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Event Agenda - March 18th 2014, Pinnacle Center Hudsonville

Time Item Presenter

6:30 Doors Open for Staff PDD Team

7:00 Registration PDD Team

7:00 Breakfast / time to Visit Sponsor Tables

8:00 Welcome and Introductions Tom Shaw

8:10 Lead Sponsor Presentation - ExperisBecky Puckett-Wood

8:25 Introduce Morning Sessions Ted Kallman

8:30 From a Good Project Manager to a Great Leader

David Barrett

9:30 Think Like a Duck Ted Kallman

10:30 Break / Sponsor Tables have Raffles!

11:00 "Communicate! Building a Team That Can Get it Done"

David Barrett

12:00 Lunch / Networking / Visit Sponsor Tables

1:00 Introduction of Afternoon Sessions Ted Kallman

1:05 The Project Sponsor - Dematic Andrew Gill

1:15 Managing with Emotional Intelligence Rick Forbus, PhD

2:15 Leadership Influence The Invisible Power and How to Use Your Personal Leadership Assessment

Rick Forbus, PhD

3:15 Break / Visit Sponsor Tables, Raffles!

3:40 Superheroes: Everybody Needs One Rick Forbus, PhD

4:30 Speaker Q&A / Raffles / Closing Remarks Spkrs / Tom Shaw

5:00 Done - Wow what a Great Day!

Think Like a Duck!

WELCOMEOn behalf of the Board of Directors for the West Michigan Chapter of the Project Management Institute, it is my privilege and honor to welcome you to the 2014 Professional Development Conference.

Our theme this year is “Think Like a Duck”, a day in leadership awareness. Our impressive lineup of speakers will help you better understand the behaviors, needs, and motivations of the people

you work with and for, to ensure the flawless execution of your next project’s goals and objectives.

David Barrett will help you discover the keys to your success as he shares with us lessons learned from a life time of project management and leadership. David’s dynamic and exciting approach to working with audiences of all types and sizes will keep us engaged and entertained while learning how to be better leaders.

Dr. Rick Forbus is no stranger to our chapter and will be sharing with us his insight on behavioral community-based action research techniques. Rick specializes in leadership coaching and team development equipping organizations in focus, and efficiency, by creating harmony and synergy.

Our own Ted Kallman will be showing us how Social Management Styles affect how we give and receive communications. He will show us how we can change our communication approach based on the style of the person we are trying to communicate with to increase the impact and results of our communications. He draws on his many years of experience in Executive, PM and Agile environments for stories that will help us understand how to use the distinct personality and management styles of each person on our team and in our chain of command to become better leaders and communicators. As Ted explains, when we learn to put ourselves in the mindset of the other leaders we work for and with (when working with a duck “Think Like a Duck”), our projects will soar.

We are very pleased and grateful that you chose to spend your day at our event! It is my sincerest hope that you will leave this conference feeling energized, refreshed and blessed not only with new knowledge, but new friends as well. Enjoy!

Tom Shaw

President, WMPMI

Benefits of a WMPMI / PMI Membership We are home to the growing profession of Project Management which has an economical estimated demand of 340,000 new project management jobs each year for the next 10 years. We invite you to network with us, build your skills, and help us build awareness of how certified project management professionals help business compete.

By joining you’ll enjoy www.pmi.org website’s new PDU Advantage Program helping you satisfy PDU requirements and keeping your credentials current. You’ll find digital editions of PMI global standards which can be downloaded, such as the PMBOK® Guide, as well as knowledge sharing, and networking opportunities with PMI chapters and Communities of Practice, access to career coaching, and a job-searching site. There’s online access to business and project management books, articles, e-reads, articles on the “Knowledge Shelf”, written by peers, reviewed by practitioners. There are leadership and volunteer opportunities to increase your experience and your expertise. You may find yourself using project management tools and templates that you can collect, customize, and manage your projects with. There’s access to a library of webinars addressing project management trends, best practices, how-to-guides, group insurance programs even a PMI-branded credit card with an attractive rewards program! You’ll have access to PMI’s PathPro®, where you can assess your skills and prepare to move ahead saving on training opportunities to increase your project knowledge and earn PDUs.

There are face-to-face PMI SeminarsWorld® courses to develop your skills in an interactive group setting. With online instructor-led eSeminarsWorld® courses you can learn from the convenience of your home or office.

There are also discounts on PMI credential exams and renewals, and more.

