Read a book.
Lead with inspiration.

What are you reading this season? How are you preparing and reflecting upon leadership in 2022?

SLA in partnership with Muncie Public Library is offering a unique quarterly gathering, highlighting important take-aways from inspirational leadership books. At each event, facilitators will share key leadership development lessons from leadership-focused books. This is not a book club, rather a guided discussion around the key takeaways from each book.

Prior reading of the book is not required but we encourage participants to share about what they learned and check-out one of the books from Muncie Public Library. All participants attending will be entered in a raffle to win a digital copy of one of the books discussed.

All sessions are FREE and open to the public. Some events will be in-person and some will be virtual. Registration is required.

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Virtual Workshop 2-Part Series

Session #1:
Wednesday, August 24
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Session #2:
Thursday, August 25
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Optimism is a skill. Let’s be clear about that first. And as a skill, it’s anchored in seeing clearly and fully acknowledging what is true in this present moment. Where most leaders stop in their decision-making process is thinking too concretely, choosing what’s obvious and comfortable over what’s hidden and worthwhile.

In this workshop, we will explore grounded, action-oriented definition of optimism. You will have a chance to understand the mental, behavioral, and cultural barriers to optimism most people experience, then uncover practical, reasonable strategies for finding possibilities, especially when things feel most uncertain.

As a leader, you have a responsibility to help people see what’s possible, to inspire and equip them to overcome challenges. Without optimism, your task is infinitely hard and I’m convinced anyone can develop a strong, grounded, and action-oriented practice of optimism.

Learning Objectives

1. Clearly define optimism as action-oriented and a teachable skill
2. Identify your barriers for finding possibilities when things get hard
3. A safe space to practice learning optimism
4. Practical ways to build optimism into your decision-making going forward

About Our Facilitator

Adam Bouse is a Performance Coach at 15Five. With more than a dozen years of frontline management and leadership experience prior to entering the field of coaching, he is focused on helping individuals grow, teams thrive, and organizations maximize performance. He holds an M.A. in Organizational Leadership, is a certified emotional intelligence (EQ) coach, and has experience working with all organizational levels, from the frontlines through the C-suite. Adam’s coaching specialities include EQ, resonant leadership, difficult conversations, change management, manager development, goal setting, and empathy.

Virtual coffee talk

For those in Leadership or preparing for a Leadership role that involves hiring or working with young professional employees. You’ll be taught useful tools to support your young professional employees. Learn how to increase recruitment, engagement, and retention of your young professionals and how intergenerational communication can enhance company culture and productivity.

Learning Objectives

1. Learn about why young professionals are job hopping in the first place
2. What makes young professionals so different from other generations?
3. What young professionals really want to be happy at work
4. How to identify the holes in your young professional culture
5. Tangible takeaways to apply to your workplace today

This program is ideal for: Business leaders and managers who work with young professional employees.

About Our Facilitator

Kamber Parker

Why me? ​You’re probably wondering, “What makes her the young professional expert?” Well, because I’m living it. I’m a 26-year-old YoPro with the same challenges, successes, and fears as the 500+ YoPros I’ve interviewed.

I am empowered by building a better workplace for all young professionals, the future business leaders of our world. Businesses have an obligation to best prepare them too, which is why it is critical in this moment to bridge the gap between the two parties.

Like other YoPros out there, when I’m not working you can find me running on the Swamp Rabbit Trail in Greenville, South Carolina, at Soul Yoga, or spending time with friends and family.

Virtual Workshop 2-Part Series

Session #1:
Wednesday, September 21
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Session #2:
Thursday, September 22
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

We are hearing each other. We are NOT listening to each other. Ineffective listening is a huge cost and may be one of the highest sources of risk you have. Establishing a clear, focused, and compassionate process to practice listening can inspire trust, build relationships, encourage followers, and produce sustainable results.

The workshop will have a mix of individual reflection, larger group sharing and pair and share opportunities. Follow-up “check-in” meeting(s) – group or individual – available as additional consulting engagement. Pre-work might be assigned depending on the group goals. This workshop can be customized to align closely to organizational/team business goals.

