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?
Complete the evals
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