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Professional Career-BuildingSeminars & Certifi catesSpring 2016

Project Management Certifi cate

Master’s Certifi cate in Project Management

Management Skills Certifi cate

Innovation Certifi cate

Entrepreneurship Certifi cate

Register Today! See pages 14-15 for details.

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• Fax 919.515.7614 • Complete and mail the enclosed registration form

For more information email us at [email protected]

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Project Management Institute, Inc.

NC State UniversityRaleigh, NC

Register for individual classes or earn your certifi cate by completing a series of classes!

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The Project Management Certifi cate Program will provide you with the essential skills you need to succeed at “hands-on” project management.

To earn your certifi cate, you must take fi ve courses in this series - three required courses and two electives.


Take your project management certifi cation to a new and higher level and earn your Master’s Certifi cate in Project Management. Once you have

completed the Project Management Certifi cate Program, you are eligible to work on the Master’s Certifi cate.

This certifi cate consists of one required course and two electives. The required course for the Master’s Certifi cate is Mastering Project Management.

If you have already taken this course as an elective for your Project Management Certifi cate, then all you need to do to earn your Master’s Certifi cate

in Project Management is complete any three additional electives.


Technically skilled individuals do not necessarily have the skill sets and training to be good managers. The reason is simple: technical work is about

dealing with things; managing is about dealing with people. In saying this, managing and leading are being included under one umbrella, even

though leadership is much more about interacting with people and managing is about budgets, plans, schedules, and so on. But even considering

managing to be more things-oriented than leadership, the truth is that many times we put people in managerial jobs and give them no management

training.

To earn your certifi cate, you must take four courses in this series - two required courses and two electives.


The NC State Innovation Certifi cate program has been developed to meet the immediate need of organizations of all kinds to be more innovative.

Whether your organization is involved in product development, research, or services such as health care and waste management -- all of us must fi nd

better ways to do everything we do!

This program offers four three-day seminars on various aspects of innovation. All courses teach methods that can be applied in any environment. To

earn your certifi cate, you must take three required courses and one elective.


A large majority of startup businesses fail. There are many reasons, but one of the major ones is that the individuals who start them don’t have any

training in how to determine the requirements of the market, reach the clients who want what they are offering, and manage the business itself.

Many of them start by developing a product that they believe is a good idea, then they try to fi nd people who will buy it. The problem is there may

be no one else in the world who wants the product; or if there is someone, the entrepreneur knows no way to reach them. This series is intended to

provide you with the hands-on methods you need to avoid all of these problems.

To earn your certifi cate, you must take four courses in this series - three required courses and one elective.

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Table of Contents

Case Studies in Project Management 5 E E

Design Thinking 5 R

Do It! Marketing™ 6 R

Essential Skills for Managers 6 R E

How to Be a Highly Effective Project Manager 7 E E E

How to Communicate, Infl uence, and

Negotiate in Project Management7 R R

Managing Capital Projects 8 E E

Mastering Project Management 8 E R

PMP and CAPM Examination Prep Course 9 E E

Practical Leadership Skills 9 E E E

Project Management: Tools • Principles •

Practices10 R E E E

Stimulating Creativity and Innovation:

Techniques for Managers of Departments,

Teams or Projects10 E E R R

Team-Based Project Management 11 R E

Technology Project Manager’s Group

Mentoring11 E E

Think Like a Genius 12 R

Using NLP to Achieve High Performance at

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Your Instructors Will Show YouHow You Can Make a Difference

Instruction Provided by The Lewis Institute, Inc.

The Lewis Institute has built a reputation for delivering practical, hands-on instruction that provides tools and techniques you can use immediately upon leaving the seminar to manage your own projects. The Lewis Institute insists that all of their instructors have real-world experience managing projects, so that they can go beyond the workbook content and answer your questions.

Dr. James P. Lewis has

15 years of industry experience as

an electrical engineer and project

manager, focusing on the design

and development of communication

equipment, and over 32 years of

experience teaching seminars. He has

been conducting seminars worldwide and has trained more

than 40,000 individuals since 1981. Widely recognized as

one of the top writers on the subject, Jim has published

ten books of his own and an 11th with co-author Bob

Wysocki. His Lewis Method® of managing projects has

been adopted by thousands of managers. Jim has a B.S. in

electrical engineering and a doctorate in psychology, both

from NC State University.

