past events

Thursday, July 21, 2016, Jerome Wade, Chief Epic Officer at The Epic Advantage, will discuss strategies to recognize and dominate the limitations that keep organizations from achieving success.  Wade draws from his experience in launching and leading several organizations as he trains professionals to build and lead high performing people, teams, and organizations.  Having delivered more than 2500...
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Thursday, June 23, 2016, we'll be taking a break from our monthly seminar series and instead will have an evening networking event to relax and visit with colleagues and quality professionals. 5:00 - 7:30 pm Claim Jumper Restaurant (on the Veranda) 5001 Jefferson St., NE  87109 (Just east of I-25 where Jefferson crosses the freeway) $10 Non-Members AQN Members Free Register Now Get the Flye...
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Thursday, May 19, 2016, Doug Johnson, Senior Director of Program Control at Kemtah, will address one of the key building blocks of sustaining and growing your organization’s business through your metrics and analytics structure.  We will discuss how engagement of employees at all levels of the organization through metrics that matter lead to exceptional organizational success and employee satisfac...
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Thursday, April 21, 2016, Donna Agnew, RN, MSN, Administrative Director of Customer Experience for Presbyterian Healthcare Services, will describe how organizational knowledge and coordination of key customer touch points can be an effective strategic advantage in today's competitive and demanding marketplace. Donna has extensive experience in quality improvement with Lean Six Sigma methodology...
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Thursday, February 18, 2016 .TK O’Geary, founder of TKO Performance Group and creator of the system “Make Your Vision Stick”, will present LEADERSHIP ON FIRE!: Techniques to Engage and Inspire Your Team to Excel! at the Albuquerque Quality Network breakfast seminar on Thursday, February 18 at 7:00 am at the Marriott Uptown Hotel. Ms. O’Geary has more than 25 years of experience as a performance...
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Thanks for attending the January AQN Breakfast seminar, presented by Gary Oppedahl. His presentation is available here.
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Thursday, January 21, 2016. Gary Oppedahl, Director, Economic Development Department for the City of Albuquerque, has been involved with business start-up activity in Silicon Valley and in New Mexico. He has also grown his own successful business. He now assists tech-transfer leaders and innovators to build a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem in Albuquerque. He also focuses on the commercializati...
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Thursday, November 19, 2015. Dawn Reed and Kathleen Swanson will discuss types of data available to companies and effective methods to derive meaning from the data to drive company decisions. They will cover parameters to consider in establishing the analysis and review processes. Seminar attendees will learn how to use appropriate data and understand how it supports company decisions that lead to...
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Join us on Thursday, October 15, 2015. David Ortega, Lean Expert and Six Sigma Black Belt, will introduce the Lean Concepts of Measurement and Tools to Drive Continuous Improvement.  He'll discuss why they are important to the improvement journey.  He will share proven methods for goal and metric selection that will assist you in measuring your processes and to empower your teams for ongoing impro...
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Thursday, September 17, 2015. Randy Simons, Lean Expert and Six Sigma Black Belt, will introduce the Lean Concepts of value and waste and discuss why “mapping” is essential to improving business processes. He will share eight different mapping techniques that illustrate unique perspectives that allow practitioners to streamline and add efficiency and greater effectiveness to work  processes.   Mr....
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