Affiliate Workshop Registration

Learning & Development workshops are available to Columbia University affiliate institutions, including: Barnard College, Jewish Theological Seminary, Manhattan School of Music, Teachers College, and other members of the University community. Workshops are divided into three categories to help you decide on the best course to meet your needs.

Spring 2024 Workshops by Category

Develop Yourself

Workshops to grow your self-management capabilities and increase your personal effectiveness. 

Peer Coaching for Greater Collaboration
Peer Coaching for Greater Collaboration

Learn methods and coaching processes to engage with peers in a mutually beneficial partnership.

MBTI
Leveraging Your Style with MBTI

Identify your Myers-Briggs Type, and use that insight to better understand yourself and others in your career and everyday life.

Improv
Improv for Better Communication

Learn cognitively and physically engaging strategies for communicating your ideas with greater clarity and confidence.

Discover Your Strengths and Work Potential
Discover Your Strengths and Work Potential

Gain an in-depth analysis of your top 5 CliftonStrengths® to help identify your dominant talents to build a strengths-based work life.

Sparking Innovation and Creativity
Sparking Innovation and Creativity

Learners at all career levels are introduced to tools to help produce innovative ideas, and maintain a creative mindset & work culture. 

Enhancing Success - Elevate your Performance
Enhancing Success: Elevate your Performance

Learn what it will take for you to succeed, and be inspired to play your game at a whole new level.

Develop Your Skills

Workshops to help you fine-tune your skills and expand your professional toolbox.

Microsoft Office – Excel 2019 Level 2
Microsoft Office – Excel 2019 Level 2

Learn advanced formulas and work with various tools to analyze data in spreadsheets. 

Microsoft Office – Excel 2019 Level 3
Microsoft Office – Excel 2019 Level 3

Gain the skills necessary to create macros, audit and analyze worksheet data, incorporate multiple data sources, and import/export data.

Thriving in Remote and Hybrid Teams
Thriving in Remote and Hybrid Teams

Discover attributes and skills that all hybrid employees must have. Communication techniques to help ensure you’re a part of decision making will be introduced. 

Team Collaboration: Staying Connected When Working Apart
Team Collaboration: Staying Connected When Working Apart

 Learn best practices for efficient productivity of a hybrid/remote team, governed by the 4 C's of collaborative team.  

Project Management Essentials for the Unofficial Project Manager
Project Management Essentials for the Unofficial Project Manager

Develop the mindset, skillset, and toolset to consistently deliver successful projects to completion.

Develop Your Team

Workshops to enhance skills in effective leadership & management, including strategic thinking, decision-making, and team management.

The 6 Critical Practices for Leading a Team
The 6 Critical Practices for Leading a Team

Discover the essential skills and tools to get work done with and through other people, to maximize overall success. 

Situational Leadership for Managers
Situational Leadership for Managers

Learn an action-oriented framework to lead, motivate, coach and develop staff.

Leading From Within for Managers
Leading From Within for Managers

Gain approaches to improve leadership skills and increase self-awareness while identifying opportunities or obstacles that impact relationships.

L&D offers a combination of in-person and virtual workshops. Virtual sessions are held via Zoom, and simulate an in-person classroom experience, featuring individual and group activities. Descriptions, including price and location are noted in the Spring 2024 Snapshot of L&D Workshops for Affiliates of CU below, as well as in ELM.

Snapshot of Current Workshops for CU Affiliates

Affiliate Registration & Payment

Affiliates of CU may register for a course by creating an account in the Affiliate portal of the Enterprise Learning Management system (ELM). Review the How to create an Account in ELM for Affiliates of CU job aid for detailed instructions on how to do this. Please pay careful attention to the Security Key, as this is needed for account creation.

After your ELM account has been setup, please login to ELM to register for a workshop. For further guidance, you may access the How to register for a Course for Affiliates of CU job aid for detailed instructions.

For assistance with downloading or using Zoomplease visit the Columbia University IT page