Programs Archive

In partnership with Northeastern University’s Graduate Programs, the Office of Alumni Relations is excited to offer you continued access to our Lifelong Learning: On Demand programs.

Access videos and content via the links below, and complete these modules at your own pace. We encourage you to come back as often as you’d like, and take this opportunity to learn something new!

Past Programs

Recognizing and Mitigating Trauma for Personal Holistic Well-being and Professional Practice

Examine your own trauma experiences (Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), personal, cumulative, and vicarious) and consider how these influence your personal and professional efficacy (triggers and response)

Identify both adaptive and maladaptive responses, and analyze effective versus less effective response patterns on this continuum, focusing awareness on your own patterns

Consider effective and holistic coping strategies, and create a personal plan to implement responsive, adaptive strategies for personal and professional practice

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Innovative Uses of Artificial Intelligence

Identify the challenges and limitations of AI in healthcare

Establish an understanding of functional blocks for autonomous robots

Understand how Northeastern community members leverage the power of AI

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Demystifying the Entrepreneurial Journey

Learn new perspectives and skills to inspire you to take your ideas or business forward

Discover hidden biases that hold women back from entrepreneurship

Explore ways to leverage and grow your personal and professional networks to help you succeed

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Cultivating Resilience During Crisis

Understand human capacity to navigate complexity and cultivate career and personal resilience

Discover methods to mitigate anxiety and stress

Identify ways to leverage “protective factors” — adopting and practicing mindsets, behaviors, and activities that serve as buffers and help bolster well-being

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Effective Crisis Communication

Demonstrate an understanding of the conceptual framework for risk assessment and crisis communication including the critical role of advance preparation and the language to use

Understand the impact of new forms of media on crisis communication, specifically in terms of monitoring issues, responding to a crisis event, and tracking public sentiment with respect to a response

Identify what crisis management experts have deemed as the best practice approaches to a wide range of risks to organizational reputation

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Cultivating Your Resilient Leadership Identity

Understand how to define and cultivate resilience

Discover methods to engage in a process of self-care for professional and personal sustainability

Develop strategies to overcome imposter syndrome and cultivate a values-based leadership identity

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Emerging Trends in Regulatory Affairs

An introduction to select regulatory affairs topics of emerging interest

An overview of public policy surrounding the utilization of approved cannabis and gene therapy biopharmaceutical products for non-approved indications

Explore the ramifications of emerging regulatory affairs topics on public health concerns including reimbursement, “right to try”, and pricing

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Winning with your Talent Management Strategy

Evaluate the methods, tools, and best practices used for managing and developing employees effectively

Explore basic employee engagement strategies for an organization

Examine the approach in data analysis to support an existing HR initiative, incorporating the necessary factors for planning, analysis, selecting metrics, and collecting data

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Law Basics 101: Understanding Law and Legal System

Learn how to carefully read and analyze a legal opinion

Examine the various ways that the Supreme Court applies the constitution to cases

Describe the major underpinnings of a Living Constitution v. Originalism

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An Introduction to Security and Resilience

Explore the core principles in the fields of security and resilience

Learn how the US and other governments have managed terrorism

Examine the ways that coastal cities have responded to rising seas and climate change

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Be a Change Maker: An Introduction to Innovation

Understand the fundamentals of innovation strategies and the phases of the development process.

Explore design thinking.

Learn from the common mistakes incumbents make when faced with disruptive technological change, and what they can do to avoid them.

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Analytics of all Industries

Explore the evolution of big data and its functions.

Learn how data is an important source for decision-guiding insights.

Understand key informational design concepts, with an emphasis on the relationship between information and audience.

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Communicating Strategically for Success

Identify and evaluate the core elements of a strategic communication plan.

Learn how to leverage individual and organizational strengths to develop sound communication strategies.

Understand the critical communication skills and competencies that professionals need to develop in the digital era.

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Leading Projects in an Ever-Changing Environment

Understand core components of various communication forms and styles essential to project leadership success.

Assess the importance of assessing the impact of organizational communication culture.

Explore trends in technologies for remote team success and understand key concepts in leading remote teams.

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Project Mangagement

Gain an introduction into the principles and practices that assist a project manager.

Learn what items should be included in a risk register.

Tips towards developing a quality toolset and leading a project in a culturally diverse atmosphere.

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