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2020-11-25 08:00:00
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        • 2019 Recap
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WEDNESDAY
November 25, 2020
8:00 a.m. — 8:30 a.m.
Registration
Conference Check-In and Morning Networking

The virtual lobby will be open. Check-in early to get settled for LFC 2020. Meet and greet and network with speakers and other delegates. Get a chance to win a early bird prize.

Registration
8:30 a.m. — 8:55 a.m.
Reception
Opening and Welcome Remarks

Opening address and remarks by our special guests and officials.
Open Remarks by Sherrone Blake Lobban
Prayer by Astor Carlyle

Reception
Sherrone Blake LobbanSherrone-Lobban-Keynote-Speaker, Astor Carlylethumbnail_PHOTO-2020-11-06-13-24-29-blackwhite
8:55 a.m. — 9:55 a.m.
Keynote - 1 PDU Leadership
KNOW YOUR LEADERSHIP COMPASS – A ROADMAP TO LEAD WITH PASSION AND PURPOSE

Business leaders, managers, and directors may be brilliant leaders in one situation and do not have the same results in another. Management gurus agree: Anyone can lead, not everyone can be a successful leader. The previously embraced command-and-control techniques are increasingly ineffective. Today’s business environment demands leaders to be alert, agile, enterprising, and skilled in the art of diplomacy. As a leader, it’s imperative to articulate who you are, and what you stand for, and why you’re excited to lead your team.

Are these areas you feel you need to develop? Do you have a compass to guide you on the journey of leading through challenging times, your teams, stay flexible in dealing with them; try to respond to them in ways that address their needs and interests. “Developing your Leadership Compass” is a highly-interactive reflective process that sets a path to transformational leadership.

Outcomes:

  • Identify your leadership foundation
  • Understand value-based leadership and align your actions accordingly
  • Develop, communicate, and leading with a compelling vision
  • Learn how to lead others, build collaboration, teamwork, and trust
  • Regulate the organizational temperature so you and others are motivated to do their best

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Keynote - 1 PDU Leadership
Jimmy GodardJimmy-Godard-blackwhite
9: 55 a.m. — 10:40 a.m.
Session - 1 PDU Leadership
Don’t Adopt the Monkey: Leadership for you, your projects and your team

How do you develop an ability to lead from any position in an organization? How can you be more adept in influencing those over whom you have little or no authority? What are the key skills that are needed for a successful leader? How do you stand out as a successful leader? Knowing how to influence and lead others—often without direct authority—is critical in successfully managing projects. Most of us aren’t natural leaders, the good news is that leadership skills can be learnt. The best makes the journey from manager to leader using their innate talents, and through continuous learning and improvement. Don’t rely on the school of hard knocks, discover the secrets to exceptional leadership and the mistakes to avoid on your own road to success.

    • How to stand out as a successful and effective Project leader
    • How to align and remove obstacles for personal leadership development
    • Decode the leadership myths to identify what really matters and ensure that your leadership passes the test and stands out!
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    Session - 1 PDU Leadership
    Saby WaraichCopy-Saby-Waraich-scaled-blackwhite
    10:40 a.m. — 11:15 a.m.
    Networking
    Mid Morning Networking and Break

    Break | Official Booth Opening

    Networking
    11:15 a.m. — 11:55 a.m.
    Session - 1 PDU Strategy
    Strategic Organisational Change Recovery

    Abstract

    We all like to think our projects and change programmes are well planned and are destined for success when we start but so many business initiatives get into trouble at different stages of their implementation.

    Success is never guaranteed, even in safe and stable times, so how does a business overcome its challenges to delivery in such unprecedented times?

    This learning session looks at the key reasons behind project and change failure and how to address these early to minimize their impact. In addition, the session will demonstrate a bespoke Organisational Business Recovery Model that will assist the participants in assessing where they are, what direction they need to take, who should take the lead and when and where the recovery implementation needs to take place.