Learning Objectives

1. Become aware of how you listen and how you manage distractions
2. Practice practice tools for wholehearted listening
3. Learn how to build psychological safety in relationships/conversations
4. Build a conversational toolkit to connect, inspire and challenge with respect

About Our Facilitator

Sunitha Narayanan brings creativity, play, gentle humor, and focus with 25+ years of experience in leadership and executive coaching to elevate leadership impact by helping leaders and their teams harness strengths by raising awareness around blind spots, untapped talent, and cognitive diversity.
With deep and intuitive listening Sunitha helps clients uncover where they are in their growth process, to hear where they are out of balance as well as how a client’s vision, values and purpose drive their engagement and alignment to personal and organizational goals. The feedback from clients when clients work with Sunitha is that she offers a safe yet challenging space to experiment without censure; to use failure as creative inspiration; a space to build a culture that promotes psychological safety so that each voice is honored.

Sunitha brings a deep and extensive background in a variety of behavioral and leadership assessment tools to analyze data from stakeholders with exceptional ability and documented success in establishing trust and intimacy of coaching relationships. She is published in industry journals on leadership topics such as authenticity, performance management, team building, and productive conversations. Her personal belief is that exemplary and unstoppable work happens with and through people. And she is on a mission to hold wholehearted space so that clients can listen to their authentic voice first, then connect that to that of a colleague or a team.

Virtual coffee talk

Individuals committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, access, and belonging often find themselves deciding between “calling someone in” versus “calling someone out.” This session will facilitate a dialogue about the most impactful and supportive use of these strategies within a variety of contexts. Attendees will leave the session with sample phrases and strategies that will help them navigate “calling” conversations.

Learning Objectives

1. Be able to distinguish between what is meant by “calling in” versus “calling out” in the DEIAB context.
2. Recognize the dynamics that impact decisions around “calling in” versus “calling out.”
3. Identify times and topics that might influence our personal decision to “call in” versus “call out.”
4. Practice using various phrases and strategies to help navigate conversations.

This program is ideal for: individuals committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, access, and belonging.

About Our Facilitator

Melinda Messineo, PhD is a professor of Sociology and the Distinguished Faculty Fellow for Inclusive Excellence and Community Engagement at Ball State University. She is a nationally recognized award winning teacher and workshop facilitator. Her research explores representations of individuals in the media and the impact that all media forms have on our understanding of people different from ourselves.

Virtual Workshop
2-Part Series

Session #1:
Wednesday, October 26
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Session #2:
Thursday, October 27
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Toxic habits and behaviors can be found in many workplaces, these can eat away at morale and create mistrust, dissatisfaction, and disengagement at all levels of the organization. How do we fight back against toxic workplace roles without creating more toxicity and friction in the workplace? This workshop will focus on real-life strategies for addressing toxic behaviors in a way that builds relationships encourages structural and cultural change and addresses the root causes of the behavior.

Learning Objectives

1. What is a workplace ally, and how can you become one?
2. What are three practical toxicity disruption strategies? (amplification, identification, and individualization)
3. What are some of the negative workplace roles we sometimes fall into, and how can we identify, avoid, and disrupt these roles? (the interrupters. the credit hogs, the after-meeting quarterbacks, the anti-change advocate, the work martyr / work horse, the meeting dominator, the dismisser)

About Our Co-FacilitatorS

Rebecca Parker is a Managed Services Consultant at Ontario Systems in Muncie. Previously, she held positions as the Director of Upward Bound at Ivy Tech Community College and as the Technology Coordinator of Muncie Public Library. Rebecca’s core belief is that everyone deserves equitable access to education and opportunity, and this belief informs her professional choices as well as her community service. Her workshops and educational programs have won national recognition from the American Library Association and she was recognized locally as a 20 Under 40 recipient in 2017. She holds a Masters degree in Executive Development for Public Service from Ball State University. Rebecca served as a board member of the Whitely Community Council for 2 years and chaired their Public Relations and Marketing Goal Committee, and currently serves on Minnetrista’s Visitor Experience Committee.

