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CSQE - CQA Study Tutorial for ASQ Exams in December, 2010
Jeppesen - 61 Inverness Drive East, Englewood, Colorado,  80112

 

Allan Bosward, CQA, CSQE, CQMgr, at Jeppesen has graciously consented to allow any ASQ Denver member to attend Jeppesen's tutorial series that will ready candidates to take the CSQE and CQA certification tests in December. As the cost is free, this is an opportunity that is hard to pass up for anyone considering these certifications. Complete information including registration is below:

Tutorial Dates (The default Number of classes is 9, which is the number we are anticipating at this time; however, this may change based on Group consensus.)

  • Wednesdays, August 4 and 18
  • Wednesdays, September 1, 15 and 29
  • Wednesdays, October 13 and 27
  • Wednesday, November 10
  • We shall not meet the day before Thanksgiving and may assign another date in November as we are then getting close to the exam date
  • Wednesday, December 1

Session Times: 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM each session.

Location: Jeppesen, (Building) 61 Inverness Drive East, Englewood, CO 80112- Top floor, Sally Ride Room (Neil Armstrong room is alternate) (Driving instructions are below)

Tutorial Agenda

  • Introduction (escort requirements, etc.)
  • Agreement on frequency of meetings, when and where to meet (Group consensus)
  • Body of knowledge for CSQE
  • Body of Knowledge for CQA
  • Materials available from ASQ and the Quality Council of Indiana
  • Use of ASQ Primers for CSQE and CQA
  • Use of test question software
  • Discussion of different study techniques
  • Typical study session format (Group consensus)

Cost: Free

Refreshments: Supplied by Section 1300

Directions to 61 Inverness Drive East

Instructions for entering Building 61 from the west  entrance:

  1. Take I-25 to the Arapahoe Exit (Exit 197) in the Denver Technical Center
  2. Go east on Arapahoe Blvd until reaching Lima Avenue
  3. Turn right (south) on Lima which is within ¼ mile after the dealerships and restaurants on the right-hand side of Arapahoe
  4. Proceed straight on Lima, following the bends and passing through two traffic lights without turning
  5. Upon reaching a stop sign at Lima, the name of the street will change to Inverness Drive, and proceed straight and take the next driveway on the left before proceeding down a hill
  6. After taking the left turn into the driveway, make an immediate right turn and you will see the west entrance of Building 61
  7. Enter the building, proceed to the elevator and proceed to the third (top) floor
  8. Please call me at x556406 to allow access and obtain a visitor badge prior to entering the meeting room.

Registration: Those interested need only contact Allan Bosward using the contact info below:

ph:  303-328-6406 | Mobile : 720-980-7800 | allan.bosward@jeppesen.com

 

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ASQ Boulder, Section 1313
TAP YOUR POWER, GROW YOUR INFLUENCE:
Navigating 'Accountability Without Authority'
Liz Ryan
Monthly Membership Meeting; Thursday, September 23rd

2010 September Section Monthly Meeting

  • Why:  How do you manage more effectively through influence, regardless of your job title?  Come hear Liz Ryan teach you how!
  • Date:  Thursday, 23rd September 2010
  • Time:  6PM – 8PM
  • Place:  Covidien Energy Based Devices, Building 6, Red Rocks Conference Room (5920 Longbow Drive, Boulder, CO 80301).  (*Note – Building 6 is on Gunbarrel Avenue, about half way between Spine Road and 63rd Avenue on the north side of the street.  There is a sign that says, “Covidien, Training Center, Building 6”, at the entrance to the parking lot.)

    ***This event is open to all business professionals and is sponsored by the American Society of Quality, Section 1313.

The economy, the environment and the geopolitical climate aren't the only sources of the seismic shifts occurring in the world today. At work, we're dealing with a whole new paradigm for getting work done in the 21st century. Years ago, working people complained about being on the hook for their results without having the functional authority to match. Nowadays, accountability for enormous projects with zero management authority is the norm!  