    This presentation will leave its participants with a hands-on method they can take away from the session and introduce into their organisation as and when Change Recovery is next needed, offering them greater confidence that their future business initiatives can be delivered with a higher degree of success.

    Learning Objectives

    At the end of the learning session, participants will be able to:
    · Understand the main causes of project and change initiative failure
    · Be able to evaluate and diagnose an at-risk business initiative
    · Implement a recovery initiative plan using the Organisational Business Recovery Model

    Session - 1 PDU Strategy
    Mark ReesonMark-Reeson-1-blackwhite
    11:55 a.m. — 12:30 p.m.
    Concurrent Sessions - Choose 1 PDU Technical, Leadership or Strategy
    Lunch Break & Speed Networking (NEW for 2020)

    Here is your chance to chat with mentors, speakers and other delegates. Our networking system will place you in random groups of 3-4 persons for 5 minutes max. You will be switched every 5 minutes. See how many persons you can meet in thirty minutes!

    Concurrent Sessions - Choose 1 PDU Technical, Leadership or Strategy
    12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m.
    Concurrent Sessions - Eat & Learn (choose 1 PDU Technical, Leadership or Strategy)
    Mentor Moments

    GRAB YOUR LUNCH – sessions start at 12:30 p.m
    Here is your chance to chat with mentors, speakers and other delegates. Make appointments to sit in on small group discussion with persons who will share personal information about their professional journey and / answer your professional development questions.
    Mentor Moment Table Discussion Topics:

    • Project Management
    • Free Flow
    • Leadership
    • Design Thinking
    • Agile
    Concurrent Sessions - Eat & Learn (choose 1 PDU Technical, Leadership or Strategy)
    Jason OrloskeJason Orlsoke-LFC-speaker, Dr. Sherone Smith-SanchezDr.sanchez-blackwhite, Bruce GayBruce-Gay_headshot_square-blackwhite, Jeffrey NielsenJ-nielsen-e1506366445610-blackwhite
    1:30 p.m. — 2:00 p.m.
    Networking
    Virtual Exhibit Hall | Networking

    Break

    Networking
    2:00 p.m. — 2:45 p.m.
    Session - 1 PDU Strategy
    Creating a Successful Project Environment

    Creating a Culture of Success is imperative for a successful project. Even if your company’s culture isn’t good, your project team’s culture can be.In this presentation, we’ll cover key elements including turning chaos into clarity, stakeholder engagement and management, team dynamics, and people vs. process. I’ll share mistakes and failures I’ve had along the way so you don’t make the same mistakes also!Outcomes

    • Engaging and managing stakeholders
    • Building solid team dynamics
    • Balancing people and processes
    • Identify your leadership foundation
    • Understand value-based leadership and align your actions accordingly
    • Develop, communicate, and leading with a compelling vision
    • Learn how to lead others, build collaboration, teamwork, and trust
    • Regulate the organizational temperature so you and others are motivated to do their best
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    Session - 1 PDU Strategy
    Jason OrloskeJason Orlsoke-LFC-speaker
    2:45 p.m. — 3:00 p.m.
    End of Day 1 Network
    Day 1 Closing Remarks & Exhibition Hall Activities
    End of Day 1 Network
    3:00 pm — 3:30 pm
    Networking
    Virtual Exhibit Hall | Networking

    Bonus points will be given to every attendee that visit all booths.

    Networking
    THURSDAY
    November 26, 2020
    8:30 a.m. — 8:50 a.m.
    Registration
    Conference Check-In and Morning Networking

    The virtual lobby will be open. Check-in early to get settled for LFC 2020. Meet and greet and network with speakers and other delegates. Get a chance to win a early bird prize.

