Master Black Belt Elective Sessions and Dates
SBTI Announces a New Master Black Belt Elective
SBTI is offering an exciting new MBB elective entitled
“Advanced Shakespeare, Communications and Leadership”.
Instructors:
- Dr. Steve Zinkgraf – CEO, SBTI
- Guy Roberts – Artistic Director, Austin Shakespeare Festival
- Sarah Johnson – Professional Actor, Austin Shakespeare Festival Company
- Andrea Osborn – Professional Actor, Austin Shakespeare Festival Company
- Dick Scott – Executive Director, SBTI Master Black Belt Program
Here are the key topics that will be covered:
- The Evolution of Shakespeare’s Greatest and most Dynamic Leader –
Henry V
- The Actor and Performers Connection between Voice, Body, Spirit and Leadership
- Communicating as a Leader during times of crises and conflict
- Formal Presentations
- Persuading Hostile Audiences
- Speaking and Listening to both Adversaries and Trusted Allies
- Engaging your Audience and holding its Attention
- Inspiring your Troops against Overwhelming Odds
- Understanding the characteristics and development of great teams
Special Tools:
Actors Voice and Body Work, Stage Combat Techniques, Shakespeare’s Text and
Rhetoric Techniques, Speaking with Passion (Monologues and Actual Presentations),
Effectively Delivering Shakespearian Insults, Ensemble Shakespeare.
Those of you who take this elective will derive the following benefits.
You will:
- Understand selected principles of leadership during times of crises and conflict
through Shakespeare’s model of Henry V
- Realize your strengths and weaknesses as a communicating leader using Shakespeare’s
model of Henry V
- Discover and Strengthen your own unique voice as a leader
- Articulate your passions and concerns in clear and direct language
- Inspire in your own unique voice effectively and engagingly
If you are interested in taking this exciting new elective please contact Bob Croniser
at e-mail
bcroniser@sbtimail.com
or call 1-888-752-7070 and let him know. The final dates are still to be determined.
The nine Elective Sessions are specifically focused
on the tools and techniques found to be most effective for different areas of business.
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Master Black Belt Elective Sessions
| Course | From | To | Description | Location |
| E-1 Lean Enterprise / Variation Flow | Spring | 2010 | This workshop provides technical insight to the issues of throughput and flow of product through an organization. Participants are challenged to apply techniques to a process to remove waste, improve quality and productivity while increasing profitability. | San Marcos, TX |
| E-2 Introduction to Design Process (DFSS) | 8/23/2010 | 8/27/2010 | This workshop is designed to provide the Operations Black Belt / Master Black Belt with knowledge of some of the most critical DFSS tools and techniques. Topics introduced are: Statistical Tolerancing, Monte Carlo Analysis and Robust Design Techniques. | San Marcos, TX |
| E-3 Advanced Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA) | 2010 TBD | 2010 TBD | Procedures for assessing various types of measurement systems for continuous and attribute data are described and critically evaluated. | San Marcos, TX |
| E-4 Transactional & Lean Tools | 2/8/2010 | 2/12/2010 | Students receive an introduction to simulation techniques and linear modeling using iGrafx® ProcessT for Six Sigma during this workshop. These approaches are introduced as an enhancement to the Improvement Phase for processes where conducting physical experiments is difficult. | San Marcos, TX |
| E-5 Advanced Design for DFSS I (One of Two) | 2010 TBD | 2010 TBD | This first session for the DFSS Master Black Belt Track is an in-depth look at DFSS with the primary focus in systems architecture and advanced QFD. | TBD |
| E-6 Advanced Design for DFSS II (Two of Two) | 2010 TBD | 2010 TBD | This second session in the DFSS Master Black Belt Track is an in-depth look at DFSS with the primary focus on CPM, Sales and Advanced Robust Design. | San Marcos, TX |
| E-7 Forecasting & Time Series Analysis | 4/26/2010 | 4/30/2010 | This elective will introduce and review time series analysis methods and apply those methods to the problem of forecasting. ARIMA (Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average), seasonal and using leading indicators will all be explored. | San Marcos, TX |
