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PDU
1.00
Event ID
C018160202
Program Description

Successful delivery of any project requires you to communicate with, manage and influence people at all levels, both inside and outside your organization. And yet they all speak different “languages”. And worse yet there isn’t a roadmap, translation guide or hint sheet to tell you how to relate to each so that you can be successful. 

This presentation will discuss the many target audiences, review the communication styles and motivation methods that works best for each and how what you do is interpreted. We will also discuss how to build relationships, including with sponsors and senior executives, and leverage your influence with them to set yourself up your project success.

This presentation will cover: 
 Why being a Chameleon in the project world is important
 Defining and discussing the various target audiences and the keys to success for working with each
 The dos and don’ts a project manager needs to know to be a Chameleon 
 The typical roadblocks 
 Examples you can use immediately to become more effective

Learn how to recognize and adapt to effectively manage everyone in your world to optimize your leadership and messaging for project success.

Special Instructions

Event ID: C018160202

4:30 – 5:30pm Career Networking Group
5:30 – 6:15pm Register, PrCs, Networking 
6:00 – 6:30pm New Member Orientation
6:30 – 7:20pm Dinner 
7:20 – 7:30pm PMI-MN Chapter Business / Intros
7:30 – 8:20pm Presentations
8:20 – 8:30pm Q & A 

Reservations by 02/10/206: 
PMI members $27, non-members $37
Partners: PMI members $25, non-members $35

Reservations from 02/11-02/19/2016:
PMI-MN members $32, non-members $42 
Partners: PMI members $30, non-members $40 

Reservations for Speaker Only:
PMI-MN members $15, non-members $25
Partners: Members $14, non-members $23
Speaker Only Walk-ins: $25 

LIVE Webstream - 02/22/2016:
PMI-MN members $20, non-members $30
Partner discount does not apply

LIVE WEBSTREAM REGISTRANTS:
Link to Adobe Connect login for participation is emailed to registrants one hour prior to start of webstreamed event

Speaker(s) Bios

Joe Perzel has been leading projects of all sizes and managing staffs since 1982 in both a corporate and vendor capacity. He has a background in multiple industries including healthcare, insurance, finance, government, non-profit, K12 and higher education, audit and compliance, manufacturing and agri-business. 

Joe has been presenting since 2002 on topics ranging from project management, leadership, networking and entrepreneurship. Most recently he has presented at PMI-MN (Twin Cities, Lacrosse, St Cloud, Bismarck, Mankato), MN State Symposium, St Cloud State University, Rochester CTC PM conference, Minnesota Recruiters (Un) Conference and the University of St Thomas. His presentation and seminars titles include:

• How to Train your Dragon, a Project Sponsor Primer
• Dark Arts of Project Management
• Ten Simple Ways to Screw-up a Good Project
• Building Your Project Management Soft-skills – PM 101
• Leadership: The Making of a Professional, Enterprise Project Manager
• How to be a Chameleon: A key to enterprise project success
• Successful sourcing and managing of your project office staff
• “Just Enough” – right sizing your project management techniques
• Managing Change and Innovation and surviving to talk about it

Presently Joe is Program Manager at Surescripts as well as Partner at Midwest Staffing. He has held leadership positions at Thomson Reuters, MN Workers Compensation Insurers Agency, Cargill and International Multifoods.

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