How do we manage through influence? What new skills will allow us to grow and deploy our influence on the job? National workplace expert and former Fortune 500 Human Resources exec Liz Ryan will teach participants how to achieve big results without a lofty title or a corner office. You'll learn how to 'spin the table' and sell your ideas and plans internally from the "buyer's" point of view, how to get people across functions and units to band together with you, and how to become an influential thought leader in your place of business. Join us for this lively session that will change your most strongly-held beliefs about your power (or lack of) at work!



Liz Ryan is one of the country's most widely-read and well-respected career and workplace authorities, whose columns for Business Week Online, Yahoo!, Glassdoor.com, Workforce Review, the Huffington Post and other publications reach over 65 million readers per month. Liz is a commentator for NPR and BBC radio, a frequent analyst on CNN and MSNBC and a recent guest on the CBS Early Show in New York. Liz is the leader of the 25,000-member Ask Liz Ryan online community and the author of "Happy About Online 
Networking: the Virtual-ly Simple Way to Build Professional Relationships." Liz lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Abstract: Liz Ryan has been called "the voice of the new-millennium workplace." Liz works with employers, universities, and human resources thought leaders on the changing nature of work and employment. She advises working people through her columns, blogs, radio commentaries, podcasts, and the Ask Liz Ryan online community. Her columns reach more than 40 million readers every month, and her presentations across the U.S. and abroad bring Liz's pithy, down-to-earth observations and humor to corporate, university, and association audiences. Liz works with a team of national thought leaders who share the Ask Liz Ryan mission.

LINKS Ask Liz Ryan web site

Food: 7:20-8:00pm
Place: Covidien Corporation in Building 6, Red Rocks Conference Room midway on Gunbarrel Avenue between Spine and 63rd.
Address: 5920 Longbow Dr. Boulder, CO 80301

Directions: On HWY 119 between Boulder and Longmont From HWY 119 turn South on 63rd Street (Right from Boulder, Left from Longmont) Turn West (right) on Gunbarrel Avenue. The building 6 and parking lot is on the north side of the road midway between Spine and 63rd. Look for the blue sign "Covidien Building 6", Please enter through the main doors where you will be required to check in and will be directed to the meeting room location.

If there are questions, please contact email Rebecca Jessep, ASQ Section 1313 Chair or Mobile: 303-587-7067 Note:

Plan to Arrive 15 minutes early to check-in and find meeting room

 

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QUALITY PROFESSIONALS IN EDUCATION/GOVERNMENT

Lean Six Sigma tools are starting to be applied in local school districts and government agencies along with other quality practices.  If you are involved in the application of quality tools and practices in either a local school district or government entity this is your opportunity to link up with other professionals and for all of us to benefit from our collective experience.  Please contact David McGee ( david_mcgee@dpsk12.org ).

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Call for Speakers and Presenters

If you're interested in helping your section out or if you have a message you really feel that we need to hear, please consider one of the following opportunities.

Speaking at a Section Membership Meeting

Section 1300 generally holds 10 monthly membership meetings a year, September through May. We are always looking for new insights, news, tools, and techniques to present at these meetings. If you know something you think we might want to hear about, please contact our program chair, Arta Doci , and let her know.

Presenting at the ASQ Denver Quality Workshop

This years' workshop, entitled, Enhancing Your Professional Contributions to Quality will be held November 4th and 5th at the Regis University Denver Tech Center Campus. This year's workshop will include:

    • Creating your own consultancy
    • Getting that ASQ Certification
    • Quality Tools and Statistics

    If you have a topic you really feel is pertinent, we'd love to hear about it and possibly include it. If you're interested, please contact Terra Stern and let her know. She will be happy to hear from you.

 

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ASQ Chapter 1300 Strategic Planning Goal:
Support Nonprofit Organization with Quality Oriented Services

Denver Chapter 1300 of the American Society for Quality is supporting the Colorado Performance Excellence (CPEx) organization in becoming a role model for other organizations in using information technology to support effective process management processes. CPEx strives to recognize and advance the efforts of Colorado organizations dedicated to performance excellence. Formed in 1999 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, CPEx provides its customers with education, assessment, and sharing/networking opportunities focused on the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award criteria, adapted to CPEx.

