Monday "After 5" Sessions
Monday, May 5
5:15 p.m. − 6:30 p.m.
Improve your quality of life with “After 5” sessions. These exciting and innovative sessions are less formal than concurrent sessions or tutorials and cover a myriad of topics that may or may not relate directly to quality in the traditional sense. The sessions are 75 minutes long and include a social component, which adds to the level of interaction between the facilitator and the participants as well as the participants and their peers.
AF01−DoE and Pizza
The trick to creating your perfect piece of pizza is to find the right combination of ingredients and styles that satisfy your expectations. What to do? Make your own. The session will cover tips in replicating “real” New York-style pizza via a not-so-heavily statistical pizza analysis design of experiments (DOE). Mr. Pizza promises that if attendees are “left empty” by the data, there will still be a real slice, or two, to for the taking.
Session Leader: Elias Monreal, Chair of Tucson Old Pueblo Section 0707
AF02−Lean for Your Life
Kanbans in your kitchen? 5S for your pantry? The Lean Lady from ASQ’s Women in Quality Network will share her secrets on using the tools of Lean at home. There will be something to share and something to test from this idea potluck, for the professionals to practitioners, from the tiny apartment renters to palatial estate owners, for men and women! Bring your own ideas to share as this Leanest of smorgasboards!
Session Leader: Aimee Siegler, Benchmark Electronics
AF03−Slow Food and Quality
Two Movements To Savor: Where do the many paths of continuous improvement, sustainability, farming, organic food, eating, entertaining and cooking come together and thrive? This open dialogue focuses on practices and opportunities in improving your understanding of the sources and substances of food – locally and globally. It will help you start make better choices everyday.
Session Leader: Kay Kendall, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
AF04−Reduce Stress: Yoga at Your Desk
Do you feel like you start to get shorter and more slumped as the day goes on? Are you reaching for coffee or cookies to give yourself an afternoon lift? Try some yoga stretches and breathing at your desk to clear your head and refresh your nervous system. Come prepared to relax and regenerate yourself after a day at the conference and learn simple techniques to take back to your desk.
Session Leader: Janet Raddatz, Sargento Foods Inc.
AF05 – Black Belt Workout
You’ve asked for it for years. Come and train with Lou Ann, 4th Master Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. All levels of skill are welcome, even if you’ve never done aerobic kickboxing martial arts. The only requirement is the willingness to sweat; this session includes some aerobic kick boxing. Dress in work out clothes, and if you have hand paddles, bring them!
Session Leader: Lou Ann Lathrop, Engineering Group Manager - General Motor
