Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
I would have like to have gone. Just too expensive. It will be taking place just up the street from my office. I'll be there in spirit!
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2 replies by George Lewis and Mayte Mata Sivera
Apr 30, 2017 3:25 PM
George Lewis
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Andrew - thanks for you reply...
Ohh Really... Close to your location?
Yes, I saw the prices... That's why I was asking what was this all about, seems a bit expensive for a few seminars. Just asking...
May 01, 2017 1:11 PM
Mayte Mata Sivera
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Agree, all seminars are very expensive! also the global conferences...are you aware of some scholarship or some volunteer opportunities that allow us to join?
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George LewisProgram/Project Manager| DXC Technology CompanyHeredia, Costa Rica
Apr 30, 2017 7:14 AM
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I would have like to have gone. Just too expensive. It will be taking place just up the street from my office. I'll be there in spirit!
Andrew - thanks for you reply...
Ohh Really... Close to your location?
Yes, I saw the prices... That's why I was asking what was this all about, seems a bit expensive for a few seminars. Just asking... Saving Changes...
Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
^ Yes, I think I can see the location from my office window : )
I would like to attend one year just to be a part of it. I bet the energy and excitement during the seminar is motivating. It would be a great experience. Saving Changes...
George LewisProgram/Project Manager| DXC Technology CompanyHeredia, Costa Rica
Powerful Presentations: How to Deliver Impressive Presentations and Get the Response You Want
Instructor: DiTullio, Lisa
There's no way to avoid it—you must speak well to succeed. Effective communication is critical to project manager success. Your ability to masterfully deliver memorable presentations is a must. Like any skill, the knack for powerful presentations can ...
What You Will Learn
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Identify what makes presentation effective and recognize what to avoid
Explain techniques and demonstrate an ability to plan what to include in a presentation and how to structure it
Explain the importance of practice and preparation to ensure effective delivery
List what to consider to make sure the venue for a presentation is prepared and describe the different types of visual aids that can be used
Recognize how to apply different delivery techniques when delivering in person vs. virtually Saving Changes...
George LewisProgram/Project Manager| DXC Technology CompanyHeredia, Costa Rica
No-Nonsense Behaviors that Lead to Exceptional Performance: Formula for Success
Instructor: Whitten, Neal
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How are your leadership skills? Are you the leader you most want to be? Are you looking for ideas that will step up your effectiveness — ideas that can lead to exceptional performance? Then look no further.
What You Will Learn
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Identify behaviors and actions that lead to exceptional performance through instructor lecture and group participation/exercise
Assess proficiency in key behaviors using an in-class assessment instrument
Recognize inhibitions that are holding you back from becoming your best and identify your top three behaviors with which to improve through an in-class exercise
Learn how to create personalized performance improvement plans that can be used to routinely improve and fine tune performance
Assess work-life balance using an in-class assessment instrument
Identify a starter list of actions that you can pursue in improving your work-life balance
Provide exercise templates and other takeaways to use after the seminar to aid your ongoing performance proficiency development
Identify your top three takeaways from the seminar as an individual/group exercise Saving Changes...
George LewisProgram/Project Manager| DXC Technology CompanyHeredia, Costa Rica
Project Management: Competencies and Structure - an Application of the PMBOK Guide
Instructor: Malone, Bradley
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Days: 1 - 4 May 2017
Level: Foundation
PDUs: 28
CEUs: 2.8
Days: 4
Are you a newly assigned project manager or a project manager who has never attended formal training? If so, this course is for you!. Get the practical and insightful knowledge, tools and collaborative techniques you need to initiate, plan, execute, monitor, co...
What You Will Learn
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Define project manager/project sponsor/functional manager/team member roles and responsibilities, and understand the impact of different organizational structures and reward/recognition strategies
Document relationships that relate the statement of work (SOW), Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and specifications to each other
Identify activities, establish logical relationships, estimate durations and determine critical path activities to ensure efficient scheduling
Gain techniques for estimating costs and assigning resources, and acquire methods for measuring earned value and performance
Distinguish and apply quality planning, assurance and control methods
Learn identification, qualitative and quantification methods, response development strategies and risk control techniques.
