The Project Management Institute of Tallahassee, Florida

Dinner Event August 3, 2009

Rick A. Morris, PMP presents

 

'Making Emotional Conversations Unemotional'

 

 

 

 

Rick Morris will be delivering a presentation on defusing emotionally charged conversations

Program:

Project managers are routinely faced with dilemmas.  Dilemmas such as sponsors mandating unreachable dates, teams unable to give reliable estimates, changing priorities and scope, and a myriad of other issues.  The reactions to these issues generally range from utter frustration to apathy.  The reactions then lead to emotional conversations such as "We can't possibly do this by then!" or "The Sponsor doesn't understand!" 

Rick will teach from his personal experience how to take these emotionally-charged situations and turn them into unemotional conversations.  This will not be the latest fad or psychology, but a simple, time-tested, experience-based method to communicate with the entire project team - from stakeholders to team members.  Rick will share techniques on how to deal with mandated dates to the extremely intense post negotiation of a project gone wrong.  The techniques will be applicable for everyone; from internal project managers to consultants, and all those in between. 

How to turn emotional conversations into unemotional conversations has been what Rick feels is his personal key to his success!

The evening's Dinner will include:

 

SALAD: 

Clubhouse Salad - Mixed Field Greens w/ Plum Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Spiced Pecans, & Radish Sprouts served with raspberry vinaigrette

ENTRÉE: 

Beef Option:

Pan-seared Mediterranean Chicken on spinach and orzo pasta with a ragu of vegetables

 

Vegetarian Option:

Chef's choice

BREAD & BEVERAGES:

Freshly Baked Breads and Butter Rosettes

Ice Tea, Freshly Brewed Coffee, Decaffeinated Coffee and Selection of Hot Teas

DESSERT: 

Baklava

 

For the epicuriously-challenged:

ragu
[ra-GOO, rah-GOO]
A staple of northern Italy's Bologna, ragu is a meat sauce that is typically served with pasta. Though different than the French RAGOUT, both are derived from the verb ragoûter , which means "to stimulate the appetite." Ragu usually contains ground beef, tomatoes, onions, celery, carrots, white wine and seasonings.

 
About the Speaker:         

  • Rick A. Morris, PMP, ITIL Practitioner, consultant, author, mentor, and creator of a non-profit foundation to promote Project Management in charities and other non-profits.

  • He has earned an MPM (Masters of Project Management) and Six Sigma Green Belt as well as MCTS, MCSE, TQM, ATM-S, ITIL, and ISO certifications.

  • Rick is the President of Highmark Technology in Birmingham, Alabama.

  • Rick is the President of the Birmingham Alabama PMI Chapter.

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