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The Philippine Trade and Training Center will be conducting two ISO seminars this June 2007.

1. ISO9001: 2000 QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION
2. IS0 9000 INTERNAL QUALITY AUDIT

                                     
ISO9001: 2000 QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION
June 21-22, 2007
A quality manual is a very important reference of the company’s systems documentation. It is imperative to ensure that the quality manual be developed correctly, concise with accurate information and with professionalism. Through proper documentation it clearly explains to everyone the company’s commitment to quality through its management mission/ vision, quality policy and quality objectives, system/processes, procedures and methodologies.

Course Objectives:
On completion of the program, the participant will be expected to:

• Gain knowledge of documenting a quality management system according to the requirements of ISO9001: 2000 Standard;
• Be able to write procedures, policies and quality plan related to ISO9001: 2000 Standard;
• Be able to understand the hierarchy of documentation and the different types of documents including the necessary procedure to control documents; and 
• Understand why documenting a quality management system is important.

Target Participants:
Open to all personnel who are interested in documenting an ISO9001: 2000 Quality Management System. Companies who are already ISO9000: 1994 certified but wish to apply for version 2000 Certification. Companies who want to start their quality manual based on the requirement of ISO9001: 2000 standards. (All participants should have a basic knowledge or have attended ISO9001: 2000 Awareness Course).
 

Seminar Fee:
P2,000.00 per participant (cash or company check payable to Philippine Trade Training Center)

For reservations/inquiries contact:
MS. HENETTE FLORENTINO/ MS. BETH SALCEDO
Tel. Nos. 833-7337 or 834-1344 to 49 loc. 303 or 302
Fax No. 834-1343/ 834-1342

                                                      
IS0 9000 INTERNAL QUALITY AUDIT
June 28-29, 2007
Once a quality system is in place, it is necessary to introduce control measures that will inform the management if the system established is suitable and effective to meet their objectives and improve day to day operations of the company.  One of the measures to evaluate a quality system is through performance of an internal audit.  This will guide the company in effectively implementing its documented system and identify areas for improvement.

Course Content:

• Principles of Internal Audit
• Classifications of Audit
• Review of ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System Standards
• Auditing Procedure
• Planning, Implementing, Reporting and follow-up
• Qualification Requirement of an Auditor
• Role of Auditee

Target Participants:
Participants should have a working knowledge of ISO 9000 Quality Management System

Methodology:
This course is a two-day program consisting of lecture with exercises and examination.

Seminar Fee: 

Php 2,000.00 per participant (inclusive of meals, training manuals & certificate of attendance.) payable in  cash or company check to Philippine Trade Training Center (Personal check is not acceptable)

For reservations/inquiries contact:
MS. HENETTE FLORENTINO/ MS. BETH SALCEDO
Tel. Nos. 833-7337 or 834-1344 to 49 loc. 303 or 302
Fax No. 834-1343/ 834-1342

Teamwork is considered as one of the important organizational competency today after customer service and communication. This is the result of the survey conducted to 200 organizations across 16 countries and 6 continents. This program will equip participants with the proper attitude; knowledge and skills on how to teamwork and in the process develop effective teams.

RMP Consultancy
presents

Teams and Team Creation Seminar

A Synergistic Team Development Program

08 June 2007, Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm

Key Benefits:

After the training, participants will be able to:

• Acquire team-working skills

• Determine different types of teams

• Understand what makes a team

• Communicate effectively among and with other teams

• Understand team leadership and how it is being developed

Seminar Outline:

Teamwork is considered as one of the important organizational competency today after customer service and communication. This is the result of the survey conducted to 200 organizations across 16 countries and 6 continents. This program will equip participants with the proper attitude; knowledge and skills on how to teamwork and in the process will develop effective teams.

Learning Seeds:

• Teams and Team-working

• Types of Teams

• What makes a Team

• Stages of Team Development

• Team Communication

• Team Leadership

Methodology:

Live-Facilitation with visual presentation, Activity-Based Learning Workshops, Team Based Games

Seminar Investment

Early Bird rate:

Registration and payment must be received at least one week prior to the seminar — Php 4,480.00

Regular rate: Php 5,040.00

Rates are inclusive of 12% VAT, lunch and snacks, a seminar workbook, a special CD of the topic and a certificate of attendance. Registration forms are downloadable from www.rmpconsultancy.com or email

Venue:

Rm 204 Languages Internationale Bldg, 926 Arnaiz Ave. (formerly Pasay Road), Makati City

Pre-registration is Required. For reservations, please contact Francis or Raffy at 396-5425 or 372-4563 or 0918-937-3455. You may also call 813-7824 during seminar days (Wed, Thu and Fri). You may also send an email to . Visit RMP Consultancy website at http://www.rmpconsultancy.com to download a registration form.

DigitalFilipino.com will be having a Website Marketing hands-on tutorial session for SME and Corporate members of the DigitalFilipino.com Club this November June 7, Thursday, from 9 am to 5 pm.

This will be held at Alfox Internet Cafe (beside Chowking), Kamuning Road, corner Edsa, Quezon City.

Topics include:
1. Writing good page titles
2. Meta tags
3. Proper text formatting
4. Creating a sitemap
5. Search engine registration
6. Blog marketing
7. Internet Advertising
8. Website traffic monitoring

SME members can send 1 representative while Corporate members can send 2 representatives. Please confirm for food count purposes.

Interested non-members and individual members are requested to sign up as a SME or Corporate member prior to June 7 and confirm attendance for food count purposes.

