Project Management and Presentation Skills Training this year is delivered via recorded webcasts.  You are welcome to view the webcasts as a group with your students. The Links are also posted on the Facebook Group.

Project Management and Presentation Skills Training Webcasts

• Project Management Webcast by Fred Aebli, Organizational Leadership Program Coordinator – Penn State Worthington

• Presentation Skills Webcast by Michael Harrison, Trainer – New Horizons Computer Learning Centers

Important Dates and Deadlines

March 1, 2011 – Final Project Submission Date:

All Entries must be submitted, along with your project management plan.

• Send submissions to karla@wilkes-barre.org

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March 9, 2011 – Contest at King’s College McGowan School of Business:

(click the name of the college to go to the map with directions)

Timeline/schedule for day of contest:

STUDENT SCHEDULE

8:00 to 8:45 a.m.: Registration (If you are using powerpoint, you must bring your presentation on a USB Flash Drive for turning in at registration.)

CLEARLY LABEL YOUR USB FLASH DRIVE WITH YOUR SCHOOL OR PLACE IT IN A SEALED ENVELOPE WITH YOUR SCHOOL AND TEAM ON IT.

8:45 to 9 a.m.: Opening Remarks (Mr. Dawe)

9  to 9:45 a.m.: Period 1

9:45 to 10:30 a.m.: Period 2

10:30 to 11:15 a.m.: Period 3

11:15 a.m. to 12 p.m.: Lunch

12 p.m. to 1 p.m.: Top 5 Teams Presentations

1:15 to 1:30 p.m.: Awards Ceremony (Mr. Mera)

TEACHER SCHEDULE

8:00-8:45 a.m.: Registration

8:45 to 9 a.m.: Opening Remarks (Mr. Haran, Mr. Dawe)

9:00 to 9:45 a.m.: Visit the NEPA Tech Expo (Students will also have  an opportunity to attend this during one of the 3 program periods – please provide this link so they can plan which vendors they would like to visit)

9:45 to 10:30 a.m.: Roundtable Discussion: GVHS Computer Contest 2012 Planning

10:30 to 11:15 a.m. : “Wordpress as a Content Management System” (Mr. Dawe)

11:15 a.m. to 12 p.m.: Lunch

12 p.m. to 1 p.m.: Top 5 Teams Presentations

1:15 to 1:30 p.m.: Awards Ceremony (Mr. Mera)

Posted by Chelsea Uselding – HR/Marketing Intern – Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber