When: Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Where:
Crowne Plaza Minneapolis Airport
3 Appletree Square
Bloomington, MN 55425
952.854.9000
To Register: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=226951
Or leave a voicemail at 651-779-9820 following the instructions. Please make sure that your member number is provided so you get charged member rates. Guests are welcome!
Registration closes Friday, February 10th at noon!
**IMPORTANT** Note: Please register before deadline to avoid a late fee and guarantee a meal. Only personal checks or cash will be accepted at the time of registration.
Cost
- $25 Members/ $35 Non-Members
- Late Registration/Walk-Ins: Add $5
- No Meal option available
Agenda
5:00 P.M. Registration & Networking
5:45 P.M. Welcome & Announcements
6:00 P.M. Dinner
6:30 P.M. Annual Business Meeting
6:55 P.M. Elizabeth Miller, Dale Carnegie Training
7:45 P.M. Dr. Robert Gee, The National Graduate School of Quality Management
8:55 P.M. Closing Notes & Speakers Gifts
Dale Carnegie Preview
Over 8 million business people around the world have turned to Dale Carnegie
Training to improve their confidence, develop effective leadership and
communications techniques, and build life-long skills that can be used in a variety
of business and personal situations.
With the changes and challenges we face in our roles, it is increasingly important
that we find ways to continually improve our relationships and the way we
communicate. This session will provide an opportunity to consider what skills are important for us to develop along with practical tools that we can use right away.
Specifically, we will:
Discuss the changes and challenges impacting us
Analyze the most profound influencers in our lives
Determine the skills we each want to be developing
Learn and practice tools to help us strengthen relationships
ROI and Quality Based Education: The Practical Answer in Today’s Economic Environment
Every company, every agency, every military service today confronts the same question: “How do we enhance customer satisfaction and increase our business while reducing costs.”
The answer is quality based education that demonstrably reduces, rework, eliminates defects—AND tracks and calculates real savings. Dr. Bob Gee’s overview includes 10 helpful, practical suggestions for making a “business case” which is credible, persuasive and has achieved results. The program is interactive, paints the big picture, and is practical. It includes a summary of how ASQ credits are recognized by institutions nation-wide.
About Our Speakers
Dr. Bob Gee has over thirty years’ hands-on experience developing quality systems for diverse applications in the manufacturing, aerospace, service and military sectors. He has won awards and recognition for design and implementation of quality-based education programs which develop practical, managerial, and operational abilities in the United States, Canada, Europe, and third world. His emphasis is on demonstrating that quality-based education produces useful skill enhancement for employees and ROI for sponsors. Past clients include United Technologies, Government of Canada and Asian World Bank. Dr. Gee was educated at the University of Ottawa (Canada) and Harvard University.
Dr. Gee is the President and Founder of The National Graduate School of Quality Management (NGS). NGS is nation’s sole higher education accredited institution whose programs all use quality as their foundation. All NGS Programs replace traditional thesis or dissertation with a work-related project and recognize ASQ experience toward advanced standing. NGS offers six sigma certificates (since 1995), and Bachelor’s Completion, Master’s and doctorates (DBA) in Quality Systems Management.
Dr. Bob Gee is a long-time ASQ member and previously served on the ASQ Board of Directors.
Elizabeth Miller is a Client Development Associate at Dale Carnegie Training in Minnesota. Currently responsible for public enrollment courses, Elizabeth also manages Dale Carnegie Minnesota’s virtual voice and social media strategy.
Elizabeth came to Dale Carnegie in the summer of 2011 after receiving a dual-degree in English and Philosophy at Boston College. When she wasn’t working on her thesis, Elizabeth spent her time involved with the Quality of Student Life Committee and volunteered in the Student Admissions Department.
Having relocated from Boston, Elizabeth is exploring all that the Twin Cities have to offer by becoming involved in local associations, specifically those targeted at her interest in young professional development and emerging leaders. In her free time, Elizabeth gives back by volunteering as a meal deliverer at Open Arms of Minnesota. When she’s not helping young professionals or feeding the hungry, Elizabeth can often be found singing along to the latest Top 40 hit in spin class or connecting with her introspective side at yoga. One of her greatest passions is travel, and she is constantly planning her next adventure.
Meeting Location & Directions
Crowne Plaza Minneapolis Airport
3 Appletree Square
Bloomington, MN 55425
952.854.9000
From the North:
Take 35 W South To I-494, Go East On I-494 To 34th Ave Exit 1b, Turn Right On 34th Ave 1 Block to American Blvd. Turn Left – Hotel Entrance On Right.
From the South:
Take 35 W North To I-494, Go East On I-494 To 34th Ave. Exit 1b, Turn Right On 34th Avenue. 1 Block To American Blvd. Turn Left – Hotel Entrance On Right.
From the East:
Follow I-494 West To 34th Ave. Exit 1b, Turn Left On 34th Ave., Go 2 Blocks To American Blvd. Turn Left – Hotel Entrance On Right
From the West:
Follow I-494 East To 34th Ave. Exit 1b, Turn Right On 34th Ave., Go 1 Block to American Blvd. – Turn Left – Hotel Entrance On Right