This is a preview of a UIE Virtual Seminar which will take place on February 3, 2011. You can purchase access to the seminar at http://www.uie.com/events/virtual_seminars/. You don't get a second chance to make a great first impression. Have your project kickoff meetings become stale, remote, or awkward conversations? After having one too many expensive and unproductive kickoffs, Happy Cog reinvented it's project definition process around full-day, interactive activities and collaborative design exercises. Kevin will answer the question “are meetings toxic?” and if so, why? Then he’ll explore approaches for identifying business strategy, company culture, and project risks before you even shake your client's hand for the first time, and walk you through the strategy behind Happy Cog's kickoff processes for clients like Zappos.com and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. You’ll leave this seminar having the tools to build dynamic kickoff meetings that are as actionable as they are enjoyable.

1. A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO
BETTER
PROJECT
KICKOFFS A UIE Virtual Seminar by
Kevin M. Hoffman

2. THE List item
UNIVERSE

3. THE DYNAMICS OF
GROUP
DECISION-MAKING

4. NEW DECISION
TOPIC POINT
THE DYNAMICS OF DECISION-MAKING

5. LEADER IDEA GROUP MEMBER IDEA
NEW DECISION
TOPIC POINT
A UTOPIAN DYNAMIC OF GROUP DECISION-MAKING

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THE ACTUAL DYNAMIC OF GROUP DECISION-MAKING

7. NEW DECISION
TOPIC POINT
THE ACTUAL DYNAMIC OF GROUP DECISION-MAKING

8. LEADER IDEA GROUP MEMBER IDEA
DIVERGENT CONVERGENT
THINKING THINKING
NEW DECISION
TOPIC POINT
THE ACTUAL DYNAMIC OF GROUP DECISION-MAKING

9. DIVERGENT CONVERGENT
THINKING THINKING
THE ACTUAL DYNAMIC OF GROUP DECISION-MAKING

10. DIVERGENT CONVERGENT
THINKING THINKING
‣ Generating a list of
ideas
‣ Free-flowing open
discussion
‣ Seeking diverse
points of view
‣ Suspending
judgement
THE ACTUAL DYNAMIC OF GROUP DECISION-MAKING

11. DIVERGENT CONVERGENT
THINKING THINKING
‣ Generating a list of ‣ Sorting ideas into
ideas categories
‣ Free-flowing open ‣ Summarizing key
discussion points
‣ Seeking diverse ‣ Coming to
points of view agreement
‣ Suspending ‣ Exercising
judgement judgment
THE ACTUAL DYNAMIC OF GROUP DECISION-MAKING

12. A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO
BETTER
PROJECT FEBRUARY 3
KICKOFFS 1:30 PM EST
A UIE Virtual Seminar by
Kevin M. Hoffman