Professional Certificate Programs
Have you recently been promoted into management—or would you like to be?
Are you tasked with measuring the effectiveness of your programs and for making “decisions with data?”
Are you ready to lead tomorrow’s innovative organizations and virtual work teams?
Would your career benefit from having a credential to highlight your work experience?
Program Overview and Audience
These online seminars are designed for communication professionals with 5–10 years of experience who are moving into management roles, responsible for assessing communication and training programs, and/or tasked with designing and leading the new generation of organizations and work teams.
Complete any 6 seminars to earn a Professional Certificate from Ithaca College. Professional Certificates are available in one of these areas:
- Strategic Communication Management: For communication professionals moving into management roles. Topics covered are immediately relevant to the workplace.
- Sustainability Leadership: A training program for practitioners who want to improve their skills in order to lead sustainability initiatives within their organization.
Each interactive seminar provides practical tools and advice, as well as giving you the theoretical underpinning and vocabulary needed to more effectively explain and defend your strategic decisions. They are facilitated by faculty from Ithaca College, providing you with access to leading experts in the field. The topics covered are immediately relevant to your career, providing concepts and skills necessary for you to:
- Manage projects and teams more effectively
- Build coalitions
- Pitch and show value for communication projects and infrastructures
- Design and lead the new generation of organizations and work teams
Program Highlights
Each course is a two and a half week experience requiring about 10 hours of work, including readings, participating in online discussions, and completing assignments or work-related projects. The “anytime” format gives you the flexibility to fit it into your schedule.
- Two and a half week “anytime“ online seminars provide collaborative learning opportunities and offer flexibility to fit your schedule
- Online seminars provide access to leading experts in the field and cover immediately applicable professional topics
- Online discussions—offering great learning and networking opportunities with a small group of peers—are facilitated by Ithaca faculty experts
- Each seminar requires about 10 hours of work including readings, online discussions, assignments and projects
- Each seminar earns one CEU (Continuing Education Unit).
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