Speaker's Bureau - General Management

Beyond Tomorrow: Business in the World of 2016 "Future trends" presentations on globalization, demographics, technology & energy to enable leaders to make better strategic decisions today based on tomorrow's realities. Presentations on any level or topic involved with project management, from executive level creation of environments conducive to project success to detail advice on specific issues of project management. Terry J. van der Werff, CMC    terry@globalfuture.com    www.globalfuture.com Fee:  Fee for Private Firms and Associations Building Flexible Organizations:  A People-Centered Approach Presentations and keynote addresses at conferences, association meetings, dinner meetings, and internal corporate management meetings on a variety of topics. Ken Prager, CMC    kprager@us.ibm.com    www-1.ibm.com/services/bis/consulting.html Fee:  Negotiable, and consistent with current practice of the sponsoring organization   Creating a Successful Environment for First Time Supervisors Promotion of worthy individuals into their first management role is just the beginning of the work involved in assuring their success.  Learn how to create an environment for successful management development. Bruce R. Govan, PMP    bgovan@govanconsulting.com    www.govanconsulting.com Fee:  Free for Associations, Fee for Private Firms / Travel expenses may apply   Effective Meeting Management Information and advice to help you organize and run meetings that are looked forward to with anticipation rather than dread, and that produce their objectives without pain. Bruce R. Govan, PMP    bgovan@govanconsulting.com    www.govanconsulting.com Fee:  Free for Associations, Fee for Private Firms / Travel expenses may apply   How to Select, Contract, and Manage Consultants and Other Professional Resources Information for managers in the process of securing consultants and other contracted resources.  Major topics include search and selection, contract content, staffing, fee negotiations, performance agreements, and project control. Tom Casey, CMC, CCP    bcs@consultbiz.com    www.consultbiz.com Fee:  None, but travel expenses may apply   Management Navigation Drawing parallels between business and sailing, the speaker promotes leadership and teamwork needed to set your course through planning, outfit your business with organization, process, and technology, and safely pilot rough waters of change and growth. Bruce R. Govan, PMP    bgovan@govanconsulting.com    www.govanconsulting.com Fee:  Free for Associations, Fee for Private Firms / Travel expenses may apply   Marketing Your Consulting Practice on the Internet Information for consultants and other service professionals in using a website to their best advantage.  Topics include web marketing strategies, target market indentification, hosting services and software selection, designing the site, and using the tools. Tom Casey, CMC, CCP    bcs@consultbiz.com    www.consultbiz.com Fee:  None, but travel expenses may apply   Project Management Presentations on any level or topic involved with project management, from executive level creation of environments conducive to project success to detail advice on specific issues of project management. Bruce R. Govan, PMP    bgovan@govanconsulting.com    www.govanconsulting.com Fee:  Free for Associations, Fee for Private Firms / Travel expenses may apply   Sarbanes-Oxley:  How It Affects Your Organization's Operations How the law will affect the internal operations of your company, and completely change the culture and business processes within your organization forever. Tom Casey, CMC, CCP    bcs@consultbiz.com    www.consultbiz.com Fee:  None, but travel expenses may apply   The Power of Negative Thinking Major problems occur all the time.  Why don't people anticipate and prevent them?  A major reason is people's aversion to negative thinking.  Asking simple questions can help people think negatively and decrease the unanticipated effects of their actions. William J. Altier, CMC, FIMC    princetoninc@cs.com Fee:  Fee dependent on the situation   The Trigger Factor Creative wins come from recognizing the opportunities you are exposed to every day; from capitalizing on situations that reach your "Trigger Factor" level.  Dissecting and processing knowledge to create new ideas is easy -- if you learn a simple method. William J. Altier, CMC, FIMC    princetoninc@cs.com Fee:  Fee dependent on the situation   Thinking about "It" "It" is change; the reason jobs exist.  Dealing with change requires putting information in perspective.  The only types of information that encompass everything people deal with are:  past and future, planned and unplanned changed. William J. Altier, CMC, FIMC    princetoninc@cs.com Fee:  Fee dependent on the situation   Thinking Battles - Winning and Losing Meetings are often used to make decisions; too often those involved don't employ an effective thinking process.  Thus, a thinking battle is lost.  A system of applied logic can produce effective decisions. William J. Altier, CMC, FIMC    princetoninc@cs.com Fee:  Fee dependent on the situation