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Preconference WorkshopsSaturday, July 10, 2010, 8:30 AM–12:00 PM Audience: Planners who desire to expand their ability to include user behavior and organizational culture in a campus' approach to optimizing facility assets. Roles and technologies are rapidly changing. Demographics of communities, as well as institutions, are different from before. The need to reach out to new populations and support them in diverse ways, while reaching financial goals, is placing severe strains on our infrastructure and the staff that designs and maintains it. Typical programming and planning processes often miss key elements that need to be studied—user behavior and organizational culture. By looking at our facilities and technologies in a new way, we can find opportunities to leverage our assets into new roles, increasing our efficiency and the effectiveness of the space. This interactive workshop explores new tools designed to extract relevant information and facilitate "out of the box" thinking and solutions. Learning Outcomes:
TAGS: Change Management, Behavioral Assessment, Space Management, integrated planning Continuing Education Credits: Saturday, July 10, 2010, 8:30 AM–1:30 PM Audience: Planners seeking to create effective collaborations during capital projects. What can campus leaders, and their design and construction partners, do to facilitate successful capital projects, and avoid costly and consequential missteps? Complex facility projects are difficult undertakings, requiring orchestrated activities amongst each of the project team members. The natural momentum of construction projects can fuel fundraising, engage campus constituencies and inspire great design. There is a story behind every campus building. Like making a film, a team is brought together to help tell this story. All team projects require that we be prepared to manage complex interdependent activities; deal with artistic temperaments; and struggle with multiple tasks and deadlines. In this workshop, we will explore and practice planning and organizational skills that teams should develop early in the process. These skills help a team manage through the inevitable interruptions and setbacks that can sabotage a successful realization of the project's vision. The strategies that carry us through are less technical than organizational and team-focused: setting realistic priorities; creating a high-functioning project team; resolving conflicts; challenging assumptions; and asking questions. This workshop will enable participants to hone their skills and to take home a kit of practical tools and strategies to help project teams excel. Learning Outcomes:
TAGS: Project Management, Capital Planning, Change Management Continuing Education Credits: Saturday, July 10, 2010, 8:30 AM–5:00 PM Audience: Campus planners involved in advancing sustainability through the effective use of master planning and appropriate measures at various planning levels. As the concept of sustainability is gaining momentum and many universities are committing to measurable environmental goals, planners are exploring strategies for integrating sustainability into the master planning process. One of the key challenges is incorporating measurable goals at different planning levels, where the required information and data may not be readily available. This workshop will review emerging methodologies for evaluating environmental performance indicators and for integrating sustainability in a comprehensive master plan. Learning Outcomes:
TAGS: Sustainability, Master Planning, Town/Gown Continuing Education Credits: Saturday, July 10, 2010, 8:30 AM–5:00 PM Audience: Planners new to the use of the assessment process in accreditation activities as a springboard to integrated planning This workshop focuses on strategies for effectively utilizing information drawn from a broad range of assessment activities. It goes deeper into the content found in the SCUP volume, Integrating Planning and Assessment in Higher Education: A Practical Guide (2006). Participants will identify the information that should drive the strategic planning process at a college or university and that provides the evidence needed to make more targeted decisions in the allocation of human and fiscal resources. The presentation will also highlight the linkage between assessment and planning as a critical compliance criterion among all regional accrediting bodies in the United States. The workshop will use a series of exercises throughout the presentation to interactively engage participants and reinforce the concepts and principles being presented. Each participant will receive a comprehensive workbook containing presentation materials and a list of resources for use upon completion of the workshop. Learning Outcomes:
TAGS: Accreditation; Performance Measures Continuing Education Credits: Saturday, July 10, 2010, 8:30 AM–5:00 PM The current recession requires both immediate, severe adjustments, and longer-term innovation and reinvention of higher education. An emerging, new generation of “action analytics” will enable higher education leaders to lift out of recession, establish financial sustainability, and sustain competitive advantage. This requires re-imagining our policies, processes, practices, and performance for the post-recession global economy. The focus is on value: achieving elevated expectations in an era of diminished resources. Action analytics, vision, and strong leadership will be critical to our success. Click here to check out a recent interview with the presenters. Learning Outcomes:
