Issue Four - October 2002
Cheetah News is a monthly newsletter designed to bring you up-to-date information on programs, new Cheetah Learning Centers, PMI® updates, special events, and other pertinent information on Project Management. We hope you find this a valuable resource for information on Project Management. Check back monthly for news, updates, and tips of the trade!
Top Stories
We've come a long way, baby!
Wow! It’s hard to believe that just
over a year ago - during the week of September 11th, in fact -
Cheetah Learning held its first-ever public Accelerator Course for the PMP® in Boston! It must be true that good news travels fast,
because before long, we began filling up courses held in many different
locations each month. Today, just one year later, Cheetah Learning has over 700
PMP® graduates, with an average
of 110 students taking the course each month in any of our numerous
locations across the country and abroad. And we’re pleased to announce that
Cheetah Learning now has five of its own training centers located in Seattle,
Cleveland, Detroit, Boston, and Hartford, with more planned for the future!
Thanks to all of our past students who have been spreading the word about us, and keep up the good work. For those who have been meaning to become a PMP® but haven’t done so yet, now’s a great time to join many of your fellow project managers who have decided that Cheetah Learning is the only way to prepare for the PMP® exam. It’s fast! It’s effective! It’s guaranteed!*
*Cheetah Learning guarantees that you will pass the PMP® exam after taking our course. If you don’t pass the first time, we’ll coach you and then pay for you to retake the exam up to two more times. You can also retake a class, if you’d like.
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Grand
Opening: Cheetah Learning Training Center in Hartford, Connecticut
We are pleased to announce
the opening of our beautiful, spacious training facility in Hartford,
Connecticut.
Thanks to those participants who made our inaugural Accelerator
Course for the PMP® in Hartford, held on September 9th, such a
success! We'll be holding both the Accelerator Course for the PMP® and the
Accelerated Project Management course in Hartford each month. Check
our website at http://www.cheetahlearning.com
for dates and registration information.
In the spotlight this month
Your ideal destination location - Cheetah
Learning's training center just outside
of Cleveland, Ohio, in beautiful Cuyahoga Falls. If
you don't live in or near one of the other cities where we have a training
facility, this is a great place to attend our Accelerator Course for
the PMP®.
Consider some of the benefits:
- The flights into Cleveland are incredibly reasonable, with many at under $150 round trip.
- 5-star accommodations are offered for under $100.
- The training center is beautiful, spacious, and extremely comfortable.
- Cuyahoga Falls is a nice, quiet location providing optimal conditions for sequestering oneself and becoming completely immersed in your PMP® preparation.
Cheetah Learning offers the PMP® Accelerator course in Cuyahoga Falls each month. To see course dates for this location, or to register for one of the Cuyahoga Falls courses, visit http://www.cheetahlearning.com.
We’re not just about
helping you pass the PMP® Exam…
we’re also here to help you become more
effective project managers!
In an effort to continually improve and better serve our customers, we recently asked our PMP® graduates about their experiences in becoming a PMP® with Cheetah Learning, how it has affected their jobs and careers, and what kinds of additional Project Management training programs they would like to see offered.
Here is some of the feedback we received:
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90% reported back that becoming a PMP® had, in fact, improved their performance as project managers, in a variety of ways.
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75% further reported that they desired simple-to-apply Project Management methods, templates, and tools to use in their day-to-day work.
This data told us that becoming a PMP® is an effective and important way to improve performance as a Project Manager, but that it is certainly not considered an end-all for most. In response to these needs, and in conjunction with Michelle LaBrosse’s new book, Accelerated Project Management, we are now offering an exciting one-day course called Accelerated Project Management. This course gives new and experienced project managers the tools they need to design their projects for speed on, or under, budget.
In this program, participants learn a technique for designing projects so that they move fast. The unique instructional technique we use ensures that participants can apply what they have learned back at the office. And the best part is that people can learn the fundamentals of this technique in only one day. The students who have taken our PMP® course know that we are true to our word about speed. Getting it done fast and getting there first are the keys to survival in today's highly competitive marketplace.
This course was developed for anyone who works on and/or manages a project team. All levels of experience are welcome, as are both PMP®s and non-PMP®s. PMP®s will earn eight Professional Development Units, or PDUs, for completing this course. The fee for the course is only $395, which includes a copy of Michelle LaBrosse’s book, additional course materials, access to Project Management tools and templates, and food served during the course.
Accelerated Project Management is offered monthly at our training centers in Seattle, Detroit, Cleveland, Boston, and Hartford. We also offer the course in-house at your company.
Visit www.cheetahplanning.com for more information about this course, as well as for registration information.
"The Accelerated Project Management course is an excellent investment for both experienced and up-and-coming project managers. By actually planning a project with a project team made up of classmates, one quickly learns useful tools and techniques to be an effective project team. It is said that the best way to learn is on the job, but this course provides equal value without a business risk. Using innovative teaching techniques, you learn by doing. Concepts are cemented in your mind while you have fun learning! These are techniques that anyone can readily adopt. Well worth the time and money. I recommend it highly."
--Sue DuPont ,
PMP, DW Sr. Group Coordinator
Roadway, Express, Inc.
We offer an unconditional learning guarantee. If you don’t feel as though you’ve learned with this program, we’ll refund your course fee.
It’s back to school time -
take note of our Fall discount offers, and register today!
Accelerator Course for the
PMP®
Register for any PMP® course
scheduled in October or November using Promotion Code "newsletter4pmp" and receive $100
off the course fee. Register online
at www.cheetahlearning.com.
Register for any Accelerated Project Management course held in October and receive $50 off the course fee. Register online at www.cheetahplanning.com and enter promotion code "newsletter4apm".
Put your whole team through the training - bring five people and only pay for four. This special offer applies to any of our Accelerated Project Management courses. Please call (203) 459-1287 or (800) 246-9106 to register your group of five or more at this special price.
Feature PMP® of the Month
Each month Cheetah News features a newly certified PMP®, who shares his or her ideas, insight,
and experience with potential PMP®s considering certification.
William Barnes, PMP
After seven years of working as a Project Manager for Information Technology
in military and commercial organizations, William (Bill) Barnes decided that he
needed to advance his career. Currently in the Pharmaceutical industry, Bill
feels that taking and passing the PMP® Exam has opened up further growth
opportunities, and he couldn't be happier.
Initially attracted to Cheetah Learning's guarantee of students' passing the exam on the first try (or the second or even third attempt would be paid for), Bill decided to try out Cheetah's unique and highly successful Accelerator Course for the PMP®. He had previously attended a 3-day introductory course, which suggested students study a number of areas prior to taking the PMP® exam. Not surprisingly, no one in the class ever actually took the exam.
"The Cheetah approach is in a word, intense!" Bill avers. "They provide all the information you need to pass, including the use of several accelerated learning techniques intended to improve student retention - and you can do it in one week."
Bill's complete dedication to the course, including staying at a local hotel even though it would have been possible for him to commute to class, helped him in his preparation for the exam, as well as studying after class each night. By Thursday night, Bill was absolutely positive that he would pass the exam. "On Thursday afternoon, based on my performance during the class, my instructor was able to predict my score on the PMP® exam," Bill says. "On Friday afternoon, I was amazed to realize that I passed the PMP® exam with the exact score that my instructor had predicted."
Bill's success with the exam demonstrates how well the Accelerator Course for the PMP® equips students with the tools and the mind-set needed to pass the exam. Bill's advice? "Do what the instructors ask you to do," he says. "The program works if you commit yourself."
Over the last several years, William Barnes, PMP, has been involved in testing and implementing high-speed global wide area networks to support the integration of voice, video, and data networks.