Amy Logan is the Student Employment Training and Development Coordinator in the Career Center at Ball State University. She is a lifelong Muncie resident committed to connecting individuals to the resources they need in order to create the life they want to live. In her role at Ball State, Amy designs workshops that focus on understanding and using transferable skills and assists with onboarding new student employees. Amy also offers freelance consultations to community and business leaders to develop interactive and engaging presentations in place of the standard PowerPoint. Prior to her role at Ball State, Amy worked in the hospitality industry for over 15 years. She served on the Muncie Young Professional Board for four years as their VP for Professional Development and currently writes press releases for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Muncie.

Virtual coffee talk

Movement creates community and cultivates joy through something we do every day. This session will focus on taking care of ourselves through movement practices and how they can be utilized to foster more resilient teams. The session will include moments to discuss the act of “moving through,” how we can take a simple everyday activity to find more joy, and how the trauma-informed arts approach can transform our identities. Plan to leave energized! We will “move” together, so wearing your most comfortable clothing is suggested.

Learning Objectives

1. Affirmation: “I can move and you can too!” This affirmation will be an echoed theme for our time together. “Affirmations fire up your neural pathways and make changes to those areas of the brain that makes you happy and positive. Various studies also confirm affirmations: decrease health-deteriorating stress, increase the amount of exercise people do, help you eat more fruit and vegetables, and achiever more academically.”
2. Movement as medicine: Participants will be able to walk away with a natural form of medicine that can be healing to their holistic wellness.
3. Joy as a disruptor: Finding joy through movement is easy. We tap into the endorphins and dopamine that are natural mood boosters and painkillers. At times, we just need a simple movement break.
4. Movement As Organizer: Working with groups means organizing a variety of moving parts (no pun intended). Learning how to use movement to organize groups of people can be a useful technique to have in your tool belt.
5. Authenticity shapes Identity: Getting to know people can be understood by a simple song they select or the way they decide to move. Are they open or closed? Reserved or shy? Movement tells a story to fill in spaces where words may be lacking.

This program is ideal for: anyone looking to focus on self-care.

About Our Facilitator

Sanovia Garrett

As a Creative Entrepreneur, Performance Artist, and resident instigator, sparker, innergizer of JOY, Sanovia’s goal is to transform the world from the inside out using a trauma-informed arts based practice. Sanovia is a Muncie Central class of 2010 graduate as well as a first generation college graduate of Ball State University’s 2014 Communication Studies (leadership minor) class. She graduated with her Masters in Urban Studies (Community Arts) from Eastern University in 2018 and is now pursing a full time life as a creative as well as working as an enrollment counselor for the same University.

Many of Sanovia’s activities are centered on arts ( e.g., movement therapy, creative coaching, music performances, poetry, and joy-based events).

Her first ep, ‘You Have Everything You Need’ (YHEYN) which released on January 26th, 2020 was mostly recorded in her bedroom. The phrase YHEYN has been the guiding light she has used to help inspire her creativity throughout the last three years.

Sanovia is currently living in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area

Virtual Workshop
2-Part Series

Session #1:
Tuesday, November 29
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Session #2:
Wednesday, November 30
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Within our world today, many are rising up to the role of ally, advocate, and even co-conspirator. There are significant differences between these roles and there are times when all roles are critical. In this session, we will define the different ways individuals, and organizations, can take action against discrimination and inequities that exist in our communities.

Learning Objectives

1. Reflect upon personal experiences and the impact these have on how we take action
2. Define roles of advocacy and provide examples to move forward with a stronger social justice lens
3. Craft an action plan to take action against inequities that exist in our communities

About Our Facilitator

Megan Fuciarelli is the Founder & Chief Empowerment Officer at US² Consulting. She is passionate in the areas of education and equitable opportunities for all children. In addition to working in the educational realm as a teacher and administrator, she has served in multiple capacities as a facilitator of workshops in the areas of prejudice reduction and diversity training – both in and out of school/district settings and with both students and adults. Megan’s goal is to help create a more united society by better understanding ourselves.

