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PMI Nashville Offers Advertising/Marketing Opportunities Programs Last Month’s Program in Review Growing Your Leadership
Skills August
28 Professional Development Seminar
2003 – Central Alabama PMI Chapter September
12 Professional
Development Day 2003 - Memphis PMI Chapter September
12 September
18-19 Preparing for an IT Manager Role September 26 IT Manager
Development Institute October
13-17 Professional Development Symposium – North
Alabama PMI Chapter October
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Did You Know? PMBOK Tune Up
Workshop a Success for Nashville Chapter Members Inaugural IT
Manager Development Institute Complete Improve Your Chances to Pass the PMP Certification Test Be a PMI Volunteer – It Has Never Been Easier! PMI Global Congress 2003 – Celebrate the Best in Project Management Southwest Airlines Offers Discount to PMI Consulting SIG PDU Claims – Important Deadline Clarification PMI Membership – Helpful Resources Available Project Management Office (PMO) – Trend to Implement Is Fast Growing Women in Project Management (WiPM) SIG Welcome New
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PMI Nashville Offers
Advertising/Marketing Opportunities By:
Faye Smith, PMP- PMI Nashville President The
PMI Nashville Chapter has a rapidly growing membership with over 325
members. This reflects positively on our initiatives to educate,
increase the awareness and value of PMI in the community, in the industries,
in the media, in schools and universities. With this increase comes
the need to position the chapter for the future and address the needs of
the membership. One such effort has been in developing our policies and
procedures. Recently, the PMI Nashville Chapter Board of
Directors released their policy on advertising/marketing. The policy offers
organizations an opportunity to advertise via PMI's bi-monthly
newsletter and the website. There are approximately 1,100 on the weekly
notifications list with various industries represented. PMI recognizes the challenges organizations
face. Some organizational challenges addressed by advertising with the
PMI Nashville Chapter include the following: ·
Increasing brand
recognition for your company, products and services ·
Attracting
prospective clients to your website to generate sales leads and prospects ·
Identifying and
utilizing cost effective media to attract business from a specific targeted
region or industry Getting your products and services in front of 1,100
advisors and/or decision makers, or a targeted group of key people from
specific industry groups or sectors is critical to your effective marketing
campaign. PMI Nashville can help you meet those needs with a tailored program
of advertising. Newsletter advertisers should contact newsletter@pminashville.com and Web
advertisers should contact web@pminashville.com. |
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Growing
Your Leadership Skills 1 PDU earned upon completion Instructor: Kathy Arnold, PMP – DSIG Vice President
Programs The PMI
Diversity Specific Interest Group (DSIG) will be holding a Webinar, Thursday,
August 28 on the topic, Growing Your Leadership Skills. Participants will learn tips on guiding, directing,
teaching and delegating as a project manager. They will also explore ways of
bringing out the best in others and getting people to work together while
maintaining a positive team spirit. The instructor, Kathy Arnold,
PMP, is a Sr. Project Manager for WorldCom. In addition to her duties at
WorldCom, she has taught two-week project management courses to new hires and
new project managers for WorldCom employees as well as WorldCom customers in
Tennessee, Florida, New York, Atlanta, and the UK. Her course is recognized
and registered with PMI. The one-hour Webinar will begin at 1:00
PM CST. DSIG members will receive a discount. More information can be found on the PMI Nashville Chapter website at www.pminashville.com. Information
can also be found at the DSIG website: http://www.pmidsig.org. Professional
Development Seminar 2003 – Central Alabama PMI Chapter 8 PDUs earned for entire day The Central Alabama PMI Chapter
proudly presents the 2nd Annual Professional Development Seminar 2003. The one-day seminar will be held September 12.
