Virtual or dispersed Teams are everywhere – starting with your home office workers through to your sales team and offices in multiple locations and onwards to reach large global Teams.

Often Projects with dispersed teams struggle with delays or even sometimes completely fail. International investments are put at Risk due to intercultural issues or simply because the team members feel isolated and demotivated.

Peter Ivanov is an international Manager and Virtual Teams Expert. His method “The 10 Big Rocks” is proven in practice and has won multiple corporate awards. The method systematically shows how to lead virtual teams, save time and money and develop your organization for the future!”

“Virtual Power Teams” provides a mix of ‘proven in practice’ management methods and powerful and emotive leadership stories that raise incentive for top performance and successful large virtual team management in international organisations.

It outlines the 10 critical success factors for leading Virtual Teams based on the Award winning method: “The 10 Big Rocks”

About Peter Ivanov:

• Born in Gabrovo in Bulgaria 1970
• Senior Manager with 20 years international experience
• Has Led Virtual Teams – 100+ people in Western & Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Middle East and Africa
• Delivered 100+ Keynotes and talks in 18 countries
• Master of Science in Mathematics
• World Champion in Discus
• Charity – Supporter of Young Talent
• Lives with his 5 daughters and wife in Hamburg, Germany.
• Speaks 5 languages – English, German, Bulgarian, Russian, Hungarian

More Information: https://www.peter-ivanov.com/    LinkedIn

Micah Kāne will join for a discussion on how big change can happen when people connect authentically with one another, how to lean on yourself in times of turmoil, and why there’s always room for leaders.

About Micah Kāne:

Micah A. Kāne is the CEO and President of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation (HCF) – the state’s largest and oldest Foundation that works with individuals, families, foundations, government agencies, and organizations to transform lives and improve our communities.

Prior to taking on the role in July of 2017 as the third CEO & President in HCF’s 100-year history, Micah served as its President and Chief Operating Officer. He was responsible for leading the executive team and day-to-day operations. He also served as an HCF Board of Governor for eight years before joining HCF.

His previous work experience includes serving as Chief Operating Officer of Pacific Links International responsible for operations and acquisitions of all residential and resort development in Hawai‘i.  He was also the Chairman of the Hawaiian Homes Commission and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, a 200,000-acre native Hawaiian land trust. Micah also served as the Government Affairs Liaison for the Building Industry Association of Hawai‘i. He is raised in Hawai‘i and is a graduate of the Kamehameha Schools, Menlo College, and received his MBA from the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Over the years, Kāne has been recognized with various awards including the 2019 University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Shidler College of Business Hall of Honors award,  the Koa Anvil, Award of Excellence, the Salvation Army Partners in the Community Service Award, the Hawaiian Leader of the Year Award from the Ko‘olaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club, Ho‘oulu Leadership Award for Government, Menlo College Hall of Fame- Football Inductee, Environmental Council Award, Spirit of the Year Award from the Aloha United Way and the Housing Advocate of the Year Award from the Building Industry Association of Hawai‘i.

Micah currently serves as a Trustee for the Kamehameha Schools and is a corporate Board of Director with the Hawaiian Electric Industries.

With over 100 years of community service, the Hawai‘i Community Foundation (HCF) is the leading philanthropic institution in the state. HCF is a steward of more than 950 funds, including more than 280 scholarship funds, created by donors who desire to transform lives and improve communities. In 2019, HCF distributed more than $63 million in grants and contracts statewide, including more than $7 million in scholarships. HCF also serves as a resource on community issues and trends in the nonprofit sector.

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• Primary Take-Aways for Participants
  • Establish a system to overcome mental fatigue and ignite daily with passion and purpose.
  • Understand the importance of mindfulness and self-awareness to dominate problems as they come and own your productivity throughout the day.

The commitment to providing health care services in the "Smart Hospital" of the future starts with the design, construction, and implementation of these critical facilities. California Pacific Medical Center and Herrero/BOLDT general contractors partnered to deliver San Francisco the next generation of health care on schedule, on budget of $2.5B, and in scope of over 1M sq ft. Our Integrated Project Delivery Team approach is a collaboration of forerunners in innovative construction concepts, Earth-friendly efficient design and state-of-the-art medicine. Together, our goal was to deliver seismically safe and patient-centered medical facilities.

