About our Speaker: Connie S. Barber, PhD is an Associate Professor of Business Analytics and Information Systems in the School of Business at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where she currently teaches courses in Project Management, Big Data Analytics Tools, and Data Analysis and Visualization. She also serves as PMI Central Arkansas's Director of Student Outreach and is the faculty advisor for the UALR PMI Student Chapter.

Additionally, her research addresses the skills developed during online video game play that are transferable to the workplace, LEGO® Serious Play® in the classroom, and student use of AI for coursework. Her work is published in journals such as the European Journal of Information Systems, Management Information Systems Quarterly Executive, Information & Management, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, and the Journal of Information Systems Education.

Presentation Title: LEGO ® Serious Play ® as a Tool for Project Management.

Presentation Synopsis: This event gives participants hands on experience with LEGO ® Serious Play ® , a facilitated, hands-on meeting and problem-solving method where participants use LEGO bricks to build 3D models representing metaphors for business challenges. This experience will focus on its use in project management.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the LEGO ® Serious Play ® method
• Experience how the LEGO ® Serious Play ® method is applicable to project management
• Gain knowledge of how to become a certified LEGO ® Serious Play ® facilitator

• 💰 Registration for this event is $5.00
  • The link to register closes at 12pm. Please email [email protected] if you need to register after it closes.
• 🍕 Food will be provided by the chapter, and PMI members will earn one and a half (1.5) PDUs for attending.
• 📍 UALR Reynold's Business Building — Atrium (networking), then Room 103 (session)
  • Park near Jack Stephens Center, walk across West 28th Street, enter the Reynold Business building (see below for visual support)
• 👉 Please register so we can get an accurate pizza count — but please come even if you haven't!