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Friday W ebinar Series
Friday Webinar Series

Join us on a Friday of every month as we present lectures on a variety of business, project management and surveying subjects. All from
the convenience of your office! And most courses have been approved for NY CE credit! Register on our website, www.nysapls.org.

Featured June Program… Featured July Program…

Breaking Down Blueprint Part 3 – Harassment in the Workplace*
New Geopotential Datum Presented by Lori E. Miller
Presented by Daniel Martin July 8, 2022
June 3, 2022 Registration Fees: $10 per person
Registration Fees: $49 Members; $60 Non-Members *Meets NY Requirements for Mandatory Harassment Prevention Training
Approved for 1.0 NY LS/PE CE Hour N/A for CE Hours
NGS has updated “Blueprint for the modernized NSRS Harassment in the workplace can have serious consequences
Part 3: Working in the modernized NSRS”. In this updated for both employees and employers. This training is designed to
document, we have described new types of coordinates, the increase employee understanding of sexual harassment and other
role of passive control, and the role of OPUS. Additionally, forms of harassment and its prevention. Preventing harassment is
NGS has included four “use cases” which describes how largely dependent upon workplace culture, values and behaviors
users might use modernized NSRS to accomplish common that are encouraged or discouraged. Participants will learn about
survey tasks. This workshop will introduce participants to the law, workplace policies and procedures and how to handle
these new concepts as they pertain to the new geopotential various situations in the workplace to ensure it is harassment free!
datum and provide for discussion on their uses. By the end of this session participants will be able to:
By the end of this session participants will be able to: 1. Define sexual harassment and behaviors that are considered
1. Describe the new role of GNSS in orthometric inappropriate.
height determination. 2. Prevent harassment and other inappropriate actions from occurring.
2. Describe the role of passive control. 3. What to do if you are a victim, see something, or are one
3. Describe OPUS’ role in the new geopotential datum. being accused.

About our Speaker: 4. Explain information regarding federal, state, and local laws.
Daniel Martin has worked for the National 5. List employees’ rights and available forums for bringing complaints.
Geodetic Survey since 2003, and has been the
Northeast Regional Geodetic Advisor since 2015. About our Speaker:
As the Regional Advisor, he instructs local Lori E. Miller is owner of Developing Professionals, a
surveyors, state and municipal agencies, and the company that provides training, consulting, and coaching
geospatial community at large, on how to use and services to organizations in Leadership and Professional
preserve the National Spatial Reference System, and provides liaison Development. She has conducted hundreds of seminars
between the National Geodetic Survey and the States of ME, NH, and workshops both locally and nationally for
VT, MA, CT, RI, NY and NJ, as well as other federal agencies. Prior corporations, non-profit groups and professional
to that, he worked in the Route Survey and Geodetic Survey sections associations. Areas of expertise include: Soft skills training for professional
of the Vermont Agency of Transportation from 1988 through 2003, development; Management and leadership development programs; Human
and held the position of Geodetic Program Supervisor for the Agency Resources - Process improvement and model creation; Organizational
from 1999 through 2003. Dan is the Past President and Fellow Development - Employee engagement and goal attainment through
Member of the American Association for Geodetic Surveying (AAGS), performance management initiatives. Her first book, “The WOW Factor”
an Honorary Member of the Vermont Society of Land Surveyors and - 7 Secrets to Great Presentations” is available through LuLu Publishing
a member of the New Hampshire Land Surveyors Association. and all major book store outlets in hard copy and e-version formats. Her
background includes 25 years of management experience in Human
Resources and Communications working in Fortune 500 companies,
media, and higher education. She has served as part-time adjunct
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