About Ray Ju:

Ray has been active in the Project Management Institute for over 30 years, certified as PMP #560, and served as the PMI San Francisco President. He has led high performance global teams from Silicon Valley, Siena and Shanghai in the health care, bio pharma, high tech, government, not for profit, finance, and telecom sectors.

He is an adjunct professor and on the Advisory Council at the University of California Berkeley Extension’s, Project Management program. As a life long learner, Ray holds Bachelors in Communication, dual Masters in Business and Leadership, certified as a Scrum Master, and licensed as a General Contractor.

So let's start with the good news; if you are human, you have biases.

They are the framework against which we make many of our decisions each day, from the mundane to the complex. But this is a double edged sword. Our cognitive biases can get us into a lot of trouble around the office (even if that office looks a lot like where you live right now) when we rely on them too much, or worse, allow them to run rampant through self-awareness (or lack thereof.) And that trouble often leads to poor decisions, which generally is bad for business.

But there is hope. By understanding some of the common cognitive biases, and recognizing them in our colleagues (and ourselves), we can mitigate their effects.

In "Overcoming Bias for Decision Making", we'll explore some of the common cognitive biases which impact our work and lives, and learn strategies for overcoming (or at least mitigating) their impact.

About Vincent Mirabelli:

The 4 Ps: Personal responsibility, plans, policies and partnerships, are what it will take to lead us through economic recovery.  Hear about the challenges and opportunities businesses face that provide hope and opportunities for our future.

About Sherry Menor-McNamara:

As head of the state’s largest organization serving business in Hawaii, Sherry Menor-McNamara is the youngest and first female President and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii in its 165 years history.

She has worked for a wide variety of companies, including ESPN Regional Sports, Sony Corporation, Estee Lauder, Elton John Production and the “60 Minutes” program, as well as for the Hawaii State Legislature, U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka and the Executive Office of the United States President.

Menor-McNamara serves on numerous boards including as trustee of Queen's Health Systems, Fujitsu's JAIMS Foundation, Center for Tomorrow's Leaders, Girl Scouts Hawaii, East-West Center Foundation and the FilCom Center.

She has JD and MBA degrees from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Los Angeles. Menor-McNamara also earned a certificate in Expanding Impact in Advocacy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Executive Education. 

7 years ago, a study of 300 colleges was conducted to determine who is teaching and preaching the latest best practices to drive innovative companies and solutions. Of those 300, only 6 had any class with the term “Innovation” in the title. Today, when you do a job search on LinkedIn for a Title, Skill, or Company with the term “Innovation” in it, you are swarmed with over 250,000 results. While the need for thinking innovatively and building and managing an innovation pipeline may not have been there 7 years ago, it has clearly arrived today. But, the question remains, where do you go to grow the skills necessary to drive innovative organizations?

This speech will focus on resources and training currently available for those looking to grow their skills and knowledge in the arena of Innovation and Innovation Management. It’ll touch on the new International Standard for Innovation Management (ISO 56000). It’ll touch on various certified training and the value those courses offer. And it’ll touch on some of the important concepts in Innovation Management that will feel so familiar to Project Managers, such as governing an innovation portfolio, driving a culture of innovation and innovative thinking, applying Agile methodologies to avoid continuing to fund bad ideas.

About Steve Palmer:

Steve Palmer is a co-founder with Ever Evolving, Inc. Since its founding, Ever Evolving has been at the forefront of the Innovation Management. It was selected as a delegate for the United Sates in developing the ISO 56000 Series of Standards on Innovation Management.  Ever Evolving provides certificate-based training, coaching, and consulting for individuals and organizations interested in adopting a repeatable and measurable approach to improving business practices, iterating on products and service offerings, and identifying and introducing new corporate revenue streams. As the co-chair of the Accreditation Committee for the International Association of Innovation Professionals, Mr. Palmer is driving a new appraisal process where organizations can measure their approach to Innovation Management directly against the ISO 56002 Standard for Innovation Management. He is a resident of Annapolis, MD, where he lives with his wife Erin and daughter Isla Mae.

