WST March Poster Exhibition – deadline extended
Submit a poster and be in with a chance to win a prize! We are thrilled to be holding our poster exhibition in person again during WST ‘Celebrating Us’ on March 23. Aside from...
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Keynote Speakers for WST March 2023
Keynote Speakers Announced Work Smarter Together is delighted to announce our keynote speakers for March 2023 This March 23, the theme of WST 23 is ‘Celebrating Us’. The people of UCD are the vital...
WST March 2023 Closing Keynote Speaker – Justin Caffrey
We are delighted to confirm that Justin Caffrey will be our closing keynote speaker for WST March 23 2023 “Resilience and Psychological Safety: When vulnerability becomes vital.” Closing our exciting day of events...
WST March 23 Opening Keynote Speaker – Dr Lollie Mancey
We are delighted to confirm that Dr. Lollie Mancey of the Innovation Academy will be our opening keynote speaker for WST March 23 2023. “Be You – Because everyone else is taken” How to...
WST March 2023 is coming
SAVE THE DATE- WST: Celebrating Us Join us for ‘Celebrating Us’ on Thursday, March 23, 2023 in The Village Auditorium. This March 23, we are aiming to reconnect our colleagues with each other and...
Save the Date – WST March event
We are pleased to announce the date and theme of our upcoming March biennial Work Smarter Together event Thursday, March 23, 2023 With our upcoming biennial event in March, we are aiming to reconnect...
WST October Review – Think like an Entrepreneur
Each year in October, we host our annual October Work Smarter Together event. This is an opportunity for colleagues to reconnect and meet each other centred around a session with a speaker either from...
Upcoming October training and events with WST
Join us for some of our upcoming training and events over the next few weeks. October 27: 12pm – Think like an entrepreneur: Getting comfortable with experimenting, taking risks and finding alternative paths to success...
Upcoming Change Management Training
We are offering two upcoming sessions on Change Manangement techniques through the booking centre: October 25 – Change Management Employee Orientation Program In person training on campus Organisations are facing pressures to change faster...
Ally for Brightspace
Overview Ally for Brightspace was introduced in 2021 as a joint project between UCD IT Services and UCD Access and Lifelong Learning (UCD ALL). Ally is an accessibility advisory tool which integrates with Brightspace...
Save the Date – WST October is coming
WST October: Think like an entrepreneur: Use an Entrepreneurial Mindset to Find Success and Fulfillment at Work Join us on October 27 for this short session with Erin Shrimpton, organisational psychologist and behavioural change...
Welcome to the WST September Newsletter
The year has begun! My son was conferred three weeks ago, teaching started two weeks ago, Orientation was last week, and on this first Monday of their new lives, the campus is full of...
What is a Community of Practice?
In this issue of the WST newsletter we are focusing on Communities of Practice and specifically the CoPs already established here in UCD, we have been in contact with different types of CoP to...
WST Summer School – here’s what happened
Thanks to everyone who attended this year’s hybrid version of our annual Work Smarter Together Summer School on July 12 -14. We programmed a jam packed roster of sessions running in remote, hybrid and...
Are you in a UCD Community of Practice (CoP)?
In this edition of the WST newsletter, we are aiming to compile a list of any active Communities of Practice in UCD to create a database of CoPs for colleagues to access through the...
WST Summer School 2022 closed
Booking is now closed for 2022’s Work Smarter Together Summer School which tool place from July 12 – 14 2022. Session recordings, links and information links to follow. This year were excited to engage...
WST Summer School 2022: Programme Announced
Booking is now open for this year’s Work Smarter Together Summer School taking place on July 12 – 14 2022. For full details of sessions and booking links for each session follow this link....
Check out the latest WST Newsletter – May 2022
Welcome to the May 2022 Newsletter Remote Working Stories – The Journey to Hybrid What’s on the Menu with Julia Janiszewska & Gisela Tuchszer, Project Managers of UCD MENU An Online Post-it Note in...
WST Summer School 2022 – Save the Date
Circle those calendars and watch this space for booking details for WST Summer School. Tuesday 12 July – Thursday 14 July. WST Summer School 2022 will focus on our current shared experience of hybrid...
The Story of Charley Chatbot
Catherine McDonnell, UCD Registry UCD Registry, in line with its own ambitions and the UCD Strategy, is constantly looking to innovate by implementing advanced IT solutions. With Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the forefront of...