Events Calendar

PDUs:  1.5 - Leadership

Presenter Name:        Dennis Plummer

Speaker Bio:  

Dennis R. Plummer, CEO, is responsible for all staffing, management and service delivery of the organization.  He began work for the organization in 2006 in positions of security, case management and program direction.  He assumed responsibility as executive in 2007 and has since been named a Top NM CEO (2014) by Albuquerque Business First.  Mr. Plummer has a B.A. in psychology and has worked in various capacities with people experiencing homelessness since 1984, including undercover investigations of service, teaching English as a second language, food service, case management and community education.

Speaker Website or LinkedIn:           www.headinghome.org

Presentation Title:     “How Is the Sausage Made?”

Presentation Summary/Description:

Ever wonder what theory looks like in action?  Do models of project management work?  This presentation will take common project management theory and walk through actual case studies of project management implementation in Heading Home, a local nonprofit that works to permanently house people experiencing homelessness.  CEO Dennis Plummer will discuss the realities, pitfalls and successes of managing three major projects:  the multi-agency collaboration known as Albuquerque Heading Home, a behavioral health outreach and a year-round, 24-hour, all-purpose shelter.

Presentation Objectives

1. Will know at least three warning indicators that a project may become derailed.
2. Will understand how project management can be used to build organizational capacity.
3. Will deepen knowledge of the gap between knowing and doing, and learn ways to bridge that gap.