Critical Thinking - A Critical Skill
Date/Time
3/26/2025
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Eastern
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Eastern
Event Registration
Event Type(s)
March Procurement Month Educational Series
Event Description
March 26, 2025 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM ET
Virtual Event
Registration closes on March 24, 2025
Join us for OPBA's weekly educational series celebrating March Procurement Month! This is the last session in our 4-part series.
We’ve been told that our ability to think is what separates us from the animals. “I think, therefore I am,” proclaimed Rene’ Descartes in the 17th century. Situations, problems and opportunities confront us on a daily basis. How we handle them and move on is fundamental to long-term success in any endeavor. Simply reacting is not a sound strategy. We each have our own experiences and points of view from which we make assumptions. To that we add facts, opinions and observations to try and arrive at a course of action. We must analyze each situation on its own merits and develop a plan to attack it. This requires the skill set of critical thinking, which examines assumptions, evaluates evidence and assesses conclusions. This workshop will examine many of the facets of critical thinking and provide some useful tools for its proper application.
Learning Objectives:
By participating in this workshop, the participant will be able to:
Presenter: David Nash
David Nash retired as a Chief Warrant Officer Three from the United States Army in 1988 after 20 years of service in inventory management. In 2007, he retired from the City of Fort Lauderdale after 18 years of service in warehousing and procurement.
David holds Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Business Administration. He was the last President of the Governmental Purchasing Association of Southeast Florida, having successfully led a merger with the SE Florida Chapter of NIGP in 2001. He was also the President of the Florida Association of Public Procurement Officials in 2006-2007.
David was presented with FAPPO’s George H. Wolf Distinguished Service Award in 2010. In 2014, he was presented with FAPPO’s Educator of the Year Award. In 2019, he was presented with his second George H. Wolf Distinguished Service Award for his overall contributions to FAPPO during 25 years of membership.
David was a certified instructor for NIGP for over 14 years, teaching over 100 courses in various disciplines. From 2010 to 2013 he served on the Evaluation Committee for the National Procurement Institute’s Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Award. Since creating the online “Question of the Day” in 2007, he has helped thousands of procurement professionals prepare for their CPPB, CPPO and NIGP-CPP exams. For this contribution, he was presented with the "Spirit of NIGP Award" at the NIGP Forum in 2013. For his overall contributions to the procurement profession, he was presented with NIGP’s Distinguished Service Award at the 2018 Forum in Nashville, TN.
David was presented with NIGP’s Leadership Award at the 2023 NIGP Forum in Louisville, KY. He previously served from June 2015 to December 2019 as one of that organization’s first Chapter Ambassadors in Area 5. In August 2020 he was part of the inaugural group to receive the new NIGP-CPP certification. David served for three years as a charter member of Radio NIGP and six years on NIGP’s Mentorship Committee.
Virtual Event
Registration closes on March 24, 2025
Join us for OPBA's weekly educational series celebrating March Procurement Month! This is the last session in our 4-part series.
We’ve been told that our ability to think is what separates us from the animals. “I think, therefore I am,” proclaimed Rene’ Descartes in the 17th century. Situations, problems and opportunities confront us on a daily basis. How we handle them and move on is fundamental to long-term success in any endeavor. Simply reacting is not a sound strategy. We each have our own experiences and points of view from which we make assumptions. To that we add facts, opinions and observations to try and arrive at a course of action. We must analyze each situation on its own merits and develop a plan to attack it. This requires the skill set of critical thinking, which examines assumptions, evaluates evidence and assesses conclusions. This workshop will examine many of the facets of critical thinking and provide some useful tools for its proper application.
Learning Objectives:
By participating in this workshop, the participant will be able to:
- Discover the obstacles to overcome for more productive thought & better decisions.
- Find better ways to learn, listen and understand.
- Apply the problem-solving process and learn ways to devise effective, long-lasting solutions.
Presenter: David Nash
David Nash retired as a Chief Warrant Officer Three from the United States Army in 1988 after 20 years of service in inventory management. In 2007, he retired from the City of Fort Lauderdale after 18 years of service in warehousing and procurement.
David holds Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Business Administration. He was the last President of the Governmental Purchasing Association of Southeast Florida, having successfully led a merger with the SE Florida Chapter of NIGP in 2001. He was also the President of the Florida Association of Public Procurement Officials in 2006-2007.
David was presented with FAPPO’s George H. Wolf Distinguished Service Award in 2010. In 2014, he was presented with FAPPO’s Educator of the Year Award. In 2019, he was presented with his second George H. Wolf Distinguished Service Award for his overall contributions to FAPPO during 25 years of membership.
David was a certified instructor for NIGP for over 14 years, teaching over 100 courses in various disciplines. From 2010 to 2013 he served on the Evaluation Committee for the National Procurement Institute’s Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Award. Since creating the online “Question of the Day” in 2007, he has helped thousands of procurement professionals prepare for their CPPB, CPPO and NIGP-CPP exams. For this contribution, he was presented with the "Spirit of NIGP Award" at the NIGP Forum in 2013. For his overall contributions to the procurement profession, he was presented with NIGP’s Distinguished Service Award at the 2018 Forum in Nashville, TN.
David was presented with NIGP’s Leadership Award at the 2023 NIGP Forum in Louisville, KY. He previously served from June 2015 to December 2019 as one of that organization’s first Chapter Ambassadors in Area 5. In August 2020 he was part of the inaugural group to receive the new NIGP-CPP certification. David served for three years as a charter member of Radio NIGP and six years on NIGP’s Mentorship Committee.
Registration Fees:
|
Title |
Fee |
Member Status |
Points |
CEUs |
Hours |
|
Members |
$0.00 |
Members Only |
0.0000 |
0.0000 |
1.50 |
|
Non Members |
$35.00 + HST |
All Registrants |
0.0000 |
0.0000 |
1.50 |
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