Event Name: PMI Midlands Lunch-n-Learn Event
Event Day and Dates: Monday, July 20, 2015
Event Time (Start/End): 11:30AM – 1:00PM
Location Info (Name, Street, City, State, Zip): Midlands Technical College-Northeast Campus,
151 Powell Road, Columbia, SC 29203
Workshop Topic: Decision Dynamics – The Elements of Decision Making
PDU Credits:  1

Decision Dynamics is our topic for July’sLunch-n-Learnevent. Attendees will explore the various elements of decision making.As leaders in our professions, personal interests and social lives the decisions we make are critical to our success.

Workshop Objective(s):

Guest Speaker –Ryan Copeland will present the elements of decision making-the formal decision making, the causes of poor decisions, the effects of those poor decisions and some key principles to help our decisions making become more effective.

Workshop Speaker Bio

Mr. Copeland is an experienced IT industry leader with over 10 years experience in project management with highly effective leadership, communication and strategic thinking skills.

For almost six years he provided project management services to BlueCross BlueShield of SC while serving in his role as Sr. Project Leader in the PGBA PMO. He has recently transitioned to a new role in the IT PMO at Aflac.

During his 10+ years of project management experience, Mr. Copeland has been exposed to a variety of projects including but not limited to: Software Development – Software Upgrades – Requests for Service – Infrastructure – Process Improvement – Workstation Deployment – Healthcare Claims Processing – Healthcare Compliance – Government Compliance.

A graduate of Georgia State University, Mr. Copeland obtained his undergraduate degree in Business Administration as a double major in management and marketing. He is also PMP© certified and has a Six Sigma Green Belt.

Socially he loves the outdoors, sports activities, health & fitness, cars and just having a good time with great people.