Forty Tipsfrom iForty

Tip #1: The Icebreaker

ICE BREAKER: (allow 3 - 5 minutes)

For this activity, you need to group more than 4 people together. Now, in the next 3 minutes, people in a single group should discuss and jot down at least 10 things they have in common. The things (like school, home city, favorite cuisine, favorite sport etc.; anything except topics related to work) should be common among all individuals in the group.

Tip #2: Join iForty

Does your professional organization fit you?

Tip #3: Jump start your career

Who said “Knowing where to go and what to learn can

have a major impact on the success of your career?”

(a prize for the correct answer)

Tip #4: How do you increase your

professional ‘net worth’?

André Paul Guillaume Gide was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1947.

"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the

courage to lose sight with the shore"

Tip #5: Explore TXClass

...the University’s complete training

resource for UT Faculty and Staff

Tip #6: Visit the Professional Development

Center

Advance in your field, gain new skills, or train

for a new career.

Tip #7: Become familiar with

www.utexas.edu

Is our home page as busy as our

campus?

Tip #8: ‘askUS’...

Why you need the University’s search

engine...

Tip #9: ‘UT Direct’

Your homepage away from home...

Tip #10: Know your role

How do you impact the success of your

organization?

Tip #11: Time to Stretch & Wiggle...

Every 20 minutes, stand for 20 seconds

and shake things out...

Tip #12: Learn the Lingo..

Name these acronyms and win a prize!

BDP EOM HOP ITS WORQS

GRA EAP CCYYS

FBS AIR LAR DEFINE

DPAC NSF TLC

Tip #13: Network and develop your contacts

Why who you know can be just as

important as what you know...

Tip #14: Want to be happier? Be organized!

Can any of us be truly organized in our

frenzied, multi-tasking worlds?

Tip #15: Be in the “Know”

Use 50+ calendars to track those special

events...

Tip #16: Who is Accounting?

Know the many faces of your colleagues in

Accounting

Tip #17: Track that inventory...

Inventory reconciliation is just around the

corner; do you know where your equipment

is?

Tip #18: How do you *DEFINE yourself?

Know the University’s major data base and why it is transitioning

to the web...

Tip #19: Hire the next superstar for

your office

How do you know when to hire a Full-time

Employee (FTE), a Temp to Permanent, or a

Student?

Tip #20: Helping the troubled employee

How do you help your employee get back on

track?

Tip #21: Time to Stretch & Wiggle...

Every 20 minutes, stand for 20 seconds

and shake things out...

Tip #22: Persevere like a Champion...

Name the University sports team who won

their NCAA 2012 national

championship...

Tip #23: How do you follow University policies and

procedures?

...and what does the University Policy Office do for you and your

organization?

Let this website serve as your guide to university policies; it has a new

look...new feel...and new numbering system for HOP policies.

Tip #24: Are you “In Compliance”?

...and what does University Compliance Services do for you and

your organization?

Tip #25: Is there room for us?

How do you find meeting space on

campus?

Tip #26: Do you really need a room for that

meeting?

Will a ‘Virtual Meeting’ work for you?

Tip #27: Who is ITS?Information Technology Services

...and what can they possibly do for me and

my organization?

Tip #28: Is your computer a good

partner?

ITS has several options to assist you with your

computer repair or replacement...

Tip #29: Waste not want not...

How do you reuse and recycle your refuse?

Tip #30: Who do I call to fix that?

Facilities Services

Maintenance/Minor Repairs service

Light bulb replacement

Adjust room temperature

Repair plumbing fixtures

Trash/Recycling pick up

Tip #31: What is WORQS?

Welcome to the Work Order Request & Query

System

Tip #32: Time to Stretch & Wiggle...

Every 20 minutes, stand for 20 seconds

and shake things out...

Tip #33: Another ‘Key’ to your success

is...

Locks and Keys

471-8640

SER 101, 304 E. 24th Street,

7:30a – 4:00p

Arrive no later than 3:45p

Tip #34: Who do I call to build that?

Project Management & Construction Services

(PMCS) builds The University of Texas at

Austin

Tip #35: Know Parking &

Transportation Services

Parking will always be an issue on an urban

campus. We sometimes jokingly refer to our

permits as a “license to hunt”.

Tip #36: Bon Voyage...

Use Travel Management Services for your travel

planning needs...

Tip #37: Know your University of Texas Police

Department

“As diverse as our campus, as unique as

you”

Learn more...

Tip #38: ARRG! There be Perks

ahead...

Working at UT can be more than just a job;

enjoy the perks of being part of a community...

Tip #39: Do you really love PPT?

Death by PPT...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpvgfmEU2Ck

Tip #40: Welcome the Feedback

Questions?

Comments?

Tips?

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