    Registration
    8:50 a.m. — 9:00 a.m.
    Reception
    Welcome
    Reception
    Sherrone Blake LobbanSherrone-Lobban-Keynote-Speaker
    9:00 a.m. — 9:45 a.m.
    Session - 1 PDU Leadership
    Smart Leadership

    This presentation is aimed at helping leaders to reconfigure their understanding of the art of leadership. The same we talk about smart cities, smart phones and smart organizations, we have to examine the kind of leadership it will take to build and sustain strong systems in the 21st century. There are now digitized industries, automated work spaces and the internet of things. Ingleton proposes a model of leadership that is innovative and multi-faceted. She emphasizes that we have to shift the focus from the customer and the employees to the leader. She emphasizes the role of the leader in creating meaningful organizational change. She affirms that if we build the leadership, the leadership will fix the team and it will boomerang to the customer.

    More importantly, it highlights uncomfortable truths, often not discussed. Key among these are:allowing team members to shine, the vulnerabilities of leadership, putting team members first and focusing on their emotional well-being.

    Outcomes:

            • Why Smart Leadership
            • What is Smart Leadership
            • What do Smart Leaders do
            • How do we develop Smart Leaders

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    Session - 1 PDU Leadership
    Taneisha Ingletontaneisha-ingleton-LFC-speaker
    9:45 a.m. — 10:25 a.m.
    Session - 1 PDU Technical
    The Future of Learning

    Summary

    Although the global pandemic has been devastating for so many nations
    and citizens, it has accelerated the transition to the digital economy.
    More companies and organizations than ever before are quickly
    transitioning their employee and customer training and support programs
    to online solutions. They are quickly recognizing the benefits of being
    able to provide just-in-time training and support through digital
    solutions.

    In just 30 minutes, Janet Stewart, Canadian eLearning EXPERT and founder
    of WeLoveLearning will provide you with an understanding of the wide
    spectrum of choices when it comes to online learning. She will clarify
    the differences between Virtual Instructor-Led Training and
    Self-Directed online learning and help you know how and when to choose
    the path that’s right for your project.

    In this interactive session you will find out how eLearning supports the
    Sustainable Development Goals, as outlined by the United Nations and be
    exposed to a number of different examples of eLearning solutions,
    leaving you with visual reference points and the inspiration to include
    eLearning solutions as part of your project plans. This session includes
    a number of free resources so be sure to have your SmartPhone handy so
    that you can access them easily!

    Take-aways and Learnings

    * A visual understanding of the different types of solutions that are
    part of the eLearning spectrum
    * Understand the difference between Virtual Instructor-Led Training
    (VILT) and Self-Directed Online learning
    * Free access to online training resources and tools

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    Session - 1 PDU Technical
    Janet StewartJanet-Stewart-WBE-Certified-scaled-blackwhite
    10:25 a.m. — 11:00 a.m.
    Networking
    Mid Morning Networking and Break

    Break | Virtual Exhibit Hall Opens | Face to Face Networking

    Networking
    11:00 a.m. — 11:45 a.m.
    Session
    Let’s make you a rock star of Agile Engineering Principles

    Scrum is the popular Agile methodology as per the 13th annual state of the Agile report, with at least 72% of respondents practicing Scrum or some form of hybrid which incudes Scrum. Scrum however does not prescribe any engineering practices. It simply recommends, putting good engineering practices in place over time. Enter Xtreme Programming – XP, its key feature — emphasis on technical aspects of software development. XP helps in finding ways to write high-qualitative software quickly and being able to adapt to customers’ changing requirements.

    Learning Objectives:
    -Understand Agile Engineering principles in a fun way
    -Summarize how Agile Engineering principles can improve the quality attributes of the product
    -Evaluate and learn from presenters ( my) success and failure stories

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    Session
    Priya Patrapryap-blackwhite
    11:45 a.m. — 12:15 p.m.
    Lunch Break

    Grab Your Lunch & Chill to Smooth Music from the LFC DJ

    12:15 p.m. — 1:15 p.m.
    Concurrent Sessions - Eat & Learn (choose 1 PDU Technical, Leadership or Strategy)
    Mentor Moments and Lunch

    Continue Lunch – sessions start at 12:15
    Here is your chance to chat with mentors, speakers and other delegates. Make appointments to sit in on small group discussion with persons who will share personal information about their professional journey and / answer your professional development questions.
    Mentor Moment Table Discussion Topics:

