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This year's PDD focuses on innovative approaches to project management and will be featuring CBC's Terry O'Reilly and Betty Mutwiri (Top 100 Black Women to Watch in Canada) as keynote speakers, Our full-day event will champion lessons from other cultures, and unique sectors, and challenging situations. Whether you're an established project manager, a student, or someone eager to learn new skills, we invite you to attend our flagship event this fall!

PMI – PDD NOVEMBER 2023

Registration Last Date: November 7, 2023

Date: Thursday, November 9, 2023

Time:  7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Where: Delta Hotels by Marriott Saskatoon Downtown 405 20th St. East, Saskatoon, Canada

Agenda

7:30 - 8:00 - Registration 

8:00 - Breakfast and Introductions

8:30 - 10:00 – Betty Mutwiri

10:00 - 11:15 – Wan How                 

11:30 - 12:130 – Lunch and Headshots

12:30 - 1:45 – Terry O’Reilly

2:00 - 3:15 – Panel Discussion

3:30 - 4:30 – Project of the Year

Presentation Topics: 

Speaker 1 - Activate your Power Skills with Inclusive Leadership Skills 

Speaker 2 - JUMP THE FENCE: The Power of Counterintuitive Thinking 

Speaker 3 - Project Management with the Beatles. Based on the Get Back Documentary (2021) by Peter Jackson.

PMI Talent Triangle:  7 PDUs - Power skills(1.5), Business Acumen(2.5), Ways of Working(3.0) (For more info, visit PMI.org)

Speakers: 

1 - Betty Mutwiri

2 - Terry O’Reilly

3 - Wan How

Speakers Biographies:  

• Betty Mutwiri 

Betty specializes in Executive/Leadership Coaching, Coach Training, Change Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence and EDI. She is privileged to coach leaders in health, education and private industry nationally and internationally. Betty is a systems thinker and a change agent,

who leverages a strength-based approach to foster positive change. Her effectiveness as a leadership coach, consultant, trainer and international conference speaker is grounded in her lived experiences as a senior leader and organization effectiveness practitioner over the past two decades.

Betty has notable accomplishments that have positively influenced inclusive leadership across all sectors.

In 2012, as the Director of Learning and Leadership and Patient and Family Centered Care, she led the development of the Saskatchewan Leadership Program (SLP), a transformational leadership program for healthcare leaders across Saskatchewan. As the Director of HR Strategy Development at Saskatchewan Polytechnic, she led the design and implementation of EDI, Wellness and Leadership development strategies. As the inaugural Executive Director for Leadership Saskatoon, she left a legacy of a thriving multi-sector community leadership program. Betty's leadership impact has garnered recognition on local, national, and international levels. In 2021, she received the Don Ravis Leadership Saskatoon Alumni Award, a testament to her embodiment of inclusion, collaboration, lifelong learning and participation. In 2022 she was honored as one of Canada's

Top 100 Black Women to Watch. In 2023, she earned a nomination for the RBC Women of Influence Award and was distinguished as the Top Executive in Leadership Coaching by the International Association of Top Professionals ( IAOPT).

• Terry O’Reillly

Terry began his career as a copywriter at three of Toronto’s leading advertising agencies, where he won a few hundred awards for his creative work. In 1990, Terry co-founded Pirate Radio & Television with eight recording studios in Toronto and New York City, where he directed over 500 commercials a year. When Terry’s Not creative advertising, he’s talking about it as the host of the award-winning CBC Radio One/Sirius Satellite/WBEZ Chicago radio show, Under The Influence, with over one million listeners a week. His podcast has been downloaded over 35 million times. In remand as a keynote speaker, Terry delivers his brand of unique marketing insights to companies and organizations in all sectors. He has been given Lifetime Achievement Awards by the advertising industry and is the author of two best-selling books. Terry is the co-founder & creative director of the Apostrophe Podcast Company. He has a wonderful wife and three lovely daughters. Who likes some of this work.

• Wan How

Wan How is a career and project management coach specializing in helping project professionals advance their careers. In his project management career, Wan successfully rescued many troubled projects.

Presentation Overview:

• JUMP THE FENCE: The Power of Counterintuitive Thinking 

If you’ve ever marvelled at a brilliant solution, you’ll also marvel at the path that led to that solution. And in this pandemic era, we need smart business strategies more than ever. Join Terry O’Reilly as he explains how different businesses solve difficult problems with counterintuitive thinking. Learn how to look at a problem with fresh eyes, how to redefine the obstacle and when to benefit from going against conventional wisdom. Whether you’re marketing products or in the building industry, the key is to identify artificial boundaries that limit your thinking - and jump the fence. 

• Activate your Power Skills with Inclusive Leadership Skills 

In today's diverse and interconnected global landscape, the importance of inclusive leadership skills cannot be overstated. This session is designed to empower participants with the essential knowledge needed to cultivate environments of inclusivity, thereby unlocking the full potential of diverse teams. Moreover, the session will enable participants to become effective champions for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI), propelling these ideals forward in the systems they work in.

• Project Management with the Beatles. Based on the Get Back Documentary (2021) by Peter Jackson. 

Step into the world of musical legends and innovative project management in this captivating presentation that draws parallels between The Beatles' iconic albums and project management methodologies. We'll take an insightful journey through "The Beatles Documentary" by Peter Jackson, dissecting how the band's creative process mirrors two distinct project management styles: Agile and Waterfall.

Presentation Learning Objectives: After this session, our goal is for participants to:

• Challenge the unnecessary barriers that might be hindering their performance as project managers
• Identify their roles in fostering a thriving workplace, using empathy and cultural competence

Investment:

$360/member for all the sessions

$460/non-member for all the sessions

***Contact pdevents@pminorthsask.com for information on student rates

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