• Project Management Best Practices, presented November 1,2007 at the Minnesota Chapter of PMI PDD, Minneapolis, MN
• IT Project Management Best Practices: A Summary of Research Findings, presented September 19, 2007 at the Center for Business Practices Benchmarking forum in Las Vegas, NV
• Managing Projects Using MS Project 2007, presented February 28, 2007 at Course Technology's annual conference in Orlando, FL
• Current Research in Project Management, presented October 6, 2006 at the Minnesota Chapter of PMI's PDD Conference in Minneapolis, MN
• Applying Project Management Skills in a Simulation, presented June 6, 2006 at the PMI ISSIG Conference in Cincinnati, OH
• Advice from Real Project Managers, presented October 7, 2005 at the Minnesota Chapter of PMI's PDD Conference and an updated version presented June 5, 2006 at the PMI ISSIG Conference in Cincinnati, OH
• The Value of Project Management and a Simple Tool to Start Reaping Its Benefits, presented May 19 at the Lacrosse, WI PMI Chapter Meeting
• Teaching Project Management, presented 3/17/05 at Course Technology's annual conference in Orlando, FL
• Project Management in the 21st Century, presented 3/11/05 at Wisconsin's 21st Annual IT Conference in Eau Claire, WI
• Soft Skills for Project Managers and Teams, presented 2/16/2005 at Express Scripts Project Management User Group (PMUG) meeting in Minneapolis, MN
• The Value of Project Management, first presented 2/25/04 at Mayo in Rochester, MN.  Evidence to show that project management does work! 
• Tempting Templates - They're Free and Effective, presented 11/21/03 with Bill Hunt at the MN PMI chapter PDD
• Medtronic presentation given 5/14/03.  This file is a zipped PowerPoint presentation, an expansion of the following one given at the ITEC conference.
• ITEC Presentation on "Recent Developments in IT Project Management", 12/4/02 in Minneapolis, MN
• "Certification Updates" article published in the Fourth Quarter 2001 ISSIG Review
• The Magic of IS Project Management: Revealing the Master's Secrets, presented as a keynote at the PMI ISSIG PDS conference, 5/2/2000 in Orlando, FL

 Longer list of scholarly activities (created in fall 2003):

Category One:

1.      Information Technology Project Management, Third Edition, Course Technology, 2004 (printed July 2003) (633 pages)

2.      New Perspectives on Microsoft Project 2002, contributing author, Course Technology, 2003 (431 pages)

3.      Project Management Tools and Techniques, a chapter in The Internet Encyclopedia, John Wiley & Sons, 2003

4.      “Case Studies in Project Management”, presentation and paper published in the Project Management Institute’s annual conference proceedings in November 2002

5.      Project Management Professional Practice Exam, Boson Software, April 2002

6.      IT Project+ CoursePrep ExamGuide, Course Technology, published November 2001 (144 pages)

7.      Information Technology Project Management, Second Edition, Course Technology, published August 2001 (561 pages)

8.      Information Technology Project Management, Course Technology, published September 1999 (496 pages)

9.      “It’s Time to Apply Good MIS Principles to Higher Education’s Use of Information Technology,” The Information Systems Education Conference (ISECON) Proceedings, Presented October 19, 1996 in St., Louis, MO

10.   “A Study of the Relationship Between Investments in Information Technology and Institutional Outcomes in Higher Education,” Ph.D. Dissertation, March, 1996

11.   “Spreadsheet Problem-Solving,” Journal of Information Systems Education, Spring 1995

12.  Edited Differential Equations chapters of the Maple V Flight Manual, Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, 1992

Category Two:

1.      Invited to present “Project Management for Health Care Professionals” at the Upper Midwest Heath Expo, Minneapolis, MN, October 3, 2003

2.      Invited to present “Recent Developments in Information Technology (IT) Project Management” at Medtronic’s Quality Forum, Minneapolis, MN, July 2003

3.      Invited to present “Recent Research in Information Technology Project Management” at the Information Technology Executives Conference (ITEC), Minneapolis, MN, December 6, 2002

4.      Invited to present “Case Studies in Project Management” at a dinner meeting for the Minnesota Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI), Minneapolis, MN, August 2002

5.      Invited to present “An Introduction to Project Management” to the Volunteer Hospital Association Materials Managers quarterly meeting, Minneapolis, MN, May 23, 2002

6.      Invited to present “Options for Learning Project Management Online” at the PMI Information Systems Specific Interest Group (ISSIG) Professional Development Seminar, Orlando, FL, July 31, 2002

7.      Invited to give keynote presentation entitled “The Magic of IS Project Management: Revealing the Masters’ Secrets,” PMI ISSIG conference, Orlando, FL, May 2, 2000

Category Three:

1.      “Tempting Templates¾They’re Free and Effective,” Minnesota Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI) Professional Development Day conference, November 21, 2003.  Co-presenter with Bill Hunt

2.      “Using Technology to Promote Teamwork for Student Projects,” Classrooms of the Future Conference, Augsburg College, May 2003

3.       “Research Schmesearch:  A Summary of Recent Research in Project Management,” Minnesota Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI) Professional Development Day conference, November 15, 2002

4.       “Publishing in the New Millennium,” Augsburg’s Scholarship Fair, March 13, 2002

5.      “Case Studies in Project Management,” PMI Information Systems Specific Interest Group Professional Development Seminar, Newport Beach, California, August 2001 and PMI National Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November 2001

