Dates and Location:
May 15 & 16, 2014
(Thursday and Friday)

SAIT (South Alberta Institute of Technology)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Who should attend:
This course is designed for scientists and engineers who manage environmental and engineering projects.

Continuing Education Information:

• 1.6 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
  (16.0 Professional Development Hours)

Managing multidisciplinary staff and coordinating field, laboratory, and computer analysis places unique demands on project managers for environmental and engineering projects.

Despite meeting schedule and budget, you probably feel pressure from management to get more from yourself and your team. Next, you're likely encouraged to be more successful in developing client relationships and achieve better profit margins. How can you quickly gain new skills to authentically achieve this?

We can help! We have designed a specific training course for environmental and engineering project managers that will enable you to learn - and practice - new project management skills designed to empower you and your team with a positive synergy and financial success & every time!

You'll gain a crystal clear understanding of successful project outcomes and effective team culture. Discover the consequences of simply assigning a task versus providing the necessary material so that that the delegee can complete the task and know what is expected along with how it is to be presented and achieve the project objective - and want to do it every time!

You'll discover how your individual leadership style and personality can influence the project outcome and ultimately, the profit margin. We hope you can participate in this powerful experience and have fun along the way.

Understand Your Natural and Potential Management Skills:

• Learn and practice meaningful communication, motivation, delegation, and negotiation
• Understand how you, your team and your approach create positive or negative synergy
• Recognize how you can manage your greatest unknown variable ~ people ~ the asset that has the most potential for problems and solutions
• Differentiate yourself by gaining a new perspective on need-based project management
• Learn what it means to lead through experience, inspiration, or communication

Enhance Team Dynamics:

• Build a culture that nurtures success and builds client relationships
• Develop teams that achieve technical and financial success, every time
• Learn the art of effective delegation
• Retain your staff and manage yourself when work overloading becomes common
• Incorporate your QA/QC process so it becomes part of the natural project procedures

Improve Your Personal and Project Performance:

• Implement practical and powerful field and project management tools that make achieving the project's scope, schedule, and budget easy
• Differentiate risk from the perspective of the project manager vs. the company
• Design projects that are cognizant of your client's corporate culture
• Succeed by achieving new levels of personal, technical, and financial results

Register Now gain an understanding of strategies and techniques developed by experienced field and project managers for successfully managing environmental and engineering projects.

Registration Information:
Advanced registration is necessary for participation in this limited-enrollment short course. Pre-registration is required to reserve space and receive course materials. A minimum of 25 people must be registered at the early registration deadline to conduct any short course (this course normally reaches maximum capacity). Visitors will not be permitted to participate during the field workshops or enter the workshop areas. If you require special arrangements for diet, equipment, or handicap facilities, please indicate when registering for the course.

What you will receive:

• 16.0 contact hours of instruction and a course completion certificate showing 1.6 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
  
• 3 month complimentary membership in the Truby Achievement Club
  
• DVD by Bill Truby about "Personality Traits" teaching how connecting to different personalities applies to you at work and home
  

Cancellations:
Cancellations may be made up to two weeks before the course, however, 25 percent of the course fee will be charged. No refunds. One substitute is permitted for each registration who is unable to attend. Cancellations made after two weeks before the course will be charged $500.

Rate:
Early Bird (before April 1): $399 (USD)

Group Rate: $370 per person (USD)

Register Now: $680.00 (USD)
After May 9, 2014: $990.00 (USD)

Group Rate (more then 8 people) by 9 May 2014

Government discounts available, please inquire at 763.607.0092. Student discounts are available for students with full-time enrollment verification.

• Bill Truby M.A. MFCC,
  Truby Achievement Center
  
  
• Joanne Truby,
  Truby Achievement Center
  
  
• Dan Kelleher, PG, CIPM,
  Midwest GeoSciences Group
  
  
• Lori Peters
  
  

• Everything I learned in this class will be beneficial to me personally, my co-workers, my company, my clients and my projects. I highly recommend this course to any project manager.
  - Karen Kajenke, Environmental Assessment & Remediation, Inc.
  
  
• I gained new insights about project management and human interaction that I can apply immediately to all aspects of work. I recommend this course for anyone involved in project work - large or small, project managers today or in the future.
  - Dan Weber, P.G., Errol L. Montgomery & Associates, Inc.
  
  
• The course was an incredible experience. It was the best professional training course I have ever attended. I highly recommend this (course) to everyone, in any profession, at any level of responsibility. The course provides critical tools for managing a high performing team, while providing insight to manage your own personal life from a position of strength and self-control.
  - Matthew Damos, Sonoma County Water District
  
  
• I liked the common sense approach to accountability problems and systems of delegation. I will put both of these to use immediately.
  - Paul White, Brickhouse Environmental
  
  
• The communication tools apply to all fields and make project tasks easier.
  - Rachael Berthiame, V3 Consultants
  
  
• Everything the instructors presented was very valuable. I am absolutely ready to implement these (new skills) into practice. I strongly recommend this course! Keep up the good work!
  - Prasad Shetty, ERM, Inc.
  
  
• This course provides the ability and confidence to create and lead a high performance team. Clients benefit most when their consultants are performing at a higher level of achievement.
  - Phil Doyle, Groundwater and Environmental Services, Inc.
  
  
• I enjoyed the teamwork exercises and look forward to using them at work and on projects.
  - Al Yates, Brickhouse Environmental
  
  

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SAIT
(South Alberta Institute of Technology)
The Tower
The Tower Board Room and Conference Facility
22nd Floor
151 Dr. Carpenter circle NW
Calgary, Alberta T2M 3G1


Parking:
Campus Parking Lot "P5"
Located adjacent and East of The Tower


Accommodations:
Accommodations are available in The Tower
(How easy is that?)
Single Studio Guestroom: Approximately $115.00
Double Guestroom: Approximately $130


Reservations at The Tower:
http://stayatsait.com

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OFF CAMPUS ACCOMMODATIONS:

HOLIDAY INN AND SUITES
(this newly-built hotel is scheduled to open in April 20, 2014)
2373 Banff Trail North West
Calgary, AB. T2M3Y7
Phone: 587.390.6100
http://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/calgary/yycbt/hoteldetail

RATE: $169.99 CAD / night

GROUP CODE: MIDWEST GEOSCIENCES GROUP
•Free Internet
•Hot Breakfast Included
•Room rates are quoted exclusive of local taxes and fees and assessments, currently 5% GST and 4% Alberta Tourism Levy 1% Calgary Tourism Fee
•Quoted rates will be available two days before and after the specific course dates.
•Quoted rates will be available until April 14, 2014 and will have a 72 hour cancelation policy (3 Business Days).

BEST WESTERN VILLAGE PARK INN
1804 Crowchild Trail NW
Calgary, AB. T2M3Y7
Phone: 403.289.0241
Toll-Free 1.888.774.7716
http://www.villageparkinn.com

RATE: $139.99 CAD / night

GROUP CODE: MIDWEST GEOSCIENCES GROUP

•Hot Breakfast Included
•Room rates are quoted exclusive of local taxes and fees and assessments, currently 5% GST and 4% Alberta Tourism Levy 1% Calgary Tourism Fee
•Quoted rates will be available one day before and after the specific course dates.
•Quoted rates will be available until April 14, 2014 and will have a 24 hour cancelation policy (1 Business Day).