La Crosse PMI Chapter

Serving regions in Minnesota and Wisconsin including the cities of Rochester, Winona, La Crosse, Onalaska, Holmen and Arcadia.

2012 Events
 Date/Location  Speaker/Company  Topic  Photos/Slide show
       
 Feb 15, 2012  Daniel C. Mehls Challenges Associated with Construction of Target Field  
 Feb 13, 2012  Scott Wright Delivering Bad News to Project Stakeholders  
 Jan 16, 2012   Adrian Dingley Project Manager: Manager or Leader  Slides

 

2011 Events

Date/

Location

Speaker/Company Topic

Photos/

Slide show

Nov 16, 2011 Lani Wolff,Bill Wimsett, Dean Steffens  Starting a PMO in Media Support Slides
Nov 14, 2011

Steven W. Steele

Managing Risk on Complex Projects  
Oct 27, 2011 Living Case Tour Explore the Olmsted Medical Center’s newest addition  
Oct. 18, 2011 Jeff Russell Managing Conflicts for PM Slides
Sept 12, 2011 David Davis, PMP, PgMP Hitchhiker's Guide to PM Web Tools Slides
May 23, 2011 Sean Smith, Trane: La Crosse Evening Meeting Managing Culturally Diverse Teams Slides
May 19, 2011 Becky Schmieding/Mayo: Evening meeting in Rochester Dealing with the Opposite Sex  
April 20, 2011 Evening meeting in La Crosse. Joint meeting with the La Crosse ASHRAE chapter.  

April 20, 2011

Rochester

Breakfast meeting facilitated by Jim Strong Project Management in an Inmature project management environment

Slides

Brainstorm list

March 21, 2011

La Crosse

Dr. Rex Patton Risk Management and the PMBOK  

March 16, 2011

Rochester

Panel discussion including Terri Knudson, Deb Smith, Brian Boser, and Kay Wais.

Project Success Factors  

Feb 23, 2011
Rochester

(Afternoon Workshop)

(Evening Meeting)

Rick Brenner
Chaco Canyon Consulting

The Race to the South Pole: An Application of Agile Development

Slides


Announcements

Feb. 22
La Crosse
Rick Brenner
Chaco Canyon Consulting
The Race to the South Pole: An Application of Agile Development Slides

Jan. 19, 2011

Rochester

Dave Weber

RCTC

Complexity, Simplicity, and Strategic Thinking

Slides

Announcements

Jan. 18, 2011

La Crosse

Jon Callaway and Pete Holtz with ATC Lessons Learned in Gaining Public Support  

 

2010 Events
Date / Location Speaker - Company Topic Photos /
Slide Shows

Dec. 1, 2010

Rochester

Kim Savolainen

Transforming Healthcare: Project Management and Innovation. Slides 

Nov. 17, 2010

Rochester

Jai Kalsy, P.E. I-90 Mississippi River Bridge & Interchange Project

 Slides

Announcements

Nov. 3, 2010

La Crosse

Tina Severson Managing the Seven Stakeholders of Oktoberfest Announcements

Oct. 19, 2010

Rochester

Dr. Rex Patton Fit Risk Methodologies into the PMBOK

Slides

Announcements

Oct. 12, 2010

La Crosse

Cori Skolaski

PMI Business Announcements

Habitat for Humanity

Slides

Announcements 

Sept. 20, 2010

Rochester

Dr. Jerry Ellis Questions to Ask Slides

Sept. 14, 2010

La Crosse

Jack Sauls Uganda, Culture Slides and photos

May 18, 2010

Rochster

Deb Smith, Mayo Enterpise Portfolio Management Office Are we there yet?  Project estimating. Slides

April 14, 2010

Rochester

Linda Finley, Trisential The Business Architect Role Slides

April 13, 2010

La Crosse

Linda Finley, Trisential The Business Architect Role Slides
March 10, 2010 Bill Oaks, Beacon Consulting Services A Case Study in what is Necessary and Sufficient. Slides

March 3, 2010

Rochester

Terri Knudson, Director of EPMO, Mayo Clinic

What is a Project Manager?

