The pretechnical will start at 5:00 lead by Lisa Modispaugh who will present a tutorial about the ASQ Website. There will be a short break with a light meal and refreshments at a small charge of $8.

The meeting presentation at 6:00 PM our main speaker, Joe Davenport, will talk about creating effective quality teams. Strong teams are an amazing thing to watch. Whether it's in sports, business or family life, effective teams get better results, and they get them faster, than ineffective teams. There's a synergistic magic that happens when all parts come together to create something that is greater than their sum. But how do you create a successful team?

Choosing the right people for a quality team is essential to its success. Team members must have skills and talents that are complimentary. What would happen if a football team had too many quarterbacks and not enough players to block for them or catch the football? Would that team be successful?

Each member of a team will have their own communication style and personality. We will discuss the basic styles and how they interact with one another. When people understand that they are different and why, the team can function more effectively.

Joe Davenport, President/Founder of WORKFORCE DESIGNS, has a passion for helping companies build and retain the high performance workforce. Davenport leverages thirty years of successful business management experience and a decade in talent management services to deliver high impact solutions that improve business performance for his clients.