2017 PDD Keynote & Endnote Presentations

 SYMPOSIUM DAY KEYNOTE
         
  Symposium Day | Thursday, September 28
Keynote Speaker: David Horsager		  
About David		  
         
  “The Trust Edge: What Top PMs Have and 8 Pillars to Help You Build It Yourself”      
  1.5 PDUs - LEADERSHIP      
         
  Trust is a fundamental, bottom line issue. Without it, leaders lose teams, salespeople lose sales, and organizations lose reputation, good people, relationships, and revenue. But with trust, individuals and organizations enjoy greater creativity, productivity, freedom, and results. Through academic research and firsthand experience, David Horsager has learned what it takes to gain – and keep – The Trust Edge.

In his captivating presentation, David combines humor and illustrations with business insight and analysis. He shows you how the little things, done consistently, add up to huge results. Attendees will walk away with concrete steps they can immediately use to improve their lives and careers.		      
         
 SYMPOSIUM DAY ENDNOTE        
         
  Symposium Day | Thursday, September 28
Endnote Speaker: Garry Golden		  
About Garry		  
         
  “Tapping Your Inner Futurist: The Art and Science of Looking at the Future”        
  1 PDU - STRATEGY      
         
  In a three-part presentation Garry first introduces Foresight and, through a game and some visual slides, helps attendees in demystifying the future. He presents some activities to help with Foresight specifically for Project Managers. 

Next, he reveals the drivers of change from 2017 to 2027 which include demographic transitions and the creepy + compelling line of advanced analytics + AI driven workplaces. In part three, Garry brings it back so that each person can bring Foresight back to his or her organization.		      
         
 EDUCATION DAYS ENDNOTES
         
  Education Day 1 | Monday, September 25
Endnote Speaker: Diane Windingland		  
About Diane		  
     
  “Question Everything: The Power of Asking Questions”  
  1 PDU - LEADERSHIP  
     
  Asking the right questions at the right time can help you gain the clarity to avoid disaster and to shape your future. Engaging team members early in a discovery process can ensure the smooth execution of a project.  
         
         
  Education Day 2 | Tuesday, September 26
Endnote Speaker: Erika Garms		  
About Erika		  
         
  “Building a Brain Friendly Workplace”        
  1 PDU - LEADERSHIP        
         
  Many organizations inadvertently reinforce distrust, threat, high turnover, low tolerance for change, and weak performance. Discover the research explaining this state of affairs and hear turnaround suggestions that you can use tomorrow. Demystify why people act the way they do.

This session is lively, fun, memorable, and applicable to both work and personal lives. Consider it a short cut to understanding what makes people tick. Understanding this will make negotiations, project work, and conflict resolutions far easier as it also takes possible blaming and shaming out of the equation.		    
         
         
  Education Day 3 | Wednesday, September 27
Endnote Speaker: Kirk Weisler		  
About Kirk		  
         
  “Story Warrior: Teller, Teacher, Leader, Warrior”        
  1 PDU - STRATEGY      
         
  Intentional Storytelling to Shape Your Project Team Culture – Since the beginning of time stories have been the most elemental means of communicating a civilization’s culture, values, myths, legends, and traditions. The storytellers of ancient days were considered to be the sages, leaders, and gurus of their people in helping keep values alive, cultures strong, and commitment and connectedness to their community high.

Storytelling can be one of the most powerful culture building tools within any project team. This fun and example-filled endnote will strengthen your storytelling skills, as it illustrates the power of intentional storytelling to change culture, change minds, change attitudes, and to even change lives. You will learn how to tell better, teach better and lead better by becoming a Story Warrior!		        
         
 
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