Virtual coffee talk

What is your community? When we surround ourselves with different individuals, we surround ourselves with different communities. Our communities help shape us into who we are as people. People can belong to many types of communities such as:

• Spiritual/Religious
• Work
• Family
• Friends
• Local Involvement

Our communities are the framework of our identities. But how can we further develop our communities? How can we bring new people into our communities? Are we limited to just three communities? What is special about your community?

Learning Objectives

1. Dive deeper into your own communities and how those affect your growth as a person and as a leader.
2. Identify places in your communities that you can work to improve.
3. Reflect upon how to integrate a new generation of leaders in your communities to grow resilience.

This program is ideal for: anyone

About Our Facilitator

Dillon Muhlenkamp is currently a Senior at Purdue University studying Agricultural Education. Dillon is from Bryant, Indiana where he enjoys spending time with his family. He helps on the family farm where they grow corn, soybeans, wheat, cattle, and turkeys. When not on the farm or studying for school he enjoys his involvement with the Purdue Grand Prix Foundation, Indiana Farm Bureau, as well as serving on the Jay County Fair Board. Dillon plans on returning to life in Jay County to farm with his family and teach High School agriculture in the local area. In his spare time he enjoys reading and spending time with his family

Virtual Workshop
2-Part Series

Session #1:
Tuesday, December 20
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Session #2:
Wednesday, December 21
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Have you lived by the subtle message of “if you work hard, you will become successful. Once you become successful, then you will be happy.” Unfortunately for many of us, this message hasn’t been realized. The goal post for success keeps getting pushed out and therefore, happiness seems to be elusive. Thanks to science, we now know happiness comes before success! Shawn Anchor, author of The Happiness Advantage attests, “Happiness and optimism actually fuel performance and achievement.”

Learning Objectives

1. Discover the happiness advantage through understanding positive psychology at work
2. Learn seven specific, actionable, and proven patterns that predict success and achievement
3. Identify ways to spread the happiness advantage at work, at home and beyond.

About Our Facilitator

Susan Rozzi (pronounced Row Z) is the president and owner of Rozzi & Associates, a leadership and organizational development firm. She has a passion for unleashing the potential for greatness in good leaders and believes each person has a unique way of leading. Susan is a leadership coach focusing on leadership development, emotional intelligence insight and career management. Each of her programs starts with the premise that great leadership skills are a product of time, practice and focused development. What makes Susan different is her observant approach and ability to speak grace with her candor.

Rozzi graduated from DePauw University and earned an MBA from Indiana University. She is certified in EQi-2.0 and EQ 360 (emotional intelligence assessment) and DiSC, a Certified Real Colors (temperament assessment) facilitator, and a Certified John C. Maxwell coach, trainer and speaker. She is a 2009 graduate of Leadership Hendricks County as well as a Board member of the Level Two co-working space and Outreach Inc.

Program: “Leverage the Power of Diverse Communication Styles” for maximum productivity, strengthen team members’ relationships to enhance company culture, employee retention, clients, vendors, and profitability.

Date(s): Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Time: 9:30 am to 2:00 pm

Cost: Free for SLA Members. $150 per participant for non-members.

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Prep: Before to attending the training, take the CHAT Assessment at www.thechatsytem.com/HCC.
(The link will be live on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. Please do not share your results until after the training is complete.)

Agenda:

9:30 am Welcome
9:35 am Introductions
10:05 am What is CHAT
10:10 am Creative Communication Style
10:30 am Break
11:00 am Harmony Communication Style
11:20 am Action Communication Style
11:40 am Template Communication Style
12:00 pm Lunch
12:45 pm Q & A
1:00 pm Group Activities
1:45 pm Bringing it all Together
2:00 pm Completion

In-Person Lunch & Learn

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How do we move the professional kitchen into an era of safe and positive impact for growth and appeal to the next generations? How can we fold traditional apprenticeship training techniques into a more affirming experience for the apprentice and the trainer? What is the potential of the future professional kitchen?

