Courses

Contact Hrs/CEUs: 21/2.1

You are responsible for organizing and managing a multifaceted activity involving people from differing specialties to create something brand new. Quality is essential, resources are limited, and time is of the essence-a classic scenario. This course provides the practices, tools, and skills required to manage such an enterprise. The process starts with scoping the project, moves through identifying tasks and estimating resources, and concludes with setting schedules and completing a plan. Working individually and in groups, you will apply and extend your workplace expertise and integrate project management competencies. Tools acquired during this course will be applied in the next certificate course, Implementing Project Management.

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October 11, 2023 to November 1, 2023, Online

Contact Hrs/CEUs: 15/1.5 - CLEs/10 - General Credits/10

Learn in the classroom and not in the courtroom.  Mistakes in managing employees can lead to costly litigation, loss of reputation, and turnover.  During this course, you will learn about employment laws and regulations involved in managing employees, the implications of the laws affecting your employment practices, and specific operational approaches to help you build an employment culture of compliance.

Online classes will be interactive and include a mix of pre-work assignments and live-online class discussions. You may participate in active dialogue, reflection, explore real-life scenarios, or group activities to demonstrate your understanding and share meaning. Come prepared to engage and explore new ways of learning and relationship-building.     

Our Mission: To provide a meaningful online results-focused learning experience that will position you for growth opportunities.

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Contact Hrs/CEUs: 6/0.6

Using the right style of leadership for the right situation is a concern for everyone in a leadership role. Should I direct, coach, support or allow my employees to be self-reliant and empowered? How do I know that I am matching the appropriate leadership style for the level of employee competence? During this interactive workshop, you will utilize a self-assessment to determine your versatility in using the right style based on the needs of the employee - the person being led. Learn how to become a more flexible leader and improve your conversations about performance and development between you, the leader, and the people who work for you so that competence is developed and talented individuals are retained.

Online classes will be interactive and include a mix of pre-work assignments and live-online class discussions. You may participate in active dialogue, reflection, explore real-life scenarios, or group activities to demonstrate your understanding and share meaning. Come prepared to engage and explore new ways of learning and relationship-building.     

Our Mission: To provide a meaningful online results-focused learning experience that will position you for growth opportunities.

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Contact Hrs/CEUs: 30/3.0

With difficult economic times impacting many businesses, including non-profits, grant writing is becoming more competitive than ever. This interactive online, instructor-led course will prepare you to submit a successful proposal that is complete and includes what is expected by funding organizations with the resources you need. This program uses case studies and effective worksheets that will guide you through each step of the grant writing proposal process. After completing this course, students will have the confidence and resources needed to be a successful grant writer.

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September 29, 2023 to October 27, 2023, Online

Contact Hrs/CEUs: 21/2.1

This course is the third in the USM Project Management certificate series. It is designed to help project leaders more fully integrate the discipline of project management into their organization. This course provides the concepts, practices, and skills required to face the common workplace project challenges with success.

Contact Hrs/CEUs: 4/0.4

Human resource management plays a critical role in an organization through the effective selection and management of the organization's employees. This workshop will provide you with a solid understanding of the fundamentals of human resource management and its strategic relevance in business today. The workshop will focus on practical strategies and best practices occurring in all key human resource functions.

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Contact Hrs/CEUs: 14/1.4

Approved SHRMRecertification PDCs: 12.75

Project Management is the application of skills, methodologies, tools and techniques to achieve goals while navigating the uncertainty, risk, and constraints that inevitably impact project work. This program orients individuals considering the field, functional managers running projects, and assigned project managers to the practice of Project Management. Through discussion and team exercises, participants will obtain an overview of frameworks and tools to support project and organizational success, share experiences about common risks and mistakes, and identify key skills and competencies for successful individual practice to apply in their own work settings.

Online classes will be interactive and include a mix of pre-work assignments and live-online class discussions. You may participate in active dialogue, reflection, explore real-life scenarios, or group activities to demonstrate your understanding and share meaning. Come prepared to engage and explore new ways of learning and relationship-building.     

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Contact Hrs/CEUs: 6/0.6

Change is constant in our businesses. To remain competitive, organizations must manage multiple change initiatives and stay ahead of the competition by anticipating changes and changing faster and more efficiently.  This course is designed to make you and your organization more agile and resilient and capable of effectively managing the forces of change. 

