Are you looking for a unique microlearning experience that addresses a wide variety of the most popular and hottest professional development topics on projects and in the workplace? Welcome! The value you bring to your organization, your customers and to your life goals is based on a diverse set of skills that when viewed as a whole sets you up for success. Class participants select their favorite 5 (1-day event) or 10 (2-day event) topics from a list of 18+ topics. These 60-90 minute “bursts” or sessions are standalone opportunities to enhance your professional and personal development.
The topics include: Are You Too Soft?; Dealing with Difficult People; Effective Time Management to Getting More Done Every Day; Achieving the Elusive Work-Life Balance; Behaviors that Lead to Exceptional Performance; Effective Negotiation Skills; Introduction to Agile Scrum; Disruptive Innovative Thinking and Why It’s Important to You and Your Company; and many more.
Bring the one-of-a-kind Microlearning Medley event to your organization or company. This event is conducted exclusively by Neal Whitten. Earn PDUs. Review the questions below to learn more.
Proud note: The 2-day version of this course has been selected for inclusion in PMI’s 2019 SeminarsWorld.
Who is Neal Whitten?
Neal Whitten is an industry authority on project management, leadership and professional development issues. Click here for a full biography.
Why bring this popular course to your organization and company?
The event has many objectives for an organization; they include:
- Enjoying the convenience of choosing professional development topics of immediate and local interest and benefit
- Saving on expensive travel time and costs by bringing the event to your location at a substantial savings per participant
- Allowing many attendees to participate that otherwise would not have the opportunity if travel was involved
- Earning PDUs
- Being coached/mentored by a leading PM industry and professional development authority
How many days is the event?
You can choose from a 1-day or 2-day event.
Who is the target audience?
The target audience is virtually all employees of an organization or company including project managers, program managers, project leaders and managers. The event will benefit all members of a project or organization in helping them become more productive, accountable and valuable contributors.
What are the topics from which to choose?
You can choose from over 18 topics and the list keeps growing. Click here for a description of each topic.
- Are You Too Soft?
- Dealing with Difficult People
- Building Your Self-Confidence
- Creating Client Satisfaction Surveys
- Effective Negotiations Skills
- Behaviors to Master When Dealing with Your Leaders
- Effective Time Management to Getting More Done Every Day
- Creating a Successful Mentoring Experience
- Top Mistakes in Conducting Lessons Learned
- Achieving the Elusive Work-Life Balance
- What Makes a Team Member Valuable?
- No-Nonsense Advice for What’s on Your Mind
- Escalate Is Not a Dirty Word
- Behaviors that Lead to Exceptional Performance
- How to Lead Successful Change Management
- Top Reasons Why Projects Fail and What You Can Do to Avoid Failure
- Self-Assessing and Improving Your Performance Maturity
- Introduction to Agile Scrum
- Disruptive Innovative Thinking and Why It’s Important to You and Your Company
What is the organization responsible for?
The organization:
- Decides the length of the event
- Decides the menu of topics to be presented
- Acquires a room to accommodate the number of attendees
- Provides a projection system and screen
- Provides a sound system which includes a lavaliere mic (for more than 50 attendees)
- Provides the appropriate number of flip charts
- Provides morning and afternoon refreshments and lunch (as appropriate)
What is Neal responsible for?
- Laptop to connect to projection system
- Handout materials for each session
- Evaluation forms (if not provided by the organization)
- Travel arrangements (working with the organization, as appropriate)
What is the limit for the number of attendees?
There is no limit other than the cap set by room size or the desires of the organization. Typically between 20 and 200 attendees participate.
How many PDUs can be earned?
Neal is a Registered Education Provider® with PMI®. Each full day earns an attendee 7 PDUs.
1-day PDUs (7.0): Technical (.75), Leadership (4.75), Strategic (1.5)
2-day PDUs (14.0): Technical (1.5), Leadership (9.5), Strategic (3.0)
How do I learn more, inquire about the costs or move forward with the Microlearning Medley?
You can contact Neal by email ([email protected]) or call him at 770-378-2980.
Registered Education Provider and PMI are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.