2.1 - Strategic Service Work and Accreditation with Lisa Ijiri

Topics Discussed in this Episode:

• If you could eliminate one thing from your daily routine, what would it be?
• The importance of pink meetings in your day, with people who are either a nurturing or catalyzing influence.
• Avoiding green meetings with people who are inhibiting or toxic.
• The importance of building time for networking off campus into your calendar.
• Determining what makes for a good committee assignment.
• Choosing service work that helps you build your network outside of your home department.
• How and why to get started with accreditation work on your campus.
• Accreditation as peer review, telling your story to others at peer institutions.
• Accreditation provides opportunities for faculty to interact with folks on campus that they don't normally interact with.
• How to become part of a visiting accreditation team.
• Annual accreditation meetings as ideal regional networking opportunities.

Resources Discussed in this Episode:

• Lisa Ijiri at Lesley University
• The Progress Principle by Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer
• Massachusett's ACE Women's Network
• NECHE
• Standard Four: The Academic Programs
• NECHE Annual Meeting

Music Credits: Magic by Six Umbrellas

Sound Engineer: Ernesto Valencia