by John A. Salguero, PMP, Athens Committee Chair

The second Athens-based meeting of PMI Atlanta was hosted by PMI Athens Committee Chair, John A. Salguero, at the Foundry Park Inn & Spa. Salguero's goal is to develop an active Athens chapter to bring networking and professional workshops to the community of Athens. He aims to establish relationships with organizations in the Athens area by hosting panel-type career fairs, recruiting exciting speakers, and starting a student chapter at Saint Leo University in Duluth.

This dinner meeting featured Brad Hunt, Executive Director of IT at the University of Georgia Terry College of Business, as the
keynote speaker. Though not a member of PMI himself, Hunt is active in the Technology Business Schools Roundtable, an organization similar to PMI with a focus on technology management. In the late '80s, Hunt was active in Chevron's project management development, helping the initiative grow into widespread practice. He emphasized honing meeting facilitation skills in order to find the right approach to achieve efficient and successful team meetings.

by Mike Ososki, PMP, Communications Committee

You may call it a road, but to Georgia DOT, it's "horizontal transportation." Last Monday, three of GDOT's best graced our dinner meeting with a comprehensive case study summary of one of their largest projects: The Northwest Corridor, which is 30-miles of road starting at I-75/I-285, heading north to I-575 and a little more. Definitely not a commuter favorite during rush hour—and that's why our heroes are working hard to come to the rescue! Thank you to GDOT's Albert Shelby, John Hancock, and Albert Welch for
representing.

Project benefits include more travel options, time-saving and reliable trip times, better transit service support, and enhanced economic growth for the area.

Written by Kimi Hirotsu Ziemski of Energizing Enterprises

In this age of electronics and connectivity to all it is still possible to miss something essential in effective communications, and, by extension, relationship management.

The human touch.

Young or old, there is an essential value in the impact of connecting to each other at the simple level of human to human. It is the lack of that connection that can lead to misunderstandings at the lowest level of negative impact, and ruptured relationships at highest level of negative impact.

More than 100 teachers will receive project management training to support their instruction

A new online course hosted by eNetLearning brings PMIEF's Project Management Toolkit for Teachers™ to life for educators around the world this summer. The four-week class, which will be piloted once each, in July and August,. The online course assists helps teachers’ understanding on how helping students acquire, apply, and strengthen project management skills prepares them to successfully transition from secondary school to college and career.
Teachers from across the globe are participating in this unique initiative. The international cohorts include educators from Brazil, Brussels, the U.S. United States and Uruguay.

For more information visit http://pmief.org/