CADDManager on December 4th, 2014
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The Final Day started with my final presentation on blending the technical, managerial and leadership skills into your unique working efforts.  Here is a short portion of the presentation: Managers Avoid the draw of Tactical thinking Learn all you can about Leadership Leaders Avoid the draw of vision casting only Stay connected Learn all you […]

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CADDManager on December 3rd, 2014
This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series AU2014

I started my day presenting my class. “The Greatest Lessons I’ve Ever Learned”.  Here is a snippet. In order to learn (A Lesson or anything), you have to listen well.  To do that you need to keep these things in mind. Don’t judge people as you listen Don’t draw conclusions until the person is done […]

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CADDManager on December 2nd, 2014
This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series AU2014

The arena was packed.  Wall to wall people.  Everyone rushing around trying to find a seat. Lynn Allen opened the keynote followed by a Back to the Future skit and 20 gun t-shirt launcher that shot shirts across the entire arena. Jeff Kowalski, CTO at Autodesk, discussed how nature produces design.  He says that we […]

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CADDManager on December 1st, 2014
This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series AU2014

The first day started off with the Education Keynote.  Chris Bradshaw of Autodesk hosted the event.  So much good information at the event.  See images below for some of the slide deck.   This is the Learning Universe – what tools we have to learn from.   This image and the one below were from […]

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CADDManager on November 30th, 2014
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As I watch the Twitter feeds and Facebook posts, it is apparent that many have started the annual trek to the dessert.  Flying, driving and taking trains, maybe some even walk. But one thing is obvious, this is THE EVENT to attend for anyone that uses Autodesk products.  It is where you can network, connected, […]

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CADDManager on November 18th, 2014

1.  I get to see/network with all of my peers.  I think this is the first thing that I love about AU.  It gives me a chance to interact and catch up with all those that I have connected with in the past.  It gives me a chance to connect with new people.  I seriously […]

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CADDManager on December 5th, 2013
This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series AU2013

Well AU2013 is in the books. Started with a good class on what is new in AutoCAD for Mac.  Also discussed what is missing…  which is some very big items… No DWF Support. No Hardcoded XREF attachments (Relative Paths works). Dynamic Blocks needs help and some more. Then on to Kate Morrical’s class on Digital […]

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CADDManager on December 4th, 2013
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Day Two started off early with my session delivery of CAD Management: The Best is Yet to Come – Career Planning. With a full room present, we discussed issues surrounding the planning needed to manage your career. Some of the topics included: Knowing yourself, Knowing your opportunities and Knowing what you are Looking for. By […]

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CADDManager on December 3rd, 2013
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The first day of AU2013 is in the books. What a great day it was… I started the day by attending the class on Strategic Planning by Paul Kirill.  He presented a measure approach to developing a plan for those that may have never done it before.  He actually took us through an exercise where […]

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