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Live Event – May 4, 2011 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm MDT in Edmonton Alberta
Presented by: The Training Store and Norquest College
Duration: 1 Hour Keynote Address 1 Category C
Paid Event Includes Refreshments & A Light Meal
Member price: $25.00 plus GST Non-Member price: $30.00 plus GST

Ian Woodall is presenting his keynote address to many PMI® Chapter organizations across North America. In these situations the presentation may qualify for a Category A PDU. He has presented this address at the PMI® West Coast Chapter (Vancouver BC) and the PMI® Tucson Chapter. He is also presenting this keynote address at the PMINAC conference in Edmonton. The PMINAC presentation will be available for a Category A PDU.

If you get a chance to see his presentation take it!

As the first rays of dawn crept across the Tibetan plateau Ian Woodall stepped on to the summit of Mount Everest and into history, one of a select few to have climbed the world’s highest mountain by both its south and north sides.

During his first ascent from the south Ian’s team were trapped at 8 000 meters in the worst storm in Everest history which claimed the lives of five fellow climbers. After the trauma and tragedy of the storm Ian and his team nevertheless chose to try again, finally reaching the summit as the only ones left on the mountain.

Two years later while attempting the north side of Everest Ian stopped only a few hundred metres below the summit to try and help a dying climber. Nine years later Ian returned to 8 600 metres on the north side of Everest to bury the woman he had been forced to leave behind.

Using the power of emotional storytelling, Ian describes the triumphs and tragedies of climbing Mount Everest, sharing insights related to Personal Inspiration and Practical Leadership.

This presentation was ‘stimulating, highly motivating, with many pertinent lessons about leadership’
– Mary Chapman, CEO, Chartered Management Institute

Session objective: To gain inspiration about leadership in triumph and tragedy.

Agenda:
6:00pm Refreshments & light meal
6:30pm-7:30pm Presentation and Q & A
7:30pm-8:00pm Networking

Ian Woodall was born in England, but then spent twenty-two years in South Africa, before returning to the UK. Between 1996 and 2007 Ian conceived, planned and led five expeditions to Mount Everest, reaching the summit on two occasions. Before embarking on his Everest expeditions Ian worked as a school teacher, a catering manager, an internal auditor, as well as serving as an officer in the British Army. Ian lives in the Principality of Andorra, deep in the heart of the Pyrenees mountains on the border between France and Spain. http://www.ianwoodall.com/