October 2010 Dinner Meeting

Written by Brad on 29 September 2010

Our first annual dinner meeting is scheduled October 19, 2010, at Bruno’s in downtown Springfield, Mo. Bruno’s address is 416 South Avenue, Springfield, MO. The meeting will start at 6:30 PM, but the doors open at 6:00 to give everyone a chance to “meet and greet” fellow attendees.

We’re pleased announce that the speaker for this month’s meeting is Mr. Chuck Tryon of Tryon and Associates. Chuck is a nationally recognized speaker in the subjects of knowledge management and project management. Chuck’s presentation “What’s So Modern about Project Management?” Below is more information about the presentation:

In What’s So MODERN About PROJECT MANAGEMENT, Chuck Tryon contrasts the assumptions of the Continuing Efforts and Single-Time Efforts. He also identifies some of the most critical issues Knowledge Age organizations must address. This material is based on over two decades of research, consulting and training with some of the largest organizations in the United States. The concepts presented are also applicable to any organization engaged in aggressive product development activities.

Pre-registration has closed for this event. You may contact info@pmiswmo.org if you plan to attend the meeting.

Remember, this will be a PDU event. Attendees will earn 1 PDU. Individuals involved in project management in all industries are welcome and encouraged to attend. You DO NOT have to be PMI certified or a PMI member to attend. Project Managers of all industries are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Here is some more information on our speaker Chuck Tryon:
Chuck Tryon is a nationally respected educator and popular symposium speaker. He founded Tryon and Associates in 1986 to provide seminar training and consulting that helps organizations and individuals develop predictable and repeatable approaches to modern knowledge management, project management and business requirements. The strategies presented in Mr. Tryon’s seminars are used by thousands of professionals in hundreds of organizations across the United States, Europe and Canada. His client list includes many top 100 companies.

Chuck has authored over a dozen seminars and is working on several new writing projects. Recently, Chuck created an innovative workshop titled Managing Organizational Knowledge: A Project Centric Approach to Knowledge Management. This seminar is the result of four years of intense research and study. This course offers several major innovations that are being hailed as management breakthroughs in preventing the loss of institutional knowledge.

Chuck serves as a co-chair and moderator for the annual Knowledge and Project Management Symposium (www.kipanet.org) that is held each August in Tulsa. His research into improving knowledge worker productivity is published in the 2010 book titled, “The Convergence of Knowledge Management and Project Management.”

Chuck is a frequent speaker for professional societies including Knowledge and Information Professionals Association (KIPA), Project Management Institute (PMI) and the International Association of Business Analysts (IIBA).

Chuck holds a masters degree in Knowledge Management from the University of Oklahoma and an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of Tulsa.

Chuck and his wife, Tresa, reside in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area. They have two grown daughters, Amanda and Casey and three wonderful grandchildren. For over 20 years, Chuck and Teresa taught Senior High and College Sunday School classes at different churches. Chuck is an advanced open water SCUBA diver with certification and experience in deep diving and wreck diving. He is also an active golfer.

For Chuck’s full bio or more information about Tryon and Associates, please visit http://www.tryonassoc.com

October Presentation

— Brad

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