Course Catalog

Learn how to engage participants by fostering inclusive and accessible Teams and Zoom meetings.

Learn how Additional Contributions can increase your WRS retirement benefit.

Learn your options and how they impact the size of your payment and affects your loved ones.

Enhance your ability to foster inclusivity, build trust, and become an effective ally in your personal and professional life.

Take a deeper look into emotional intelligence and how stress can dysregulate us and its impacts in interpersonal relationships. 

Grow self-awareness being able to identify if you are being impacted by compassion fatigue or burnout, and strategies to combat them.

Increase your self-awareness regarding our common styles to approaching and navigating conflict.

Learn basic digital accessibility principles and how-to guidance for making digital documents accessible.

This session is a hands-on, in-person training that walks you through the new Employee Check-In process. You’ll learn tools and tips for having productive and fulfilling conversations with your supervisor or team leader.

This course will provide a background on FMLA, eligibility information, how FMLA is used, and Supervisor responsibilities.

Strengthen your financial position by understanding how to leverage your workplace benefits. M3 Financial’s webinar series provides you with guidance from a variety of experts within the industry.

In this course, we'll define what is confidential information, discuss the legalities of confidentiality, and outline best practices.

Gain the knowledge base needed to conduct investigations with a focus on the investigative interview.

Learn about how much money you'll get during retirement.

Enhance your decision-making skills as a leader with our interactive course which focuses on building empathy, planning, and effectively engaging people for successful and impactful outcomes.

Learn how to cultivate a more effective, supportive, and healthy workplace.

Learn trauma-informed performance management with practical tools for coaching, feedback, and handling underperformance - while supporting employee growth and success.

This course provides an overview of the policy and process for drug and alcohol testing at the City of Madison.

Investment planning requires discipline and patience, but it doesn’t have to be difficult.

Understand your role as a Mandatory Reporter in creating a harassment- and discrimination-free environment at the City of Madison.

If you are nearing retirement, turning 65, or just looking for general information about Medicare, join one of M3's bi-monthly educational sessions.

This is a two-part training for committee staff, provided by Information Technology. Learn how to manage meetings in the Meeting Schedule, and facilitate virtual committee meetings.

Unpack ableism from its roots as we learn (and unlearn) how Disabled people throughout history have fought to overcome oppressive frameworks and inform their own sense of identity.

If you’re retiring soon, you probably have questions about your retirement accounts. Learn what you could consider next.

​​Elevate your leadership with ‘Next Level Leadership,' a course that expands your toolkit, shifts mindsets, and readies you to lead at the next level.​

Learn how disability, pregnancy, and religious accommodations processes work at the City, and practice working through interactive case studies.​

Take your communication beyond compliance by incorporating plain language into your writing.

In this workshop, participants will level-up their plain language writing skills in real time.

We'll basic investing concepts, including risk, asset allocation, diversification, rebalancing, market timing, and dollar-cost averaging.

Learn about your WRS benefits and the retirement process.

Known as APM 3-5, the City's Prohibited Harassment & Discrimination Policy covers expectations for creating a discrimination-free workplace.

Designed for those 1-5 years from retirement, this series is hosted by HR and presented by ETF, HR staff, Precision Retirement Group, Capital Group, Mission Square, and EAP.

Learn how to treat people who use service and support animals with dignity and respect while complying with the law.

This social security presentation will help you prepare for your future!

Explore your options and make an informed decision about receiving Social Security benefits.

Learn about suicide warning signs, protective and risk factors, how to have a conversation about this topic in ways that minimize potential for harm, and how to apply the learning within a workplace setting.

​​Come align with City values, assess team development, strengthen the employee experience, and access ongoing resources for effective leadership, supervision, and management.

Walk through your Annual WRS Statement of Benefits with us in this Webinar.

​​Elevate your leadership at any level by fostering self-reflection, balance, confidence, and humility for impactful and effective leadership, of self and others.

It's never too early to start planning for a secure retirement. Learn how to maximize your WRS benefits.

Learn why and how changes to the amount of your retirement payment happen.

Learn how ETF calculates your retirement benefits.

This Learning Lab is designed as a drop-in space for City employees to receive personalized support to remove technology-related access barriers.