CPEx's primary services are:

  • Assessment against the CPEx/Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence with feedback and a progressive (i.e., multi-level) award program for applicants
  • Education of organizations to promote understanding and implementation of the performance excellence principles embodied in the CPEx/Baldrige Criteria, and of individuals for assessing applicants against the criteria
  • Sharing and networking to promote transfer and building of performance excellence knowledge assets in the Colorado community
  • To deliver assessment services, CPEx conducts an annual cycle for applicant organizations including assessment (and site visits, if merited), written feedback, improvement feedback to CPEx, and awards (if merited).

CPEx subsists almost entirely on unpaid volunteers and has one paid employee, a part-time Executive Director. Volunteers represent nearly every public and private sector in the state of Colorado, and include front-line and executive-level professionals. With support and coordination from the Executive Director, work is achieved by volunteer committees organized around the Baldrige categories.

Chapter 1300 members David Briggs, Maureen McDevitt, and Eric Sloan are participating as members of CPEx's Process Management Category Team to determine the key aspects of CPEx's process management, including key product, service, and business processes for creating customer and organizational value and key support processes. The Team is working towards achieving the following goals in 2005:

  • Work with Category Teams and process team leaders to identify and map 80% of key CPEx value creation and support processes (~50 processes by the end of 2005);
  • Ensure that all key CPEx value creation and support processes have clearly defined and effectively used process metrics (effectiveness and efficiency).
  • Develop and deploy an effective process management and improvement Methodology for CPEx.
  • Utilize the capabilities of the Nimbus Control-ES software mapping tool effectively.

The results of preliminary process mapping performed by the Process Management Category Team was summarized in the presentation "Process Management by Example: Colorado Performance Excellence (CPEx) for All to See" by David Hooper and David Kilpatrick at the Rocky Mountain Quality Conference on April 19, 2005.

 

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Call for Section Officers and Volunteers

March is the month when Section 1300 traditionally recruits volunteers and section officers for the upcoming section year, June 2007 to May, 2008. Section Officer positions coming open include Section Chair, Chair Elect or Vice Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer. In addition, there are several volunteer positions as Committee Chairs that will come open by the end of this year.

Section 1300 is traditionally strong in the area of member participation, and this is your chance to help our section out in the coming year. Benefits of becoming involved in Section Leadership include the following:

  • Fairly minimal time commitments. Section 1300 holds 10 Monthly Membership meetings and 10 Leadership Committee meetings during a normal section year, and we do not carry on section activities in the summer. This means commitment to attend only 20 meetings during your time in whatever function you should choose.
  • Hanging out with the in-crowd. Leadership committee meetings are traditionally times of fun, good food, and comradeship among Leadership Committee members and volunteers. Our chosen Leadership Committee meeting spot for this year is La Loma Restaurant.
  • A little something for your resume. As we all know, employer requirements are getting ever more stringent, and assuming a leadership role in our society could be just the thing that sets you out for the crowd during your next job search or consideration for promotion.

If you're interested in participating in section leadership, please contact Section Nominating Chair, J.J. Beazeale at j.j.breazeale@asqdenver.org and/ or plan to attend our Section business meeting on March 28th.

 

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Accredited Quality Management System Registrar
Seeks Input into Policies and Procedures
02/14/09

An accredited quality management system registrar, located in Denver, Colorado is seeking industry users of ISO-certified products and services (and ISO certified organizations) to provide input to our Policies and Procedures Committee. This will be a voluntary Advisory Council who provides input for the direction of organizational policies and procedures related to registration services focusing on conflict of interest concerns and industry needs. To participate on this council, members must be willing to make 15 minute presentations to our committee regarding conflict of interest concerns and industry needs.

Please send resume and/or describe your experience and provide references to info@platinumregistration.com and reference Advisory Council in the subject line.

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