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SUMMARY:What’s Next? Planning Your Transition to Retirement
DESCRIPTION:Retiring from a career is a significant emotional and psychological adjustment for many. Many courses and resources address topics such as financial planning for retirement\, legal issues\, and the physical transitions of aging. This course will focus instead on emotional well-being during your retirement transition and next chapter. \nWe will provide skills and resources for social-emotional development to soon-to-retire professionals\, or those newly retired. Enhance resilience and transition-coping skills. Establish new social connections with other course participants. \nRegister online here
URL:https://umaine.edu/calendar/event/whats-next-planning-your-transition-to-retirement/2026-09-30/
LOCATION:ME
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops,Faculty/Staff Development,Lectures & Seminars,Online Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Division of Lifelong Learning":MAILTO:um.continuinged@maine.edu
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SUMMARY:Strategic Planning for Impact-Driven Organizations
DESCRIPTION:It can feel overwhelming to begin the strategic planning process. But strategic planning is one of the most powerful tools your organization can utilize. \nThis hands-on professional development course equips participants with the tools and knowledge to create\, refine\, and implement a strategic plan that aligns organizational goals. Through practical lessons and real-world examples\, participants will gain clarity\, confidence\, and actionable strategies to lead their organization to a sustainable future. \nRegister online here. 
URL:https://umaine.edu/calendar/event/strategic-planning-for-impact-driven-organizations/2026-10-03/
LOCATION:ME
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops,Faculty/Staff Development,Lectures & Seminars,Online Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Division of Lifelong Learning":MAILTO:um.continuinged@maine.edu
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SUMMARY:What’s Next? Planning Your Transition to Retirement
DESCRIPTION:Retiring from a career is a significant emotional and psychological adjustment for many. Many courses and resources address topics such as financial planning for retirement\, legal issues\, and the physical transitions of aging. This course will focus instead on emotional well-being during your retirement transition and next chapter. \nWe will provide skills and resources for social-emotional development to soon-to-retire professionals\, or those newly retired. Enhance resilience and transition-coping skills. Establish new social connections with other course participants. \nRegister online here
URL:https://umaine.edu/calendar/event/whats-next-planning-your-transition-to-retirement/2026-10-07/
LOCATION:ME
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops,Faculty/Staff Development,Lectures & Seminars,Online Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Division of Lifelong Learning":MAILTO:um.continuinged@maine.edu
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261010T120000
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SUMMARY:Strategic Planning for Impact-Driven Organizations
DESCRIPTION:It can feel overwhelming to begin the strategic planning process. But strategic planning is one of the most powerful tools your organization can utilize. \nThis hands-on professional development course equips participants with the tools and knowledge to create\, refine\, and implement a strategic plan that aligns organizational goals. Through practical lessons and real-world examples\, participants will gain clarity\, confidence\, and actionable strategies to lead their organization to a sustainable future. \nRegister online here. 
URL:https://umaine.edu/calendar/event/strategic-planning-for-impact-driven-organizations/2026-10-10/
LOCATION:ME
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops,Faculty/Staff Development,Lectures & Seminars,Online Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Division of Lifelong Learning":MAILTO:um.continuinged@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T183000
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SUMMARY:What’s Next? Planning Your Transition to Retirement
DESCRIPTION:Retiring from a career is a significant emotional and psychological adjustment for many. Many courses and resources address topics such as financial planning for retirement\, legal issues\, and the physical transitions of aging. This course will focus instead on emotional well-being during your retirement transition and next chapter. \nWe will provide skills and resources for social-emotional development to soon-to-retire professionals\, or those newly retired. Enhance resilience and transition-coping skills. Establish new social connections with other course participants. \nRegister online here
URL:https://umaine.edu/calendar/event/whats-next-planning-your-transition-to-retirement/2026-10-14/
LOCATION:ME
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops,Faculty/Staff Development,Lectures & Seminars,Online Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Division of Lifelong Learning":MAILTO:um.continuinged@maine.edu
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SUMMARY:You Are the Main Character: Artfully Teaching the Science of Reading
DESCRIPTION:In this energizing workshop\, we celebrate teachers as the heroes of every literacy story. Blending humor\, research and practical strategies\, we explore how the science of reading provides the evidence\, and the art of teaching brings it to life. Drawing from research in literacy instruction\, we empower educators to balance data with creativity\, structure with spontaneity and always keep students at the heart of the narrative. \nPresenters:\n-William Dee Nichols\, Professor of Literacy\, University of Maine\n-Chase Young\, Professor of Literacy Education\, Sam Houston State University\n-Timothy Rasinski\, Professor of Literacy Education\, Kent State University \nRegistration information:\n-Early bird registration (before September 18): $175\n-After September 18: $200\n-Registration closes on October 9.\n-Continental breakfast and lunch included \nLink to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdHv2Tx_ZvFbIjPQwP4vNZ8qBCyJ1aBwEeouwqj_fZdClgKpw/viewform \nFor more information\, please contact Maine Partnerships in Comprehensive Literacy Coordinator and Senior Trainer Debra Hogate\, debra.hogate@maine.edu.
