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"Acronym Master of High Level Content": March Dinner Meeting Summary

Mrs. Jessie Stanton Announcements March 16, 2015

by Mike Ososki, PMP, Communications Committee

It’s hard to imagine more big-picture content being packed into one Dunwoody Dinner presentation. Yet with a title like “Project Managers as Senior Executives,” Dr. Frank Harper did an admirable job to cover the ground. As a subtitle tie-in to PMI, it’s “A.G.I.L.E. L.E.A.D.E.R.S.H.I.P with a G.R.I.P.,” and to add a bit of zip, Dr. Harper’s sub-subtitle is “A Twenty-first Century Strategic Hustler™ Leadership Behavior Framework.” Whew—even the titling well portends the volume of content ahead.

Frank has achieved an incredible 96% project success rate with an amazingly long list of marquee clients. To begin, he categorizes from the perspectives of strategy, posture, and culture. For example ...

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From there, we embark on a series of high level, big-picture diagrams and flow charts, including ...

PMP Study Group Beginning March 26th

Mrs. Jessie Stanton Announcements March 03, 2015

PMP exam preparation through study group sessions led by peers and facilitated by a PMP certified mentor

Note: Each participant will be required to participate in a presentation to the group. Details will be given at the first meeting.

Volunteer of the Month - March 2015

Mrs. Jessie Stanton Announcements March 02, 2015

West Chiquetta PMI Atlanta is pleased to announce our March Volunteer of the Month. Congratulations, Chiquetta West! If you’ve attended a PMI Atlanta dinner meeting or networking event, you’ve probably had the pleasure of interacting with Chiquetta. She’s become known as one of our volunteers who we can depend on to service registration several times throughout the year with a smile. It’s no wonder volunteering with registration has been her favorite experience with the organization. Read on to learn how volunteering has impacted Chiquetta’s professional development and the PMI Atlanta initiatives she’s most excited about.

What has been your favorite or most rewarding volunteer experience with PMI Atlanta?
I have been volunteering with the Atlanta Chapter for two (2) years working the registration tables at various meetings. I enjoy working with registration because it gives me a chance to meet and interact with people that work in different capacities of project management. Through these interactions, I have met a lot of wonderful people that are more advanced in this profession and have provided a lot of information on how to manage my projects and advance in my career.

Governance Forum Cancelled for February 25th

Mrs. Jessie Stanton Announcements February 25, 2015

Due to the forecasted weather, the Governance Forum scheduled for February 25th has been cancelled. We look forward to seeing you next month!

"Your Industry....Your Forum": January Technology Forum

Mrs. Jessie Stanton Announcements February 23, 2015

By: Glenn Boylan, Technology Forum Volunteer

The January Technology Forum meeting was an interesting one – in fact it could more accurately be called the January meeting for all the PMI Atlanta Industry Forums. Titled “Your Industry … Your Forum", it brought together the Program Managers of the five forums to show what each of their forums offer.

Nancy Berlin kicked off the meeting thanking the Technology Forum volunteers and introducing Nara Acharya, a PMI Atlanta Board member. The program started with an introduction to the forums from Marcia Trajano, VP of Industry Forums. Marcia told the audience that the Atlanta Chapter puts on approximately 50 forum events per year in the five forums: Agile; Architecture, Engineering and Construction; Governance; Healthcare; and Technology. A sixth forum, Consulting, will be starting soon.

All the forums are designed to provide an opportunity for project professionals to network, learn, and share their experiences in a more intimate setting than the full chapter meetings. The forums enhance the attendees’ professional experience.