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Upcoming May 2008 Webinars!

CSI Webinar: Finding an Extra Hour Every Day

Time Management Tips and Tricks for Busy Managers & Leaders

May 13, 2008

 

Speaker: Randy Dean, Randall Dean Consulting & Training, LLC

 

In this program, you’ll learn strategies for better managing your projects and tasks, and dealing with those dastardly interruptions. You’ll also learn key strategies for mitigating calendar overload and over-scheduling and how to save time in meetings, in your daily interactions with people, and when handling e-mail and information overload. You’ll also learn several cool PDA/planner tricks and strategies. You will even learn a way to shave some time (and a few strokes) off of your golf game (no kidding!).

CSI Webinar: Intelligent Document Workflows with Adobe Acrobat

May 15, 2008

 

Speaker: Jonathan Bowman, Business Development Manager, Adobe Systems, Inc.

 

Today’s architecture, engineering and construction companies require unique communication and collaboration solutions to overcome the challenges of delivering engineering services in a global marketplace while simultaneously addressing interoperability. To succeed in this fast-paced, highly competitive environment, AEC firms require an efficient way to exchange 2D design data, 3D models, specifications, contracts and other project information with team members and clients while protecting sensitive project information. See how today’s top AEC firms dramatically simplify communication using Adobe Acrobat.

CSI Webinar: Connection on the Job -- The Key to Your Success

May 20, 2008

 

Speaker: Flo Schell, EdM, Certified Business Coach featured in The Wall Street Journal and Success magazine for her "Relationship Approach" to business.

 

Have you ever been challenged by the personality style of a boss, a colleague, or a client? Of course you have, because we ALL have! Making good connections with the people we work with is easier said than done. We all have differing opinions, diverse ways of handling situations, and unique ways of thinking. And we all want OUR opinions to be heard, respected, and most of all, adopted. So where do we start? Join us for a fun and illuminating session…guaranteed to change the way you think about people on the job and in your life forever! Click here to learn more or register now for this webinar.

CSI Webinar: Insulation, The Forgotten Technology for Energy Conservation May 22, 2008

Speaker: Ron King's 45 year tenure in the industry has provided him insight and practical knowledge in the fragmented insulation and construction industry. He recently retired as the Chairman, President and CEO of one of the nation’s largest diverse insulation and specialty distributors. He is a past President of the National Insulation Association (NIA), the Southwest Insulation Contractors Association and the World Insulation and Acoustic Organization. He has been honored with “President’s Award” or three different occasions from two associations. He currently is a consultant to NIA.

The story of how mechanical insulation can improve your business and benefit the economy and the environment. You may think you have heard this story before, but now you can get the “rest of the story.” Did you know that insulation is applied but rarely engineered? Did you know that it is estimated that between 10% & 30% of all installed mechanical insulation is damaged or missing? This presentation provides evidence as to the “Power of Insulation” in the new construction, expansion and maintenance arenas when designed, installed and maintained properly, including an overview of some innovative initiatives and products - systems in the mechanical insulation industry – like nanotechnology and evolving web-based resources structured as a vertical portal to many aspects of the mechanical insulation industry.

CSI Webinar: Fundamentals of Sustainable Design
May 27, 2008

Speaker: Professor Chris Grech, CSI, RIBA, Master of Sustainable Design Program, The School of Architecture and Planning at The Catholic University of America

This webinar is intended for students and designers or construction industry professionals. As the first in a series of webinars by faculty from The Master of Sustainable Design Program at The Catholic University of America on the topic of Sustainable Design this session will cover some of the basic concepts behind the intentions of sustainable integrated practice with respect to the selection of construction materials. Consideration of the fundamental criteria determining material choices and how they may produce more sustainable buildings than the accumulation of ‘points’ in a rating system.

CSI Webinar: Software and Sustainability: Fueling Green Design with BIM
May 29, 2008

Speaker: Erin Rae Hoffer, CSI, AIA, LEED AP, Industrial Programs Manager - AEC, Autodesk Inc.

Aesthetic and cost imperatives can challenge the goals of sustainable, energy-efficient design. Building information modeling (BIM) is an innovative approach to design and construction which provides professionals with opportunities to gain a deeper understanding about sustainability trade-offs, leading to better decision-making throughout the process. This session will illuminate the link between BIM and Sustainable Design.

 

CSI Online Classroom

CSI’s Online Classroom offers a comprehensive, on-demand, multi-media distance learning program to construction industry professionals, including specifiers, engineers and architects. You can expect:

  • Self-study sessions that allow you to control your schedule
  • Multi-media lectures
  • Reading assignments
  • Online quizzes and final exams
  • Education that meets the rigorous standards the construction industry has come to expect from the Construction Specifications Institute

To ensure quality, these programs include online testing that tracks and monitors an individual’s progress through session completion, and provides completion certificates when  a participant has successfully passed the final exam. CSI CEUs, Health Safety Welfare (HSW) credit and AIA LUs are granted for most programs upon successful completion.

For a limited time, all participants will receive the CSI members-only price of $39 (a $20 savings), so register for a course today at www.csionlinecourses.com!

 

MISSISSIPPI HEADWATERS CHAPTER USGBC

LEED for Homes Presentation and Tour of "The Sustainable House" 

The Mississippi Headwaters Education Committee is proud to bring you an educational presentation and tour of the world renowned LEED-H Platinum home in Minnetonka known as: The Sustainable House.  The Sustainable House is the only remodeled home in the country to be certified LEED-H Platinum having scored an unbelievable 117 points!  In addition, this home has achieved Minnesota Green Star Gold Certification and touts a remarkably low Energy Star HERS of just 31.  After the informational PowerPoint presentation, you will have the opportunity to peruse the tables from many of the suppliers and sponsors to The Sustainable House while waiting to be shuttled for your tour of the home.  Come to learn, explore and network with others who share your interest in sustainable living.  You can preview The Sustainable House at www.livegreenlivesmart.org.   

      

Date: Thursday, May 22, 2008, 3:45 - 7:00 p.m.

 

Location: Minnetonka Community Center, 14600 Minnetonka Blvd., Minnetonka, MN  55345 (Directions)

 

Cost: Pre-registration: $15/Chapter members, $20 non-members.  Students FREE with valid ID.  Registrations received after Friday, May 16:  $25/Chapter members, $30/non-members $10/students.  Cancellations must be received in writing by May 16; no refunds will be made after this date.  No shows will be invoiced if cancellation is not received by the deadline.  Due to City restrictions we are unable to accept payment onsite for this event, prepayment is required. 

 

SPACE IS LIMITED - Register early!