OE sponsored a three-day Prosci Change Management certification workshop from April 17-19. Eighteen participants from diverse areas across Grounds learned skills and tools to drive successful change initiatives within their respective areas and University-wide. Participants learned the fundamentals of change and change management, as well as how to apply a research-based methodology and toolset to current projects in their area.

Scott Siler, IT User Education and Transition Services and instructor at the University of Notre Dame's School of Business, served as the cohort's higher education partner to offer practical guidance for real-life situations. The certification provides participants the ability to understand how effective change management improves organizational results and articulate the value to change management to peers and leaders.

Areas Represented

Participants from the Academic Division and Medical Center represented a wide array of responsibilities:

• Academic programs
• Facilities
• Finance
• Human resources (HR)
• Information technology (IT)
• Portfolio management
• Process improvement
• Project management
• Student research and service learning
• Workforce planning

Participant Feedback

"Everything was well organized, the content was meaningful and useful, and the team collaboration has created some great new connections."

"I found the training very informative, and I see many ways in which the skills, knowledge, and tools taught will be directly and immediately valuable to my work as a project manager."

"I thoroughly enjoyed the training, and I look forward to utilizing the many tools and techniques that I learned throughout the course."