{"id":54968,"date":"2020-08-07T12:49:02","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T16:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=54968"},"modified":"2020-08-07T12:50:08","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T16:50:08","slug":"announcing-this-years-october-conference-reimagined-fedex-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=54968","title":{"rendered":"Announcing This Year\u2019s October Conference Reimagined! FedEx Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-54969\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fedex-truck-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"Fedex truck\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fedex-truck-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fedex-truck.jpg 317w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>For the past three years, the CIE and PDI sponsored NMC October Conference has been a wonderful day of collaboration and engagement for all faculty and staff. However, due to the pandemic we are not able to collaborate in the same way\u2026 Rather than virtualize the day through many Zoom sessions, we will refocus professional development on a different type of collaboration and growth. This new day empowers employees to co-create development to share ideas and engage collaboratively, igniting passion and energizing employees as we work toward accomplishing something to make an impact on the College, our learners and\/or our community that cannot be achieved during the regular workday. <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1LnN-BKau7mSw-wNsjq5TTJMFWT0w8BCeXJpp6rA2Vks\/edit?usp=sharing\">Read More<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Additional FedEx Day Resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-54970\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dan-pink.jpg\" alt=\"Dan Pink\" width=\"122\" height=\"146\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theenterprisearchitect.eu\/blog\/2013\/07\/23\/10-reasons-organize-fedex-day\/\">Ten Reasons Why You Should Organize a FedEx Day<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y\">The Puzzle of Motivation \u2013 Dan Pink<\/a> (begin at 12:00)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/employees.nmc.edu\/professional-development\/PDI-Newsletter-July2020.pdf\">PDI July Newsletter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past three years, the CIE and PDI sponsored NMC October Conference has been a wonderful day of collaboration and engagement for all faculty and staff. 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