TAGS: Performance Measures, Change Management, Finance, Budget Continuing Education Credits: Saturday, July 10, 2010, 8:30 AM–5:00 PM Audience: Individuals new to the field of higher education planning and those who wish to gain a deeper understanding of the higher education planning environment, and those interested in enrolling in SCUP's three-step planning institute. Participants in this full-day workshop will acquire an understanding of the fundamentals of planning, including political considerations, within the college, university, and community college settings. These fundamentals include how the planning function may be organized and executed in a range of institutional types. Participants will gain insights into how strategic planning can help institutions: You will leave Step I with an increased appreciation of the various issues and practical tactics associated with the successful implementation of a planning process in an institution of higher education. SCUP's Walnut College case study allows you to apply what you are learning throughout the workshop to the problems and concerns of planning. This is Step I of SCUP's three-step planning institute, leading to a certificate of completion. Learning Outcomes: TAGS: integrated planning, Planning Process, Theory and Application Continuing Education Credits: Sunday, July 11, 2010, 8:00 AM–11:30 AM Audience: Campuses seeking to increase their sustainability through the use of bicycles as an alternative mode of transportation. The University of Minnesota has bicycle infrastructures and technologies in place that are on the leading edge of campus transportation alternatives, including: bike sharing programs, RFID based bike commuter reporting systems, a bike center and multi-modal shared bike, and pedestrian and bus transit ways. Join us for a rolling workshop that will explore these systems, how they were financed, scalability of the programs for any size campus, and the hurdles and strategies we employed along the way. Minneapolis is recognized as one of the leading bike friendly cities in the US. Bikes and helmets from the NICE RIDE bike share system will be provided for you, as we see some of the beautiful Greenway and Cedar Lake Trail enroute to the U of M campus. The ride is fairly flat and will be about 15-20 miles long with stops along the way, including for refreshments. This workshop is limited to 20 participants. Learning Outcomes:
TAGS: Transportation, Sustainability Continuing Education Credits: Sunday, July 11, 2010, 8:00 AM–1:00 PM Audience: Planners needing to become conversant in the issues of science facilities that incorporate new pedagogical methods through effective collaboration with science planning teams. This workshop explores tools for the planning, programming, and design of academic science facilities. Topics include: accommodating new pedagogical methods, space assignment and utilization, lab formulas and calculations, lab components, impacts on infrastructure, sustainability, benchmarking, codes, cost models, and funding options. An integrated planning exercise using a theoretical project will form the basis for the workshop. Brief vignette presentations will illustrate trends and issues that are unique to the sciences. Supplemental materials, including definitions and guidelines, will be supplied. Learning Outcomes:
TAGS: Facilities Design, Facility Type_Science, Learning Space Design, Sustainability Continuing Education Credits: Sunday, July 11, 2010, 8:00 AM–1:00 PM Audience: Campus personnel needing a deeper understanding of how to implement the practices and principles of space planning to advance an institution's mission. Now more than ever, understanding space usage and planning is critical for an institution to optimize the use of its physical resources. Solid planning practices begin with understanding what is happening outside of an institution through environmental scanning, as well as through strategic and academic planning processes. It is challenging to bridge the gaps among the large amounts of information generated from pre-planning studies, the evaluation of institutional data, and the establishment of space management policies and guidelines. This workshop will examine a variety of space planning topics such as identifying and interpreting key processes and data sources; discussing space utilization and management issues; reviewing guidelines by space type and their relevancy; and interpreting space needs outcomes. Examples from community colleges to research extensive universities will be used to illustrate space planning pitfalls and practices. Attendees will be presented with space planning scenarios to explore using case studies and group activities. Learning Outcomes:
TAGS: Space Management, Performance Measures, Governance Continuing Education Credits: Sunday, July 11, 2010, 8:30 AM–12:00 PM Audience: Planners interested in how to incorporate best practices in organizational change on their campuses. The game has changed. As educational institutions we now operate in a global context. Student expectations are driving radical shifts in how we design and deliver education. Technology continues to evolve, shaping student, staff, and business expectations. Economic uncertainties have upset our forecasts for the future. How do we ensure that our educatinal institutions thrive during these turbulent times? How do we develop the capability for a rapid and flexible response to changing conditions? What are the implications for our role as leaders? Using the story of how Humber College has addressed the need to build its capacity for change as a case study, participants will consider what lessons they can adapt or adopt for their own contexts. Grounded in an overview of best practices from the literature on building capacity and change readiness, the presentation will allow participants to clarify their strategic intent; analyze their organizations' change readiness; identify their preferred change style; and reflect on the implications for their role as leaders, equipping them to prepare their organizations to embrace the future. Learning Outcomes:
TAGS: Change Management, Trends, Community College, International, integrated planning Continuing Education Credits: |
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