Friday-Saturday, 17-18 August 2008
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Time |
Title/Presenter |
Location |
Description |
Presentation |
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10.00 am –
11.30 am
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Creating Stars Through Acknowledgment -
Retaining Your Best People Through Acknowledgment
Frank
Saladis, PMP & Judith Umlas |
Room 605/607 |
The interactive workshop will provide
information the subject of acknowledgment and recognition and their
relationship to effective leadership. This workshop will provide the
attendees with the ability to:
• Assess their skills associated with delivering a sincere
acknowledgment
• Differentiate between sincere acknowledgment and recognition
• Develop a plan for acknowledging team members and others who have made
a positive difference in their professional and personal lives.
• Develop personal action plans to enhance their leadership skills in
the area of coaching, mentoring, and team building
Through a series of exercises and team discussions, participants will
develop new skills for building relationships, sustaining existing
relationships and overcoming some of the barriers that may exist between
co workers, managers and leaders. |
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10.00 am –
11.30 am
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The
Color of You!
Randy Black, PMP |
Room 702/704 |
This workshop will offer an examination of
perception, personality and your personal preferences. The workshop will
examine:
• Perception: how we see the world and how our past and history can,
sometimes, get in the way.
• Your preferences: how they effect decision-making and one’s view of
the world.
• How Carl Jung created a framework in which to detect personality and
preferences and how the Insights Discovery ™ methodology has leveraged
this foundational work in psychology.
• How we detect the personality of others and what their individual
preferences might be within our Board interactions and other
interactions in life.
During this session, attendees will learn how personally tuning oneself
to those that you work with on your Chapter Board can create a more
powerful, more focused Board. |
Presentation.pdf |
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1.15 pm – 2.45 pm |
Building High Performance Teams
Through Delegation, Counseling, Coaching & Mentoring
Karthikeyan Kumaraguru, PMP |
Room 605/607 |
Effective leadership is about inspiring and
developing people. To build high-performance teams, leaders need to
empower, cultivate and grow people and make them natural
high-performers. This can be done by mastering the art of human
development through effective use of delegation, counseling, coaching
and mentoring.
This session was designed to inspire modern leaders to understand and
appreciate the need for human development and help groom their skills in
the application of some relevant techniques. During the session,
attendees will:
• Analyze the results of a team performance survey and gain key insights
from the results.
• Learn about five levels of performance of teams and the application of
leadership best practices to help the team achieve its fullest
potential.
• Understand, appreciate and apply the art of empowering people using
techniques like delegation, counseling, coaching and mentoring, to bring
the best out of people.
• Learn techniques to measure and grow personal skills that are required
to develop and build high performing teams that truly make a difference
towards organizational mission. |
Presentation.pdf |
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1.15 pm – 2.45 pm |
Leading Through Conflict
Theofanis Giotis, PMP |
Room 702/704 |
This interactive session looks at sources of
conflict and the experience of participants. The session will discuss a
structure for addressing conflicts and include an exercise that applies
learned concepts to real life scenarios. |
Presentation.pdf |
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3.00
pm - 4.30 pm |
Listening Smarter
Dave Prior
Mark Lurch, PMP
Bob Tarne, PMP &
Petra Goltz, PMP |
Room 605/607 |
This interactive session will key in on
specific tools and techniques that can be used to deepen one’s
understanding of what is being “said” through the non-verbal
communication and context clues that accompany the message. By exploring
real life examples and role-play scenarios, participants will look at
cultural issues, body language and other non-verbal cues in order to
foster a deeper understanding through context.
Because so much of what we do today is virtual, we will also explore how
we can “listen smarter” as virtual team members. The objective is to
help attendees come away with a head start on developing advanced
listening skills which will ultimately; make him/her a better leader. |
Presentation.pdf |
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3.00
pm - 4.30 pm |
Being a Change Agent -
Leading Change in Times of Turmoil
Teresa Colon, PMP & Tresia Eaves |
Room 702/704 |
This interactive session will share proven
strategies that are effective in leading change within your Component to
implement your goals. Examples of successful techniques to motivate your
team to embrace change and lead your organization through the rough
times will be shared. Strategies will be examined and key elements
identified for Component success. Testimonials will be solicited from
the audience. |
Presentation.pdf |
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8.00 am - 9.15 am |
If This Was Easy Someone Else Would be Doing It
Michael Flint, PMP & Herman Gonzalez, PMP |
Room 605/607 |
Running a Chapter is not the same as running
a project. The challenges are different. The frustrations are different;
the skills needed to achieve success are different. Many of us are
qualified to succeed in running projects where there is an on-going
focus on delivery to an end date. Running a chapter is the same as
running a business. If it was Easy, someone else would be doing it. This
session will cover the tips, tricks, approaches and ideas to effectively
running a small business. |
Presentation.pdf
Handout.pdf |
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8.00 am - 9.15 am |
Communication for the Component Leader -
the balance between advocacy & inquiry
Nathaniel Quintana, PMP |
Room 702/704 |
In this session attendees will be introduced
to the idea of advocacy and inquiry and how it can make them more
effective communicators and component leaders. During this session
attendees will learn from each other in a highly interactive and
energetic session where each person will be expected to share and learn
from each other. |
Presentation.pdf
Handout1.pdf
Handout2.pdf |
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9.45 am - 11.00 am |
The Effective Negotiator
James Vaughan, PMP |
Room 605/607 |
This informative session will provide you
with the knowledge you need to start improving your negotiation skills.
Like any skill, successful negotiation is combination of knowledge and
practice. This session will provide you with the basic knowledge
necessary to effectively start you on your way to becoming a successful
negotiator. |
Presentation.pdf |
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9.45 am - 11.00 am |
Mentorship, A Way to Retain & Develop Talents
Guillaume Saouli, PMP |
Room 702/704 |
What is mentorship? How can it benefit you
both as a mentee and as a mentor? This interactive session will define
the attributes of a mentor, demonstrate the benefits from mentoring
others and explore the mentor-mentee relationship, including how to
create an environment where one is being mentored thrives. Upon
completion, attendees will better understand how fostering and retaining
talent benefits individuals and communities. |
Presentation.pdf |