The seminar, Enhancing
The Mind, Body and Spirit of the Project Manager,
will be held at the Gardendale Civic Center in Birmingham
(Gardendale), Alabama from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The five featured speakers
and their respective topics are as follows: ·
Joan Knutson (Opening Keynote
Speaker) - "The Age of Project Mentoring" ·
Len Krapcha - "Keeping
Your Project Afloat with Float" ·
Bettina Byrd-Giles -
"Introduction to Intercultural Communication" ·
John Gravitt - "Killer
Kickoffs to Cosmic Closeouts" ·
Roy Brewer (Closing
Keynote Speaker) - "Can You Read Me?" Early-Registration
Deadline, August 15 (5:00 p.m.): CAPMI Members - $100.00 Non-CAPMI Members - $140.00 After August 15: CAPMI Members - $120.00 Non-CAPMI Members - $160.00 Note: Onsite
registration begins at 7:30 a.m. Cost of the one-day seminar
is less than $25.00 per PMI National
speaker, including breakfast, lunch, and seminar materials. Other seminar
benefits include executive body massages and door prizes. Professional
Development Day 2003 – Memphis PMI Chapter 7 PDUs earned for entire day; 3.5 PDUs earned for
the morning or afternoon sessions Instructor:
Frank Saladis, PMP The Memphis, TN PMI Chapter announces their
annual Professional Development Day (PDD). The one-day symposium features
four different sessions September 12. The symposium will be held in
Memphis at the Memphis Homebuilders Association on Germantown Road. The four
sessions are as follows: Session 1: Your Future as a Project Manager;
Session 2: I was Just Assigned My First Project; Session 3: Managing
Difficult People; Session 4: Project Management in the Movies. More information can be found on the PMI
Nashville chapter website at www.pminashville.com.
To register, online access the Memphis website at www.pmimemphis.org. John Schmitt, PMP at 901-434-7492 or Greg Hausmann, PMP at
901-224-9708 will answer your questions. 16 PDUs earned upon completion Instructors: Mark
Chism, PMP; Allyson Shumate, PMP; Craig Hardy; Jennifer Crum, PMP; Barney
Regan, PMP A two-day workshop designed to prepare you
for the PMP exam using the 2002 PMI Guidelines, will be held September 18 and
19. The team of PMP professionals have both extensive education and business
expertise in each of the PMI knowledge areas. The workshop will be held at
the BellSouth Tower in Nashville (333 Commerce Street). PMI members will
receive a discount. Cost of the two-day workshop includes lunch and snacks
each day. More information can be found on the PMI Nashville Chapter website at www.pminashville.com. To register, please contact our chapter’s Director of Education and Training, Brenda Coons, PMP at 615-271-3794 or via email at Brenda.coons@eds.com. Registration must be made by August 31.
8 PDUs earned upon completion Instructor:
Mike Sisco – MDE Enterprises, CEO PMI Nashville invites you to attend a one-day seminar Friday,
September 26. The informal
training seminar,
Preparing For an IT Manager Role, will help you position yourself for an IT Manager role by
discovering the traits that are important for success. You will also gain
insight into the steps to prepare you for the job. PMI members will
receive a discount. Mike Sisco, a former IT Manager and CIO with more than 20 years experience, will be the instructor. Becoming an IT Manager is more easily facilitated if the candidate has a good idea about how to manage technology resources and exhibits managerial traits. Most young managers take the job understanding little of what managing an organization is about. Project Managers are excellent candidates for an IT Manager role and this class provides focused insight specifically to help the Project Manager prepare for and position himself or herself for an IT Manager position. The seminar will be held in LaVergne, Tennessee at
Square D (295 Tech Park Drive, Suite 100). Cost of the one-day seminar
includes lunch, class-break refreshments, and course materials including one
of Mike Sisco’s books, IT Management-101: Fundamentals to Achieve More.