As a trade-based industry, professional kitchens are hurting worldwide. We have high turnover, high stress, slow growth, and minimal pay. The only way we can move from our past, into a positive future, is to adjust to modern culture and societal standards of a positive work environment.

Many cultures believe and use food as medicine, comfort, and a way to show love. The professional cook’s kitchen can be the same!

Learning Objectives

1. Build a positive learning environment in the kitchen.
2. Attract next generations to the professional kitchen industry.
3. Grow your business through growth of your staff.

About Our Facilitator

Kyle Reninger was born and raised in Clearwater, FL. He attended the University of South Florida and has worked in the service and retail industry for the past 20 years. He and his partner, Amanda, moved to Muncie in 2008 were Amanda attended Ball State University for her Master’s Degree and Artist Diploma. They found great community and connections in Muncie, and decided to continue their life in Muncie and start a business. Kyle is the President of Acquisitions and Amanda is the Owner of Sea Salt & Cinnamon. Amanda is the master of the science and math in the kitchen, while Kyle is focused on developing new savory items and expansion of distribution. Through SLA and the Emergence Program, Kyle and Amanda have gained the training and knowledge to help grow the Muncie Community. In their free time, Kyle and Amanda can be found enjoying Downtown Muncie, at the movies, or at home with their three dogs and six cats.

In-Person Workshop

Learning Objectives

1. Strategies for managing incoming items (mail, emails, meeting notes, etc)
2. How to create and use a To Do System
3. Techniques for more efficient filing
4. A method for prioritizing work and following through

This program is ideal for: anyone who works in an office environment and is responsible to manage the work they do on any given day. It is not well suited for those who are reactive to their work; e.g. customer service representatives or general laborers

About Our Facilitator

Janet Jackson is passionate about three things: her faith, her family, and helping others find time to pursue their passions, professionally and personally. She started Organization Solutions, LLC, in 2001, because she loves people and hates inefficiency.

Prior to starting Organization Solutions, Janet spent six years with Honda of America Manufacturing where she served as the Purchasing Lead on a corporate-wide software implementation, ensuring business and system processes were efficient and effective. She left Honda in 2000 to start Organization Solutions and to have more time for her biggest priority, being a mom.

Janet attended Taylor University in Upland, Indiana, where she double majored in Business Administration and Psychology. She graduated with honors in 1993. While at Taylor, she continued to grow her desire and ability to serve as a leader, which was cultivated initially by her ten-year involvement with Indiana 4-H.

With Indiana roots, Janet and family are currently planted in Ohio. She speaks regionally and nationally to bring increased organization, productivity, and efficiency to businesses and individuals.

In-Person Lunch & Learn

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What separates the best of the best from everyone else when it comes time to perform? You’ve prepared, practiced, and now it’s time to shine, but there is something in your head that could potentially undo all of your hard work when you are on the big stage. We will discuss mental skills, mental performance, and how taking time to learn more about ourselves and controlling what goes on between our ears can lead to better performance when it counts the most. Topics such as self-awareness, resilience, and self-talk will be touched on, with the goal of giving you the tools to perform at your best when you need to the most.

Learning Objectives

1. Awareness and understanding of what is going on in your mind and how it can affect your performance.
2. Tools to practice the skills necessary to improve your mental performance.
3. The physiological response to stressful situations and how mental skills can help you perform in those moments.

This program is ideal for: Supervisors looking to get more out of their employees. Anyone looking to better themselves in personal or professional endeavors.

About Our Facilitator

Justin Knox was born and raised in Muncie, Indiana and graduated from Delta High School in 2002. He has been a Firefighter since 2012, first with the City of Muncie Fire Department before moving to the Brownsburg Fire Territory on the west side of Indianapolis in 2020. Justin has an Associate of Applied Science degree in Fire Science from Ivy Tech, as well as a number of state and national professional certifications. Justin is an Emergence graduate and currently sits on the Board of Directors for Shafer Leadership Academy.

Is supervision for me?

The transition from frontline employee to supervisor is a big leap.

