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Next Event
Summer break...stay tuned for more.
Next event is tentatively scheduled for August 2010. Details will be posted in late July.
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Books for Product Designers
Click here to see list of 30 Books for Industrial Designers.
Meet the LA Board
Click here to learn about their diverse backgrounds and expertise.
Sustainability Event at Otis Fills the Room
On June 2, 2010, PDMA LA collaborated with IDSA LA to produce "Best Practices in Sustainable Product Development -- industry experts share their tools, tips, tricks and secrets."
At this insightful event a panel of experts from various sustainable product development areas including green materials, green product packaging, waste stream management, greening the supply chain shared their perspectives and engaged a full house of product innovators, product designers and entrepreneurs.
Click Here for more details.
Other Sustainability Events:
Please plan to also attend OpportunityGreen and Women In Green Forum both in September 2010.
Attendance Pays Off -- Congratulations!
Jonathan Garcia, Growth Services Consultant with California Manufacturing Technology Consulting / CMTC was randomly selected as the winner of a complimentary registration for a future PDMA LA event after attending the Spring Social Event for Product Professionals.
Special Limited Time Membership Offer
- Join PDMA for only $125!
For "first-timer" memberships -- click here for member benefits and promotion flyer. The savings really add up -- especially now with added discounts for access to the PDMA National's Webcast Series ($25 member rate vs. $50 non-member rate per webcast or archived program).
Survey: What's your job search & employment experiences as an NPD Professional?
With a shaky economy taking its toll on the local job market, we want to know how you are being affected as an NPD professional. What are you doing to combat the challenges? Contacting your alumni? Spending your time on popular job search sites like Monster, Hotjobs, and the Ladders? Trenching through your contacts on Linkedin? Attending every professional networking event in your area?
Tell us what you think — and learn about the job search and employment experiences from other NPD professionals.
Take the survey and get your chance to win some cool prizes!
http://npdrecruiting.com/NPD-survey-2010.html
PDMA in Mexico & Around the Word
PDMA Mexico launches their blog -- in Spanish of course. To find out more about PDMA Mexico or other affiliates around the word covering 15 countries and counting, click here.
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Free Webinar On Demand
Why Outsourcing New Proudct Development Can Fail
TOPICS COVERED:
- New Product Development (NPD)
- Pros & cons of outsourcing, out-tasking and a new concept called co-sourcing
- Why total outsourcing often ends up failing
- The impact of the recession on NPD (with research by Frost & Sullivan)
- Key focus areas for product development teams
To listen anytime - ON DEMAND - click here .
PDMA LA Website Resources Area
Visit our Resources area for useful links, reports, research and information sources. Looking to make a career change? Visit our Careers page for useful links. Got Resource content to share? Let us know.
2010 Events Calendar
Note: These are proposed dates/topics and may change without notice based on presenter or venue availability. Save the dates and check back often or join our mailing list for most current event information. More 2010 Programming Calendar events will be posted soon.
| PDMA LA Events | ||
| Date | Topic | Speaker |
| More LA Area and Virtual Events Coming Soon |
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| We are working on future events on these and other topics: |
| Experts and Thought Leaders |
| 6/24/2010 | Embracing Social Media as a Tool in the NPD Toolbox | Dubin/ Rosenberger |
| 6/2/2010 | (Live event in Los Angeles) | Panel of Experts |
5/19/2010 | (Choose from any of our 3 simultaneous locations) | N/A |
| 04/22/2010 | Fast-track to Product Development -- From ideation to product plan in 3 days (Live event in Los Angeles) | Andrea Belz |
| 03/25/2010 | Good / Fast / Cheap Pick Two? (Webinar) | Dr. Stephen P. Hoover (XEROX) |
| 03/04/2010 | Kenneth B. Kahn | |
| 02/11/2010 | The Current State of Product Management in Financial Services (Webinar) | Experts from MIDIOR; Moderated by Rafael Lopes |
01/13/2010 | Virtual Telenetworking Event for Product Professionals (Topic: Online Seminars to Promote Your Product) | Shelly Ryan - The Online Seminar Maven |
| Other Special Events | ||
| 3/18/10 | The Ideal Project Manager - a Product Manager's Perspective (PMI Breakfast Event @ Kaiser Pasadena) | LA Chapter President Rafael M Lopes |
| 3/13/10 | (Free in Sunnyvale @ Yahoo) | Various |
| 3/8/10 | PDMA LA Board Meeting & New Member Orientation | New Board Members |
| 2/27/10 | (Free in Irvine) | Various |
TBD | NPDP "New Product Development Professional" Certification Prep Workshops | T.B.D. |
Various | Various | |
Various | Various | |
| Various | Various |
2009 Events Archive below:
| Date | Topic | Speaker |
| 02/04/09 | "Building Your Product Portfolio With Government Partnerships" | Susan Ward |
| 04/01/09 | "Sparking Your NPD Team's Potential" | KT Connor |
| 06/10/09 | Interactive Discussion/Networking Event 1) social media 2) PD best practices 3) PD challenges/solutions) | Various Topic Leaders |
| 08/12/09 | Elegance by Design | Matthew E. May |
| 09/16/09 | Summer Networking Social for Product Professionals (Free; Downtown LA) | N/A |
| 10/15/09 | Intellectual Property Considerations In Product Development (in collaboration with IDSA at Otis College) | Panel of Experts |
10/31/09 to 11/4/09 | PDMA's 33rd International Conference (Anaheim, CA) link | Various Noteworthy |
11/11/09 | Panel of Experts | |
| 12/01/09 | Webinar - The NPD Funnel | Gerry Katz |
Other Special Events | ||
9/10/09 | Eric P. Rose - PDMA LA's past President | |
11/7 to 11/8/09 | (Ask PDMA LA about discounts & Look out for PDMA LA's Sustainable Product Development Event in early 2010) | Various Noteworthy |
Note: Meetings are typically held on Wednesdays or Thursdays for consistent planning unless otherwise noted or for special events. Contact rafael.lopes@pdmala.org for details or date preference. 2010 Calendar posting soon!
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