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Quality 101: The Building Blocks of Change

Event Days: Apr 4, 2012 - Apr 4, 2012, Starts at: 9:00 AM - Ends at: 12:00 PM

Madison, WI

Quality 101: The Building Blocks of Organizational Change

Wednesdays – April 4, April 11 & April 18

9am – 12pm at the MetaStar Building

2909 Landmark Place, Madison, WI 53713

Attend one, two or all three sessions!

This three-part course introduces participants to the fundamental concepts and methods necessary to implement a quality improvement project. Participants learn the philosophy of the quality movement and practical approaches to make things better.   Quality 101 will be a hands-on, interactive set of workshops where you will learn a set of proven quality methods.

Tim Hallock headshotTim Hallock, our facilitator, is the Director of Quality Management for the Wisconsin Department of Health Services/DLTC. He has over 30 years of experience applying quality methods in service, health care and government sectors. Tim has advanced training in Organizational Behavior Management with certification as a Six Sigma/Lean Black Belt.

 

 

 

Session 1:  Quality Uncomplexified  - April 4th

Why Change?
Road Map for Improvement – Who? How? When?
Facility Change in Your Organization:  Tools
Putting It All Together:  Case

Studies & Scenarios
Deep Diving

Session 2:  It’s All About the Data – April 11th

Understanding Variation
Common Tools to Display Data
Using Data to Analyze Your World 

Session 3:  Creative Change – April 18th

Customers as the Top Priority
Taking Your Change Ideas on a Test Drive
Project Management Tools to Keep You on Track
70 Essential Change Concepts

$40 each session for WCPE members / $60 each session for non-members

or attend all three for the best deal!

$100 for all three for WCPE members / $150 for all three for non-members

Payment options include pay at the door, send a check made payable to

Wisconsin Center for Performance Excellence

2909 Landmark Place, Suite 110

Madison, WI 53713

or you can call us at (608) 663-5300 to submit credit card information.

Click here to register.


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