This program is designed to help participants better understand the roles and responsibilities of supervision. In this interactive course, we will explore the fundamentals of frontline supervision. Participants will examine core elements of supervision such as building trust, managing conflict, and communicating effectively.

At the end of the program both participants and employers will be ready to answer the question “Is supervision for me?”

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In-Person Workshop

Learning Objectives

1. Develop awareness through breath and re-centering skills
2. Learn how breath is a key to self-awareness and self-regulation
3. Experience 5 breath practices and learn their benefits
4. Establish an Everyday Breath Routine
5. Explore insights of what to do when breathing doesn’t feel comfortable

This program is ideal for:  anyone that experiences stress

About Our Facilitator

Nichole Linebaugh is passionate about safety and health. She has been working in the occupational safety and health field for just over 10 years and currently holding the Associate Safety Professional (ASP) designation with the Bureau of Certified Safety Professionals and working at FCC (Indiana) in Portland, IN. Nichole is also a yoga practitioner and a 500-hour yoga teacher. She is always continuing to learn and grow in health and wellness and works with private yoga clients and building her business Nurturing Rose Yoga. She helps to guide individuals find the right tools to work through everyday stress and anxiety. With working in the safety and health field, Nichole continues to apply yoga techniques and principles to work through everyday stress and stress at work.

Nichole is currently living in Union City, IN with her family and loves to spend time with them and be out in nature.

In-Person Lunch & Learn

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The world as we once knew it continues to evolve. Changes can sometimes overwhelm us to the point of mental and emotional exhaustion. At times we can become overwhelmed, feel hopeless, and consider giving in. This workshop will explore perseverance during tough times. We will discuss what it means to persevere, identify barriers to perseverance, explore the abundance vs. scarcity mindset, explore the perseverance process, and develop a perseverance roadmap.

Learning Objectives

1. Define perseverance
2. Explore the perseverance process
3. Discuss the abundance vs. scarcity mindset
4. Recognize when a necessary ending is appropriate
5. Develop a perseverance growth plan

This program is ideal for: nonprofits, first time supervisors, mid-level managers, C-Suite executives – anyone who feels like giving up or giving in!

About Our Facilitator

E. Jake Gamble is an executive coach, thought leader, writer, leadership/performance advisor, and underdog advocate. Jake’s candor, passion, sense of humor, and real-world approach to business and life make him a favorite coach, trainer, speaker, and mentor to many. Mr. Gamble established Leadership Support Services in 2009. His passion is leadership with an emphasis character development, authenticity, and transparency. Jake is an accomplished guitarist and vocalist who enjoys performing at small clubs and venues in the Fort Wayne, IN. regional area. In his spare time, he loves to spend time with his 5 yr. old French Bulldog, Frankie!

In-Person Workshop

Learning Objectives

1. Identify and reflect on traits of impactful and influential leaders
2. Learn to clarify measurable results for influence
3. Explore crucial moments for implementing change
4. Examine vital behaviors for influence
5. Ask key questions for identifying personal, social, and structural sources of influence
6. Understand that behaviors are actions, not results

This program is ideal for:  anyone who wants to have more influence.

About Our Facilitator

Michelle Vore is currently serving as the Learning & Development Manager for Muncie Power products. In that role since October 2017, she develops content and delivers training for a variety of topics ranging from customer service to managing change. Her credo is that learning never ends and she is always happy to share information and ideas with others to help them grow professionally and personally.

Professional experiences of Michelle’s include working in learning and development, mentoring and advising students, teaching as an adjunct faculty member, and designing web sites.

Michelle graduated from Ball State University in 2003 with a Master’s in Adult and Community Education and earned a second master’s in Business Administration in 2014 from Western Governor’s University. Beyond academic degrees, Michelle continues learning. She has attended numerous conferences, training sessions, and workshops, all to broaden her knowledge and networks.

Donating time is also important to Michelle and she serves on three not-for-profit boards: Shafer Leadership Academy, Home Savers of Delaware County, and the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Delaware County, Indiana. She also has given time to other non-profit efforts in the Delaware County and Muncie communities.

