Event Topic: Design of Facilities to Meet New Medicare Guidelines
Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Time: 5:30 – 6:45 pm (Networking before and after, light refreshments will be served)
Location: Healthways
Address: 701 Cool Springs Boulevard, Franklin, TN 37067
Cost: $5 online (members), $10 online (guests), or $10 at the door
PDUs: 1

Spoon Architecture provides architectural, interior design, medical equipment, consulting and development services, to the medical services community, including: imaging centers, cardiac cath labs, outpatient/ambulatory surgery centers, radiation and medical oncology centers, and a variety of clinics. Horace Spoon, principal with Spoon Architecture, will discuss managing change as it pertains to federal regulations, using dialysis clinics as an example.

Seating is limited to 30 registrations.

Contact Cheryl Austin at cherylaustin@comcast.net or 615.293.8443 for more information or questions concerning this event.

Who Should Attend/Prerequisites
Program and Project Managers, Managers, Developers, Testers, Analysts, and anyone interested in applying agile principles to improve project execution. If you answer no to any of the following questions, this course may be right for you:

Course Overview
This one day workshop will provide you with experience dealing with complex issues facing today’s project teams and review how agile approaches can help teams execute better. This workshop will cover agile principles to provide a baseline of understanding of the process including: motivation, process steps, roles, deliverables, challenges and solutions. The focus will be on practical approaches that you can apply, immediately, to your project, even if you are using traditional project management techniques.
The course is taught by a leading agile practitioner with decades of real-world industry experience at companies ranging from small businesses to the Fortune 100.

Dr. James T. Brown Speaking at the March PMI Nashville Luncheon

Topic: The Art of Stakeholder Management

James T. Brown Ph.D., president of SEBA® Solutions Inc., a Registered Education Provider for the Project Management Institute, has provided training and consulting services for dozens of companies nationally and internationally. He has sixteen years of NASA experience that includes "hands on" experience as a team member, project manager and serving in executive level organizational leadership roles.

He provides consulting services in project management and has served as a subject matter expert for a leading project software vendor. James is the author of The Handbook of Program Management published by McGraw-Hill. The Handbook of Program Management has been ranked as high as number three of all project management books on Amazon.com. He also provides project management training through the online training portal Onepdu.com. He has been published in PM Network, PE Magazine, PMI Community Post, Projects@Work, and PM World Today. A recognized authority in project mangement, he is a frequently invited keynote speaker on project management areas of interest and leadership.

Dr. Brown has a patent for a project scheduling methodology, and has received numerous awards including "Engineer of the Year" from the Cape Canaveral Technical Societies and is a recipient of the "NASA Public Service Medal" for exceptional contributions to NASA's mission. He is a member of the Project Management Institute, the National Speakers Association and the National Association of Corporate Directors.

Great project managers know that success goes beyond the triple constraint deliverables and includes managing stakeholder expectations. Three aspects of managing stakeholder expectations are:

1. Know your stakeholders,

2. Know what you are supposed to deliver from the perspective of the stakeholder and

3. Hold your stakeholders accountable to the realities of the project (regardless of the position of the stakeholder, the attitude of the stakeholder, or the availability of the stakeholder).

This presentation provides tactics to identify, herd and lead stakeholders to ensure a successful project deliverable with minimum project manager stress level.

James T. Brown Ph.D., is president of SEBA® Solutions Inc., a Registered Education Provider for the Project Management Institute. He also has the online training portal for project managers http://OnePdu.com/ and is the author of The Handbook of Program Management published by McGraw-Hill. James has a patent for a project scheduling methodology, and has received numerous awards including the "NASA Public Service Medal." James has a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, a MS in Engineering and a BS in Electrical Engineering. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE), a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Speaking Professional (CSP).

Please join us in an interactive and engaging discussion on retaining key staff within your organization.

John Mason is an Assistant Vice President at HCA Information Technology & Services and has overall responsibility for the Solution Delivery Center, which is composed of the Project Management Center of Excellence and the Business Analysis Center of Excellence. The Solution Delivery Center is an organization of nearly 100 Project Managers and Business Solution Analysts that executes on a portfolio of over 150 active projects.