    • Project Management
    • Free Flow
    • Risk Management
    • eLearning
    • Mental Toughness
    Concurrent Sessions - Eat & Learn (choose 1 PDU Technical, Leadership or Strategy)
    Janet StewartJanet-Stewart-WBE-Certified-scaled-blackwhite, John LobbanJohn-Lobban-LFCspeaker, Jeffrey NielsenJ-nielsen-e1506366445610-blackwhite, Sherrone Blake LobbanSherrone-Lobban-Keynote-Speaker
    1:15 p.m. — 2:00 p.m.
    Session - 1 PDU Technical
    Can Microsoft® Project Be Used for Agile Projects?

    In this webinar, we will explore the new Agile capabilities in the Microsoft® Project Online Desktop Client to manage sprints and Kanban boards. We will then illustrate Microsoft® Project Agile Scrum:
    • Views
    • Tables
    • Reports

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    Session - 1 PDU Technical
    Mario LandaDSCN2829-blackwhite
    2:00 p.m. — 2:30 p.m.
    Networking
    Virtual Exhibit Hall | Networking

    Attendee networking | Bonus points to be earned

    Networking
    2:30 p.m. — 3:00 p.m.
    Reception
    Closing Remarks: ELEVATE! YOUR PROGRESS DEPENDS ON YOU

    Closingnd remarks by our special guests and officials.
    Open Remarks by Rev. Astor Carlye : YOUR PROGRESS DEPENDS ON YOU

    Reception
    Sherrone Blake LobbanSherrone-Lobban-Keynote-Speaker, Astor Carlylethumbnail_PHOTO-2020-11-06-13-24-29-blackwhite
    3:00 p.m. — 3:15 p.m.
    End of Day 2 Network
    Day 2 Closing Remarks & Exhibition Hall Activities | Networking
    End of Day 2 Network
    FRIDAY - MASTER CLASS WORKSHOPS
    November 27, 2020
    9:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m.
    4 Leadership PDUs
    Disruptive Change & Agility

    In this world of constant evolution, we are seeing more and more changes disrupt the way we work and live. The world is unplanned, unpredictable, and undeniably different each and every moment. We are used to planned change events, structures feel comfortable, fated actions feel safe and play to our need for security.

    In 1987 the US military coined the term VUCA, an acronym for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity. All words associated with the experience of the inevitable in our life. Whether we accept the advancements of technology, the innovations of medicine, the reshaping of our communications or the desire to be the next social media hit, they are inescapable.

    We need to build our toolbox with behaviours, techniques, and true understanding to respond successfully to these disruptions in both our personal and professional life. We need to be flexible, responsive, nimble, quick-thinking, and prepared for the unexpected… we need to demonstrate agility!

    SESSION OBJECTIVES:

    1. Understand the world of VUCA and disruptive Change.
    2. Gain insight into the differences of doing and being agile.
    3. Develop your own roadmap to become more agile for now and the future.

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    4 Leadership PDUs
    Rich BatchelorHeadshot1-blackwhite
    1:30 p.m. — 5:30 p.m.
    4 Leadership PDUs
    Leadership in Uncertain Times

    Leaders face challenges, large or small, that set the tone for their entire organization. Few companies escaped the recent COVID-19 pandemic that has caused disruption and displaced businesses in many sectors at an unprecedented scale. These uncertain times are painful, devastating, and have tested many organizational leaderships. How leaders respond can make all the difference to future success. Throughout this presentation, you will have a unique opportunity to learn how to lead in uncertain times. Explore behaviors you should demonstrate, practices for acting despite uncertainty, and gain tools to exercise effective leadership both within organizations and society.

    Take-Away:

    1) Leading with moral narratives

    2) Acting purposefully

    3) Keeping the team focus

    4) Creating win-win solutions

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    4 Leadership PDUs
    Jimmy GodardJimmy-Godard-blackwhite
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