Session Name/Speaker Learning Objectives My Goal/Objective Cassie Solomon Principal, The Coxe Group “Don’t Catch the Knife When It’s Falling – Tools for the Indispensable” Predictable Growth Stages for Firms Determine Tendencies to Over-Function RACI Project Management Tool David Singer Singer Nelson Charlmers Keynote Speaker Practical ways to be happier and healthier Implementation strategies for workplace and personal life Learn to make real, positive, lasting changes
Workshop Facilitator: Sarah Wallace, CDFA, LEED-AP Stevens & Wilkinson "Visionary Leaders Workshop" CDFA and You! SWOT Analysis Shared Vision for Organizational Development “As A” Methodology Mary Roskilly, AIA Tuck-Hinton Architects "Design of the Nashville Music City Center" Identify features incorporated in design of Music City Center Understand complexities and dynamics of design team structure Identify sustainable strategies used in design
June Jewell, CPA Acuity Business Solutions “Find the Lost Dollars” Understand impact of firm culture on project profitability Evaluate key metrics Improve 9 areas to impact Win Rate, Utilization & Project Profit Margin Nancy Egan New Voodou “Firm Culture: A Critical Component of a Successful Practice & What You Can do to Nurture It” Identify key components of firm culture Assess health of firm culture What you can do to encourage an authentic, empowering and successful environment
Robert Herrmann Menaker & Herrmann, LLP “Managing Risk When Negotiating an Agreement with Your Client” Contractual provisions to help manage risk Ways to provide construction phase services so as to limit risk Ways to work with consultants to limit risk Bob Stalilonis Deltek “Growth, Succession Planning and Financial Management Best Practices Understand common pitfalls of A/E financial management Impact of sound financial management on succession planning Impact of sound financial management on three issues that impact firm growth: Revenue recognition, project management & budgeting
Melissa Esquibel “E-Mail Time Wasters: Get Your Day Back!” Identify own time-wasting habits Develop plan to overcome habits including folders, rules and other useful tools Harry Falconer, Jr., AIA NCARB “Motivating Interns Toward Licensure” Overview of licensure path How to motivate interns The role of the supervisor Programs and process to when you return to the office
Maan Hashem, PMP, CAE American Institute of Architects “Top 10 Things to Know About the New, Cloud-Based AIA Contract Documents Online Service” Basics of online version of AIA Contract Documents Identify top 10 features of online version How to use each feature Tips and techniques to save time and keep projects organized Eliminate Excuses Holding You Back High Achievers Practice Proactive & Critical Thinking Lyndon Lorenz Perkins + Will “Video: Taking the A/E/C Presentation Beyond Boards and PowerPoint Promote your firm using video to create a narrative Use of original footage, public domain or Creative Common licensed sources for audio and visual
Michael Rankin E3 Financial Services "Healthcare Now: Five Critical Strategies to Managing Your Benefit Plans in a Post-Reform World" 3 unique strategies for dealing with costs of healthcare reform Measure ‘Minimum Essential Coverage’ as prescribed by the bill against A/E/C industry benchmarks Strategies for communicating to employees McCabe Jeff Todd a/e ProNet "Understanding Your Professional Liability Exposures" Contract clauses exposing insurability including standard of care, warranties and guarantees Who is responsible for change orders? Site safety obligations
Melissa Esquibel Melissa P. Esquibel, LLC Hands On Session "Microsoft Word – Tackling the Big Monster: Making Sense of Multiple Authors/Complex Content Documents" Styles Headers, Footers, Sections Table of Contents Cover Pages Design Elements Master Documents Melissa Esquibel Melissa P. Esquibel, LLC Hands On Session Microsoft Excel – Data Scrubbing: Turning What You Get into Something You Can use Text-to-Columns Text Functions (LEFT, RIGHT, MID, LEN, FIND) Converting Multi-line data to single line records Converting text to numbers Special and Custom Number formats
Melissa Esquibel Melissa P. Esquibel, LLC On Session “Microsoft Power Point: Fast Tracking Presentations in Minutes, Not Days” 2 Outline to Presentation techniques Working with SmartArt & other graphical elements Animation Multimedia elements Organizing large decks __________________________________________________________ ______________________________________ Name Date