As well as his current role at HCA, John is one of the founders and President of a non-profit organization, the Path of Hope Foundation, that provides scholarships to girls in impoverished countries to allow them to finish their secondary education and impact their communities.

Seating is limited to 50 registrations.

Contact Craig Stevens at Craig.Stevens@HCAhealthcare.com for more information and questions concerning this event.

Event Topic: Cloud Computing
Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Time: 5:30 – 7:00 pm (Registration begins at 5:30 pm with the Event beginning at 6:00 pm)
Location: Healthways
Cost: $5 PMI Nashville Members, $10 Non-Members
Address: 701 Cool Springs Boulevard, Franklin, TN 37067 (Corner of Cool Springs Blvd and Carothers Blvd.
PDUs: 1

Mr. Richard Eller has 25 years in the technology field with his last seven years focused on telecommunications. His background has been forged by such companies as IBM, 3M, Motorola and he has worked with the largest telecommunications, data center and cable companies. This experience and background positioned Mr. Eller as General Manager of VPNtranet to lead the direction of VPNtranet in their focus on Cloud Computing. Mr. Eller bases his work from Nashville, TN where with VPNtranet he works with many health related companies, distributors, manufacturers and music focused & media companies along with major universities and Fortune listed businesses.

Refreshments will be provided.

Contact jim.bozeman@tn.gov for more information and questions concerning this event.

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Event Topic: The 10 Commandments of Great project Management – How to Use Your Soft Skills to Drive Exceptional Results
Presented by: Beth Chase
Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Time: 11:30am to 1:00pm CST (Registration opens at 11:00am)
Location: Millennium Maxwell House
Address:
2025 Rosa L. Parks Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37228
Cost: $25 for PMI Nashville Members / $30 for non-members ($5 discount for early online registration. Online registration ends on Friday February 12, 2010 at 11:59pm CST) Please review the cancelation policy for this event. Cancelations must be received by noon on the Monday before the event. Cancelations received after this time will be charged the full event price.
PDUs: 1.5

Presenter: Beth Chase
Bio: Beth Chase is President, CEO, and founder of C3 Consulting, LLC, a local consulting firm. With 25 years of experience in the consulting and Information Technology profession, Beth heads C3 with hands-on leadership including business development, consulting, employee relations, and client relationship management.

C3 provides project-based leadership services for Middle Tennessee-headquartered companies who are experiencing significant growth or change. C3’s 45-person consulting team provides a range of services, including strategic planning, change management, business process redesign, program/project management, process & methodology implementation, solution evaluation/selection, due diligence, performance metrics, and IT advice and counsel.

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Event Topic: The 10 Commandments of Great project Management – How to Use Your Soft Skills to Drive Exceptional Results
Presented by: Beth Chase
Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Time: 11:30am to 1:00pm CST (Registration opens at 11:00am)
Location: Millennium Maxwell House
Address:
2025 Rosa L. Parks Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37228
Cost: $25 for PMI Nashville Members / $30 for non-members ($5 discount for early online registration. Online registration ends on Friday February 12, 2010 at 11:59pm CST) Please review the cancelation policy for this event. Cancelations must be received by noon on the Monday before the event. Cancelations received after this time will be charged the full event price.
PDUs: 1.5

Presenter: Beth Chase
Bio: Beth Chase is President, CEO, and founder of C3 Consulting, LLC, a local consulting firm. With 25 years of experience in the consulting and Information Technology profession, Beth heads C3 with hands-on leadership including business development, consulting, employee relations, and client relationship management.

C3 provides project-based leadership services for Middle Tennessee-headquartered companies who are experiencing significant growth or change. C3’s 45-person consulting team provides a range of services, including strategic planning, change management, business process redesign, program/project management, process & methodology implementation, solution evaluation/selection, due diligence, performance metrics, and IT advice and counsel.

Register Now