Professional Edge Seminars
One day can make a difference. UWDCE Professional Edge Seminars offer in-depth training that is tightly focused on specific subjects. One- or two-day seminars are open to everyone and are an affordable way to add to the participants' knowledge and skills with a minimal investment of time and money.
Led by industry experts, each seminar is designed to give the learner a specific skill set and the ability to accomplish specific tasks. From team building to proposal writing to finding the perfect balance between work and life, Professional Edge Seminars are hands-on, interactive and highly effective. Whether students are upgrading their skills or rounding out their knowledge in a diploma or certificate program, UWDCE Professional Edge Seminars will give them high-demand skills that are portable and marketable.
Elective Courses
- DPS 59040 - Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive Revolution In Change7 hours
- (Next start date: Feb 23, 2012 )
- DPS 15301 - Behaviour Description Interviewing7 hours
- DPS 59033 - Blogging Fundamentals7 hours
- DPS 59011 - Brain Friendly Ways to Manage7 hours
- DPS 15339 - Coaching for Development7 hours
- (Next start date: Apr 14, 2012 )
- DPS 59014 - Coaching New Employees7 hours
- DPS 59016 - Creating a Respectful Workplace7 hours
- (Next start date: Feb 14, 2012 )
- DPS 15192 - Creative Thinking for Problem Solving7 hours
- DPS 16204 - Cultural Awareness: An Aboriginal Perspective7 hours
- DPS 59046 - Cultural Intelligence for Today's Workplace7 hours
- (Next start date: May 4, 2012 )
- DPS 16424 - Developing Personal Resilience7 hours
- (Next start date: Mar 8, 2012 )
- DPS 16232 - Effective Grant Proposal Writing7 hours
- (Next start date: May 12, 2012 )
- DPS 15317 - Enhancing Communication in the Workplace7 hours
- (Next start date: Mar 10, 2012 )
- DPS 59027 - Enhancing Performance Through Effective Feedback7 hours
- DPS 15763 - EQ Emotional Intelligence7 hours
- DPS 15306 - Establishing & Monitoring a Budget7 hours
- (Next start date: Feb 25, 2012 )
- DPS 59005 - Establishing Effective Employee Relations7 hours
- DPS 15188 - Excellence in Customer Relations7 hours
- DPS 59055 - Getting Results with Project Management14 hours
- DPS 16505 - Grievances and Discipline Handling7 hours
- DPS 59036 - Groupthink: The Organizational Killer7 hours
- DPS 15267 - Influencing the Media14 hours
- (Next start date: May 15, 2012 )
- DPS 15311 - Managing and Resolving Conflict in the Workplace7 hours
- DPS 15313 - Managing in a Changing Environment7 hours
- (Next start date: Apr 18, 2012 )
- DPS 59035 - Managing in a Unionized Environment7 hours
- DPS 59028 - Managing the Discipline Process Effectively7 hours
- (Next start date: Jun 22, 2012 )
- DPS 15194 - Managing Your Priorities7 hours
- (Next start date: Mar 15, 2012 )
- DPS 15952 - Mastering Policies and Procedures Manuals14 hours
- (Next start date: Jun 11, 2012 )
- DPS 15190 - Mastering Reports and Proposals7 hours
- DPS 15315 - Negotiating and Influencing Skills14 hours
- (Next start date: Apr 20, 2012 )
- DPS 15338 - Performance Management7 hours
- DPS 59045 - Positive Psychology: The science of Happiness7 hours
- (Next start date: Apr 26, 2012 )
- DPS 59037 - Practical Risk Management7 hours
- (Next start date: Feb 1, 2012 )
- DPS 15907 - Presenting to Challenging Audiences7 hours
- DPS 16394 - Problem Solving and Decision Making7 hours
- DPS 59042 - Resumes & Cover Letters That Get You The Interview!7 hours
- (Next start date: Mar 2, 2012 )
- DPS 15201 - Strategic Planning: An Overview7 hours
- (Next start date: May 25, 2012 )
- DPS 16423 - The Art of Influence7 hours
- DPS 59041 - The Power of Connection - The Art of Networking7 hours
- (Next start date: Feb 28, 2012 )
- DPS 59052 - Tools For Social Media Visibility7 hours
- (Next start date: Mar 16, 2012 )
- DPS 59032 - Train the Trainer7 hours
- DPS 59017 - Transformational Leadership7 hours
- (Next start date: Jun 2, 2012 )
- DPS 59039 - Understanding and Implementing HRIS7 hours
- (Next start date: Feb 17, 2012 )
- DPS 59026 - University Writing and Research7 hours
- DPS 15485 - Work/Life Balance7 hours
- DPS 16385 - Working with Difficult Colleagues7 hours
- (Next start date: Apr 28, 2012 )
- DPS 59038 - Writing to Impact Social Change7 hours
- (Next start date: Feb 8, 2012 )
Additional Comments:
In order to meet the graduation requirements for each program (excluding Professional Designations) students must complete five one-day seminars or a combination of one- and two-day seminars totaling 35 hours.*
*Note: The University Writing and Research seminar is a required Professional Edge Seminar for all certificate and diploma students who do not hold an undergraduate degree.
REVISED SEMINAR NAMES
Please note that the following seminar names have been revised and the seminar content has remained the same.