Afternoon Tea with The Center on Education and Work, University of Wiscosnin-Madison; A conversation series on career and workforce development policies and practice

Schedule of Events, 2009-2010 Academic Year
  
Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 3.00-4.00pm CST
Amber Culver, LPC
Keeping it Real: Working with Crisis and Opportunity in One-Stop Job Centers
(Click to view snap shots of Tea)

Monday, November 2, 2009, 3.00-4.00pm CST
Robert Haveman, Ph.D.
Career Development Makes Good Dollars and Sense: Connecting Outcomes to Human Capital and Economic Gains
(Click to view snap shots of Tea)

10 March 2010
Janet Lenz, Ph.D.
Designing Effective Models of Career Service Delivery

April 2010
Ellen Hansen, Ph.D.
Global Challenges: Career Development Needs of Low and Middle Income Countries

In-person Attendance:
The Pyle Center
702 Langdon Street
Madison, WI 53706


Remote live viewing
via webcast:
cew.wisc.edu/tea


Registration (Free):
cew.wisc.edu/tea/afternoon-tea-registration.aspx
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We are glad to inform you that The Center on Education and Work's Afternoon Tea Conversation series will begin again this fall. We have invited four distinguished speakers to join us. In March, Professor Janet Lenz from the Center of the Study of Technology in Counseling and Career Development, Florida State University, will discuss on designing effective career service deilvery models.

For those attending or want to watch the conversation live, both will begin promptly at 3.00PM. CST. We will appreciate it if you arrive in-person or webcast log-in by 2:45pm.

Necessary reading, if any, for this session will be available soon.
Free RSVP through our registeration site: cew.wisc.edu/tea/afternoon-tea-registration.aspx
Send any questions that you have for Prof. Lenz to: CEW.afternoontea@education.wisc.edu

Overview
In 2008, The Center on Education and Work launched its first Afternoon Tea Conversation Series. The impetus for the Conversation Series was the realization that sometimes the most important information about career and workforce development and policy is only accessible in the context of an informal conversation with authors and professionals about their work. Often there is a human element missing in professional settings that can only be found in the intimate conversations that occur in quiet, personal discourse.  What we see in the written form of a journal article or chapter, the anonymity of professionals working in the field does not capture the passion and essence of the people behind the work. The Afternoon Tea Conversation Series is designed to offer a glimpse of the person, the context behind their work, and to capture some of the passion and drive that has led them throughout their career.

The Afternoon Tea Conversation Series is an open discourse rather than a formal presentation with emphasis placed on the interaction between the interviewer and presenter. Each Conversation includes a relevant reading to give them an opportunity for audience members present or observing the webcast to become familiar with some of the presenter’s work and help them begin to think about questions that they would like to be addressed by the presenter. Tea is served for audience members in attendance of the live webcast event. Questions for the presenter are gathered prior to the event and from audience members attending the event. For audience members watching live, a chat feature will allow for online conversation and questions as well. Questions do arrive from around the world and over 2000 participants accessed the Series I webcasts. This seems promising and indicates that there is a niche for the Conversation Series.

Our number one goal is to make sure that the Conversation Series is accessible and can be viewed for free. Requests have been received for providing continuing education credits and so a small fee only for those seeking CEUs will be assess to cover the administration expenses.