Lisa Qualls, LightThread’s Chief Development Officer, to Speak at Leading Professional Development Conference

Lisa Qualls, LightThread's co-founder and chief development officer is scheduled to speak about web-based project management tools at the upcoming Professional Development Days 2009 in Overland Park, KS on September 21 & 22, 2009.

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Kansas City, MO - September 15, 2009. Lisa Qualls, co-founder and chief development officer for Lightthread, LLC, a Kansas City Crossroads-area social media, business strategy and application development company, will be a featured speaker for Professional Development Days 2009, the annual project management conference sponsored by the Mid-America chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI). The conference will be held September 21-22 at the Overland Park Convention Center. For more details please consult http://kcpmichapter.org/pdd.php. Ms. Qualls presentation, "Project Management Tools for the Digital Age," will provide an overview of software-as-a-service applications that can be leveraged to improve productivity, team management and reduce the cost of managing large scale programs.

“The project manager role is significant and complex at times. A PM is the leader, task master, communicator, risk manager, quality auditor, process coordinator and has budget responsibility. Considering their multitude of duties, it is easy to understand why many are unaware of new solutions that exist to simplify and further improve their management of day-to-day activities,” Ms. Qualls said.

With over 240 thousand members worldwide, the Project Management Institute is the premier, non-profit professional organization for project management, responsible for establishing standards, providing seminars, educational programs and professional certification in the field. The Mid-America chapter of PMI was chartered in 1993 and today has more than 1300 members.

Mitch Holthus, the "voice of the Kansas City Chiefs" will emcee the conference with a keynote speech by Jason Dorsey, recognized as "The Gen Y Guy."

About LightThread, LLC, established in 2008, is a next generation strategy, interactive services and intellectual venture capital firm specializing in optimizing business performance and brand. Through the use of strategy, social media, technology and integrated marketing development, LightThread assists businesses in reaching the next level. For more information about LightThread, LLC please visit: http://www.lightthread.com

Contact: Lisa Qualls (816) 298-9913. email: lisalightthread.com

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