Schedule at a Glance

Saturday, October 24, 2009

8:00–5:00 

Community Service Day
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8:00–5:00 

Winning Government Contracts and Grants Workshop
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7:30–8:00 

Registration
.

8:00–8:45 

2009–2010: The Year of Opportunity
New Orleans SBA Office
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8:45–9:45 

Keys to Successfully Accessing Government Opportunities
John W. Matthews, Executive Director, State of Louisiana Office of Small Business Services
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10:00–11:00 

Navigating the Internet to Find Opportunities
Marcia McDowell, Director of the South Mississippi Contract Procurement Center
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11:15–12:15 

Beyond the Basics: The Ins and Outs of Writing Government Proposals
Marcia McDowell, Director of the South Mississippi Contract Procurement Center
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12:15–1:15 

Lunch Session: The Value of Small Contracts: Don’t Step over a Dollar to Pick up a Dime!
Bob Brunett, Supplier Diversity Program Office, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

1:15–2:15 

Success Through Teaming: Partnering with Other Companies
Ludmilla Parnell, Director of Small Business Partnerships, General Dynamics Information Technology
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2:30–3:30 

Breaking the RFP Communication Barrier: How to Gain Access to Prime Contractors
Bob Brunett, Supplier Diversity Program Office, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
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3:45–5:00 

How to Increase Your Contract Win Rate: Q&A with Procurement and Government Contracting Experts
JoAnn Lawrence, Small Business Administration
Marcia McDowell, Director of the South Mississippi Contract Procurement Center
Ludmilla Parnell, Director of Small Business Partnerships, General Dynamics Information Technology
Bob Brunett, Supplier Diversity Program Office, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
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5:30– 

New Orleans Annual Halloween Parade
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Sunday, October 25, 2009

8:30–10:15

Welcome and
Keynote Address

10:30–11:45

SWAT: A Tactical Systems Approach to Designing Accomplishments  
Timothy Johnson
Carpe Factum

Introduction to Strategic Planning
Alexandra Piacenza Northcentral University

Managing Your Online Brand
Rahel Bailie
Intentional Design

Content Management:
No Mystery!
Mollye Barrett, ClearPath

Adobe AIR Help for Next- Generation Applications   
Dee Elling
Embarcadero Technologies

11:45–1:00

Lunch Keynote Address
Walter Viali, PMO To Go

1:00–2:15

New Paradigms in Project Mgmt.:
Release Your
Creative BIRD
Lisa DiTullio
Lisa DiTullio & Associates

Balanced Scorecard Methodology for Strategy Execution
Alexandra Piacenza Northcentral University

Marketing and Growing your Consulting Business in a Down Economy
Frank V. Payne, PMP
Wainscott Finch Associates

Formulating a Content Strategy
Rahel Bailie
Intentional Design

From Huge Wiki to Huge Help System: Mediawiki to H2 
Dee Elling
Embarcadero Technologies

2:15–2:30

Break

2:30–5:00
Hands-on Workshops

LEADing the Way to
Project Success
Lisa DiTullio
Lisa DiTullio & Associates

Using Riskonomics™ to Mitigate Risk and Increase Project Success
Frank V. Payne, PMP
Wainscott Finch Associates

Promoting Your Business one Tweet
at a Time: A Hands-on Twitter Workshop
Scott Abel
The Content Wrangler

Understanding and Leveraging the
Content Lifecycle
Mollye Barrett, ClearPath
Leigh White, Allscripts-Misys

Doc-To-Help 2009: Publishing in a Click
Nicky Bleiel
ComponentOne

5:00–6:30

Speaker Reception / Networking Event

Monday, October 26, 2009

Small Business
Forum
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Content Strategy
FForum
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9:00–10:15

How to Transform a Project Team’s Communications Model to Deliver Exceptional Customer Service
Darryl Moore, PMP
DynMcDermott

One Hat, Two Hats or Three... How many do you wear?    
Eugenia Schwalm, PMP
Lighthouse Consulting Partners

Throwing The Elephant: Zen and The Art of Managing Up
Emma Hamer
eHamer Associates

eBooks and the Future of Publishing  
Scott Abel
The Content Wrangler

Is XML Right for You?
Sarah O'Keefe Scriptorium Publishing Services, Inc.