Communications: Understand the various types of communications and methods for gathering and disseminating project information.
Contracting strategies
Foster effective communications and feedback among team members, customers, suppliers and managers. Saving Changes...
I would have like to have gone. Just too expensive. It will be taking place just up the street from my office. I'll be there in spirit!
Agree, all seminars are very expensive! also the global conferences...are you aware of some scholarship or some volunteer opportunities that allow us to join? Saving Changes...
George LewisProgram/Project Manager| DXC Technology CompanyHeredia, Costa Rica
The Agile PMP: Real-World Implementations and Your Career
Agile is changing every sector in every industry—from IT to biotech and there is an unprecedented opportunity for THE AGILE PMP to be the leader designing the project management future every modern organization is looking for.
Seminar Description Agile is changing every sector in every industry—from IT to biotech and there is an unprecedented opportunity for THE AGILE PMP to be the leader designing the project management future every modern organization is looking for.
A future focused on delivering higher value sooner, to reduce the costs of delays, and to unlock the agility your business needs to innovate and lead. One that balances predictability and agility to meet your business objectives going beyond the extremes of “happy agile teams” on one side and “control by Gantt-Charts” as the other.
This program brings real world expertise to ambitious project managers ready to get in front of the agile wave. You can avoid the frustrations of trial-and error by learning from someone who has a proven track record of leading over 200 successful lean-agile initiatives across the globe. What You Will Learn
Upon completion of this 2-day seminar, participants will be able to:
Identify agile and scrum, who uses it, and what challenges it resolves Compare the waterfall and scrum life cycles Describe agile, lean, flexible, waterfall, scrum, DSDM, and more Define pragmatic hybrid approaches: implementations from the real world Demonstrate how to reposition yourself as an agile project management professional Saving Changes...
George LewisProgram/Project Manager| DXC Technology CompanyHeredia, Costa Rica
The Evolving PMO: Governance, Portfolio Management, Resource Optimization, and Performance Measurement
Instructor: Crawford, Kent
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Turn your PMO from lackluster to brilliant and performing at the highest levels. A decade ago, Kent Crawford created the term “Project Office” in his first book, The Strategic Project Office. Since then, the project office has changed and evolved in drama...
Seminar Description
Turn your PMO from lackluster to brilliant and performing at the highest levels. A decade ago, Kent Crawford created the term “Project Office” in his first book, The Strategic Project Office. Since then, the project office has changed and evolved in dramatic ways as thousands of organizations have implemented this cultural remake to create “projectized” organizations. Today's successful PMOs are being replicated across other organizational business units and many are rapidly evolving into Enterprise PMOs.
Through decades of working with corporate leadership, the seminar leader will interweave the latest concepts of governance, portfolio management, resource optimization, and organizational performance measurement to help the participant understand how to evolve the project office into a highly valued demand management office. This course is especially useful for those preparing to implement a PMO or expanding their existing Project Office to incorporate organizational demand planning and management.
What You Will Learn
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Define best practices PMOs, Enterprise PMOs, and their requirements to manage demand
Describe Governance: Building the organizational model, culture, and structure of your PMO
Apply Portfolio Management and the seven steps to strategy execution
Demonstrate Resource Optimization: Understanding program and project utilization while integrating operations, support, and maintenance Saving Changes...
George LewisProgram/Project Manager| DXC Technology CompanyHeredia, Costa Rica
Project TLC: Teamwork, Leadership, Communications Instructor: DiTullio, Lisa View Seminar Info
In this two-day seminar, you will learn how to implement Project TLC (Teambuilding, Leadership and Communication) for healthy and successful projects. You will master the simple techniques that enhance team behavior and group dynamics, improve team members' aware... See More Saving Changes...
