VISION - Are you a Quality Manager, or a Leader?
     GTD Episode #019 - Show  

In a series of questions and cases studies, the speaker will help you recognize whether you are truly a driven leader, or merely an employee going through the daily grind. Then, with this realization, how you can catapult not only yourself, but your team, and even you company, to a higher level of performance within a short period of time.

 Demetrios G. Venetis, Dean of Continuous Improvement

Demetrios Venetis has been teaching, mentoring, and coaching in corporate and academic environments for the past two decades, and is ASQ Olde Colony’s Education Chair.

As the Dean of Continuous Improvement at Entegris University, as well as an ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black, he currently teaches, mentors, and coaches Six Sigma Champions, Black Belts, Green Belts, Yellow Belts, and Lean Facilitators, as well as conducting a variety of Lean Kaizen Events like Value Stream Mapping and 5S.   He is a trusted teacher, mentor, and coach to hundreds of professionals from C-Level executives, to R&D Ph.D.’s, to mid-level managers, to hourly associates.

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 VISION - Social Networking Overview
     GTD Episode #021 - Show  

What is Social Media Networking or Marketing?

It’s utilizing the various social networking sites to enforce your brand and market your business and or yourself. A social networking site is simply an online meeting place. Think of it like a gathering area for business people. On such sites, people can post a profile with the hopes of meeting other like-minded professionals for business reasons.

In this episode of Vision - Social Networking, we will talk about what social networking is and how to use it.

Additionally, there are reports that the time spent on these networking sites is growing three times faster than the overall Internet growth rate. More than two-thirds of the world’s online population now visits social networking and blogging sites.

Knowing this, it’s clear that if you haven’t yet engaged in Social Media Marketing, the time to start is now.

After watching this show you should have a good understanding of what social network is all about. Please watch the next two episodes of Vision - LinkedIn 1 and 2.

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In this episode of Vision - LinkedIn 1 of 2, we will give you an overview on what LinkedIn is, how to navigate, post your profile, and how to connect with others.

We will show you examples of how some individuals are considered to be power networkers and why it's important to "dig the well before you're thirsty" and what that means.

In addition we will share with you what not to do on a social networking site and why.

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Now that you understand what social networking is, how to post your profile and navigate within LinkedIn, we will go deeper into networking. This will help you land your dream opportunity by marketing your business or yourself by creating a positive online presence.

One needs to understand that in our current world of technology your next opportunity will most likely be through networking, however, the exception will be that your networking will be online.

Please enjoy our attempt to guide you through this new way of networking into landing your next dream opportunity.

The marketplace is changing, and you have to change with it. Your name has to be everywhere including on the social networking sites. The more you can get your name and message circulating in the various mediums, the higher your chances of clients seeing your information and ultimately hiring you. Thanks to SMM (Social Media Marketing) you can get your message out to thousands of people in an instant. And the results are greater credibility, more exposure, and higher sales – all of which positively impact your bottom line.

Best of luck to all of you.

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Did you know that you can predict the success (of failure) of a Lean Six Sigma Project

Did you know that you can predict the success (or failure) of a Lean Six Sigma Project within five minutes, by asking a few simple and basic questions?  

Based upon a wide array of information from on-line research, webinars, professional experiences, and an executive level Six Sigma Green Belt Project, the speaker will dig into the root cause of most, if not all, Lean Six Sigma Project and Program Failures.  With this knowledge, one can predict, and possibly prevent, a Lean Six Sigma Project or Program from failing, and prematurely terminating one’s career.
 

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If you type lean or six sigma into any job search engine, you will find an endless number of careers requesting training or experience in these Continuous Improvement methods. A simple web search on Lean Six Sigma (LSS) will bring up praises as well as bashes. Is Lean Sigma as impactful as the consultants and books claim it to be, or is it just another book of the month management fad? Is LSS training and certification worth pursuing or a waste of time? What does all this mean to you and your career?

Demetrios Venetis will be conducting a no holds barred Questions and Answer session on Lean Six Sigma.

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