Innovate Carolina conference April 10

Local. Fun. And bursting at the seams with new tools for growing your business.

Why should you come to the Innovate Carolina Conference on April 10, 2010?

To UNDERSTAND your customers better than you ever have before
To FIND leading-edge tools to separate you from your peers at your company
To DISCOVER how the thought leaders in innovation are creating growth
At Innovate Carolina, you will MEET YOUR PEERS within the innovation and product development space who live right here in the Carolinas. You might find your next job, business partner, or new fellow comrade. Hosted by Product Development and Management Association, Carolinas Chapter.

For more information:
http://innovatecarolina.wordpress.com/

Upcoming events at PDMA: innovation and product development

PDMA Carolinas is a community for North and South Carolina professionals and organizations that have a stake in the broad areas of product and service innovation, development, and management, from the very front end of innovation to manufacturing.

PDMA has kindly extended a membership discount to TriUPAians–just register with discount code ‘TriUPAVIP’.

Upcoming events

March 3, 2009, Charlotte, North Carolina
Discovering Your Next Great Innovation: How Outcome-Driven Innovation (ODI) is driving organic growth at Ingersoll-Rand

With The Innovator’s Dilemma and The Innovator’s Solution, Clayton Christensen grounded the nation’s innovation initiatives around the key question, “What job does this product or service actually do?” Strategyn has taken this philosophy and created a repeatable process that a company can actually execute.

Join Rick Norman of Strategyn and Jeff Hynds of Ingersoll Rand as they lead an interactive discussion of how Outcome-Driven Innovation® has actually been put into practice at IR.

Discounts for early registration are available until February 25th.

Registration and details.

March 24, 2009, Greenville, South Carolina
PDMA at InnoVenture SouthEast 2009 Conference

Robin Karol, Executive Director, PDMA, to speak during lunch keynote (conference attendees only)

Afternoon session on Collaborative Product Development: Best Practices, Pitfalls, and Tools (free session, open to the public)
This session will feature a panel of product research and development experts from leading manufacturing and education institutions in South Carolina including Milliken, Michelin, Clemson, and Selah Technologies.

Registration and details.

March 26, 2009, RTP, North Carolina
The Future is Now: iRobot’s Journey of Commercializing Autonomous Solutions

Founded in 1990 as a spin-off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, iRobot (Nasdaq: IRBT) is at the forefront of the growing robot industry, delivering home and government robots that make a difference in people’s lives.

Join Edison Hudson, Director Strategic Alliances, iRobot, and Rick Vosburgh, Executive Director, iRobot, for an informative presentation of iRobot’s journey – from its initial struggles to the overwhelming success of Roomba, PackBot and other robots thanks to innovation, persistence, and flexibility.

Network with our speakers, and with your peers from the PDMA and our event partners ASME and TriUPA.

Discounts for early registration are available until March 1st.

Registration and details.

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PDMA workshop: Best Practices and NPDP Certification

In today’s difficult economic environment, knowledge of innovation and new product development best practices is more important than ever to execute more with less resources, and to build a competitive advantage at both organization and individual level.

“Today more than two-thirds of the New Product Development team proudly tout NPDP certification and bring to bear all the credibility and reach of a proven New Product Development Body of Knowledge, helping to tear down walls of doubt and open up new opportunities to innovate and create new value.”, Donald Comer, New Product Development Director, Fedex (PDMA Visions Magazine, April 2006, Certification News).

“A promotion to Process Manager and influence with senior managers were results of my NPDP certification efforts…”, NPLearning alumni

This two-day training is perfect for those who want to learn about new product development, as well as those seeking PDMA’s certification as a New Product Development Professional (NPDP) . The class is capped at 20 students to foster the best possible learning environment to address each individual’s learning needs. Both individuals and small teams will benefit from the diverse group interactions and immersion in this off-site workshop. This workshop will be led by NPLearning’s Jama Bradley because more professionals have been certified after taking NPLearning workshops than any other training!

Benefits:

• Learn from rich discussion with the instructor and other participants about real-world applications
• Unify virtual teams through a consistent training experience
• Immerse your staff in two solid days of instruction for faster learning
• Personalized coaching session for those taking the NPDP exam
• Online Practice Test for those seeking certification

You’ll learn the fundamentals, terminology, best practices, essential tools, and the methods to innovate in a timely and effective manner.

This event qualifies as sixteen (16) Professional Development Hours toward PDMA’s NPDP recertification. Other professional organizations up to 16 PDUs.

Date: January 28-January 29, 2009

Time: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM.  Food and drinks included.

Location: 4110 Premier Drive, High Point, NC 27265.  Airports: Raleigh Durham (RDU) or Greensboro.

Fees:
(Preregistration required by January 13): $1,489.00 PDMA members, $1,689.00 non-members. Government and group discounts available. Contact Claire-Juliette Beale at carolinaschapter@pdma.org

» Preregistration available online at (credit card payment accepted).  Use code TriUPAVIP for a 10% discount!

Refund/cancellations– Cancellations are accepted; however, a credit will be issued to a future public or online workshop with NPLearning.

Questions?
For more information or questions, contact Claire-Juliette Beale at carolinaschapter@pdma.org or 301.996.8325 or Jama Bradley at jama@nplearning.com or 404.931.8525 or 970.292.8066.