CADDManager on December 6th, 2009

Thursday (Day four)  was my BIM Manager class…
Part of the presentations was a discussion about how you became a BIM Manager.
Most grew into it from within the firm
Some hired into it from outside
Some create the position and fill it
Some were forced into it – or took it on by default
Some were already doing CAD Support [...]

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CADDManager on December 3rd, 2009

Day three started with an AUGI board meeting followed by my CAD Leadership 2009 presentation.
Here is some of the info from that presentation:
When you started down your CAD career you had no CAD Skills. Once you got CAD Skills you thought… Maybe I could be a CAD Manager…
So you added Management Skills. [...]

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CADDManager on December 3rd, 2009

The day started out with the CAD Manager Power Track – CAD Manager Best Practices
Here is some of what I presented.  I culled them from these past posts.

Jumping to Conclusions
Attacking the Person not the Problem
Allowing others to make your decisions
Offering False Hope
All or Nothing
Being Too Flexible

After that I met with the board members from AUGI [...]

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CADDManager on November 30th, 2009

The classes start tomorrow, but the festivities started today. Kicked off the day with AUGI meetings. Connecting up with sponsors and CAD Camp planning.
In between these meetings I ran to the other side of the conference center to tape two interviews for Autodesk. I am not even sure where they will be posted or [...]

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CADDManager on November 5th, 2009

I have been so busy getting my handouts and presentations done for AU 2009 that I just have not had time to post on my blog…
Here is a sneak peek from my two classes…
CADD Leadership 2009
What got you here – won’t get you there

When you started down this road you had no CAD Skills
[...]

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CADDManager on January 4th, 2009

I am not the kind who really makes New Year resolutions, but I am the kind that asks myself a lot of questions. So I made up a word for it. “Questilutions” (pronounced kwes-che-lew-shens).
This is the process I go through to get myself moving into the new year. The questions start my [...]

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CADDManager on December 4th, 2008

Thursday – what a day – more classes.  The list of AU presenter is long and deep.  There is so much information, tips and techniques being passed on helps everyone do their job better.
Today was a long day of classes. On just about every topic you could think of.  After those classes were done – [...]

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CADDManager on December 4th, 2008

For many of us who attend Autodesk University a common question is always…  What day is this?
Well it was AUGI Day.
The AUGI Board met with users at the AUGI Unplugged meeting.  We chatted about the existing and future plans and answered questions with our members.
Then it was off to my next presentation on Preventative CAD [...]

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CADDManager on December 3rd, 2008

If you want to tune in to the AU2008 live stream…
It will be active for the next few hours.  It is a camera in the AUGI booth on the show floor.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/caddmanager
Tune in and see what’s going on.

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