Here are the links:

SME
http://www.e-commercephilippines.com/ModShop/ShowProduct/21290/

Corporate
http://www.e-commercephilippines.com/x.pro/ModShop/ShowProduct/7324/

Microsoft releases Microsoft Office Isolated Conversion Environment, or MOICE, to help protect users from malware placed in Office files.

More info about MOICE at Information Security Philippines.

Professionalizing the Family Business for SMEs Forum

 May 23, 2007, 12:00 noon
Cebu Parklane International Hotel, Cebu City

 The seminar can be viewed for FREE via LIVE FEED by logging on to

http://www.bworldonline.com/Fora

and register through the Online Live Feed link before May 23, 2007.

Check out the event program at BusinessWorld Online

Free Windows and Linux Integration Training at TechX World Online

May 31, 2007

TechX World Online is a full day of four free IT training courses brought to you in an online format.

Sign up today for the TechX World Online event featuring four training sessions designed to give you the knowledge to make Windows and Linux work effectively together.

Learn the latest tips about Windows-Linux integration without having to travel away from your office. Get unbiased, reliable information about cross-platform IT solutions you can use today-whether you’re on the Windows side of the house or the UNIX/Linux side or somewhere in between trying to make it all work together.

Get hands-on management solutions from famed Linux and Windows expert Darren Mar-Elia for:

• How to monitor UNIX and Windows from a single console
• Tips to use Group Policy across platforms
• How to apply industry standards for heterogeneous management

Get the inside scoop on new directory services integration products and tools from independent expert Brian Komar.Everyone’s talking about virtualization, but they teach you to take it to the next level to solve your most common IT problems. Register today for two virtualization sessions featuring Michael Otey’s advice for creating the optimal virtual environment with little-known tips around the latest virtualization technologies. Michael will also compare VMware and Windows Server “Longhorn” virtualization technologies so you can make educated decisions for your infrastructure.

Learn from industry experts how to work more effectively in a mixed-platform IT environment.

TechX Virtual World Sessions

Session 1

Systems Management
Speaker: Darren Mar-Elia

Policy-Based Configuration Management
Windows comes with Group Policy, a robust, scaleable technology for managing configurations across servers and desktops. But, how about non-Windows systems? Now you can manage these Unix, Linux and even Mac systems’ configuration using Group Policy. We’ll look at this trend at the trend towards cross-platform configuration management including the use of Group Policy and other technologies for creating a unified view of configuration across your enterprise. And we’ll look at how CMDB trends are changing the notion of configuration management.

Session 2

Directory Services and Security Integration
Speaker: Brian Komar

Managing Multiple Directories
This session provides the basic understanding of today’s virtualization technologies. It begins by introducing the different types of virtualization including hardware virtualization, virtual machine virtualization and application virtualization. Then it provides a high level look at the major products in each of these areas. The session concludes by looking at future directions of virtualization with hardware virtualization and the role of the Windows Longhorn Server Hypervisor.

Session 3

Virtualization
Speaker: Michael Otey

Introduction to Virtualization
This session provides the basic understanding of today’s virtualization technologies. It begins by introducing the different types of virtualization including hardware virtualization, virtual machine virtualization and application virtualization. Then it provides a high level look at the major products in each of these areas. The session concludes by looking at future directions of virtualization with hardware virtualization and the role of the Windows Longhorn Server Hypervisor.

Session 4

Virtualization
Speaker: Michael Otey

Virtualization Strategies
The session covers the business benefits and uses of virtualization technology. It presents some of the major IT challenges today such as server sprawl, deployment, and testing and shows how virtualization can be used to address these problems. It also covers the business scenarios for using application virtualization and concludes by discussing the planning issues for future virtualization directions.

Register now!

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Software Process Improvement Competency Development Workshop

In response to request for coming up with Capability Maturity Model Integrated echo sessions but at an affordable rate, DigitalFilipino.com will be having “Software Process Improvement Competency Development Workshop: An Introduction to CMMI with focus on Level 2 and 3 Process areas”.

The following shall be the outline:

Day 1

Introduction to Software Process Improvement
The CMMI Framework - Level 2
Requirements Management
Project Planning
Project Monitoring and Control
Supplier Agreement Management
Configuration Management
Creating a Software Process Improvement Strategic Plan

Day 2

Process and Product Quality Assurance
Measurement and Analysis
Introduction to CMMI Level 3
Requirements Development
Technical Solution
Product Integration
Verification
Validation

Day 3

Decision Analysis and Resolution
Integrated Project Management
Integrated Supplier Management
Risk Management - Organizational Process Focus
Organizational Process Definition
Organizational Training
Presentation of Software Process Improvement Strategic Plan
Apart from crafting a Software Process Improvement Plan, we added a Competency Development component.

The Competency Development Exercise is meant to assist participants in drafting the list of skills needed to be acquired in order for each process area to be developed in the organization. It can also be used in the future in assessing skills needed by one personnel to be able to competently perform a process area and in determining their capability as well.

Once payment is received, expect to get the Software Process Improvement E-Book to help you prepare ahead of time. This e-book is written by the trainer, Janette Toral.

Duration: 3 days
Schedule: June 4, 5 and 6, 2007
Time: 9am to 5pm
Venue: Executive Power Center, Inc., 24th Flr. Pacific Star Bldg. Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue Makati City

Course Fee: Php 10,000.00 (Exclusive of 12% VAT)

Please make all checks payable to Posh Marketing Services.

To register, please visit http://www.poshmarketingservices.com/registration.html and register on line.

Please bring your laptop.

For more details and registration, please call or text Pamela Chua at +63 922 8742757 or email .

Cancellation of registration should be made seven working-days before the training date.  Otherwise, 50% of the training fee shall be charged.  No show during the training shall be charged 100% of the training fee.