Our May Chapter meeting on May 21, 2024 at 6:00 PM will include two guest speakers sharing their presentation from the 2024 Building Business Capability conference, the official conference of the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)! 

BUILDING YOUR BEST TOOLKIT

Business Analysis is the people business. People are the most complex thing that you need to understand in any project. Each of us brings past experiences, beliefs, memories, assumptions, fears, and much more into every conversation. To effectively navigate people and elicit needs and requirements, we need excellent communication, empathy and analysis skills. There are tools and techniques we should use to understand people and inspire them to accomplish their goals, have accountability and see their potential.
 
Do YOU have the tools you need to understand and inspire the people you work with? Join us to build yourself up and your tools!

We look forward to seeing everyone at the meeting and learning from Heather and Thea speaking on Building your Best Toolkit.

About Heather Mylan-Mains: Heather is from Des Moines, Iowa. She is a stimulus for change as a mom, consultant, and longtime volunteer for IIBA®, currently Vice Chair Board of Directors.  For the past 20 + years, she has collaborated with a variety of project teams to create better business outcomes. She is a fierce advocate for business analysis and loves to share her passion through speaking, teaching, and mentoring.  She believes business analysis is a thinking profession and applies to everything and everyone! Heather loves to put together puzzles and figure out how the pieces fit together. She also loves to travel and wants to visit everywhere in the world. She has an MBA from Drake University, a BA in Accounting from Grand View College, is a CBAP® and CSM and has survived many PhDs (pretty hard days). Heather blogs at www.BAsWithoutBorders.com.

​About Thea Soehren: Thea is a Senior Business Analyst and has been an IIBA® Chapter President or Vice President for over a decade. Currently Vice President of Career and Professional Development for the Tampa Bay IIBA® Chapter, she has led over100 study groups to a world-wide audience. Thea was doing process analysis and improvement before the IIBA® was created. She has continued this work as a Business Analysis professional in a wide variety of industries (from Greeting cards to Nuclear). In her career, Thea has developed excellent analysis skills, honed her people skills and communication using techniques described by IIBA’s BABOK®. She continues to elevate her skills by teaching others to achieve high levels of effectiveness. Thea is enthusiastic to teach others the simple methods she has found.