External Offerings - Professional Development

All opportunities listed here are not affiliated with the YMCA of Central Ohio.  If you plan to attend an event during work hours or on behalf of the YMCA and not as an individual, please ensure that you receive supervisor permission & approval.  Additionally these events may have fees associated with them that may or may not be able to be paid out of professional development budgets.

QPR Suicide Prevention - Franklin County CHAT: - Registration (Free)
Question, Persude, Refer - this webinar is focused on using the QPR approach to support youth in our communities.
Franklin County Community Health Action Teams

Columbus Chamber of Commerce - Event Page

• Leadership Luncheon - Leading Across Generations - 1/13

• Annual Meeting 2026 - The Power of US - 1/29

Ohio State - Management Advancement for the Public Service (MAPS) - Calendar
MAPS offers serveral one-day courses, examples are below.

• Communicating with IMPACT

• Learning to Lead During Change

• Thriving as a Mid-Level Leader in Today's Workforce

• Addressing Conflict in the Workplace

Denison Edge - Registration Page

• Financial Statemetns for Decision Making - 1/6 - 1/27

• AI Unboxed: Use It, Question It, Shape It  - 1/21

• Intro to Excel - 1/26 - 2/16

• Stategic Business Writing - 2/2 - 2/23

• Public Relations Essentials - 2/3 - 2/23

• Fundraising for Nonprofits - 2/3 - 2/17

• Marketing Communicaitons - 2/4 - 2/25

• Research Anything with AI - 2/4

• Planning with Purpose - 2/12

• Financial Wellness Series: Finalcial Planning for Beginners - 2/12

• Financial Models in Excel - 2/17

• AL: Smarter Spreadsheets - 2/23

• Financial Wellness Series: Budgeting Bootcamp - 2/26

• Building Graphis in Microsoft excel - 3/2

• Foundations of AI for Inudstry & Innovation - 3/24 - 4/14

• Financial Wellness series: Investments & Retirement - 3/26

Columbus State Community College

• Accelerated Training Centers

United Way of Central Ohio (UWCO)

• None at this time, please reach out to Cierra Carter if you are made aware of any current or upcoming offerings (Cierra.Carter@YMCAColumbus.org)

Education Service Center (ESC) - Various Topics for K-12 Educators - Events & Learning Page

Citywide Training & Development (CTD) - Leadership & Technology Classes - Learn More - Fall Course Catalog
CTD offers 10+ courses some examples are below

• New Supervisor Series: Learning to manage, Supervisor Communicaiton Skills, Conflict Resoultion & Bullyin gin the Workplace, Employee Engagement through Coaching, Implict Bias

• Developing High Performing Teams

• Excel Basic 

• Trust Edge: The Case for Trust & Clarity

• How to Make a Good Impression & Hate Networking Less