[IEEE-bhpjobs] Fwd: NCPMI Pharma LIG Half-Day Program April 12 - Improving People Development Skills in Project Management

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From: PharmaLIG [mailto:pharmalig at ncpmi.org]
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Subject: Special Announcement: Pharma LIG Half-Day Program in April

Special Announcement:  NC PMI Pharma LIG April Half-Day Program 

Date:    Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Time:    12:00 (noon) until 5:00 PM
Cost:    Free of charge

We invite you to attend the first half-day program sponsored by the NCPMI Pharma Local Interest Group.  A program entitled "Improving People Development Skills in Project Management" will consist of three expert sessions followed by a panel discussion. The program will be held at GlaxoSmithKline (see below for directions).  Lunch and an opportunity to network will be provided beginning at 12noon. 

Tentative Program Agenda: 

Arrival, Networking lunch, Seating      			 60 minutes 

Session opener                                                         10 minutes 

Building PM People Skills and Application to the Project Life Cycle    
45 minutes 
Derek Ross, PhD, Alba Project Partners      
   
Building Consensus and Influencing an Organization 45 minutes 
TBC 

Break                                                                         10 minutes 

Challenging the Organizational Status Quo               45 minutes 
Karl Donn, PhD, VP, Global Project & Portfolio Management, GSK

Panel discussion & questions                                     45 minutes 
Effective Communication in the matrix 
Maximizing interpersonal interactions 
PM training that works 

Session Close & Evaluation                                        10 minutes 


Please note: up to 3 PDUs will be provided for your full attendance at this event. 

Join us for a variety of informative presentations from a diverse set of dynamic speakers.  Please register by March 24, 2006 to allow us to optimize the logistics for the meeting. For security purposes, YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT (you will NOT be admitted without pre-registration - no exceptions).  ATTENDANCE IS LIMITED AND WILL BE ACCEPTED ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS- so please sign up ASAP.  As a courtesy to others, please sign up only if you are sure that you will be able to attend or else your reservation may be preventing someone else from attending. 

Directions:   
>From Raleigh 
I-40 West (toward Durham) 
Exit 279B (Hwy 147 / Durham Freeway North) 
Exit 7 (TW Alexander Dr) 
Turn Left onto Alexander Dr 
After 1st traffic light, merge right onto GSK campus 

>From Durham 
Hwy 147 South 
Exit 7 (TW Alexander Dr) 
Turn Right onto Alexander Dr 
Merge right onto GSK campus 

>From Chapel Hill 
I-40 East (toward Raleigh) 
Exit 279B (Hwy 147 / Durham Freeway North) 
Exit 7 (TW Alexander Dr) 
Turn Left onto Alexander Dr 
After 1st traffic light, merge right onto GSK campus 

Follow the signs to the Sir Girolomi Research Center (Building 5). Parking is available in the front of the building (in the small visitor parking lot or in the street).  Please allow adequate travel time to allow you to arrive, check in with security, and be escorted to the room.




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