Events Archive

 September 8 2020 Virtual Meeting - Lee R. Lambert, PMP, PMI Fellow-Strategic Design and Delivery - Bridging the Gap

This webinar will examine the critical relationship between organizational strategy and the execution of projects.  The potential value of maintaining strategy/project connection will illustrated and way to achieve and maintain that vital connection.

The presentation will explain why “simply” being a good project manager will not be enough to survive in today’s world of careful selection of value-add projects. The sooner it can be determined that a project is not making a strategic contribution to organizational business objects, the sooner alternates can be considered.

Participants will be able to identify how their project fits in the organization’s strategic initiatives.  Using a sophisticated and integrated project management information system to support identify and clarify strategic relevance of decision being made at the project level.

 Sunday, August 23, 2020: Dave Cline

Get your Lean Six Sigma YELLOW Belt Certification!

• Enhance your career
• Differentiate yourself from others
• Increase your earning potential
• Leverage the LSS tools in any industry

This 8 ½ hour virtual class consists of interactive discussions and polls, exercises, practice using Lean Six Sigma tools, Q & A and practice test questions.

A Lean Six Sigma Yellow belt participates in and supports LSS Quality Improvement projects by assisting Green and Black belts in developing process maps, gathering information, performing analysis.

As a professional with a Lean Six Sigma (LSS) certification you will utilize new tools and apply problem solving skills to reduce costs, eliminate waste and increase efficiency which are valuable to your employer.

Course Outline

• Background & historical significance of LSS
• Understanding the PDCA methodology
• Understanding the DMAIC methodology
• Understand which tools are typically used in each phase
• Understand the role of each LSS belt including project champions

You will learn about and be able to apply 25 LSS tools including these:

A Lean Six Sigma certification on your resume signifies that you are committed to improving your business acumen and improving the business where you work.

Register today!

Cost: $399.00 (Member)  $439.00 (Non-Member)

Date: Sunday, August 23^rd, 2020,

Time: 8:00 – 5:00 pm with ½  hour break for lunch

Meeting venue: Zoom. Log in information will be provided 1 week before class

Instructor: Dave Cline, Master Black Belt, PMP, B.S. Mathematics

Mr. Cline has been a project manager for over 10 years, worked on multiple LSS projects, and has certified over 100 people.

August 11, 2020 Virtual Meeting - Adam Tidwell:Project Management and the People Side of Change

Project Management and the People Side of Change

Project Managers deliver projects on time, on budget, and within scope. Is that all there is to a successful project? No. Most times, projects require people to do things differently. How do we help people understand the changes, alter their behaviors, and quickly make them stick? In this session, we will discuss change management, the ADKAR model, and how to apply the people side of change to our projects and increase success.

July 30, 2020 Virtual Meeting Lunch and Learn 12:00-1:00 PM Pacific

Natalie Steck:Leadership for Remote Work in Today’s New Virtual WorldSide of Change

As the COVID-19 crisis spread to a global pandemic many businesses were forced to make a shift to a purely virtual landscape. This unprecedented mass shift forced leaders to scramble in an attempt to find solutions to the new challenges in communicating with their employees, keeping them engaged, and holding them accountable to ensure business could continue as usual. Natalie Steck, CEO of Viewpath, is a natural leader and has navigated challenging roles in large and small firms with a focus on sales, marketing, talent management, and leadership. In this webinar, she shares her experience, challenges, best practices, and helpful tips on how to best lead virtual teams.

Speaker Biography

Natalie Steck, who is originally from Melbourne Australia but now resides in Seattle Washington and presides over Viewpath, a project management SaaS company. She is a natural leader and has navigated challenging roles in large and small firms with a focus on Sales, marketing, talent management and leadership. Natalie loves people, public speaking and problem solving. Fun facts - she is a qualified personal trainer and nutritional therapist and has competed in natural amateur body building. She would also like to compete one day in MasterChef.  

  July 14, 2020 Virtual Meeting Speaker: Judy Hersch: Change Your Mind…Create New Results

Judy Hersch has 20 years of corporate training and leadership experience in optimizing global project teams for top organizations in industries such as pharmaceutical, technology, and manufacturing. Her company, Evolution Solutions, understands the day-to-day challenges leaders and organizations face in achieving goals and objectives, driving innovation, and enabling organization and strategic alignment.

This interactive presentation will teach a unique methodology for how to use our brain in new ways to make changes in order to demonstrate a next level of success in such areas as · Innovation · Productivity · Leadership and influence · Resiliency & Change Management · Stress Reduction

Limited number of seats available. Register early.