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	Dr. Dams is a frequent speaker on practical applications of organizational systems thinking. Contact us to schedule a presentation to your organization to learn how your team can become more effective with a basic understanding of the fundamental organizational performance system. Strategic Planning: A How-to Workshop for Today’s Performance Consultants Industrial/Organizational Graduate Student Organization, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 2013. Systems Thinking: A Powerful Leadership Tool for Planning Effectively Academic Leadership Academy, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 2012. The Practice of Consulting: Tips for Future Practitioners Lecture, Advanced I/O Seminar. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 2012. Applying Systems Thinking for Anxiety-free Strategic Planning Academic Leadership Academy, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 2011. Leadership and Systems Thinking: Unleashing the Power of Planning at all Levels of Your Organization Invited presentation. New Academic Administrators Seminar Series, Office of the Provost, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 2011. Systems Thinking and Strategic Planning: Made for Each Other Academic Leadership Academy, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 2010. Improving Organizational Leadership and Decision-Making Through Systems Thinking Academic Leadership Academy, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 2009. Understanding Organizations as Systems: Practical Applications of Organizational Systems Theory Guest lectures, Nonprofit Leadership Program, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 2006-2011. Flying Solo: Applying Behavioral Systems Analysis to a Small Consulting Firm and Its Clients Colloquium. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, October 2009. Strategic Planning for Busy Organizations Encore presentation. 2008 Day Conference, Kalamazoo Human Resource Management Assocation (KHRMA), Kalamazoo, MI, May 2008. Strategic Planning for Busy Organizations Annual conference of the Michigan Council of the Society for Human Resource Management (MISHRM), Kalamazoo, MI, September 2007. A strategic planning model for county departments With D. Nitz.  Annual conference of the Michigan Association of Counties, Harbor Springs, MI, 2002. Consulting interns: A cost-effective approach to continuous quality improvement (CQI) With R. D. Terronez. Annual conference of the Michigan Association of Counties, Gaylord, MI, 2001. Systems thinking: What is it and how can I do it? With D. M. Brethower. Annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Chicago, IL, 1999. Systems thinking (and systems doing) With D. M. Brethower. Annual conference of the International Society for Performance Improvement, Long Beach, CA, 1999.	“ Dr. Dams was professional, insightful, clever, and efficient. He kept people on track, ensuring a timely product, and provided a path toward clarity that I believe we would not have achieved without him. ” Sandy Roethler Executive Director A.S.K.
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