Course Description

In "Megaprojects and Risk," the author studies multibillion-dollar construction projects woldwide, finding about nine out of 10 went over budget, with many running 40 percent over original estimates. The author, a professor of development and planning at a university in Denmark, concludes that sponsors of such projects systematically underestimate costs and environmental impacts, and overestimates revenues to win approval for their projects.

So what are organizations to do? The answer may lie in better and earlier oversight. Project audits are sometimes done near or after the project end. This is especially true for government agencies, and constitutes what may be seen as coming in after the battle is over and bayoneting the wounded. Studies performed on public works investments in Norway show that quality assurance needs to be done at the beginning of the project and then performed periodically to be most effective.

The course uses presentation, team exercises, articles, and case studies.

Benefits Achieved

At the end of this 3-day course, attendees will be able to:

Presentation are the daily rituals of any business. In fact, how well we succeed in our career can be closely tied to how well we present information. We spend more and more of our lives in face-to-face interactions whether in small or large meetings among colleagues, with the management or in front of clients. The key point is to understand the different audiences, sell our ideas and lay the groundwork for important decisions.

Course Objectives

The course will enable participants to:

• Deliver a persuasive presentation that is effective, engaging and powerful
• Prepare and structure their ideas in a way that is persuasive to different audiences
• Ensure the intergrity of the message being sent by adapting their style, language and content to suit the communication preference of their listeners
• Define and refine the purpose of their presentations
• Look at how they control their verbal and non verbal communication
• Overcome "presentation anxiety"
• Look at how they use visual aids to support their messages
• Practice planning and delivering a persuasive presentation

Course Duration

2 days

Course Duration

2 days (16 hours)

Course Overview

Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), LEED provides building owners and operators a concise framework for identifying and implementing practical and measurable green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions. For professionals participating in the design and construction phases of high-performance, healthful, durable, affordable, and environmentally sound commercial, institutional, and high-rise residential buildings, the LEED AP Building Design + Construction (BD+C) exam is designed to measure your knowledge and skill in understanding the LEED Rating System and ability to facilitate the project certification process.  This course helps participants understand and prepare for the LEED AP BD+C exam.  Additionally, the course will provide an advance preview of LEED 2012 and explore as to how LEED compares to the Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council’s Estidama program (Jourdan Younis is also an instructor for Estidama).
 

Course Objectives

This course will be an introduction to the concepts of sustainable, high performance green buildings, as well as methods for designing, constructing and evaluating them. The emphasis will be on reviewing the fundamentals of the LEED 2009 for New Construction and Major Renovations Rating System and the relevant LEED certification process as per LEED Version-3 requirements.

Accordingly, the course will provide key preparatory information about the needed tools and technical expertise for taking both the LEED Green Associate exam (part 1) and the LEED AP BD+C specialty exam (part 2).  Moreover, the course will provide project teams with the necessary procedures and technical tools for planning, designing and constructing LEED certified projects.
 

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Identify specific learning difficulties in children and the implementation of strategies to help at home and in the classroom.

• Dyslexia 
• ADD/ADHD
• Autism

WORKSHOP: AUTISM

PLACE:  AMIDEAST, CERT Technology Park, Muroor Street, Abu Dhabi

DATE:  19th January, 2010

TIME:  9:00a.m. - 12:00p.m.

COST: AED250, per participant

CERTIFICATE:  Certificate of Completion & Participation

Autism afflicts one out of every 100 to 166 children and it affects the lives of many children and their families (DiCicco-Bloom et al, 2006). It tends to affect about five boys to every one girl (First, 2008).

Can you identify autistic children in your classroom? Do you know what to look out for? Would you know the difference in the behavior of an autistic child as opposed to one that was suffering from Asperger Syndrome?

How common are learning difficulties? More common than you would imagine. About 25% or more of your class could be sufferring from a learning difficulty without you even being aware that this is so. In the USA, as many as 1 out of every 5 people has a learning disability. Almost 3 million children (ages 6 through 21) have some form of learning disability and receive special education in school.

That might sound shocking, and it is, but not as shocking as having the same number of children in schools throughout the UAE who get ignored because their teachers haven't been trained to identify learning difficulties and to put into place coping strategies for those children affected.

What causes? What are the different types of dyslexia? What are the signs and symptoms of dyslexia, and if you had a child in your classroom that had this learning disability, would you know how to help him?

Come to the workshop on dyslexia in Abu Dhabi, and learn the answers to these questions. In addition, learn some strategies and techniques to implement in your classes and give your students coping and compensation skills to help with this very difficult, but common, learning difficulty.

No child should be left behind, but those who get passed from one teacher to the next, pushed through from this grade to that grade without learning anything along the way is a situation all too common these days.

What is the GMAT?

The Graduate Management Admission Test®  (GMAT®) is a computer adaptive examination administered year-round at test centers throughout the world. The GMAT exam measures verbal, mathematical, and analytical writing skills developed over a long period of time.

It is specifically designed to help graduate management programs assess the qualification of applicants for advanced study in business and management.

GMAT scores are used by approximately 4,700 graduate management programs at more than 1,900 schools.