So, what is the difference between those managers who are leading through a somewhat seamless shift from those leaders still learning how to prepare themselves and their team members for success?  The ability to help ourselves and others to adapt, bounce back, and stay focused on business objectives makes the difference.  This opportunity focuses on manager reskilling and upskilling in three areas:  Outcomes, others, and ourselves.

Online classes will be interactive and include a mix of pre-work assignments and live-online class discussions. You may participate in active dialogue, reflection, explore real-life scenarios, or group activities to demonstrate your understanding and share meaning. Come prepared to engage and explore new ways of learning and relationship-building.     

Our Mission: To provide a meaningful online results-focused learning experience that will position you for growth opportunities.

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Contact Hrs/CEUs: 7/0.7

Learn techniques for improving influence skills, whether influencing an audience of 1 or 100, by structuring influential messages so that others will understand them and be more willing to consider them. Influence is at the heart of most professions. Increasing others' buy-in and commitment to ideas, suggestions, and directives is important to success at work. This workshop is designed to help participants assess how to build relationships and communicate their ideas to others with credibility, confidence, and clarity.

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Lean Six Sigma (LSS) is a proven method for solving problems and making key business processes more efficient and productive. The Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification course develops advanced skills for leading complex projects and for supporting LSS deployment within an organization.

Our Mission: To provide a meaningful online results-focused learning experience that will position you for growth opportunities.
Online classes will be interactive and include a mix of pre-work assignments and live-online class discussions. You may participate in active dialogue, reflection, explore real-life scenarios, or group activities to demonstrate your understanding and share meaning. Come prepared to engage and explore new ways of learning and relationship building.     

This class is in person, on the Lewiston Campus. Lean Six Sigma is a methodology for solving problems and improving processes.  It includes strategies and tools for making key business processes more efficient and productive. This course will provide participants with an understanding of Lean Six Sigma methods and will provide participants with tools that can be immediately applied for process improvement projects.

Contact Hrs/7 - CEUs/.7

This workshop is designed to help individuals to feel a greater sense of meaningful accomplishment at the end of a workday and to help organizations cut the human and financial costs associated with wasted time and efforts.

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Contact Hrs/CEUs: 6/0.6

At some point, every leader has to contend with sub-standard performance. Why do some employees fail to do what's expected of them and what action can you take to correct the situation? During this workshop learn a step-by-step approach to effectively manage poor performance and create stronger accountability. Discuss and practice strategies to deal with problem performance and behavior.

Online classes will be interactive and include a mix of pre-work assignments and live-online class discussions. You may participate in active dialogue, reflection, explore real-life scenarios, or group activities to demonstrate your understanding and share meaning. Come prepared to engage and explore new ways of learning and relationship-building.     

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Contact Hrs/CEUs: 15/1.5

This participatory course provides an overview of the role and contribution of training and development within an organization. The course assists human resource professionals and managers responsible for the training and development of staff to utilize their resources better to maximize the impact of training. Participants will learn to apply skills to their own situations through two written assignments.

Online classes will be interactive and include a mix of pre-work assignments and live-online class discussions. You may participate in active dialogue, reflection, explore real-life scenarios, or group activities to demonstrate your understanding and share meaning. Come prepared to engage and explore new ways of learning and relationship-building.

Contact Hrs/40 - CEUs/4.0 - CLEs/16 - General Credits/13 - Ethics Credits/2 - Harassment/Discrimination Credits/1 

Approved SHRMRecertification PDCs: 40

Mediation introduces you to alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and the process and skills of mediation. It provides 40 hours of training, which is a state and national standard for entry-level mediators. The course is designed for individuals who are interested in mediating or applying the process of mediation to their profession or in their workplace.     

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Contact Hrs/14 - CEUs/1.4 - CLEs/14 - General Credits/13 - Ethics Credits/1

This two-day interactive workshop will cover conflict management techniques. You will explore the basic structure of informal mediation for coaching your team through conflict between co-workers, other teams, divisions, or clients. The presenters, Diane Kenty and William Logue, have decades of experience as mediators.

Online classes will be interactive and include a mix of pre-work assignments and live-online class discussions. You may participate in active dialogue, reflection, explore real-life scenarios, or group activities to demonstrate your understanding and share meaning. Come prepared to engage and explore new ways of learning and relationship-building.     

Our Mission: To provide a meaningful online results-focused learning experience that will position you for growth opportunities.

