Upcoming Webinars

One of the biggest challenges facing organizations is how to fully engage employees. Leaders recognize the benefits of an engaged workforce, such as lower turnover and greater productivity and performance, but they often lack the knowledge about how to get there. This free educational webinar event, hosted by Dr. Jackie Stavros, will address how to engage employees by asking the right questions. Participants will be introduced to Appreciative Inquiry, SOAR, and strategies for achieving meaningful and measurable results. Join this event to learn how to best manage and lead with your conversations.Speaker: Dr. Jackie Stavros, Ph.D., Professor and Management Consultant, Lawrence Technological University.

At Whitley Penn, we know that staying ahead of the competition is essential to success in any industry. Whether you’re looking to network with other professionals or gain valuable knowledge and skills, our events are the perfect opportunity to stay ahead of the game. Join us for our virtual Public sector event this week.

Review types of genetic changes (variants) and other common genetics terms as we walk through how to review a genetic test report.

Culture trumps Strategy every time" and this is especially true in penetrating Small Island Developing States. What are the strategies for securing the necessary information? Who can you trust? What are the political and other pitfalls to avoid? How do I find reputable partners? Why aren’t my emails being returned? How do I deal with ethical concerns? Why is my product not being accepted in the market? Learn this and more from a “Road Warrior” of many years who will take you into the streets to get the answers you need

This webinar will explore two different approaches to Correlates of Protection in vaccine development. Statistical models providing a quantitative framework for identification and validation of potential CoPs, and mechanistic models aiming to understand the biological mechanisms driving immune responses and protection. By integrating these two approaches, researchers can gain better insights into the immunological factors associated with vaccine efficacy and infection protection. This webinar will include talks from two renowned speakers who will discuss the principles, applications, and challenges of both statistical and mechanistic models, contributing to a better understanding of CoPs and optimizing vaccine clinical trial design. Who is this event intended for? Statisticians, Mathematicians, Modelers, working in vaccine development. What is the benefit of attending? Attending this seminar on Correlates of Protection (CoPs) in vaccine development offers several benefits. Firstly, participants will gain insights into statistical models used to identify and validate CoPs, providing them with quantitative tools for assessing vaccine efficacy. Secondly, they will learn about mechanistic models that elucidate the underlying biological mechanisms driving immune responses, enhancing their understanding of vaccine-induced protection.

Toxins work behind the scenes slowly deteriorating our health on a daily basis. Learn safe and effective ways to reduce your exposure and make detoxification a healthy part of your lifestyle.

This webinar series will discuss common issues relating to the creation and operation of corporate charitable vehicles and issues and risks associated with those vehicles.

“When I was first promoted to managing a large product management team, I didn’t know exactly what I should be focusing on – especially regarding people and their growth and development. It took years of learning, and lots of mistakes and successes to hone my approach to developing people – I’ve created this webinar to help other leaders who are on this same journey.” – Eddie Pratt About the webinar: As a leader of product managers, you’re only as good as your team. You’ll quickly realize that your product managers and team are the real ‘product’ that needs managing. Your product managers are value multipliers – their impact is amplified across the entire business. Here’s the secret: if you make your product managers successful – it’s going to make you and your business more successful. Key takeaways: • Learn how successful leaders approach people growth • Identify core competencies needed for high-performing product managers (essential for use in job descriptions, job ladders, development conversations and more) • Discover practical tactics to advance your product managers' growth journey (training is only one of dozens of tactics) • Learn how to measure the impact of your people development initiatives Bonus: • In the webinar we also look at a unique way of visualising the growth journey of product managers – one that will be strikingly familiar, but you’ve probably never seen it applied like this Who’s this webinar for? • Leaders and aspiring leaders of teams of product managers • Learning and Development (L&D) professionals aligned to product management teams Date and time: Wednesday 24 April 2024: 12:00 UK / 13:00 CEST / 07:00 EDT / 04:00 PDT About Eddie Pratt: Eddie is the Managing Director of Product Focus. He has over 20 years of experience in product management and product marketing. Eddie has helped businesses ranging from Silicon Valley start-ups to multinational corporations – he’s grown and led several product and development organizations, building and running products, platforms, and services.

As we prepare for the 2024 National Conference in New Brunswick in May, we are developing a virtual learning series in line with the conference theme, "Renewal and Confluence: Navigating the Future of Evaluation" to get the conversations started.The first webinar in the series is “R.A.C.E Academy” with dr. monique inez liston.R.A.C.E AcademyApril 23: 12pm – 1:30pm ETR.A.C.E. Academy is a learning process for organizations or programs to address equity through respecting, protecting, and fulfilling a sense of dignity, especially for people of color. It is a workshop designed to give participants the skills to navigate choppy waters. The curriculum is radical because of the intentional focus on addressing the root components of human engagement: personal and collective dignity. The goal of this process is to understand, interpret, and analyze how a person’s dignity may be affirmed or denied through the work of an organization or program.R.A.C.E. Academy addresses the internal and external experiences of an organization’s staff and clients. This framework:centers dignity as a mutually reflected sense of worthiness between individuals, groups, and their communities that deserves recognition and accountability;interrogates and challenges interlocking systems of oppression from global and local viewpoints; and holds both the individual and the collective responsible for creating and sustaining equitable communities at all levels of engagement.R.A.C.E. Academy is a process that addresses multiple levels of organizational and program impact simultaneously through a cohesive framework for critical thinking and engagement. Through participation in R.A.C.E. Academy, members will have a chance to explore biases, privileges, and cultural humility through dignity.Register now for this webinar – it is free for members and non-members.

The Office of Health Economics (OHE) has conducted a multi-year research programme funded by the Health Foundation on the efficiency of general practices in England and the determinants of labour productivity. This free-to-attend webinar will cover: - Why efficiency and productivity are key for primary care in England and what we know so far - How we propose to improve the measurement of primary care efficiency - An outlook on the labour productivity and efficiency patterns of general practices in England