More information:   LinkedIn     Twitter 

Discover new directions for new normals.

We are immersed in/emerging from an unprecedented situation we never dreamed possible - a global pandemic - COVID-19 or coronavirus. You want and need essential tools to navigate the rocky waters of working with your people gain. Everyone’s normal is new, and it’s not necessarily the same normal from person to person.

Now, more than ever, it is essential to lead the way with authenticity. We examine how to be genuine in a world that values ”not real” by using the C.A.R.E. model. What keeps us from being authentic in today’s world, and how do we solve it?

Reimagine what life and work look like as we emerge and engage with each other again. This program focuses on what you absolutely must have to move forward. We give you laser focus on how leaders and teams have to change, adjust, and adapt.

About Roger Wolkoff:

Roger is a motivational speaker who helps you step outside yourself so your teams, organizations, and communities become the ones people don't leave. He speaks about the power of connecting, gratitude, and appreciation. How does he do it? Roger’s programs are high content and motivational in style and tone. He delivers stories, ideas, and keys to unlock what’s already inside you. 

Roger’s core messages center around trust, communication, and emotional intelligence. He helps leaders and high-performing teams communicate with clarity, conviction, and positive intent. Roger is an expert in emotional intelligence, communication, and building positive relationships.

Roger lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with his wife, Anne. He loves to travel, bike, and read science fiction. He is a big fan of baseball, pinball, and all things Tesla.  

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Freelance consultant. Formerly Senior Foreign Service Officer, US Agency for International Development (USAID) portfolio, program & project manager, evaluator, trainer & advisor; US Defense Department management systems specialist; Asian Development Bank (ADB), World Bank & UNDP consultant. Col, USAFR (Retd). Doctor of Public Administration (DPA) monitoring & evaluation, George Mason University (GMU) Virginia; MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (Systems Analysis Fellow, Center for Advanced Engineering Study); MA & BA (Government & International Relations, University of Connecticut (UCONN). Project Management Professional (PMP®), member International Project Management Association (IPMA), & PMI®-Honolulu & Philippine Chapters.

Even in the midst of natural disasters, civil unrest over racial injustice, the health and economic crisis brought on by a global pandemic, Aloha Harvest continues to push forward and innovate. In fact, this little-known nonprofit has experienced unprecedented growth despite the challenges of 2020. This organization continues to explore and implement ways to create a more sustainable and resilient food system in Hawaii. Learn about their current efforts to support tens of thousands of households through  their `Ohana Pack program, how they are revamping their data systems through the `aiRescue project, and how their vision of creating a Food Resilience Hub and Disaster Preparedness Center is now starting to take shape.

About Phil Acosta:

Phil assumed the position as Executive Director of Aloha Harvest on Sep 2019 and has since modernized their fleet and doubled its staff. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic crisis, Phil has led the Aloha Harvest team to step up and meet the community’s growing need for food assistance, nearly tripling the volume of food that they redistribute throughout O’ahu, and quadrupling the organization’s operating budget. Prior to Aloha Harvest, Phil and his family started up their own nonprofit organization in Jan 2016, providing homeless services to under-resourced communities on the North Shore, Central and Leeward Oahu, serving as one of the founding Officers and Executives. He currently volunteers as the Governance Chair for the Waikiki Health Center Board of Directors.

In his previous lives, Phil managed several enterprise-level IT projects with the Hawaii State Department of Human Services, US Pacific Command, USARPAC 9^th Mission Command, and Island Pacific Academy. He was also as an educator for over 10 years, working with children from Pre-Kindergarten to 12^th grade. Phil and his wife Marissa are the proud parents of two 17-year old college students. Karissa is a Sophomore at the University of the Pacific and Brianna is a Freshman at the University of California Los Angeles.

Agile has moved from a silver bullet to becoming integrated into most project deliveries. As Disciplined Agile has become more recognized, this moves agile from a project concept to an enterprise-level approach to support Business Agility.

About Greta Blash:

Greta Blash has over 20 years of program/project management, business analysis and management experience with world-class organizations. 

Greta has published articles, blogs and project management and business analysis courses, to help individuals to increase their knowledge in the combined usages of various techniques and on how these techniques can be appropriately applied to ensure delivery of solutions that meet stakeholder expectations.