Slides

Photos

Feb. 9, 2010

Winona

PMO Panel

Cancelled due to winter storm.

Project Management Offices (PMO) panel disccusion.  
Jan. 20, 2010 Rochester: Christian Milaster Project Clairvoyance

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Jan. 2010

La Crosse

Trane Project panel    

 

2009 Events Minimize

Date

Speaker - Company Topic Photos/
Slide shows

2009.05.19 and
2009.05.20

Andy Thomas

Managing Complex Projects

 

2009.09.1&2

Frank Saladis

PMP Prep Workshop

 

2009.05.19 and
2009.05.20

Mark Kozak-Holland

Lessons From History: Titanic Lessons for IT Projects

 

2009.04.07

Peter de Jaeger

All day seminar: Dealing with and Managing Organizational Change

 

2009.04.06

Peter de Jaeger

All day seminar: Problem Solving

 

2009.04.06 and
2009.04.07

Peter de Jaeger

Managing Bad Attitudes

 

2009.01.15

Leanne Hedberg Carlson

Appreciative Inquiry for Project Management

Presentation Handout

 

  
2008 Events Minimize

2008.11.12

Tony Munos, UW-Plattville

Recovering a Project

Presentation

2008.10.07

Ken Campbell, GoalTrain

L.E.A.D. with Integrity

 

2008.09.15

Steve Hegele, Hegele Academy

Burn Your Canoe

 

2008.08.13

Michael Vinje, trissential

Separation of Duties

Presentation

2008.05.06

Andy Crowe, Velociteach

More on Alpha Project Managers

 

2008.04.11

Rick Brenner, Chaco Canyon Consulting

Organizational Politics for People Who Hate Politics

Presentation

2008.04.10

Rick Brenner, Chaco Canyon Consulting

Managing Virtual Teams for Real Results

Presentation

2008.03.10

Ina Mutschelknaus (SAP)

Requirements: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Presentation    Supplement

2008.02.12

Laura Robinson, Systemation

Essentials of Business Analysis Seminar

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2008.02.11

Laura Robinson, Systemation

So, what exactly is a business analyst?

 

2008.01.15

Rich Petro, Strategy & Management-Innovations

Leadership

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2007 Events Minimize
2007.11.08 Nancy Olson, Organic Valley The Six Step Approach to Project Communications and Marketing View
2007.10.16 Steve Hegele, Hegele Academy Energizing Critical Relationships  
2007.10.15 Brian Grafsgaard, Quality Business Solutions An Overview of PMI’s New Program Management Professional (PgMPSM) Certification
2007.09.12 Steven L. Fahrenkrog, PMI Board of Director The Value of Project Management View
2007.06.05 Neal Whitten No-Nonsense Advice for Successful Projects  
2007.05.22 Tana Goertz So many people are forgettable - Be unforgettable

Annual Chapter Business Meeting

 

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2007.04.11 Herb Morgan Highway 52 Construction Project View
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2007.03.20 John Parshall ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) View
Feb 2007 PMI La Crosse presentation to La Crosse  Chamber of Commerce Project Management: A Proven Process for Sucess View
2007.02.13 Cindy Wright Planning a Multi-Specialty Medical Clinic: Start to Finish  
2007.01.18 Liz Daugherty Conducting No-Nonsense Post-Project Reviews View
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2006 Events Minimize
2006.12.07 Tom Rand La Crosse Community Non-Denominational Thanksgiving Dinner  
2006.12.04 and 2006.12.05 HABCO - La Crosse, WI Microsoft Project Seminar  
2006.11.07 Tom Mochal - TenStep A Tour of Worldwide Quality Management Practices View
2006.10.17 Andy Crowe - Velociteach Alpha Project Managers; What the Top 2% Know that You Don't View
2006.09.13 Timothy S. Kroecker, PhD - Cambria Consulting From Managing Projects to Leading Programs: Defining and Building Program Leaders View
2006.05.21 and 2006.05.22 Kay Wais - Successful Projects All Day Workshop
Basic Project Management Skills
 