URL:https://umaine.edu/calendar/event/you-are-the-main-character-artfully-teaching-the-science-of-reading/
LOCATION:Wells Conferemce Center\, ME\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops,Faculty/Staff Development,Lectures & Seminars
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SUMMARY:What’s Next? Planning Your Transition to Retirement
DESCRIPTION:Retiring from a career is a significant emotional and psychological adjustment for many. Many courses and resources address topics such as financial planning for retirement\, legal issues\, and the physical transitions of aging. This course will focus instead on emotional well-being during your retirement transition and next chapter. \nWe will provide skills and resources for social-emotional development to soon-to-retire professionals\, or those newly retired. Enhance resilience and transition-coping skills. Establish new social connections with other course participants. \nRegister online here
URL:https://umaine.edu/calendar/event/whats-next-planning-your-transition-to-retirement/2026-10-21/
LOCATION:ME
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops,Faculty/Staff Development,Lectures & Seminars,Online Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Division of Lifelong Learning":MAILTO:um.continuinged@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261028T183000
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SUMMARY:What’s Next? Planning Your Transition to Retirement
DESCRIPTION:Retiring from a career is a significant emotional and psychological adjustment for many. Many courses and resources address topics such as financial planning for retirement\, legal issues\, and the physical transitions of aging. This course will focus instead on emotional well-being during your retirement transition and next chapter. \nWe will provide skills and resources for social-emotional development to soon-to-retire professionals\, or those newly retired. Enhance resilience and transition-coping skills. Establish new social connections with other course participants. \nRegister online here
URL:https://umaine.edu/calendar/event/whats-next-planning-your-transition-to-retirement/2026-10-28/
LOCATION:ME
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops,Faculty/Staff Development,Lectures & Seminars,Online Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Division of Lifelong Learning":MAILTO:um.continuinged@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261204T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261204T153000
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SUMMARY:Helping People Change: The Power of Group Work
DESCRIPTION:Groups help to create community to combat loneliness and isolation\, and increase connection and productivity at work\, within health care\, and with personal relationships. \nThis online program will provide an integrated approach and an indispensable tool box for bringing thoughtful\, nurturing\, empowering practice\, and strategy to relationships of all kinds through the facilitation of group work. \nThe assets of group work\, beyond cost effectiveness and reduced isolation for patients and group leaders alike\, can be utilized in many situations: teaching\, team meetings\, retreats\, psychoeducational issues in healthcare\, workshops\, community gatherings\, business settings\, sports teams\, counseling\, religious organizations\, and psychotherapy. \nThe combination of cognitive and experiential learning in this program will leave you with solid understanding\, skill\, and commitment to initiate group work practice in your professional\, personal\, and interpersonal settings. \nYou will become aware of your own responses to your clients\, patients\, students\, colleagues\, friends and family\, and improve your ability to regulate your affect with thought and sound judgment. \nYou will also see the role humor plays in facilitating group work and its connecting force of cohesiveness. \nVisit our website for more information:\nhttps://dll.umaine.edu/online-helping-people-change/
URL:https://umaine.edu/calendar/event/helping-people-change-the-power-of-group-work-5/
LOCATION:ME
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops,Faculty/Staff Development,Online Events
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