Program Overview

Conference Keynote

Monday, November 10, 8:45am - 10:00am

Schmoozing: Meet, Greet and Speak with Ease
Lori Silverman, Partners for Progress

Reflect for a moment on how you use your time each day at work. How much is devoted to developing a strong bond with your boss, co-workers, team members and key stakeholders? Ten percent? Twenty percent? Fifty percent? How about when you attend an event or outside activity? Do you put forth effort to meet new people who might be able to help you? Personally and professionally, relationships are a vital building block to gaining buy-in, securing timely input and honest feedback, and creating high performance teams. What can you do to feel more comfortable meeting people? Starting or entering a conversation? Engaging in small talk?  Introducing people to others? Ending a conversation gracefully?  Come and discover the fine points of how to enhance rapport and build valuable relationships.

Key Learning Objectives

• You will discover at least three ways to fine-tune your current interactions with people at work
• You will learn specific techniques to overcome inhibitions around relating to people you do not know or do not know well
• You will be able to put commonly accepted protocols into use when meeting and greeting others

Tuesday, November 11, 8:45 - 10:00am
Back by popular demand – this featured session is for all delegates. It has been continually refined and designed to help you increase your networking opportunities, to allow you to share ideas and to get the help you are looking for from others in your field.

View or download PDF of 2008 Roundtable Discussion Take-Aways

Round Table Discussions Topics

PM        Executive Support for Project Management - What’s the secret?

PM        Motivating your Project Team - What works for you?

PM        The PM Career - Certification & Opportunities: Where to go from here?

PM        Measuring Project Success - What is the Real Answer?

BA         Agile Analysis - Can it work in your organization?

BA         How does a BA add Value at a Senior Level?

BA         Are You Asking the Right Questions?

BA         Managing Scope:  Scope VS Business Value

Both      The Dual Role of the BA and PM - Is it possible?

Both      The Business Analyst and Project Manager - What do you want from each other?

Monday, November 10 & Tuesday, November 11
Learn from the real-world experiences of industry experts and practitioners who will show you how to achieve outstanding business results. Symposium sessions are organized for easy navigation of the conference program.  The Symposium program serves the needs of every business and IT professional. Each session is 60 or 75 minutes in duration.

The Symposium has 6 dedicated track sessions:

• 2 Project Summit
• 2 BusinessAnalystWorld
• 2 shared track for both

Symposium Highlights include:

• 46 interactive and thought provoking sessions led by practitioners and industry thought leaders
• Engaging panel discussions focused on timely issues
• Practitioner-delivered case studies and best practices
• PDUs, CBAP Certification, networking, receptions and GREAT FOOD!

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Wednesday, November 12 & Thursday, November 13
One and two day workshops are delivered by professional trainers. These workshops require pre-registration and seating is limited. Please note that many of our workshops in 2007 sold out before the conference. We suggest you register early
to avoid disappointment. Workshops run from 8:30 - 4:30pm.

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