George Hollins, P.E., PMP, has

worked on individual projects ranging

in value from a few thousand dollars to

over $100 million, as well as programs

and portfolios valued at several

hundred million dollars, over his 25-year

career as a professional engineer. He

has developed and managed major capital programs and

has managed or overseen the management of software

implementations, process/quality improvement initiatives,

and feasibility/programming projects.

George earned his bachelor’s degrees in engineering

(Iowa State University) and business management

(Upper Iowa University) as well as a master’s degree in

organizational leadership (St. Ambrose University). He

is also a PMI-certifi ed Project Management Professional

with a certifi cate in project management from NC State

University.

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Case Studies in Project ManagementLearn from the Experience of Others

January 25 - March 4 OnlineMay 16 - June 24 Online

Why You Should Attend

The case study method has long been used in business schools to help students learn better ways of dealing with projects and organizational issues. This course draws on case studies from Harvard Business School to help you stay on top of the latest developments in the fi eld. (All of the case studies were developed during the past two years.)

How the Class Works

During this six-week class, you are expected to spend about one hour per week online reviewing lesson material and another two hours per week doing outside work, posting to discussion forums, and uploading assignments. During the fi rst fi ve weeks of this program, you will read one or two brief case studies each week, then post responses to questions to the online forum. In the fi nal week of the course, you will be asked to review all of the material you have read and write a summary of the key things you have learned. The forum discussions will be led by your instructor.

Design ThinkingApproach Problems with a Human-Centered Focus


Design thinking can be used to solve almost any kind of problem. The most important element of design thinking is that it focuses on client needs or requirements.

The process is simple: You ask and answer four questions: What is? What if? What wows? and What works? But it is the special ways in which these questions are answered that gives the approach its power.

Attend and Learn

• Ten essential tools to address the four questions and to navigate this pattern of divergent and convergent thinking--and how you can apply these tools to your own growth challenges

• How to use journey mapping to understand the client issues for which you are seeking solutions

• How to ignore some key constraints in order to identify a new set of possibilities

May 16 - June 24 Online


March 21 - April 29 Online


Nothing happens without marketing. Marketing is everything you do to develop a product or service that meets a need for a segment of the population, develop a relationship with members of that segment, and induce them to buy that product or service.

This seminar offers practical, step-by-step approaches that will prove benefi cial to marketers of almost any product or service.

Attend and Learn

• A phased approach to developing a relationship with your intended customers

• The six methods of infl uence to convince the client you have the solution to their problems

• Effective use of social media to help spread the word

• How to use services such as eLance.com and Freelancer.com to get low-cost help with your marketing efforts

Do It! Marketing™

Easy-to-Apply Actions for theBusy EntrepreneurBased on the best selling book by David Newman

Essential Skills for ManagersPerfect for Technologists and Scientists Making the Transition to Management

January 25 - March 4 OnlineMay 16 - June 24 Online


Transitioning to a leadership role can bring challenges and diffi culty if you are not prepared with the right skills. Learning the difference between managing people and managing work, knowing the critical differences between leadership and management, and discovering and developing your powerful management style are just a few of the skills that can assure your success as an effective professional manager.

Attend and Learn

• A comprehensive defi nition of the manager’s job

• Staffi ng your department

• Supervising people

• How to motivate almost anyone

• Managing confl ict

• Managing employee performance

• Promoting teamwork in your group

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How to Be a Highly Effective Project ManagerAchieve Your Business and Personal Goals Faster and with Less Effort!


Personal power is not given to you by yourposition in the organization—it is achievedby how you think, how you communicate,and how you behave.

In this high impact program, you will learn principles and practices that will not only make you an effective project manager, but will also make you a more effective individual in whatever you do whether on the job or in your personal life.

