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Knowledge to Action Session

Program Development and Management

Reinvigorating Your PDO with Intentionality

Thursday, March 20, 2025
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
Location: Civic Ballroom North, 2nd floor
In this dynamic workshop-style session, presenters will share strategies to design (or redesign) your pre-departure orientation (PDO) with intentionality and technology to maximize student engagement and reinforce critical education abroad learning objectives. Presenters will share examples from a recently redesigned PDO and invite participants to participate in interactive exercises. Participants will leave with concrete action items to improve their PDO education.

Learning Objectives:

  • Participants will gain an understanding of how to effectively use technology to maximize efficiency and engagement in pre-departure orientations.
  • Participants will recognize the importance of engaging stakeholders, including students in the development of a PDO and utilizing available internal and external resources.
  • Participants will learn strategies to intentionally connect program learning goals and objectives and office mission/goals into pre-departure programming.