Pictured from left to right, Micheal Gleason, Jeneen Conley-Berry and Diane Siemen
When Jeneen Conley-Berry, program coordinator, in Procurement & Strategic Sourcing, received an e-mail stating that “You have won a free iPad! as a participating Accelerate user…”, she thought she might have a spam mail. But when she saw the message actually had her name in it, she realized it was for real.
The office of Organization & Employee Development (OED) announced its Learn & Win Raffle on January 11, 2012. Any employee that was an Accelerate user through February 29, 2012, would be automatically entered into the drawing for a free iPad. Accelerate is the on-line Employee Development Resource tool that contains thousands of learning assets that was implemented in August 2011. On March 1st OED conducted a random drawing for the winner and subsequently congratulated Jeneen. Project Lead for Accelerate, Diane Siemen, presented Jeneen with the iPad in the presence of her manager Michael Gleason, Associate Director, Procurement.
After presenting the iPad to a beaming Jeneen, the excited winner mentioned how she had heard about the Accelerate program and started browsing around the tool. She was particularly interested in Microsoft Excel functions and advanced formatting features. “Accelerate has so much to offer. It is a great benefit for any employee,” she said.
Michael Gleason pointed out how Jeneen deals with heavy data extracts in Excel. And Jeneen agreed,“With sorting huge extracts of data, I wanted to brush-up on my Excel skills and the tools and job aids available are great.” In addition, Jeneen mentioned that Accelerate gave her a better opportunity to strengthen skills and become a better employee as well as provide professional development tools. Gleason reiterated the value of the quick reference job aids and how that makes it easier to coach someone on a skill without having to go over and over how to do something.
Jeneen enthusiastically stated that she had already saved learning resources to her “My Plan” and outlined what she wanted to take in the future. Michael shared how helpful Accelerate was as far as the topics utilized with LEADS, Wayne State’s performance management system for non-represented employees. He mentioned the savings Accelerate provided, as the department, like many others, doesn’t always have the cash to send employees to training. “I can benefit from it as well”, Gleason said. As the Pro Card director, Gleason pointed out they used to get calls for Pro Card exceptions to send employees to Excel training. “We don’t get those requests anymore.” Jeneen echoed, "This is definitely saving the university money."
Through this award, it has even piqued their interest into looking at the certifications offered by Accelerate, especially Six Sigma as it applies to their department as a whole and in dealing with suppliers.
Find out what Accelerate can do for you and your department. Log on to Accelerate today and start exploring. There are many resources to get started. You can also register for the AEDT 100 workshop or call the OED office at 313-577-2111.
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Your search for employee development resources ends here! Wayne State University has partnered with Skillsoft to present all new, state-of-the-art employee development tools. Accelerate offers employees access to thousands of online employee development resources in information technology, desktop and workplace skills! Accelerate also offers many ways to learn including books, simulations, assessments, job aids and test preps and much more!This is a free resource for WSU employees and will be accessible anytime and anywhere there’s internet access.
Follow the steps below to Accelerate your career today!
Step 1) Logon to Pipeline at www.pipeline.wayne.edu
Step 2) Click the Employee tab
Step 3) Click the Accelerate icon (right side of the screen).
Not sure where to start? Sign up for a workshop! Logon to Training/Seminars/Workshops (TSW) and look for AEDT100 workshop (located under Employee Development) or call our office at (313) 577-2111 for assistance.
Take a look at the quick videos and tutorials to learn more about this exciting tool!
Coming Soon! Accelerate Employee Developement Tools (Sept 2011)
What's Your Dream Cruise (Official Launch Video - Aug 2011)
Top 10 Reasons to Accelerate (Oct 2011)
Locating Resources with Search & Learn (Oct 2011)
Citing your resources with Books 24x7 (Feb 2012)
Launching a Course (Feb 2012)
Got Code? (Feb 2012)
Sharing resources with your colleagues (Feb 2012)
Always notify your manager or supervisor prior to registration and/or attendance of training.
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For employees with limited computer access, the office of Organization & Employee Development has reserved an open computer lab located at 1700 A/AB every Friday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm. Space is limited and offered on a first come first serve basis. Please stop by the office or call us at 313-577-2111 to reserve your spot.