Attend and Learn

• Staying on track to achieve your goals in the face of change

• Reducing burnout, while increasing performance and job satisfaction for team members

• Developing a balanced approach to your life so that you tackle any task with calm assurance of a successful outcome

• Being more effective in dealing with your boss, co-workers, and other stakeholders

March 28-30 ClassroomMay 16 - June 24 Online

How to Communicate, Infl uence, and Negotiate in Project ManagementDevelop the People Skills to Get Results without Direct Authority

January 25-27 ClassroomMarch 21 - April 29 Online


This workshop will provide you with the critical companion skills in communication, infl uencing, and negotiating that complement the problem solving, goal setting, scheduling, tracking, and other technical skills needed by project managers for the administrative aspects of the job.

Attend and Learn

• Techniques to communicate effectively with anyone who might affect the success of your project

• Proven methods to infl uence the attitudes and performance of team members and stakeholders

• Negotiation skills to help you meet your project objectives

• How to understand and work with communication styles of others

• How to use active listening effectively

• How to read nonverbal communication


Not Offered Spring 2016

Managing Capital ProjectsMeet Critical Project Objectives by Producing Measurable Results


This seminar will show you how to maximize your return on investment; it will benefi t public and private owners and project managers who want to improve the delivery of capital projects. You will learn principles and techniques to help you create a predictable project management system for capital projects, where standard inputs produce predictable results.

Attend and Learn

• How to develop a communication plan that coordinates team member roles and keeps stakeholders informed

• How to select the appropriate professionals and specialists to help with the design and administration of the work

• An organizational methodology which will help to reduce stress and improve success

• How to effectively deal with confl ict

Mastering Project ManagementGo Beyond the Basics and Focus on the Job of Managing

March 21 - April 29 Online


Successful project management requirestechnical, process, and psychological skills.This workshop will show you how to bring these skill areas together to form the tools needed to successfully achieve project objectives.

Special attention will be given to help you be active instead of passive, take responsibility for the project, and take positive steps to keep it on track.

Attend and Learn

• Systems required to effectively manage projects

• Power and politics in projects

• Defi ning success and failure in projects

• Problem solving in projects

• Improving decisions in projects

• Improving your own performance

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PMP® and CAPM® Examination Prep CoursePrepare for Your PMP® and Get 18 of the 35 PDUs Needed to Sit for the Exam


This course will thoroughly prepare you to take the PMI PMP Certifi cation exam.

Much of this vital information is not included in the PMBOK® Guide! You will practice many of the skills and calculations that will likely be on the examination through interactive methods such as lecture, demonstration, worksheets, and practice exams. You will also experience a module on preparing for the PMP exam that gives test-taking hints.

Prerequisites

Project Management: Tools • Principles • Practices or equivalent

This course assumes you know the tools of project management already and need to refresh your memory and solidify your understanding of the PMBOK. Please be able to create a Work Breakdown Structure, create a Critical Path Schedule, and do Earned Value calculations before enrolling in this course.

Attend and Learn

• The project management context

• All project management processes (time, cost, quality, etc.)

• How to prepare for and take the examination

April 25-27 Classroom March 21- April 29 OnlineMay 9-11 Classroom

Practical Leadership SkillsLead People When Results Matter


Research has shown that successful leadersin all arenas exhibit remarkably consistentactions and behaviors, and that virtually anyone can adopt these practices to improve their leadership effectiveness.

This powerful course will provide you with a blueprint for becoming a successful leader, capable of motivating followers to achieve objectives.

Attend and Learn

• How personality traits of leaders and followers affect leadership processes.

• Case studies of leadership in action, in both business and non-business settings

• Proven leadership principles, with methods for understanding and adopting them

• Strategies for changing from the command- and-control role to that of facilitator

• Proven steps for building the personal credibility required for effective leadership


Project Management:Tools • Principles • PracticesLearn to Plan, Schedule, and Control Projects Successfully

March 21-23 Classroom May 16 - June 24 OnlineJune 15-17 Classroom


This workshop will provide you with proven tools and techniques used by world-class companies. With these methods, your projects will come in on time, on budget, and at the right level of performance.