Remember, PMI members receive a discount. Registration is limited to 30 people, so please register by September 12, 2003 to ensure your place. More
information can be found at PMI Nashville’s website www.pminashville.com. You may also
contact our chapter’s Director of Education and
Training, Brenda Coons, PMP at Brenda.coons@eds.com
or 615-271-3794. IT
Manager Development Institute 40 PDUs earned upon completion Instructor:
Mike Sisco – MDE Enterprises, CEO PMI Nashville brings you a dynamic five-day project
management seminar October 13 through October 17, 2003. PMI members receive a
20% discount! Mike Sisco will teach this IT MANAGER DEVELOPMENT
INSTITUTE seminar. He has managed IT organizations at all levels including 20
years as a CIO. Seminar participants will gain the knowledge to be
successful IT Managers and will receive many examples and tools that will
help him or her implement the concepts quickly and easily. The seminar will be held in
Nashville. Remember, PMI members receive a 20% discount when members mention
the discount code “PMI”. Cost of the five-day seminar includes lunches and two
class break refreshments each day. There is also a special dinner banquet
Thursday night. More information can be found
at this website www.mde.net/institute. You
may also contact Mike Sisco at 931-490-6932 or mike@mde.net. Professional
Development Symposium – North Alabama PMI Chapter 7 PDUs earned for entire day; 1 PDU earned for
each session Join the North Alabama Chapter (NAC) of PMI at the first
annual Professional Development Symposium on October 24. Participants will
further their knowledge of the project management discipline and understand
the bottom-line value that well developed project management principles add
to project and program performance. The symposium, “Using Project Management to Improve
Business Performance,” will be held at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville,
Alabama from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Symposium attendees may choose up to six, fifty-minute
seminars from twelve project management topics. One PDU will be awarded for
each session attended. The luncheon activities include keynote speakers and
an informational forum for business and government leaders. The Keynote Speakers
are Colonel Bob Birmingham, US Army (Ret) and Jay Ress, PMP, TMA Seminars and
member of PMI Nashville Chapter. Dr. Ed Hoffman and Mr. Tony Maturo of NASA
Headquarters and Directors of NASA’s Academy of Program and Project
Leadership invite you to a special one-hour presentation. Register by October 1st: Seminars, Luncheon, and
Keynote - $225 Luncheon and Keynote Speakers
- $25 Note: That’s lunch and 7 PDUs for $32 each After October 1st: Seminars, Luncheon, and
Keynote - $250 Luncheon and Keynote Speakers
- $30 Note: That’s lunch and 7
PDUs for $36 each In addition to the seminars, vendors will be exhibiting
and available to demonstrate a variety of products and services of interest
to project managers. For details and online registration, click on www.pmi-nac.org/pds2003. |
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If you haven’t visited the new PMI Nashville Chapter website, then you may not know what all the fuss is about. The new website officially launched on June 17 and has already received over 23,000 hits. Visitors to the site will notice a new look and feel; improved usability; improved site performance; home page advertisement for sponsors; fast access to information from the home page; and the ability to customize font size.
Work
on the new site began last year under the leadership of Julie Moore, Director
of Web Administration for the 2002 Board of Directors. Both Julie and Kim
Nichols, Director of Web Administration for 2003, worked with two volunteer
developers – Brandy Beasley and Kyle Thomson. You can read Brandy and Kyle’s
interview in last month’s newsletter by going to http://pminashville.com/ and selecting
the May/June 2003 newsletter from the Publications section. Advertise your products and services on the new and improved PMI Nashville website. See the article on the advertising/marketing policy. PMBOK Tune Up Workshop a Success for Nashville
Chapter Members Jay
Ress of TMA Seminars conducted a three-hour "PMBOK Tune Up"
Workshop for members of the Nashville Chapter of the Project Management
Institute on June 4. Richard Singletary, AVP-IT&S at HCA hosted the event
and provided a first-rate facility for the twenty-five people in attendance. The
workshop presented the PMBOK in a logical sequence, focusing on themes and
knowledge that will help PMI members pass the PMP Certification Exam. Jay
also shared some strategies for taking the exam. Spirited audience
participation yielded a number of helpful study suggestions and resources.
Overall, all but two of the attendees "Agreed Very Strongly" that
they would recommend this seminar to others (the other two "somewhat
agreed"). A
few quotes from Seminar Evaluations included: ·
Jay
Ress, PMP ·
"Thank
you so much. You have opened my eyes to new information, mind set,
Left to right: Brandy Beasley and Kyle Thomson –
volunteer web developers ·
Instructor
was "...excellent - his knowledge of subject; ability to understand
participant's questions; assessment of audience and their needs and excellent
communication skills made attending this seminar worthwhile and a
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