<div class="separator" style="margin: 0in;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3MyjD6DWh7nQBd11CJ3Eg2-QS52-DfiP36QqhlfonkKkqUNN511a9o-lM6TwB-wY3e-4jqN26sd2WKU-4eX9Gn9B6uyXDGX-p_RUM92P8QSSU5IqWBK7rIPTWR6PIwraPMtER_w/s1600/Howard+Headshot+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3MyjD6DWh7nQBd11CJ3Eg2-QS52-DfiP36QqhlfonkKkqUNN511a9o-lM6TwB-wY3e-4jqN26sd2WKU-4eX9Gn9B6uyXDGX-p_RUM92P8QSSU5IqWBK7rIPTWR6PIwraPMtER_w/s200/Howard+Headshot+1.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></span></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">What: FREE PM Lessons Learned PM Best Practice conference call</span></span><br /> <div style="margin: 0in;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0in;"> <br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Topic: "<b>From the Dance Floor to the Raised Floor</b>"</span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0in;"> <br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Subtitle: "Project Management Secrets of a Ballroom Dance Instructor"</span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0in;"> <br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Who: Howard Smallowitz, PMP</span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">When: Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 9pm Eastern time</span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0in;"> <br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Where: Conference Dial-in: (641) 715-3640 Access Code: 142349#</span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> =======================</span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Presentation Materials</b>:</span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> The presentation materials will be available just prior to the call, click on the <a href="http://www.freescreensharing.com/meetings/418-251-588">presentation slides</a> link on our website to follow along with screen sharing<span style="font-family: inherit;">, o</span>r you can download the presentation files <a href="http://pmlessonslearned.blogspot.com/2009/01/presentations-and-files.html">here</a>.&nbsp;</span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> =======================</span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Abstract of the Presentation</b>:</span></span></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The popularity of television shows such as “Dancing with the Stars” and “So You Think You Can Dance?” has led to an explosion in the number of people wanting to learn how to dance. Presenter Howard Smallowitz knows this because, in addition to being an ITIL-certified systems engineer and a PMP-certified project manager for IBM, he is a professional dance instructor.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />At first glance, it would seem that these two jobs could not be more different. But hardly a day goes by that he doesn’t learn something from teaching people to dance that could help us all to be better project managers. Dancing is all about leading and following. The rules don't differ much whether you are on a dance floor or a raised floor. The skills dancers spend years cultivating to be better leaders apply directly to project leaders.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Some lessons are obvious:</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">• </span><span style="font-size: small;">Know, in advance, what you want.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">• </span><span style="font-size: small;">Communicate it unambiguously to your partners.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">• </span><span style="font-size: small;">Constantly refine your skills.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">• </span><span style="font-size: small;">Above all, if you're not having fun, it's time to change something.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Some lessons are not so obvious:</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">• </span><span style="font-size: small;">What's your number one job as a leader on the dance floor? (Hint: It’s not leading.).</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">• </span><span style="font-size: small;">Why it is not true that Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did backward in high heels, and what you can learn from it.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Howard will reveal these secrets and many more. So even if you believe you have two left feet, no rhythm, and you retired from dancing the moment you were done with your first dance at your wedding, Howard will show you lessons from the dance floor that will help you to be a better leader and project manager.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Session Objectives and Participant Benefits: At the end of this session, participants can expect to learn a great deal about how to get what they want from their personal and professional lives and, as on the dance floor, can expect to have a lot of fun while learning how to do it.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> Presenters Bio:</b></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Howard Smallowitz, PMP</span><span style="font-size: small;">^®, is an ITIL-certified and PMI-certified project manager. He is a widely published author and has had a variety of responsibilities in his 15 years with IBM. He has trained people world-wide on systems engineering tools and techniques. He currently is a first-line manager at IBM, overseeing a large group of IT architects implementing service management systems on to some of the world's largest strategic outsourcing accounts.</span></span><br /> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit us at pmlessonslearned.com</div>