She was selected by PMI to be part of the review team for the PMBOK and Program Management Guide, as well as a SME for the BA Standard, Benefit Realization Practice Guide, The Standard for Earned Value Management and Estimating Practice Guide. She is a frequent presenter at Project Management, Business Analysis and Agile events. 

More Information: LinkedIn       Twitter 

What does the PM job market look like during COVID19 and moving forward? TEKsystems is the nation’s leading IT Services company. Hear the challenges and trends we’re hearing from our consultants and clients- both locally and nationwide.

About Kelsea Yamashita:

Sr. Technical Recruiter in the applications space, experienced and passionate about helping PMs land their next big step.

Looking for ways to create more interaction in your meetings? Unsure of how to transform exercises and discussions you used to perform in a live training into a virtual format? This session will provide you with an overview of how energize and engage participants in a virtual meetings and training.

During this interactive session we will explore:

• Virtual meeting icebreakers and energizers
• Ways to use online meeting platform tools like polls, chat, annotations and more to increase participant interaction
• Delivery techniques to add excitement into sessions

About Nelwyn Yee:

Nelwyn Yee is the owner and Director of Learning & Performance Improvement Solutions. LPI Solutions helps organizations develop custom learning material uniquely tailored to their needs and training in instructional design. LPI Solutions also specializes in knowledge transfer programs to ensure critical knowledge and skills of experienced individuals are retained in the organization.

Prior to starting LPI Solutions Nelwyn served as a Training Manager in hospitality, a Senior Learning Consultant in healthcare, and a Senior Instructional Designer in biotech. She also served as President and Board Advisor for the Hawaii Chapter of Association of Talent Development (ATD).

More Information: LinkedIn

Go beyond task management and learn how to identify what the right things to be doing are and explore why we don't always seem to do the right things, even if we might know what they are. Mastering this content should help attendees remove low return tasks from their plates, focus on getting the most important tasks done, and get more out of colleagues in supporting their work.

About Scot Kleinman:

Scot is the Associate Director of Development at Gemini Observatory, located in HIlo Hawaii, having been involved with instrumentation development there since 2007. Prior to coming to Gemini, Scot served as the instrument Division Chief for the Subaru telescope and previously lead nighttme operations for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, managed the Whole Earth Telescope as its Associate Director of Operations at Iowa State University, and spent some time on the daytime side of things at the Big Bear Solar Observatory. He received his Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Texas at Austin where he built an  instrument that now sits in a corner of his office, and completed an MBA from the University of Hawaii Shidler school of business.  He is a board member for the Whole Earth Telescope and his research interests include white dwarf stars and science from large scale surveys.  He maintains a somewhat dusty blog on astronomy management at http://www.astromanager.net/ and has developed a number of short courses on efficient work habits and leadership.   He has a 10 year-old daughter, a couple of German cars, some surfboards, a water ski, and a unicycle, each of which gets varied amounts of use.

More Information: http://www.astromanager.net/ 

As our project teams have been sent to work at home and teams become more distributed, it is more important than ever to maintain bonds between team members. Stephanie will share some team bonding ideas and activities that have worked in her organization, including an audience participation exercise, and is looking forward to hearing thoughts and ideas from her fellow PMI Honolulu members.

Note: Please bring a 8x11 blank sheet of paper for this workshop.

About Stephanie Lum:

Stephanie Lum is a Senior Process Analyst at Servco Pacific, Inc and has over fifteen years of business analysis and project management experience in business and non-profits with a focus on software selection, development and implementation, including related process improvement efforts. Stephanie is a Certified Scrum Master, Certified Agile Professional Product Owner and Certified Agile Professional Agile Trainer certifications in addition to her PMP, and has been instrumental in setting Servco on an agile path. 

About Delo Dayondon:

Delo Dayondon was born in Cebu City, Philippines and grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii. He's a multimedia creative, accomplished triathlete, and aspiring musician. His love for music stems from his childhood memories of waking up to his late father's weekend karaoke jam sessions and is inspired to continue his passion. He credits Curtis Kamiya Music, Miscellaneous Entertainment, Primaphonix Studio, and The WorkPlayers for supporting his musical journey.