BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a86f072f11e1a02417bae8d3468ddd76254 CATEGORIES:Foundations Courses SUMMARY:(SOLD OUT) Virtual Foundations Course | August 2023 DESCRIPTION:
Registration & Fees | Course Description |
Monday, 14–Thursday, 17 Aug ust 2023 | 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT each day
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Registration Note: Due to th e high demand for the Foundations course, at this time we are giving practi cing ombuds priority to register. If spaces remain closer to the course sta rt date, we will open up registration to those that are not currently pract icing in an ombuds role.
You may join our 2023 Foundations Course Interest List to be notified if we are able to accept registrations from non-practicing individuals for an upcoming co urse, or if a space becomes available in a sold-out course.
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Course Description
Foundatio ns of Organizational Ombuds Practice is offered multiple times each year in various locations, and online. The course covers the fundamentals of the organizational ombuds role based on the principles of confidentiality, neutrality, independence, an d informality. Learn how to work with visitors to an office as well as how to act as a change agent within your organization. Practice key ombuds skil ls of listening, asking questions, clarifying, generating options, and movi ng to actions throughout the ombuds process. In addition, an experienced an d highly committed faculty of ombuds will share best practices around setti ng up an office and evaluating and communicating the effectiveness of the o ffice.
Learn more about the Foundations course.
This cour se is presented in English. Captions are available in English by default. I ndividual participants may choose to see their captions translated into one of the following languages: Arabic, Bangla (beta), Chinese Simplified, Chi nese Traditional, Czech, Danish (beta), Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French (F rance), German, Hebrew (beta), Hindi (beta), Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian (beta), Polish, Portuguese, Romanian (beta), Russi an, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil (beta), Turkish, Ukrainian, or Vietnamese.
Who should attend:
The course is designed for recently appointed ombuds. Its objectives are to help new practitioners:
- Recognize the dimensions and pa rameters of the organizational ombuds role
- Reflect on their own per sonal relationship to the role
- Develop basic skills to perform the role effectively
- Learn best practices
- Identify resources to learn more
- Build a community of practice
This course a pplies to ombuds programs in organizational settings. It does not address s ome features unique to other models of ombuds practice, such as classical, advocate, or legislative.
Additional Details
Course Limit
24 participants
P rerequisites
None< /span>
Professiona l Development Hours (PDH)
This course has been approved for 15 Professional Developm ent Hours towards the Candidate for CO-OP® and CO -OP® credentials.
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Questions?
Email the I OA office at in fo@ombudsassociation.org.
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