Your instructor applies the latest methods of learning technology to accelerate your learning and increase your retention so you can apply these important tools. You’ll see how all techniques relate to each other during fi ve interactive exercises that simulate a project.

Attend and Learn

• How to master the concepts and methods needed to manage resources effi ciently to achieve project goals

• How to develop and coordinate the total project plan

• How to avoid the ten most common causes of project failure

• What you need for a viable project management system

• How to manage the project life cycle


While very few of us can be as visionary as the late Steve Jobs, creativity experts such as Michael Michalko and Roger von Oech have for many years effectively taught methods that can be used by anyone to generate cutting edge ideas.

You can learn and employ innovation methods in your own groups to develop innovative products, services, or processes that will put you well ahead of your competitors. This highly hands-on program is led by a highly successful, former engineer who has practiced what he preaches throughout a 15-year career in industry, followed by 30 years developing and delivering innovative training programs for over 40,000 individuals around the world.

Attend and Learn

• How to develop your personal creativity

• Linear techniques to generate ideas

• Intuitive techniques to generate ideas

• How to improve creativity in groups

Stimulating Creativity and Innovation:Techniques for Managers of Departments, Teams or Projects

March 21 - April 29 OnlineMay 2-4 Classroom

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Team-Based Project ManagementBecome More Effective in Dealing with the “People” Side of Projects


Through this seminar you will learn to manage and lead, to infl uence and motivate, and to work with team members to get the best possible performance from each individual. The job of the project manager is to integrate people with different knowledge and skills into a functionalteam, so that each can make a specifi c contribution. You must hone your interpersonal skills so that you can exercise infl uence, rather than power, to get things done and turn a project group into a winning project team.

You’ll return to work better equipped to bring out the best in those individuals on your team.

Attend and Learn

• How to clarify roles of team members so everyone knows exactly what they are supposed to be doing

• How to determine how to handle decisions in your team

• How to understand different personalities and how they best contribute to team performance

• How to build a climate to enhance innovation and promote acceptable risk-taking

• How to manage confl icts to promote creativity without having the confl icts become interpersonal

January 25 - March 4 OnlineFebruary 15-17 Classroom


This 12-week workshop will provide you with intensive coaching to help you strengthen and apply the tools, principles, and practices you have already learned.

Each week, you will have an assignment tocomplete which will be posted in the onlinecampus. The assignments will all be appliedto a real-world project.

Live group coaching sessions will meet online every four weeks. In-between the live sessions, you will correspond with your coach using email.

Attend and Learn

• Building a strong project team that can achieve project results in a highly effective manner

• Working closely with senior managers to gain support for your project.

• Greatly improved ability to deal with people -- including employees, stakeholders, clients, and other individuals important to project performance

• Highly focused understanding of own strengths and weaknesses with ability to leverage strengths and neutralize effect of weaknesses

January 25 - April 29 Online

Technology Project Manager’s Group Mentoring ProgramFor Technical Professionals Who Manage Projects


Think Like a GeniusLearn How People Like Leonardo da Vinci Approached Creative Thinking


In this seminar, you will examine the thinking of individuals such as Leonardo Da Vinci, Walt Disney, Einstein, Edward de Bono, and others. By understanding the processes and emulating the methods of these individuals, you can improve your creative thinking.

Attend and Learn

• How to adopt different thinking hats during the creative thinking process

• How Walt Disney adopted the role of critic, creator, and so on

• The basic approaches used by da Vinci when he was trying to understand something

• How to help your team members adopt these methods to engage in individual or group problem solving

January 25 - March 4 OnlineMay 16-18 Classroom


John Grinder and Richard Bandler published two books in 1975, entitled The Structure of Magic that introduced a discipline called Neuro-Linguistic Programming or NLP®. One of the key principles of NLP® is that what is possible for one person is possible for any other person, so long as there is no condition that prevents such performance. You can duplicate another’s performance by modeling their behavior.

This course will provide you with those toolsdeveloped by NLP® practitioners that can beapplied in the workplace to achieve higherperformance for yourself, and also enable you to guide members of your teams or departments to achieve higher performance.

