Seminars and Workshops

A few of the handouts and outlines referenced in workshops and seminars presented during the recent years.

NOTES:

•  This material is provided for reference by the people attending seminars and workshops. 

• Some may be a little out of date. I've tried to show the last update date.

• All rights to copy and distribute are withheld.

• The material will only be left on the web until I get tired of looking at it.

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1. ISM Leadership Workshop - Dallas, 2013
   1. Closing Remarks
   2. 10 Places for affiliate officers to visit on the ISM web site (members only section)
   3. Social Media
2. E-Discovery - February 2013

   • PowerPoint

   • References

3. Seminar, San Fernando Valley - April 2012
   • Principles of Price & Cost Analysis
   • Learning Curve
   • Negotiation Tips
4. Handouts from the Pacific Northwest Purchasing Conference, Portland - October 2011
   • Service Contracting
   • Better Meetings
   • Using Technology
5. Negotiation Leverage;  How the principle behind a “baker’s dozen” is a buyer’s negotiation advantageApril 2011
6. Cyber Security. November 2010  presentation (pdf) handout

7. Career Coaching (PowerPoint) ; (Handout)  Practical Advice. 

8. Cost Counts in a Negotiation - 10/2008

9. Cost Counts; 3/2007

10. Creative Contracting,  3/2003 

11. Electronic Commerce  PowerPoint Slides , Handout - Path Forward

12. Electronic Records Management

13. Getting Started with Negotiation; Outline from my presentation at the Pacific Northwest Purchasing Conference in Spokane, October 2006. (pdf) 

14. ISM Leadership Programs

    • Affiliate Newsletters

    • Communication Committee  (2002)

    • Effective Affiliate Web sites  (2002)

    • Effective Meetings (2002)

    • Internal Communication Team

    • Leadership

    • Notes from the 2006 Leadership Workshop in Las Vegas.

    • Using Technology to Enhance Affiliate Communications 2010

    • Using Technology - in depth 2010

    • Setting up and Running an Affiliate Web Site

15. Mining the ISM web site for a wealth of information

16. Negotiation Tips and Tricks, workshop program presented at the 61st Pacific Northwest Purchasing Conference in Anchorage October 2004..

17. Networking Discussion, September 2009

18. PC Tips Handout.  References from the Office Professional presentation April 2007. (self extracting zip file)

19. Personal Professional Development, workshop program presented to NAPMCB, February 2004. (pdf)

20. Plug and Play Negotiating, updated 2007

21. Plug and Play Negotiation 2003

22. Searching Google - some practical advice for finding what you want
23. Search Engines

24. Sox and Procurement, PowerPoint Slides   (pdf file) SOX review notes- handout (doc file) 12/ 2006

25. Surplus Auctions, presented to NAPM Spokane, November 2001(ppt 2.6MB)

26. Team Building -  Ideas about teambuilding and leadership