10:15–10:30

Break

10:30–11:45

The Marriage
of PM and Marketing:
A Scientific Approach in a Creative Industry
Jennie Campbell
Meet Your Market

Are you a Right-Brain or Left-Brian Thinker?  Essential Aptitudes for the Digital Future
Eugenia Schwalm, PMP
Lighthouse Consulting Partners

Strategies for Corporate Career Advancement
Andrea Ames
IBM

Moving from Knowledge-Based Training to Competency-Based Training
Emma Hamer
eHamer Associates

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: Strategies for Integrating User-Generated Content
Sarah O'Keefe Scriptorium Publishing Services, Inc.

11:45–1:00

Lunch Keynote Address
Andrea Ames, IBM

1:00–2:15

The Marriage of PM and Marketing:
A Case Study
Jennie Campbell
Meet Your Market

Start Early and Plan for Success: Business Readiness for PMs and Technical Writers
Jamie Wagner & Darren Nerland, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Developing the Skills of Influence: Applying the Art of Motivation
Andrea Ames
IBM   

Developing Effective Training for Intangible Productss
Audrey Schmidt &
Aaron Hoge &
Rich Leazer
University of Michigan

Using HATs a Content Management System
Neil Perlin
Hyper/Word Services

2:15–2:30

Break

2:30–5:00
Hands-on Workshops

Planning, Optimizing, Baselining and Updating Projects using Primavera
Lee Pearson
PMOLink, LLC

Taming the Beast:
How to Identify,
Handle and Prevent
Office Politics   
Timothy Johnson,
Carpe Factum
Lisa DiTullio,
Lisa DiTullio & Associates

Creating a Professional
Online Portfolio
Mollye Barrett
ClearPath

Overcoming
Resistance to Change
Emma Hamer
E. Hamer Associates

Developing eLearning without ePain  
Audrey Schmidt,
Aaron Hoge, and
Rich Leazer
University of Michigan

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

PM and EVM Forum
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Documentation Manager
Forum
.

8:45–10:00

Learning the WHYs of the Project You’re Working on and WHY You Should Care
Christopher Reade
Carrollton Technology Partners

Critical Thinking Skills
for Conflict Resolution
Bonni Graham
Scantron

How to Save Big
Bucks on Translation Proejcts
Panel Discussion

10:15–11:30

Managing Management Changes
Jim Smith
Platform Computing

Expand Your Sphere of Influence: Lead an eDiscovery SWAT Team
Johnette Hassell, PhD
Electronic Evidence Retrieval

Designing and Implementing Embedded, Dynamic User Assistance
Nicky Bleiel
ComponentOne

From Rough Notes to
DITA Output in 75
Minutes or Less
Bernard Aschwanden
Publishing Smarter

11:30–12:30

Lunch Keynote Address
Robert A. Rowlette, Sr. Program Manager
Greater New Orleans Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS)
US Army Corps of Engineers

12:30–1:45

The People Side of
Change Management 
Will Lannes
University of New Orleans

The Difference Between Mgmt. and Leadership: How to Do More of the Latter and Have More Fun
Emma Hamer
eHamer Associates

Integrating Usability Testing into Your Product Development Lifecycle
Scott Butler
Ovo Studios

Management Challenges with DITA
Jim Smith,
Platform Computing
Vivian Aschwanden, CAPM
Platform Computing

1:45–2:00

Break

2:00–4:30
Hands-on Workshops

Microsoft Project,
Program and Portfolio Management Tools (continued)

PM, You’re Hired!
John Padgett
Definitive Business Solutions

Take Control of
Your Career!
Jack Molisani
ProSpring Staffing
Emma Hamer
eHamer Associates

Usability Testing and User-Centered Design Activities
Scott Butler
Ovo Studios

4:30–5:30

Closing Session