CADDManager on November 30th, 2011

Yesterday was a long day of presentations and classes. The General Session Keynote was done on a single massive display that must have been well over 100 feet wide and Autodesk CEO Carl Bass always entertains and informs.  I am hearing stats like 8000 attendees from 80 countries and the crown is a wide mix […]

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CADDManager on November 28th, 2011

After arriving yesterday, I jumped into full swing today with the Leadership Forum.  Last night there was a reception where everyone had the opportunity to meet and greet.  I interacted with Joseph Joseph (www.bim-managers.com) who helped organized the whole thing.  He has done a great job. Today was the full force attack with classes on […]

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CADDManager on November 25th, 2011

My CAD Leadership class this year is on Change.  How to manage it well.  Change is going to happen and you need to be leading it. Leading change will draw upon your skills in ways that you may not have fully developed and will continue to develop your entire career. I have broken this topic […]

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CADDManager on November 25th, 2011

I am presenting on how multiple generations of workers is impacting the workforce.   When working through the data I came up with some conclusion. Five Keys of Understanding the Generations  Traditionalists (WW2 generation) and Baby Boomers are as likely as Millennials to be technology contributors. Enhancing and clarifying the old – producing and creating the […]

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CADDManager on November 25th, 2011

One of my classes is on CAD Momentum.  It is about making things happen by capitalizing on the energy and momentum of change. Here are some of my thoughts… The Enemies of Momentum.  The people and comments below can be killers of your progress.  You can hear people saying these things and it will cause […]

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CADDManager on December 2nd, 2010

It all started out with a hosted “all out” breakfast for the AUGI Volunteers at AU.  About 25 gathered for a fantastic breakfast buffet in the AUGI room.  David Harrington (incoming AUGI President)  and I thanked them all and then had an in-depth discussion of all things AUGI, with most conversations centering around the website […]

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CADDManager on December 1st, 2010

The day started for me with a meeting with Ray Eisenberg of the Autodesk International Community.  After that a meeting with the AEC Community manager for Autodesk.  Then a meeting with the Autodesk M&E Max and Max design product manager.  A quick break for lunch and then off to  teach my BIM Manager class. After […]

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CADDManager on November 30th, 2010

Wow – what a day! It started off with my virtual class not running as it should have.  Tech troubles on the back side I suppose. Oh well. Then off to my first class presentation.  Technology Transitions.  Quite a few int he room were making the move to 3D and we discussed how this transition […]

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CADDManager on November 29th, 2010

The classes have not really started for the general attendees, but there are many things going on today. There was the ADN Conference and ATC Summit and the Design Computation Symposium plus the Design Technology Management Conference (really sad I missed this one.) I spent most of my day in AUGI matters. Meeting with others […]

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