PRESENTED BY: TERRY JONES, PMP
In today's business world, there are many factors that can conspire to make every business interaction a potentially embarrassing one. Globalization has its benefits, so get on the bandwagon! Learn to navigate the pitfalls AND rewards of social interaction between your peers and colleagues from other cultures in this training course. You will: learn the 'do's and don'ts' of interactions with other cultures, pick up handy tips on how to become more 'worldly' as well as gather some basic intelligence on your target countries.
Terry Jones received his Bachelors degree from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in Environmental Sciences in 1994. He went on to receive his Juris Doctor from Campbell University in 1997. He began his career practicing as an Attorney in the field of Construction Law for a boutique law firm located in North Carolina. While there, Terry represented many international companies on large-scale construction projects across the United States.
He went on to work for Primus Telecommunications, Ltd., a UK based company, during the telecom expansions of the early part of the decade. While there, Terry was responsible for the rollout of network services in 3 countries: the UK, France and Ireland. Upon completion of the rollout, Terry began working for an international telecom site and infrastructure construction firm named Spectrum Telecommunications Services. He was responsible for managing all EMEA administrative and legal issues encountered by the company in course of site builds, network rollouts, as well as other HR and business related issues.
In 2000, Terry joined MCI as a Project Manager responsible for network rollouts in EMEA, the Americas and Asia Pac. He obtained his PMP certification in 2001. While working for MCI, Terry has been involved in network rollouts and migrations for companies like Gucci, American Standard, Air Liquide, Renault-Nissan, and Sun Microsystems. In 2002, Terry was promoted to Senior Project Manager.
Terry has developed and presented material on topics as wide ranging as: Cultural and Language differences, Negotiations, and MS Project, and has presented Project Manager Professional Training to several groups of Project Managers. He is also Managing Editor of the CSPM International Enquirer, a newsletter dedicated to providing articles, updates and practical tips on Project Management issues within MCI.
Terry is currently taking courses to obtain his Masters in Contract Management and lives in Paris with his wife and parakeet.
This webinar is worth one Professional Develpment Unit (PDU). Refund requests will be granted up until 1:00pm EST, 12:00pm CST on 9 July 2003. All refunds are subject to a $2 handling fee and will be made by check only.
