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Topic:  The Truth About Project Sponsors

Synopsis.  During the July Roundtable Scott Morrison will lead a discussion on the following concepts:

• How do sponsors fit within your organization? Includes your project and the overall organization
• What do you need from your sponsor? The sponsor can have a long-lasting impact on your career and impact personal growth
• What does your project need from your sponsor? Support organizationally, resources, decisions, escalations, and many other needs
• How to work with difficult sponsors? There are times when you need to improve efficiencies with sponsors, let's talk about those moments

Speaker.  Scott Morrison, CSM, PMP

About the Speaker.  Scott is currently a Senior IT Project Manager with the Regional Transportation District.  He has over 25 years’ experience as a project or program manager in IT and/or Business role.  Scott has extensive expertise in the telecommunications, health care, and manufacturing industries.  His previous positions included Business Project Manager Clinical Programs at Kaiser Permanente, Technical Program Manager at Anthem, Director/Senior Manager at US Western Communications, and multiple roles as founder/owner of Morrison Consulting.  Scott holds a B.S. in Computer Information Systems from Regis University and has Project Manager Certification from US West/University of Denver Center for Program Management.

A strong supporter of the Mile Hi Chapter he has developed and delivered the following Saturday Workshop classes and Roundtables sessions:  Project Risk Management (2010, 2013, 2016), Project Organizational Design (2011), Program Risk Management (2012), Leadership for Project Managers (2013), Communications for Project Managers (2014), Project Management Tools (2015), Project Kick Offs and Team Building Tools (2016), Fun with MS Project (2017), How to Build a PMO (2018)