DMACC DBR Newsletter
April 2008 Edition
Upcoming Classes
DBR to Announce New Leadership/Teambuilding Program
Principles of Lean
Manufacturing:
Basic introduction to lean
manufacturing. Learn how
to reduce non-value added
activity in the workplace.
Ankeny Campus
Select from these dates:
May 21
Ankeny Campus
Cost: $250.00
Contact Dennis Hayworth
at 515-964-6346 or
dahayworth@dmacc.edu
for more information
about the above Lean
Manufacturing classes
®
workplacelean
PILLARS:
An 8-hour simulation of
office processes and
information flow using
structured change to
identify and eliminate
waste. The emphasis is on
learning to use Lean tools
and team work to solve
problems and make
improvements.
If there’s one thing that will bring people together, it’s food. On March 19, 2008 at
1:00 p.m. in the afternoon, 15 brave DMACC staff members ventured into the
culinary kitchen's at the Iowa Culinary Institute on DMACC campus for an
experiential leadership/teambuilding adventure. The team successfully planned
and prepared a culinary feast.
The Corporate Team Cuisine experiential program is a fun and effective way to
bring your team together on an even playing field to experience the ingredients of
organizational success. Participants bond as a group and learn more about each
other while planning, preparing, cooking and dining together.
This program offers an opportunity for the group’s dynamics to be examined and
evaluated under controlled conditions. Every group develops a distinct personality
of it’s own. How does your team function, make decisions, solve problems,
communicate, plan and eat? How does it deal with mistakes? What are it’s unique
Contact Dennis Hayworth
strengths and weaknesses? How do you adapt to change? The Corporate Team
at 515-964-6346 or
Cuisine experiential program helps you to answer these questions in a safe
dahayworth@dmacc.edu
environment where you can explore, take risks, try new ideas, and make mistakes,
for more information
while preparing a gourmet meal.
about the above Lean
Ankeny Campus $285/
person
classes
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Explore Your World
DMACC is offering a series
of youth camps this
summer with an emphasis
on education and fun.
Programs include: CSI;
“On Broadway”; BIZ WIZ;
Life Science Exploration;
Roboinnovators
(Robotics); People, Pets
and More; Tech Safari –
The Search for Wild
Games: Video Game
Development; Journalism
Camp, Tech Camp and
more. Please click here
for the “Kids College” web
site for more information.
To learn more about this program, contact Melissa Chavas at 515-964-6407
or e-mail at mkchavas@dmacc.edu for more information.
The graduates of DBR's pilot Corporate Team Cuisine program
Kirkwood Hosts Advanced Manufacturing Conference
May 14 Program Highlights "Changing Faces/Facing Changes" Theme
Safety Training
8-hour National Electric
Code Update
30-hour General Industry
Standard Class
30-hour Construction
Standards Class
Kirkwood Community College will host the Iowa Advanced Manufacturing
Conference on May 14. The one-day conference will focus on workforce skills,
management challenges and global opportunities in the field of advanced
manufacturing. The program will be held at Kirkwood's new Center for Continuing
Education, 76th Avenue and Kirkwood Blvd. SW in Cedar Rapids.
More than 250 members of the manufacturing community attended the 2006
conference, as well as representatives from K-12 schools, economic development
organizations, community colleges and universities.
Keynote speaker for the conference is John Brandt, CEO of the MPI Group,
Contact or email for a
schedule Ann Wolfinger @ Manufacturing Performance Institute. Brandt is the former editor-in-chief of
515-964-6838
Industry Week and Chief Executive magazines. Brand's speech topic is "Creating
Value-the Competitive Advantage." He will address how global developments and
trends have wide-ranging impact on the Iowa and Midwest economies, particularly
the manufacturing sector.
The one-day conference will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a networking
exchange finale, 5 to 6 p.m. Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. Morning
conference breakout sessions will be followed by a luncheon speaker and
afternoon forums. Exhibits will be featured at the conference.
Registration for the May 14 Iowa Advanced Manufacturing Conference is $125
until April 23 and $145 after that date. Lunch and all program materials are
included. More information and registration is available by calling Kirkwood
Continuing Education, (319) 398-1022, or (800) 332-8833. Information is also
available via the Internet at: www.kirkwood.edu/amc
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DBR to Host No cost Lunch And Learn Seminars
DBR will offer the following no-cost, informative Lunch and Learn seminars in
2008. Plans are to offer these in May, June, September, October and November.
Check our web page www.dmacc.edu/dbr/ for more information.
Safety and OSHA updates will discuss recent changes to OSHA Standards and
provide insight into how to implement a culture of safety throughout your
organization. Organizations that are working to make safety a component of their
culture report significant reduction in all injuries, reduced insurance claims and
reduced costs for insurance. The next Lunch and Learn safety seminar will be held
May 14 in Ames. Contact Anne Wolfinger awolfinger@dmacc.edu for details or
go to the DBR Web page www.dmacc.edu/dbr/ for more details.
Management & Supervisor Skills Lunch and Learn seminars will be held in 2008.
These no-cost, interactive workshops will use examples from several training
options to show those attending these seminars the type of interactive learning that
occurs during the training. The next seminar will be held June 4 at the West
Campus in West Des Moines. For more information, contact Karen Stiles
kastiles@dmacc.edu or visit our web page www.dmacc.edu/dbr/ for more
details.
COMING THIS FALL…
Project Management Basics…"Lessons from the Streets"
This course will provide students with the knowledge and tools necessary to
manage small to medium sized projects based on real world experience. In
addition, there will be opportunities for mentoring and honing soft skills through the
use of simulations.
Participants will be divided into teams and follow a simulated project from the
Initiation phase through Closing. Students will create the actual project
management deliverables and participate in mock project meetings. Random
elements of risk, issues, and change will be introduced so the students can
actively participant in managing and communicating these elements that occur in
the “real world”.
Call Joyce Smith, DMACC, 964-6214 or email jnsmith@dmacc.edu for details.
Go to the DBR website
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