By extending your PMI membership to our West Michigan Chapter you’ll enjoy reduced rates for our monthly chapter dinners and seminars like this Professional Development Day. We also provide PMP certification classes offered at competitive rates. You’ll find opportunities to volunteer with us building relationships with other West Michigan Project Managers to grow with, learn from, and earn PDU’s while having some fun. We invite you to look around our site, contact a board member with any questions – We look forward to you joining WMPMI!

www.wmpmi.org

Rick Forbus, holds a PhD in Human Relations and Leadership and has 25+ years of coaching and consulting experience. He studied executive coaching with one of the coaches from the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, North Carolina, and attended George Washington University Business School Extension. He taught leadership and teamwork at the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business in partnership with UGA faculty. Rick is a coach that specializes in organizational re-design using behavioral and community-based action research techniques. He maintains an active speaking engagement schedule and is a highly sought-after corporate retreat and workshop facilitator. His particular areas of expertise include teambuilding, meeting dynamics, decision-making and communication.

Rick’s book entitled Migration: The Basics of Team Development (Nine Fundamentals That Build High-Performance Teams) addresses how organizations can enhance their focus and efficiency by creating harmony and synergy. Rick is also the author of several articles on team development, vision-casting and general leadership. Rick recently completed an extensive writing project entitled “Leadership: Executing for Success” for the Atlanta based project management training company Velociteach.

Rick’s expertise includes facilitating workshops and authoring workshop materials on such topics as:• Process consulting• High-performance meetings• High-performance decision-making• Vision-casting

Rick brings extensive strategic planning, leadership development and relationship management experience to Trove. His broad human resources consulting background has demonstrated measurable success in the areas of human relations, solution strategies, team-building and key client retention.

See Rick Forbus, PhD at Linkedin for recommendations. Other references available upon request by emailing rforbus@troveinc.com.

• People alignment• Negotiation• Change Management

RICK FORBUS, PhD

THE Project 2014 - Reverse Career Fair

You are Invited!What: Project Management Reverse Career Fair

When: April 14th, 2014 - www.wmpmi.org

Where: Davenport University W.A. Lettinga Campus 6191 Kraft Ave., SE Grand Rapids

Why: 60 Students who can become your Best New Hires!• Our world is becoming heavily projectized.• There is a growing skills gap in the availability PM skills• “Students with PM coursework hit the ground running”• Sponsors get advanced copies of Student Profiles

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David is a professional speaker specializing in inspiring leaders at all levels in all industries. His key area of focus is the art and science of getting work done: execution leadership, project leadership and personal leadership.

He has been speaking in front of large audiences informally for many years and has recently turned this experience into a full-time role as a professional speaker. When he is not presenting to audiences as a keynote or featured speaker, he is the National Program Director for the Project Management Centre of Excellence and the Co-Program Director for Business Analysis Centre of Excellence both at Schulich Executive Education Centre and in partnership with 8 other Universities across Canada.

Previously, he was the Group Conference Director at Diversified Business Communications where he ran project management and business analysis events (ProjectWorld Canada, ProjectSummit and BusinessAnalystWorld) and he was the Executive Editor of ProjectTimes.com and BATimes.com.

He is the co-author of The Power of The Plan and co-compiler of The Keys to Our Success.

In his spare time he and his wife run PMPeople.com and SharingTravelIdeas.com.

David’s web site and contact information - www.DavidBarrett.ca

DAVID BARRETT

During his career Ted has worked directly or in a consulting role as CEO, COO, CMO, and PMO for various companies both in Europe and in the USA. He has added significant value by assisting clients in reducing (or avoiding) costs -and/or- by increasing revenue. His projects have included; Agile and Traditional PMO creation and optimization, Marketing, CRM, SFA, Call Center, IT, Internet, Ecommerce and Integration with companies like GM, Steelcase and Ericsson.

Key talents include understanding and operating at the executive level using advanced Agile and Traditional program, project and change management tools and skills to focus and drive the customer’s vision, definition and strategic planning through to the task level. He has a proven success record implementing organization change (portfolio, project, program, process) with measurable results, on-time, on-scope and on-budget. Ted has led and mentored both large and small teams and has directed multiple companies and projects concurrently with outstanding results. He has operated and led both Agile and Traditional teams.

Ted has extensive knowledge and experience in both Agile and Traditional PMO creation and execution as well as being a seasoned Project Management expert. Ted is a PMP, Certified ScrumMaster and one of 1,912 active Certified Scrum Professionals in the world. He is an Agile business leadership framework implementation specialist.

Ted is a well-known author and speaker who has presented to over 350,000 people in seminars and conferences over the past 30 years. He currently serves on the Board of PMIs Western Michigan Chapter and is the founder of Agile West Michigan. His latest book is “The Nehemiah Effect”

TED KALLMAN

The Institute for Professional Excellence (IPEx) is the corporate education, coaching, and consulting division at Davenport University. Offering focused, customized, and innovative collaboration with business partners, we identify

development needs, leading to the delivery of customized and strategic programs that yield positive results.

IPEx Specializes in proven programs in all areas of professional development• Executive Coaching and Mentorship • Corporate Leadership and Management• Strategic Partnerships• Certification/Credential Programs

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