Attend and Learn How to

• Use Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP®) methods to improve your thinking

• Set goals and actually achieve them

• Rid yourself of undesirable habits

• Develop a climate of trust

• Resolve confl ict

March 21 - April 29 OnlineJune 27-29 Classroom

Using NLP® to Achieve High Performanceat WorkEnhance Your Own Performance and That of Your Team

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If you would like to receive notices of upcoming free monthly lunchtime (Eastern) webcasts/webinars, please sign up for the Lewis Institute mailing list at tinyurl.com/3uxcjmk.

You can opt out at any time and you’re under no obligation to buy anything. Most of these one-hour programs provide a PDU for participating. The programs are not, however, exclusively for project managers—anyone who manages a team, department, or just wants to learn something to help with your own performance will benefi t.

You Need Money But Not a Job!Launch, Market, and Manage Your Professional Business

Free Webinars


Learn how to launch a new business and avoid the following pitfalls:

1. Insuffi cient market investigation/knowledge2. Business plan problems3. Too little fi nancing4. Bad location, Internet presence, and marketing5. Failure to respond to changing market conditions

This workshop will show you how to fi nd a need and then provide a solution or satisfaction of that need. The important point is that nothing happens without marketing—nothing! Marketing is not the same as sell; it is about developing a product that someone wants, building relationships with your prospective client group, supplying your product, and continuing to nurture and build relationships.

Attend and Learn

• Determine Who, then Why—and your What comes last

• 50 reasons people should buy from you

• How to build your marketing language bank

• Seven questions to identify your best buyers

• The only three problems you can solve-- people problems, process problems, and profi t problems

Not Offered Spring 2016


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Course & Fee Information$1,695 classroom course fee for the fi rst registration from your organization

$1,495 classroom course fee for each additional participant from the same organization

$1,495 online course fee

$2,990 online course fee applies to Technology Project Manager’s Group Mentoring Program only

$1,495 classroom/online course fee for government employees

Classroom Course Schedules & LocationCheck-in will take place from 8:00 - 8:30 a.m. on the fi rst day, with classes beginning promptly at 8:30 a.m. and ending no later than 4:30 p.m. each day. Luncheons and refreshment breaks are included in the registration fee. All classroom courses will take place in the McKimmon Center at 1101 Gorman Street on the NC State University campus in Raleigh, NC. You will receive your class confi rmation with our cancellation policy via email.

If you do not receive an email confi rmation from NC State University, please check your spam fi le, if you have one, or you may contact us at 919.515.2261 with any questions about your registration status.

Online CoursesAll of the online courses, except for Technology Project Manager’s Group Mentoring Program, are six weeks in length. You are expected to spend approximately one hour per week online reviewing lesson material and another two hours per week doing outside work, posting to discussion forums, and uploading assignments.

FREE Subscription!Be the fi rst to receive schedules of courses in YOUR area of interest.• Receive advance information on new courses.• Contribute your ideas for new seminars, conferences and workshops.• Get valuable insight on the latest issues in professional development and training.• To sign up, visit our website at go.ncsu.edu/opdenewsletter

Where to StayFor detailed lodging information please visit the McKimmon Center website at go.ncsu.edu/hotels.

Bring These Seminars On-SiteArrange to have any of these seminars presented at the location of your choice.

Benefi ts include• Custom-tailored instruction• Convenience• Substantial savings over public prices

Call Andy Billingsley at 919.513.5080 oremail [email protected] for more information.

Credits You Can EarnIndividuals satisfactorily completing a course will be eligible for Continuing Education Units (CEUs), Professional Development Hours (PDHs) for each day of instruction. For more information on these credits and how to obtain your record, please visit our website at ncsu.edu/opd or call 919.515.2261.

The Lewis Institute is a registered education provider with the Project Management Institute and provides PDUs for completion of these courses.

Persons with Special Dietary NeedsIf you have special dietary needs, please contact us at 919.515.2261 or [email protected] at least two weeks prior to the program.

Persons with DisabilitiesIf you desire assistive devices, services, or otheraccommodations to participate in these programs,please contact us at 919.515.2261 or [email protected] at least two weeks prior to the program.

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