
Get involved with Connections

Do you have a fun hobby or a skill you’d like to share with your colleagues? Sign up to share your knowledge and experience with your coworkers at OC’s annual employee conference – Connections.
Workshop facilitators come from all backgrounds and share a wide variety of skills, from digital media, gardening, cooking with chemistry and historical reenactments, to yoga and mixology.
Workshops are approximately one hour and include an element of interactivity and should have a specific audience in mind – general interest, instructional, professional development, etc. Workshops are intended to be delivered twice, once on each of the two days that Connections takes place.
Connections 2021 will be hosted on Aug. 24 and 25. It may be hosted online or in-person, pending COVID-19 guidelines.
Connections is organized by employees for employees and is about connecting face-to-face with colleagues from different departments and campuses. It’s meant to celebrate the strengths and diversity of the people who work here through interactive social activities and fun informative workshops.
Learn more about becoming a workshop facilitator. For questions, please contact Samantha Blandon.
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