ProCon 2013 - 16th Annual Professional Development Conference
4/30/13 Tuesday, Plan to attend the Sixteenth Annual Cedar Rapids professional development conference, ProCon 2013, to be held on Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at the Marriott Hotel in Cedar Rapids. This one day, low cost, two track regional event is great for all professionals and will provide PDUs for PMP’s in attendance.
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- Date: 30 Apr 2013
- Time: 07:30 AM to 04:30 PM
- All times are (UTC-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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- 1200 Collins Rd NE
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- United States
- Building: Cedar Marriott Hotel and Convention Center
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- Starts 25 February 2013 07:00 AM
- Ends 30 April 2013 12:00 PM
- All times are (UTC-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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- Menu: Chicken, Beef, Vegitarian
Speakers
Don Gallagher
Project Management
Outstanding Engineering Leadership…It’s a Conversational Phenomenon! Program Description: Do you struggle sometimes with the “people side†of your engineering role? Do your employees and/or peers often fail to follow through on commitments they make to you and others? Do you find it challenging to have “development†conversations your employees? As engineering leaders, we can’t manage our organizations and we can’t manage people. What we have is the opportunity to manage our conversations. Outstanding leaders know this. They also know that effective conversations are a prerequisite to building great workplace relationships, developing their people, and to getting work done in their organizations. As a result, outstanding engineering leaders are very intentional about the conversations they create and participate in. This workshop will help you develop new levels of awareness, learn new skills, and build greater appreciation and respect for the power of conversations. Key learning topics include: • Conversational process skills • Listening and speaking • Creating and managing relationships • Development and coaching conversations • Requests and promises are how work gets done ______________________________________________________________________________________ Remarkable Projects Happen Through People! Program Description: Group projects offer unique opportunities to leverage the important advantages that collaborative work, and thinking, can offer. But often what could be amazing turns into frustration because of the human elements involved. To help overcome these challenges, what possibilities might open up if we paid more attention to the conversations and relationships that are a part of every project? During this workshop, you’ll first learn a very different and powerful way to look at the primary stages of a project. Then individually, and with others, you’ll dive deeper into the following topics: • Projects are a series of unique conversations • Understanding people (especially each other) is essential • Keys to building powerful work groups • Making meetings matter • Gaining commitments and following through • 100-day projects are an effective structure The training content for both workshops has successfully impacted thousands of technical (and non-technical participants) during the last 20 years. Throughout each 3-½ hour program, you can expect to enjoy an engaging mix of instructor presentation, along with individual, paired and group activities. Please note in the Special Request field which speaker you plan to attend...Thank you
Biography:
Don, a native of eastern Iowa, graduated with a BSME from Iowa State. After starting as a co-op student engineer in 1979, he launched into a diverse career of nearly 30 years, including 25 years in engineering, marketing, sales and training roles with Deere and Company.
Along the way, he earned an MBA at UW-Madison, ran his own engineering recruiting firm, volunteered as an internal performance coach at John Deere, and developed a personal passion for helping individuals and groups enhance their performance.
Over the course of his career, Don has enjoyed presenting to, and training, thousands of people in a variety of settings both inside and outside of the corporate environment.
Since 2010, Don’s professional speaking, teaching and coaching career has centered on helping client companies to improve their business performance via their people. His work focuses heavily on teaching employees at all levels how to have more effective workplace conversations, be more productive personally, be better leaders, build stronger teams and enjoy better relationships.
Address:Iowa, United States
Gail Mote
Leadership Development
Accountability Without Blame: In this dynamic workshop participants will learn how to become agents of change in their lives, not victims. High performance means low chronic stress, high productivity, and extreme satisfaction, at work and home. This requires an accountability mindset where everyone takes 100% ownership for the successes and failures in their lives without blame or excuses. This workshop will surprise and challenge participants! Accountability demands clarity. When we are unclear in our formal and informal communications, we create confusion and misunderstanding resulting in poor performance as individuals and within teams. This workshop will help participants: • Examine the attitude of a change agent vs. a victim thinker and how to be a catalyst for positive results o Discuss how to stay Above the Line™ • Demonstrate how to make and keep clear agreements o Explain how to properly form expectations for buy-in and commitment • Explore what is necessary for team members to accept responsibility and take ownership for tasks and assignments • Practice holding self and others accountable without blame or excuses o Discuss how to give and receive effective feedback o Explore how to bring up sensitive issues within a team __________________________________________________________________________________________ The Happiness Advantage: Research in the field of positive psychology in the last 10 years has demonstrated that employees who are happier at work are better at keeping their jobs, show as much as 31% higher levels of productivity, are more resilient and suffer less burnout resulting in lower turnover. This workshop will help participants take advantage of happiness in the workplace by: • Examining how happiness drives success not vice versa • Discussing what causes people to get stuck in a rut of negative thinking • Applying the Ripple Effect to demonstrate how negativity and happiness spread in the workplace • Exploring techniques to train the brain to be more positive • Review how to reduce multi-tasking to improve productivity and reduce stress • Creating an action plan to create a more inspired and motivated work team. Please note in the Special Request field which speaker you plan to attend...Thank you
Biography:
Prior to starting her own training and educational business in November, 1990, Gale worked in various manufacturing enterprises for over 12 years. The companies include Del Monte Corporation, Square D Corporation, Quaker Oats, and Norand Corporation. She has held nearly every position associated with production and inventory operations management including production line planner/scheduler, master planner, manager-master planning, manager-procurement, production supervisor (all shifts), and new product coordination. She has worked in and with union and non-union facilities.
Today, Gale Mote Associates specializes in customized training design, facilitation, and organizational development consulting. We offer skills training, motivational workshops, and keynotes.
Gale Mote provides a unique and exciting educational experience. Every session is participant centered respecting the needs of the adult learner with a variety of brain-friendly engagement activities. Adults are able to retain more and apply techniques more easily when they are directly involved in the learning process. Examples are customized to the client environment to facilitate the transfer of training.
Gale has been twice honored by the YWCA Tribute to Women of Achievement. In 2005, she was awarded the Advanced Entrepreneur Award from Women Entrepreneurs in Cedar Rapids, IA. Gale is a four time award winner for the Best of Cedar Rapids Award in the Industrial & Labor Consulting Services category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).
Gale is a Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP®) by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD). She is also certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) by the Association for Operations Management (APICS). Gale has an established relationship as a certified trainer of IMPACT EQ Learning™ with TalentSmart®, Inc. She is a graduate of Coe College with multiple degrees in Business, Economics, and Education. Gale holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Iowa.
Address:Iowa, United States
Agenda
8:00 - 11:30 Session 1
11:45 - 1:15 Luncheon and Presentation by Dick Reasons
1:30 - 4:30 Session 2