TED Talk: What Opportunities Did You Seize During the Pandemic?

TED Talk: What Opportunities Did You Seize During the Pandemic?

Thursday, March 24, 2022
1:00 pm Eastern / 10:00 am Pacific

I learned and embraced several concepts very early in my career and they have served me well during this pandemic. The first is, the only thing that is constant is change and the second, never waste a good crisis. If you recognize these sayings, or variations of them, I think you know where I am coming from. When the pandemic came, I will be honest and say I did not have a “shovel ready” plan to propose but we had a strong foundation from which to leverage our resources and seize several opportunities. In order for your institution to survive, possibly even thrive during the last 2+ years, what changes have you seized?

Discussion Questions:

• In order for your institution to survive, possibly even thrive during the last 2+ years, what changes have you seized?
• What were your biggest challenges?
• What changes are now “permanent” as your area looks to the future?

Facilitator:
Steve Robbins, Clemson University

Steve has worked at Clemson since 1990 in various financial and technology roles in Student Affairs. He has worked with the card office (TigerOne) for about 20 years and has positioned TigerOne as a mission-critical service. Managing change has been and continues to play a major part in this ongoing transformation that has resulted in key partnerships across the university. In the last three years TigerOne has moved to Public Safety in the Finance area and continues to be responsible for university credentials, transactions system, access control, and video systems.