfaesdei.osu.edu/events/language-inclusion-pronouns-and-other-gendered-words-6

    Pronouns are tools for effective and efficient communication, and their intentional or unintentional misuse can cause confusion and harm. Using gender-affirming pronouns and avoiding unnecessary use of other gendered words is essential to creating spaces ...

  4. Introduction to Microaggressions: Small Actions that Have a Big Impact

    https://cfaesdei.osu.edu/events/introduction-microaggressions-small-actions-have-big-impact-1

    Microaggressions are common, often subtle expressions of bias, many times initiated unintentionally and unconsciously that can have serious impacts on recipients including shortening life expectancy. In this 90-minute workshop, participants will learn abo ...

  5. Inclusive and Equitable Hiring Practices

    https://cfaesdei.osu.edu/events/inclusive-and-equitable-hiring-practices-11

    This 90-minute program provides an overview of best practices for recruiting a diverse candidate pool and equitably evaluating them. Participants will examine the role that various forms of bias can play in screening applicants and identify ways that priv ...

  6. Laura Akgerman

    https://cfaesdei.osu.edu/people/laura-akgerman

    Laura Akgerman Disability Services Coordinator akgerman.4@osu.edu Laura Akgerman is the Disability Services Coordinator for Ohio AgrAbility & Ohio State University Extension.  She is a two-time Ohio State University Alum, with degrees in English and R ...

  7. SOLD OUT! Effective Meeting Facilitation: Getting the Most Out of Your Group

    https://leadershipcenter.osu.edu/events/sold-out-effective-meeting-facilitation-getting-most-out-your-group

    Have you ever left a meeting where the group’s decision still didn’t feel right or where everyone still wasn’t on the same page? This training will provide you techniques for helping groups work through thinking and decision making of important ideas and ...

  8. How COVID-19 Impacted Food Systems

    https://cfaesdei.osu.edu/events/how-covid-19-impacted-food-systems

    The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the fragility of our food supply system. While national-level responses to our food supply revealed a lot of weaknesses, the hyper-local response to feeding our communities demonstrated great strength in our mutual aid networ ...

  9. Communicating to be Understood online workshop

    https://leadershipcenter.osu.edu/events/communicating-be-understood-online-workshop

    How we communicate with each other, whether it is a co-worker or spouse, can make or break a relationship. In this workshop we will explore how people communicate differently and how you can use your strengths to build relationships with your team and inc ...

  10. Workshops & Coaching

    https://leadershipcenter.osu.edu/workshops

    Build the leadership capacity of your organization by inviting the OSU Leadership Center to facilitate your training workshops. The following Signature Programs options are available to help fit the needs of your organization. Please contact us with any q ...

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