Time Management Lunch and Learn - Halifax

May 19, 2016 12:40 PM - 1:00 PM

Location: Dalhousie Engineering, Room MA121, 5269 Morris Street, Halifax

Date: Thursday, May 19th, 2016

Time: Lunch and Networking: 11:40 am -12:00 pm, Presentation: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Cost: Free (lunch – please advise of any special dietary requirements)

RSVP: Please use our Online Registration process to register by Tuesday, May 17th, 2016.

 

This event qualifies for 1 Professional Development Hour (PDH) for the Engineers Nova Scotia CPD program.

 

The Event: 

Managing Your Time (session presented by Think Business Training)

 

Overview:       This workshop helps you organize and prioritize for greater workplace efficiency. The workshop is full of ideas for organizing your work area and your paperwork and working on the “right” things. Get out of your mental rut.  Think new thoughts.  Discover new ways of doing things, and feel more in control of your life.

 

Learning Objectives:

  • Better organize the workspace and the paper for peak efficiency
  • Understand the importance of setting goals and developing strategies for achieving them.
  • Understand the importance of prioritizing work in order to meet deadlines
  • Take control of those things that would derail workplace productivity 

 

Outline:

 

Developing a Personal Productivity Philosophy

            Left Brain vs Right Brain

            Learning Styles Inventory

            Morning or Lark?

            Working on the right things

 

Learning to Plan

            The elements of planning

Using a planner properly

                        Scheduling activities

                        Turning To-do lists into action

Taking responsibility to make sure plans get implemented          

Setting SMART action goals

 

Organizing Your Work Area and Your Paperwork

            Organizing your work area

Organizing your filing system and keeping it organized

Working effectively with Technology

 

The how to of delegation in managing your time

Delegating for Greater Productivity

Steps in Delegation

 

Removing Obstacles

            Saying “No”

            Setting rituals

            The need for change and self-discipline

 

 

The Speaker:

Randy Ansems

Randy has a Bachelors of Business Administration from Acadia University in Wolfville, NS. Randy owns a number of companies in the IT sales and marketing world. ITO Computer Solutions and ITO International Training Organization (formerly Velsoft Interactive) and Bright Marketing and Design. Randy has a strong background in accounting (his university major) and has worked for one of the big 5 accounting firms in the CA program.

Randy was instrumental in growing Velsoft International a company that sold Courseware into over 150 countries worldwide. Velsoft maintained a who's-who of customers including Microsoft, Yale, Harvard, Princeton, the President's Office of the United States, the NFL, NASA and the UN.

An avid reader and golfer Randy worked with Michael E Gerber of the E-Myth fame to create a business plan and service offering that will provide the return on investment (ROI) and employee growth companies deserve when they train their people.