Greater Birmingham Chapter ASTD


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July 2010 Meeting

Project Management that Works for Training Professionals

Monday, July 26, 2010
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Vulcan Park
1701 Valley View Drive,
Birmingham, AL 35209

As training professionals, we need to juggle multiple priorities in order to successfully deliver our courses. In addition, we need to: understand our customer's needs, clearly define our goals, effectively communicate, acquire the right resources at the right time, and many more activities. By incorporating some basic practices from the Project Management profession, we can take control of our projects. Come learn some real-world proven tools and techniques that you can immediately apply to your specific situation. These tools and techniques will help you to be more effective and focused on delivering courses on time and on budget.

Learning Objectives:

What is project management and how it will benefit me directly
How to start off a project on the right path
Proper technique for understanding your customers' needs and focusing them on a defined set of deliverables
How to determine resource needs and ensure that they will be available when you need them
Proactively managing issues and risks

Brian M. Rabon, CSM, CSP, MSEE, PMP is the President of The Braintrust Consulting Group, a provider of project management solutions for a wide range of software related projects. Brian holds a BS in Computer Science from Auburn University and an MSEE from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is an avid author, blogger, and speaker at conferences, professional organizations, and user groups.

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Brian M. Rabon
The Braintrust Consulting Group

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Founded in 1954, The Greater Birmingham Chapter of ASTD (American Society for Training and Development) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization with approximately 100 members. The Greater Birmingham Chapter of ASTD is guided by a volunteer Board of Directors drawn from the general membership. The Greater Birmingham Chapter of ASTD is dedicated to enhancing workplace learning and performance for its members and their affiliated organizations.