2006.05.15 Kay Wais - Successful Projects Get motivated to improve your basic, personal project management skills  
2006.04.18 Dr. Ginger Levin, PMP - Consultant, Lecturer - UW Platteville Assuring Project and Organizational Success with Metrics-Based Management  
2006.03.21 Deb Rislow (Gundersen Lutheran), Paul Allen (Franciscan Skemp), Jack Kalander (Firstlogic), Sal Sorrentino (Trane-American Standard) Executive Forum on Project Management  
2006.02.06 Larry Pedrazoli, Business Recovery Analyst - Miller Brewing Company Business Continuity - Performing a risk assessment and business impact analysis  View
2006.01.13 Peter de Jager All Day Workshop
Rational Change Management - Without Hype and Myth
 
2006.01.12 Peter de Jager Rational Change Management - Without Hype and Myth  

 

  
2005 Events Minimize
2005.12.07 Patrick Stephens - UW La Crosse "LIGHT REFLECTIONS IF YOU'RE STILL PLUGGED IN"; The history, story, background, of the Midwest's largest lighting display - La Crosse Rotary Lights  
2005.11.16 Larry Boettger - Berbee, Madison WI Information Security Risk Management Strategies & Techniques View
2005.10.16 Jackie Ramin, PhD, PMP - Berbee Information Networks Balancing the Triple Constraints of a Project View
2005.09.22 Rich Larson - Watermark Learning Preparing for Six Sigma; Sharpen your Process Analysis Skills View 
2005.05.19 Kathy Schwalbem, Author, Consultant, and Associate Professor in the Department of Business Administration - Augsburg College The Value of Project Management and Use of Templates as a Tool View
2005.04.12 Ginger Levin, Project Manager Consultant/Trainer, Adjunct Professor - UW Platteville Five key people skills for project professionals View
2005.03.15 Pam Starcher, PMP - PMI La Crosse Chapter President ZIN OBELISK  
2005.02.15 Tony Tomanek, Owner and founder - Capstone Group “Why are they so Weird?”, a look at the Generation Gap" View
2005.01.11 Larry Pedrazoli - Gundersen Lutheran & Larry Boettger - Berbee, Madison WI Security and Disaster Recovery in HealthCare & Cyber Criminal methods and means of prevention

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2004 Events Minimize
2004.12.07 Pam Starcher, PMP - PMI La Crosse Chapter President Project Management Problem Brainstorming and Assistance  View
2004.11.09 Rosalie Hooper Thomas - Franciscan Spirituality Center Listening Skills  
2004.10.12 Ellen Sagalov, Development Group Manager - Firstlogic Virtual Project Management  
2004.09.14 Mary Poppendieck, President - Poppendieck LLC Lean Software Development  View
2004.05.11 Jerrilyn Hendrickson - Franciscan Skemp Healthcare Requests for Proposals (RFP’s)  
2004.04.08 Elizabeth Larson, PMP, Principal - Watermark Learning Why Understanding the Business Vision & Strategy is Critical to Project Success View 
2004.03.08 Panel Discussion Project Management with off shore team members  
2004.02.12 Jay McHenry, Physical Plant Director - Viterbo University Construction Project Management Case Study - Viterbo’s Reinhart Center for Ethics Building  
2004.01.13 Jeff Nielson, Senior Instructor - RMC Project Management Sleepless in Seattle  

 

  
2003 Events Minimize
2003.12.09 Open Forum Project Management problems  
2003.11.06 Lori Silverman, Owner - Partners for Progress Storytelling in Project Management  
2003.10.09 John Schlicter, MBA, Principal - OPM Experts PMI’s Organizational Maturity Model Program, or OPM3 View
2003.09.11 Janet Atkinson, Sr. Project Mgmt Consultant - American Family Insurance Alice in Projectland  
2003.09.11 Todd Trapini, E-Business/New Media Manager - Fastenal, Winona, MN. Ebusiness special interest group  

 

  
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