| E-8 Advanced Design of Experiements (DOE) | 2010 TBD | 2010 TBD | Participants will learn Design of Experiments at an advanced level. Mixture Experiments, Super-saturated designs and other design types including D-Optimal will be explored in detail. This program is open to Master Black Belts and Black Belts. | TBD |
| E-9 Six Sigma Process Design (SSPD) | 10/4/2010 | 10/8/2010 | In this elective, participants will explore the problems of creating/designing a process. This is particularly important in the business world or service businesses where sometimes no process exists or a new one needs to be created, completely scrapping the old process. | San Marcos, TX |
| E-10 Advanced Communications & Leadership | Spring 2010 | Spring 2010 | Using some of the world’s best-known and most-loved Shakespearean speeches, we teach valuable secrets and lessons about understanding the nature of the English language and the hows and whys of communicating with certain words, themes and ideas. | San Marcos |
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E4 Elective: Transactional & Lean Tools
| Course | From | To | Description | Location | Details | Cost | Deposit |
| Transactional & Lean Tools | 2/8/2010 | 2/12/2010 | Introduction to simulation techniques and linear modeling using iGrafx® ProcessT for Six Sigma. An in-depth look at Non-Parametric Statistics.These approaches are an enhancement to the Improvement Phase for processes where conducting physical experiments is difficult. Students will receive a free copy of iGrafx Process for Six Sigma. | San Marcos, TX | * Licensed Clients
** Non-Licensed Clients
Visit: sbtionline.com/e4-trans-and-lean-tools/ | USD $3,800*/$4,300** | USD $1,000 |
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E7 Elective: Forecasting and Time Series Analysis
| Course | From | To | Description | Location | Details | Cost | Deposit |
| Forecasting & Time Series Analysis | 4/26/2010 | 4/30/2010 | This elective will introduce and review time series analysis methods and apply those methods to the problem of forecasting. ARIMA (Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average), seasonal and using leading indicators will all be explored. | San Marcos, TX | * Licensed Clients
** Non-Licensed Clients
Visit: sbtionline.com/e7-forecasting-and-time-series/ | USD $3,800*/$4,300** | USD $1,000 |
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E5 Elective: Advanced Design Part I
| Course | From | To | Description | Location | Details | Cost | Deposit |
| Advanced Design Part I (DFSS) | 8/23/2010 | 8/27/2010 | The first session (E5) for the DFSS Master Black Belt Track is an in-depth look at DFSS with the primary focus in systems architecture and advanced QFD. | San Marcos, TX | * Licensed Clients
** Non-Licensed Clients
Visit: sbtionline.com/e5-advanced-dfss-1/ | USD $3,800*/$4,300** | USD *1,000 |
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E9 Elective: Six Sigma for Process Design (SSPD)
| Course | From | To | Description | Location | Details | Cost | Deposit |
| E9 Elective: Six Sigma for Process Design (SSPD) | 10/4/2010 | 10/8/2010 | Explore the problems of creating/designing a process. This is particularly important where sometimes no process exists or a new one needs to be created. A roadmap for process design/redesign is developed and key aspects. | San Marcos, TX | * Licensed Clients
** Non-Licensed Clients
Visit: sbtionline.com/e9-sspd/ | USD $3,800*/$4,300** | USD $1,000 |
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B1 Lean Enterprise:
(Details)
B3 Design Processes:
(Details)
B4 Transactional and Lean Tools:
(Details)
B5 Advanced Design for DFSS 1:
(Details)
B6 Advanced Design for DFSS 2:
(Details)
*Updated* B7 Forecasting and Time Series:
(Details)
*Updated* B8 Advanced Experimentation:
(Details)
B9 Six Sigma Process Design (SSPD):
(Details)
*Updated* B11 Advanced
Measurement Systems Analysis: (Details)
SAP Demand Forecasting Workshop:
(Details)

Email for location and enrollment. Do not schedule travel until you are enrolled
and elective is confirmed.
To register for upcoming Master Black Belt courses email or call
Bob Croniser (bcroniser@sbtimail.com)
at (888) 752-7070 or fill out
this form.
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