Hello Project Management Professionals,

We are proud to offer our next dinner meeting at Normandie Farm Restaurant
located at 10710 Falls Road, Potomac, MD (Phone: 301-983-8838, web site
http://www.popovers.com ) on Wednesday, May 2, 2007.

Directions: Take Rt 270 to the Falls Road exit.  Proceed south towards Potomac. 
Normandie Farm is 3 1/2 miles on the right. 

Alternate directions: take the beltway, RT 495 to exit 39.  Proceed west on
River Road 3 1/2 miles.  Turn right onto Falls Road and proceed 3/4 mile to
Normandie Farm on the left. 

Our Meeting agenda is as follows: 

5:00 to 6:30 PM  Informal Social/Networking - A cash bar will be available

6:30 to 7:45 PM  Dinner

7:45 to 8:00 PM  Announcements and Introductions

8:00 to 9:00 PM  Presentation by Daniel “Dan” Parsons on Effective Networking Skills

Note: Please plan to arrive by at least 6:15 PM so that we can process everyone
in and be able to start serving dinner by 6:30 PM as planned.

Biography:    Dan Parsons 

Dale Carnegie Instructor"            Effective Networking Skills   Daniel L. Parsons is The Director of Instruction and Trainer Development for the Dale Carnegie office in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.  He is responsible for all instructional efforts, control and follow up.  He personally presents to over 150 groups a year. Since 1990, Dan has worked with numerous clients including the World Bank, Sallie Mae, Transwestern Carey Winston, Charles Schwab, SAIC, Oracle, Giant Foods, Ahold USA, Quest Diagnostics, Computer Associates, Marriott, Boeing, Metropolitan Police Department, District Department of Transportation as well as multiple Federal Government agencies including the GSA, CIA, FBI, all branches of the DOD, the Department of Justice and the Office of Budget and Finance. As a certified Senior Dale Carnegie® Instructor of several different programs, Dan consistently achieves over 90% “exceed expectations” in the Motorola Customer Satisfaction Surveys and has been recognized as instructor of the year for the last ten years. Prior to joining Dale Carnegie Training®, Dan was the Manager of Government & Military Sales for 6 years with US Airways.  Dan also served for five years as the Director of Marketing and Customer Service for US Airways Express.  He oversaw all customer service functions including ticket sales-counter activities, city ticket office activities, handling customer concerns and working with in-flight service personnel.  Immediately before joining Dale Carnegie in a full-time capacity, Dan spent one year as Director of Franchise operations for Uniglobe Travel. Dan holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Middle Tennessee State University, with a Major in Business Administration.  He is a commercial pilot with over 1,200 hours of flying experience. 

Topic:    Effective Networking Skills    

Today's marketplace requires us to leverage our contacts and to be even more creative in uncovering opportunities. In this fast-paced interactive mini-workshop, learn what real networking is and the obstacles that may get in your way. Determine how to "work" a room as well as ways to build personal referral networks. In addition, discover how to position yourself and your company in the best possible light. 

In order to make your reservation, please visit our online registration form
where you can register as well as choose to pay online.  If you choose to only make
your reservation, payment by cash or check is expected at the door of the meeting.  

We look forward to seeing you.

Should you have any difficulty with our online registration, please email siegc@verizon.net.