We look forward to your attendance at the upcoming 2025 Winter Institute site. We are excited to welcome 19 faculty to Tucson, 4 of whom are new faculty.
Please read through the below information closely, as it contains important information regarding action items and deadlines noted in parenthesis.
Please let Cici know if you have questions at cfrancisco@uschamber.com or 385.484.9830.
Faculty Action Items
- Site Registration (Friday, November 1st)
- Submit Updated W-9 (Friday, November 1st)
- Submit ACH Payment Form (Friday, November 1st)
- Attend Virtual Faculty Trainings (Dates TBD)
- Transportation to Site ( December 1st)
- Course Evaluation QR Codes
- Upload Presentation Materials (Friday, December 13th)
- Faculty Orientation Packet
- Winter Faculty Grid
- Curriculum Syllabus
- Faculty Press Release and Social Posts
- Course Rosters
Detailed Faculty Action Items
- Site Registration (Friday, November 1st): Please register for Winter Institute by selecting Volunteers and Faculty on the registration page. Here you’ll accept the 2025 Faculty Contract, submit your emergency contact, dietary, and lodging information. Faculty will be asked to provide their intended arrival and departure days prior to arrival. Institute covers lodging for faculty members for up to the day prior to and after teaching days. You do not need to make accommodation arrangements, as Institute will reserve the room and communicate confirmation information prior to site.
- Submit Updated W-9 (Friday, November 1st): A copy of your W-9 form is required to ensure you are compensated. If you are a new faculty member or your organization information has changed since your last Institute payment, please upload a copy here. If you have questions on the compensation structure, please let Cici know.
- Submit ACH Payment Form: (Friday, November 1st): Beginning Winter 2025, Institute payments will be processed via ACH payments. Previously, faculty payments were processed in check form. A completed ACH form is required to ensure you are compensated. Please upload your completed ACH Form here. Please note, once the form is submitted, a member from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Finance Department will contact you via phone to confirm the information. Please ensure that you can be reached at the “Contact Telephone” number provided on the form.
- Virtual Faculty Trainings: The Faculty Training sessions (#1 and #2 below) are required for new faculty members and optional for returning faculty. Because the sessions will cover different content, new faculty are required to attend both. Areas of focus for the Curriculum Committee are Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). As you prepare to teach, we ask that you consider how these topics relate to your courses and update your presentation accordingly. Training opportunities will be scheduled to provide the opportunity to discuss the implementation in more depth. All faculty are invited to attend these topic-specific trainings (#3 and #4 below).
- Faculty Training #1: Orientation and Initial Preparation: (Recording Available Here). This session reviews site-specific information and faculty expectations. Experienced faculty members cover the nuances of teaching at Institute and discuss how to prepare effective presentation materials, discuss the attendee profile, hear from new faculty who share their perspective, and discuss other high-level initial preparation topics.
- Faculty Training #2: The Classroom Experience: (Recording Available Here). In this session experienced faculty members deep-dive classroom management techniques and share best practices as you focus on the classroom experience aspect for attendees. This training provides a more hands-on approach to preparation.
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Training (Tuesday, December 10th | 3:00 – 4:00 PM ET): An area of focus for the Curriculum Committee is Artificial Intelligence (AI). As you prepare to teach, we ask that you consider how this topic relates to your courses and update your presentation accordingly. All faculty are invited to attend this AI-topic-specific training to provide the opportunity to discuss the implementation in more depth. A separate calendar invite has been sent.
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Training (Tuesday, December 3rd | 4:00 – 5:00 PM ET): An area of focus for the Curriculum Committee is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). As you prepare to teach, we ask that you consider how this topic relates to your courses and update your presentation accordingly. All faculty are invited to attend this DEI-topic-specific training to provide the opportunity to discuss the implementation in more depth. A separate calendar invite has been sent.
- Transportation to Site: (Friday, November 29th) Flights are covered by Institute and booked by the faculty member using the Institute partner travel agency, Ovation. If a faculty member drives to site, they will be reimbursed for mileage, which is is calculated using the federal government reimbursement rate.
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- If you plan on driving to the site (instead of flying), please let me know.
- Please book your flights by contacting Ovation by informing them you are with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce 2025 Winter Institute for Organization Management. They can be reached by:
- Hours of Operation: Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM – 9:00 PM EDT
- Phone: 800-906-8455
- Email: groupdesk@ovationtravel.com with subject line: 2025 Winter Institute
You will need to provide:
- First Name:
- Middle Name or Initial:
- Last Name:
- Date of Birth:
- Gender:
- Cell Phone Number:
- TSA/Known Traveler Number:
- Frequent flyer number:
- Seat Preference:
Please note, names on ticket must match government issued ID presented at the airport.
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- Course Evaluation QR Codes: To ensure the quality of the program, every attendee is asked to evaluate the course. These evaluations are conducted electronically and once feedback is processed, individual comments are sent to faculty. In a new effort to increase participation in the survey, we ask that you allocate 5-10 minutes at the end of class for attendees to complete this. Please choose the preferred template color palette of your choosing and incorporate the respective slide as the final slide of your submitted presentation materials. Attendees can complete the course evaluations by scanning the QR code on their mobile device or by following the website listed on their laptops. Please note, the QR code will be updated for each site, so may not currently reflect the site page for the site you’re teaching at, but it will by the time attendees access it.
- Upload Presentation Materials (Friday, December 13th): All presentations and handouts will be available to attendees, and they will be encouraged to download and/or print them prior to arriving on-site. To maintain uniformity of presentations on-site it was previously requested that a full Institute-branded template be used for the entirety of the presentation. However, we now only require that the title slide of your presentation be an Institute-branded templates. Please find three PowerPoint template options to choose from below:
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- Blue – Red
- Blue-Dark Blue
- Dark Blue – Blue
Upload Presentation Materials Here
Please upload presentation materials saved as: LastName. FirstName. ClassNumber. Class Name. (ie: Francisco.Cici.C150 Communicating With Confidence)
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- Faculty Orientation Packet: This will provide pertinent site-specific information to assist in your preparation.
- Winter Faculty Grid: Please find the 2025 Winter Grid for reference of which other faculty will be in attendance. Those in yellow are our new faculty – please give them a warm welcome!
- Curriculum Syllabus: Please find the Curriculum Syllabus for reference.
- Faculty Press Release and Social Posts: If you’d like to let your network know about your upcoming participation at Winter Institute, we invite you to share this press release or social post and tag Institute on LinkedIn, Facebook, or Instagram. Suggested verbiage can be found here.
- Course Rosters: Please find direct links to your course rosters below. These are updated in real-time, so as more attendees register, the rosters will automatically reflect these changes. We recommend you looking at the specific rosters as you prepare, as they will provide insight into the demographic composition of your classes.
| Elective Group 3 | E350 The Art of Persuasion and Negotiation | Adrian Cain |
| Elective Group 3 | E360 Strategic Communications | Erin Bemis |
| Elective Group 3 | E362 Policy Development and Implementation | Bob Harris |
| Elective Group 3 | E380 Delivering Value | Raymond Towle |