6.      “Information Technology Project Management: Building the Profession,” keynote talk at PMI Student Leadership forum, June 16, 2001

7.      “The Magic of IS Project Management,” Minnesota Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI) Professional Development Day conference, October 27, 2000

8.      “Teaching Project Management,” Course Technology Conference and the Computer Information Systems Conference in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, March 2000

9.      “Soft Skills on Communications, Minnesota Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI) Professional Development Day conference, September 16, 1999

10.  “Using Microsoft Project 98 to Assist in Managing IT Projects, Course Technology Conference, Orlando, FL, March 26, 1999

11.  “Gender Equity in the College Classroom,” Augsburg College, April 23, 1994

12.  "Launching New Academic Programs to Address the IT Labor Shortage," ISECON Conference, October 15, 1998, co-presented with Nora Braun

13.  "Liberal Arts and the Professions:  Staying Together for the Sake of the Students," 18th Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, International Society of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Presented with Lori Lohman on June 25, 1998 in Sackville, Canada

14.  Individual presentation on "Helping Colleges and the Community Through Service Learning" and panel member on "Students as Product, Process, or Customer," 17th Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, International Society of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, June 24, 1997 in Sackville, Canada

15.  “Learning from Learning Journals,” 16th Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, International Society of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, presented with Lori Lohman on June 14, 1996 in Ottawa, Canada and October 29, 1996 at Augsburg’s Scholarship Fair

16.  “Expanding Scholarship Through Software Development:  Education Planning System,” Augsburg’s Scholarship Fair, October 29, 1996

17.  “Enhancing Productivity Through Computer Technology,” Augsburg Fall Faculty Retreat, August 31, 1995

Category Four:

1.      Project Management Institute (PMI) Professional Development Day, Minneapolis, MN, September 18, 1998.  Four students and I write articles on the talks that were published in the monthly newsletter for Minnesota PMI

2.      Assisted AITP in running the Northwest Computer Show, February 1996, Minneapolis, MN.  Included eight Augsburg student volunteers

3.      Participated with a team of Augsburg faculty and staff at the American Association of Higher Education (AAHE) Teaching, Learning, and Technology Roundtable conference in March 1995, Washington, D.C.

4.      Hosted Steven Gilbert (AAHE) for the winter 1994 Busch Faculty Development Conference, Minneapolis, MN

5.      Assisted Marie McNeff in a session on using case studies for teaching, fall 1994 Busch Faculty Development Conference, Minneapolis, MN

6.      Led a small group seminar on “Dealing with Resistance to Learning” at a workshop led by Stephen Brookfield, October 1992, St. Paul, MN

7.      Co-taught a week-long Maple V for Windows workshop, August 1992, Towsen State University, Baltimore, MD

Category Five:

1.      PMI Research Conference, Seattle, WA, July 2002

2.      Teaching Technology Without Fear, joint Microsoft and Course Technology conference, Orlando, FL, April 1998

3.      Carlson School of Business talks on electronic commerce.  Attended two talks in 1997 organized by Les Wanniger

4.      “Planning for Educational Technology Symposium,” University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, MN, November 1996

5.      Anderson Consulting Faculty/Staff Appreciation Day, Minneapolis, August 1996

6.      Internet Committee Meetings for the Neighborhood Planning for Community Revitalization (NPCR) program, Minneapolis, MN, July and December 1996

7.      “Back to the Classrooms of the Future,” University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, May 22, 1996

8.      “Mapping the Future:  New Routes to Learning Productivity,” satellite conference held at the University of Minnesota, sponsored by the Institute of Academic Technology, May 9, 1996

9.      Teaching and Technology Conference, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, October 1995

10.  “Reengineering Teaching and Learning in Higher Education,” satellite conference held at the University of Minnesota, sponsored by the Institute of Academic Technology, April 1994

11.  “Gender Equity in the College Classroom,” led by Myra and David Sadker, Minneapolis, MN, March 1994

12.  Busch Faculty Development Conferences, fall 1993, fall 1994, and winter 1995

13.  Numerous Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) and Project Management Institute (PMI) meetings and local computer conferences from 1992-2003

Non-traditional Scholarship

1.      Worked with Marc Isaacson, a new member of our department, to teach a new course, MIS360, Problem Solving for Business.  I taught the fall day school section in 2002, and Marc taught the fall WEC section.  I’ve also worked with other faculty through the years to continuously update our MIS courses and program

2.      Reader/advisor for two WEC students who wrote papers for departmental honors, Cindy Dawson and Tom Miller, in 2003

3.      Assisted two Ph.D. students, one at the University of Minnesota and one at Capella University, in preparing their dissertations.  Both students had read my textbook in one of their courses and asked me for advice. I was on the thesis committee for the Capella student, who finished his Ph.D. in June 2003

4.      Reviewed a paper for the European Journal of Information Systems that referenced by book, 2002

Grants Awarded:

1.      Augsburg Faculty Development Mini Technology Grant, 2002

2.      Augsburg Faculty Development Grant for Summer Research, 1998

3.      Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) Neighborhood Planning for Community Revitalization (NPCR) project, Summer 1996

4.      Augsburg Faculty Development Grant for Scholarship Revisited, 1996

5.      Augsburg Faculty Development Grant for Electronic Scholarship, 1995

6.      Augsburg Teaching Portfolio Team, 1993-1994