Michelle enjoys writing, road and mountain biking, and exercising. She teaches Body Pump and cycling classes at the Downtown Muncie YMCA and likes to stay physically active. Michelle enjoys teaching and training and is dedicated to helping others grow and develop professionally and personally. If just one person gleans something from Michelle’s work, she is glad to have had the opportunity to reach them.

In-Person Lunch & Learn

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Colleges are graduating an increasing number of students with disabilities, and these graduates are seeking employment in fields related to their degrees. This workshop is designed to provide employers with the information and best practices they need to know so that they will be prepared to recruit, hire, and retain highly talented potential employees with disabilities. The presenters will share about barriers that college graduates with disabilities experience as they prepare to enter the workforce and describe accommodations that assist employees with disabilities to successfully complete their job functions. More broadly, the presenters will lead a discussion of ways to create an inclusive environment for all employees, including introducing the concept of universal design and describing how disability needs to be a consideration when considering diversity, equity, and inclusion.

This program is ideal for: all employers who work with individuals with disabilities, not just college graduates

About Our Facilitator

Larry Markle is the Director of the Gregory S. Fehribach Center at Eskenazi Health in Indianapolis, a program that provides college students with physical disabilities with paid internships in fields related to their major Prior to that, Larry was the Director of Disability Services at Ball State University for 13 years. A 2019 recipient of the Association on Higher Education and Disability’s Meritorious Contribution Award, Larry has co-authored multiple articles on disability and higher education that have been published in peer reviewed journals and presented at dozens of regional and national conferences.

Carlos Taylor is the Program Manager of the Gregory S. Fehribach Center at Eskenazi Health in Indianapolis Indiana. At the Fehribach Center, he works to provide meaningful paid internship opportunities for college students with physical disabilities. Prior to joining the Fehribach Center, Carlos was the Adaptive Computer Technology Specialist at Ball State University where he provided assistive technology solutions to students, staff, and faculty. Carlos has also presented to numerous groups, businesses, and organizations on various topics pertaining to individuals with disabilities.

David R. Parker, Ph.D. is the Program Manager for Research, Educational Outreach and Communications of the Gregory S. Fehribach Center at Eskenazi Health in Indianapolis. In this role, he coordinates efforts by the Center’s national Research Advisory Board to conduct new research about employment barriers and success strategies for individuals with physical disabilities as well as programming at the postsecondary and K-12 levels to enhance effective and inclusive career development for students with these disabilities.

In-Person Workshop

Learning Objectives

1. Discuss how to recognize and truly get to KNOW staff members in the most meaningful ways to them
2. Brainstorm ways to build and foster engagement for both individual team members and the team as a whole
3. Learn how to create a dedicated calendar for employee engagement & recognition

This program is ideal for:  anyone

About Our Facilitator

Dr. Joe Misiewicz is the Emeritus Chair of the Department of Telecommunications at Ball State, and in addition to many other accomplishments, served as the President and CEO of the Indiana Broadcasters Association.

In-Person Lunch & Learn

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A different spin on diversity, equity, and inclusion training. Participants will engage in discussion and activities to identify and celebrate differences, whether it’s coworkers, clients, or friends. This workshop with help participants to build bridges and connect with others from different perspectives and backgrounds. After all, life is a collaborative effort!

Learning Objectives

1. Participants will learn to identify microaggressions.
2. Participants will learn the difference between appreciation and appropriation
3. Participants will be able to identify appropriate ways to celebrate other cultures/lifestyles.

This program is ideal for: all

About Our Facilitator

Daniella Flowers is a Community Inclusion Ambassador for Shafer Leadership Academy. For the past four years, Daniella Flowers has worked as a life coach for the Excel Center, a tuition-free public high school for adults offered through Goodwill Industries of Southern and Central Indiana. For eight years prior, the Muncie native was a program manager for Capitol City Family Education Services, an addiction treatment and rehabilitation center in Merrillville, Indiana. These roles and others have taken Flowers across the state to build programs that help individuals identify strengths and connect them to resources.