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Project Management: Conflict, Negotiation & Resolution
Techniques
Facilitated by:Shanthy Logeswaran, PMP
Margarida Almeida
Hosted by:
George Jucan
Date: Thursday, July 17th,
2008
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Location:
Metro Hall, 55 John Street at King
Street West
Room 310, Toronto, Ontario
Timetable:
6:00 PM
Doors open for registrations and dinner will be served
6:50 PM Announcements & Introductions
7:00 PM Presentation starts
8:25 PM Thank you note
8:30 PM Event closes
Over the last eight years, Shanthy Logeswaran
successfully managed and delivered various sizes and
complexities of IT and business projects in the
Financial Industry. One of the key factors to her
success is having the ability to build a cooperative
team environment within and outside of her projects,
where success is directly attributable to the people
involved.
Over the last 13 years Shanthy has worked in investment
firms and banks, gaining experience in accounting,
operations, customer service, software development and
project management. During this time, she has managed
several large projects with extensive hands –on
experience in conversions, system integrations,
infrastructure upgrades and investment application
upgrades which involved internal, vendor and external
firm resources.
Project management professional, with a master’s in
Management & Systems and a bachelor’s in Engineering.
He has over 20 years of experience in IT, financial
services and manufacturing. His area of specialization
is project management, business analysis /development,
process reengineering and systems integration.
His ability to proactively identify and resolve
issues through consensus building in Cross cultural
environment made him successful in managing multiple
banking & infrastructure projects
within time and budget in Africa, India and Canada
with diverse teams from UK, USA, South Africa, Ireland,
Australia, etc.
Margarida C. Almeida has years of experience in
education, banking, government, business, and the
voluntary sector. While in the banking industry, she
developed, coordinated, and implemented several computer
systems projects for use across Canada. While with the
Federal Government, she, as a judge, mediated and
arbitrated refugee claims. More recently, she teaches
Project Management (PMBOK@ based) to IT Foreign
Professionals giving her nine-year English teaching
career a new direction. In addition to teaching Project
Management, she is actively involved with the Thin
Client project for the Learning Enrichment Foundation
(Not-for-Profit Organization). Margarida is the
recipient of several professional and community awards,
which recognize her dedication to her profession and the
community.
Presentation
synopsis:
Project Management: Conflict, Negotiation & Resolution
Techniques
Managing the IT
project effectively, purely depends upon how well you
manage conflicts. It starts with separating people
from problems and tackling the problems by focusing on
interests and not positions. This workshop will provide
practical techniques for creating positive
conflict outcomes which will have substantial impact on
the success of project.
Registration Fee:
(Includes 5% GST)
PMI Members - $40 (provide number)
Non PMI Members or Guests - $50
This meeting earns 1.5 PDU credits for
participating.
Knowledge Area: 10 (All)
Process Area: 06 (All)
Application Area: 09 (Information System)
REGISTRATION: click here
to access the SOC online registration page. Deadline to
register is 12:00 noon on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008.
A buffet
dinner will be served, meals are not guaranteed for late
comers.
Only firm registrations will be accepted.
GT ISLIG reserves the right to substitute speakers and
topics or change venue due to unforeseen circumstances.
EMAIL:
info@gtislig.org
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Situational Coaching
Program – Fall 2008
Session
Ever wish you had a private coach
when you needed one, to help you through the difficult
challenges you face managing projects?
And wouldn’t more get done in less
time, and increase your skill level as you go? Well, at
GTISLIG, we are introducing a ‘situational coaching
program’ to fill this need.
What
is this program?
The Situational Coaching Program is designed to help
project managers manage through the difficult parts of
their projects with more skill and less wasted time.
Participants with expertise in certain skills and/or
areas of project management (‘coaches’) will coach
others seeking input (‘recipients’) to:
• Work through a current problem
in the management of a project
• Solidify a specific
skill in the area focused on above, so it can be applied
in any situation (the mature skill phase of the above
point);
• Take any aspect of their project management
practice at a higher level of mastery
Why Join the
Program?
Recipients
• Get a current
issue resolved with
a coach
• Get
more done in less
time
• Fast
forward your project
management skills
• Increase your
competencies
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Get to know other IT
Project Managers
• Earn PDU credits -
10
Coaches
• Share wisdom and enable meaningful results in
someone’s PM skills
• Get to know other
IT Project Managers
• Contribute to a
leading edge body of
best practices in IT
project management
• Earn PDU credits -
10
How it Works
• Commit to 1
program, 2 programs
held per year. You
can return as often
as you like
•
Cost - $ 75.00 for
PMI Members and $
85.00 for non-PMI
Members
• Next
Program starts on
September 23, 2008
How to Apply:
Applications can be
submitted June 16 -
Sept 5.
• Download the appropriate
application form
package and e-mail
the completed
application and
self-assessment to:
situational_coaching@gtislig.org
Recipient
Application Form Package >
download here
Coach
Application Form
Package >
download here
You will be
notified that you should complete your registration only
after an appropriate coach/recipient match has been
found.
Registration dates are Sept 5 - Sept 18.
Participant
Agreement (downloaded with application form) should be
printed, signed and brought to the opening session on
September 23rd, 2008 by registered coaches and
registered recipients.
GT ISLIG reserves the right to substitute
coaches or change
venue due to
unforeseen
circumstances or
cancel program due
to lack of response. |
