News Release
Stage-Gate®,
Inc. Announces Conferaction Seminars Qualify for
New Product Development Professional (NPDP) Certification
Renewal
ANCASTER, ONTARIO,
CANADA – Monday, January 5, 2004 – Stage-Gate®, Inc., a
member company of the Product Development Institute, today
announced that its complete line of Conferaction
Seminars provide Professional Development Hours (PDHs) to
renew New Product Development Professional (NPDP) certification.
The certification is conferred by the Product
Development Management Association (PDMA) and confirms mastery
of new product development principles and best practices.
Stage-Gate Inc.
makes it easy to actively pursue additional new product
development knowledge or to simply refresh your existing
knowledge while obtaining the required PDHs. Conferaction
seminars are based on the extensive and current research
of the Gurus of NPD, Dr. Cooper and Dr. Edgett, and effectively
blend the research with a hands on approach. This
provides attendees with concrete action plans that can be
effectively implemented on the return to their organization
with immediate results. Stage-Gate Inc. has a seminar
for every facet of new product development and continues
to add new seminars to meet the growing challenges faced
by new product development professionals. Stage-Gate
Inc. even offers special pricing for block seat purchases.
Listed below is
the lineup of seminars for the first 6 months of 2004 along
with PDHs for each Seminar (you receive 1 PDH for every
seminar hour) and attendees are provided certificates as
evidence of completion.
June 9-10
Toronto, ON
Winning at New Products: Achieving Profits and Performance
through Leadership (14 PDHs)
July 20-21
Chicago, IL
Successfully Implementing the Stage-Gate®
Process: The Critical Challenge (13 PDHs)
September 21-22
Baltimore, MA
Leading Product Innovation and Technology Strategy:
Creating Shareholder Value Through Innovation (13 PDHs)
October 6
Newark, NJ
Focus on Innovation: Generating Breakthrough New Product
Ideas (7 PDHs)
October 7
Newark, NJ
Engaging Your Human Capital for Successful New Product Development
(7 PDHs)
November 16-18
Atlanta, GA
New Product Portfolio Management: The Blueprint for Effective
Project Prioritization and Selection (22 PDHs)
November 30, December
1-2 St. Pete Beach,
FL
Stage-Gate®
Process Design and Implementation: Your Keys to Sustainable
Performance (20 PDHs)
For further information
or to register, please contact Nabeela Ratansi, Product
Manager at nabeela.ratansi@stage-gate.com
or (905) 304-8797. Additionally, you can click on
the following hyperlink to enter the Conferaction
web page
http://www.stage-gate.com/seminars.html.
About PDMA
Founded in 1976,
PDMA is a volunteer-driven, not-for-profit organization.
About 80% of its members are corporate practitioners of
new product development, with the remaining 20% split
evenly between academics and service providers.
PDMA's mission is to improve the effectiveness of people
engaged in developing and managing new products - both
new manufactured goods and new services. This mission
includes facilitating the generation of new information,
helping convert this information into knowledge which
is in a usable format, and making this new knowledge broadly
available to those who might benefit from it. A basic
tenet of the Association is that enhanced product innovation
represents a desirable and necessary economic goal for
firms that wish to achieve and retain a profitable competitive
advantage in the long term.
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