Project Management Institute Atlanta Chapter
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 Speaker Abstract and Bio

Project Team Meetings: Get More Done in Half the Time
How much would you pay for a magic pill that would enable you to get more work accomplished in your project team meetings in half the time? $100….$1,000….$1M? Whoever said "time is money" wasn't kidding, and it's amazing how often we fool ourselves into thinking we're really getting something accomplished in project meetings when we're oftentimes just skimming the surface or spinning around in circles. The hard reality is that most project managers (and team members) spend an inordinate amount of time in various project team meetings, and too often we leave them feeling that they spent too much time getting too little accomplished. The good news is that there are simple tips that we can each employ to dramatically reduce meeting time and boost meeting effectiveness. Beyond the obvious benefit of recouping valuable time for all team members, utilizing these tactics also produces the tangential benefit of enhanced team morale and project manager credibility.

Dana Brownlee founded Professionalism Matters, Inc. to bring exciting, results oriented professional development training and consulting services to the marketplace. Dana has consulted to Fortune 500 companies representing various industries including media and entertainment, telecommunications, non-profit, sports, e-business retail, and automotives. As a management consultant with both IBM Consulting and EMC Corporation, Dana provided expertise and operational results in the areas of business process reengineering, organizational development, workflow analysis and redesign, quality standards development, meeting facilitation, team building, and business strategy development for numerous external clients. Prior to her career as a management consultant, Dana was a manager with AT&T focused primarily on helping engineering organizations improve their processes and develop business metrics.

A seasoned corporate trainer and consultant, Dana has developed and delivered many professional development courses including the following:

  • Making Meetings Work
  • Facilitation Skills for Managers and Team Leaders
  • Creative Problem Solving
  • Building Effective Teams
  • Communicating for Success
  • Fundamentals of Project Management
  • Introduction to Business Analysis
  • Secrets of the Superstar Professional
  • Leadership Skills (for the supervisor and non-supervisor)
  • Embracing Change with Confidence

 

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