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Spring Skills Sharpener Series is Filling Up

a basket of flowers on a yellow background.With only a month left in the 2024 Spring Skills Sharpener Training Series, seats are filling up—but don’t worry; there is still time for SMU faculty and staff to learn and win!

Remember, you have until May 15, 2024, to attend one of the many training courses, whether in-person or via webinar, or complete one of our select Spring Skills Sharpener collection LinkedIn Learning courses.

We want you to succeed, so we are incentivizing you by offering you a chance to win gift cards and vacation days for each session you attend! We will announce the at this year’s Staff Association President’s Picnic on May 17, 2024.*

Below is just a sampling of the sessions offered in the Spring Skills Sharpener Training.

Thursday, April 18, 2024 Using Power BI Dashboards
Friday, April 19, 2024 Discovering SMU’s New Wiki Platform: XWiki
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 Make Your JUNK Folder Work for You!
Friday, April 19, 2024 Using Teams for Project Management
Thursday, April 23, 2024 LinkedIn Learning for Managers
Monday, April 29, 2024 Intro to Queries & my.SMU Data
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 Business Process Improvement
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 Making Videos with Adobe Premier Rush
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 Microsoft Teams Essentials: Hybrid Session

For a complete list of sessions, please visit booking.smu.edu/calendar/ittraining?ct=71916.

*Winners will be announced but need not be present to win. Only one prize per person.

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Ian Aberle

Ian Aberle is an Adobe Creative Educator and the Senior IT Communications Specialist & Trainer for the Office of Information Technology (OIT). For over 25 years, he has helped the SMU community use technology and implement digital and web media through multiple roles with the Digital Commons, SMU STAR Program, and now OIT. Ian enjoys photography and road trips with his family in his free time.