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Contact Hrs/CEUs: 7/0.7

This live-online class examines mentoring, a tool which has existed, throughout history, for developing individuals' talents and knowledge. A tool to pass along critical business information from more experienced to less experienced individuals. A well-designed approach to mentoring can produce meaningful results for everyone from intelligent but inexperienced new hires to mature employees who need or want to broaden or redefine their skills, getting the most out of mentoring relationships inside any business.

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Contact Hrs/CEUs: 12/1.2

 Approved SHRMRecertification PDCs: 11.25

Studies have shown that many managers spend 40 to 60 percent of their time in meetings. Virtual and in-person meetings can be an effective way to share information, solve problems, generate new ideas, develop new products and services, and build relationships. Yet, how many of us, whether we are managers, professionals or participants have sat through boring, ineffective meetings? Through presentation, discussion, and hands-on practice you will learn practical skills and tools to help you immediately improve your meetings.

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Contact Hrs/CEUs: 15/1.5

Performance management is a complex system of rewards, interventions, and collaboration among teams, leaders, and the organization. Effective systems are necessary for critical management functions, including operational control, planning, and decisions related to compensation and employment. This program focuses on the human resource role in developing and maintaining performance management systems.

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Contact Hrs/CEUs: 12/1.2

Approved SHRMRecertification PDCs: 11.25

Whether you love it or hate it, good writing is vital to your professional reputation and getting ahead. You need to be able to express your ideas clearly, concisely, and persuasively. In this course, we will start with what you learned about writing in school and discuss how to apply it to professional writing. You will learn how to reduce frustration and wasted time as we solve day-to-day writing problems, while identifying common mistakes. This course is for marketing and communication professionals, project and product managers, administrators, and anyone else who needs to present a professional image in his or her written communication.

Online classes will be interactive and include a mix of pre-work assignments and live-online class discussions. You may participate in active dialogue, reflection, explore real-life scenarios, or group activities to demonstrate your understanding and share meaning. Come prepared to engage and explore new ways of learning and relationship building

Our Mission: To provide a meaningful online results-focused learning experience that will position you for growth opportunities.

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Contact Hrs/CEUs: 36/3.6

Taking a SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP Test Prep course gives the opportunity to learn from and engage with an experienced SHRM-Certified instructor and other students looking to work toward this desirable career goal. Be a leader in your organization by gaining the tools to transform and elevate your workplace to be the place where people grow and maximize their potential.

***Please Note*** The SHRM Test Prep online courses will be recorded, registration into this class is a consent to be recorded.

For SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP exam eligibility criteria, please view the SHRM website. Online classes will be interactive and include a mix of pre-work assignments and live-online class discussions. You may participate in active dialogue, reflection, explore real-life scenarios, or group activities to demonstrate your understanding and share meaning. Come prepared to engage and explore new ways of learning and relationship building.   

Our Mission: To provide a meaningful online results-focused learning experience that will position you for growth opportunities.

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Contact Hrs/CEUs: 36/3.6

Taking a SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP Test Prep course gives the opportunity to learn from and engage with an experienced SHRM-Certified instructor and other students looking to work toward this desirable career goal. Be a leader in your organization by gaining the tools to transform and elevate your workplace to be the place where people grow and maximize their potential..

 

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Contact Hrs/CEUs: 12/1.2

Approved SHRMRecertification PDCs: 11.25

Whether you are interacting with a colleague, an employee, a boss, or a customer, the one thing you have control over is what you say and how you say it. In this popular and practical workshop, you will have the opportunity to learn and apply critical professional communication skills that will help you develop relationships and get the work done. You'll practice how to get your ideas across, how to meet the other person's needs, and what to do if there is a conflict or difference of opinion.

Course Information: The course includes 3 hours of work offline.

Online classes will be interactive and include a mix of pre-work assignments and live-online class discussions. You may participate in active dialogue, reflection, explore real-life scenarios, or group activities to demonstrate your understanding and share meaning. Come prepared to engage and explore new ways of learning and relationship-building.     

Our Mission: To provide a meaningful online results-focused learning experience that will position you for growth opportunities.

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Contact Hrs/CEUs: 6/0.6

Making the transition from staff member to supervisor can be challenging. This course is designed to address some of those unique challenges. Through self-assessment and case studies, participants will determine their preferred supervisory style and identify ways to modify it to bring out the best in others.

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September 15-22, 2023, Online