Topic: Project Manager Professional Development: Reaching the Summit

Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Registration:
Please note that all registrations must be pre-paid on-line and no walk-ins will be accepted the day of the event. The Registration deadline is Sunday evening, May 6th at midnight. Seating is limited. Registration may close earlier if seating capacity is filled. Contact the Director - Registration for further discussion.

To Register

Location:
The Carlisle
435 East Butterfield Rd.
Lombard , IL 60148
(630) 960-0210

Driving directions

Speaker: Timothy J Everett, PMP, Cognition Network

Agenda:
6:00 Registration and Networking
6:30 Announcements
6:45 Dinner
7:45 Raffle
8:00 Presentation
9:00 Close

Abstract:
Organizations deem the development of their project managers to be of strategic importance but the reality is that professional development programs for the most part are informal, unstructured and not measured. As a consequence random results are the norm. This presentation will address the challenges project managers face in realizing their professional development goals and introduce strategies to overcome these problems and excel in their field.

If you are a PM leader you will learn some practical steps for helping your PM’s achieve higher levels of competency and you will begin to understand what the lack of formal, structured development is costing your organization.

If you are a PM practitioner you learn how to attain permission to work towards continuous improvement and start to address the barriers that are keeping you from being a great PM.

Mr. Everett will describe how the Professional Development Accountability Model ℠ can be implemented to turn up the intensity, focus and accountability necessary to achieve the goal of more highly skilled project managers in your organization.

About the Speaker:
Timothy Everett is the founder and president of Cognition Network, a firm that provides high performance facilitation of leadership and professional development. With 26 years of technology solution experience, he is highly skilled in managing large, complex, highly visible, or “turn-around” projects utilizing traditional methodologies, Rational Unified Process (RUP), Method1, AQMS, eXtreme programming, and other client specific development and management methods. His insightful and innovative business expertise has led to the deployment of enterprise-wide strategic programs with annual budgets up to $30 million comprised of cross functional teams at top health care, finance, retail, distribution, insurance, manufacturing, marketing and emerging technology firms. Mr. Everett is an experienced communicator, including serving as a part-time professor of business for two colleges and founder of a highly successful eBusiness users group.

Registration:
Register using the link above. Please note that all registrations must be pre-paid on-line and no walk-ins will be accepted the day of the event. The Registration deadline is Sunday evening, May 6th, at midnight. Seating is limited. Registration may close earlier if the seating capacity is filled. Contact the Director of Registration for further discussion.

Contact the Director of Programs at programs@pmi-chicagoland.org if you have any further questions or concerns regarding the content of this event.