Description: This interactive webcast is designed for actuaries at various levels to learn how to improve their communication skills by actively participating via polling and open forums. At the conclusion of this webcast, attendees will: • Understand the key pillars of effective communication • Be better able to communicate in a clear, compelling way • Understand how to simplify their language to reach diverse audiences.

Description: Join us for the It Takes a Village: Insurance Product Development in the Digital webcast. Focuses will be directed toward a variety of disciplines within the actuarial science industry. We will also take a deep dive into UW, Technology Product and Marketing and Distribution. Don't miss the opportunity to bring digital insurance products to life and discover what the process of product evolution.

Description: All actuaries are not created equal. Our personal brands are built through the various dimensions of ourselves. This session will cover the role of self-awareness, clarity of values, and consistent communication in establishing an authentic personal brand. We will also cover how to promote your brand and stay up with its evolution throughout your career.

Description: Discover the "101” basics of project management including developing project plans, monitoring progress relative to timelines, facilitating meetings, communicating with the project team and stakeholders, and effective tools to support project management. There will be a focus on the type of technical work actuaries are often asked to manage, such as actuarial modeling projects.

Description: "Stories have the power to change minds, and leading with facts and figures only hardens pre-existing opinions. Learn to leverage the power of story to effectively communicate with and enroll your stakeholders. Andrew Sykes, CEO, Habits at WorkAndrew Sykes is the founder and CEO of Habits at Work, an experiential sales training company on a mission to make sales the most trustworthy profession on the planet by empowering sellers to practice and embody the mindsets, skills, and habits that build and maintain customer trust. Sykes is a Lecturer of Entrepreneurship at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and part of the Kellogg Sales Institute Executive Education Team where he teaches the award-winning course “Entrepreneurial Selling.”"

Description: Explore the important principles of coaching that will affect different styles of management by attending this session. Expect to learn how to incorporate specific principles of inclusive leadership and how to adjust to the current change occurring in the actuarial science profession. Become an example leader and start discovering how to listen to a team and adapt working practices to certain shifting needs. Adapting to these principles can also help create a more inclusive cultural environment and improve overall work itself.

Description: Join our annual Health Section Breakfast open to all attendees. Network, discuss ideas, and hear about the latest Health Section plans and projects from the Section council's executive officers. Be informed about new initiatives, resources, and research from the Health Section. Become involved as we work together to sustain and create meaningful opportunities and advancements in the industry, for our populations, and for our profession.

Description: How can we maintain our sanity while staring at the same screen all day, clicking into and bouncing out of meetings? To be successful in today's (remote) world, we must learn how to relate to individuals virtually. Topics include: How can we best establish a professional and dynamic presence while working remotely? How can we develop rapport with our virtual colleagues as well as with those working in the office? What is considered to be appropriate etiquette when interacting with a co-worker via a computer screen? How can we effectively collaborate while working from home? What is the best way to present to senior management without the ability to be in the room to read their body language? Hear from a panel of actuaries discuss their perspectives and lessons learned over the last few years on how to optimize our communication effectiveness in the virtual work environment.

Description: Learn to master leadership, communication and teamwork during the Soft Skills in the Quantitative Field webcast. While actuaries work in a technical field, discover ways to implement creativity into professional settings. The second portion of this webcast focuses on technical skills. Determine best ways to utilize time management for deep work, while also concentrating on knowledge exchanges between colleagues with different perspectives and areas of specialization to increase satisfaction. Explore how both soft and technical skills can challenge the actuarial perception standpoint and which will be least vulnerable to automation in the future.

Description: How do we take a Minimum Viable Products (MVP) approach to launch new insurance products? Join this moderated discussion and focus on three key development aspects: Distribution, Systems, and the design and pricing of the Insurance product itself. Come discuss reasons to choose an MVP approach and how it solves many of the product launch challenges.