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By: Maria Matarelli, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSP

Leveraging social media can really help an organization expand their presence. You can reach new potential members and also reach out to existing members to engage them in new ways. Maria Matarelli presented on Leveraging Social Networks to Benefit Your Chapter at the recent PMI Leadership Institute Meeting in New Orleans. As former VP of Operations for the PMI Central Illinois Chapter, Maria has set up their chapter social media and shared these resources with many other chapters. Maria has presented on social media and leveraging Agile  techniques to get results at several Regional Leadership, Leadership Institute Meetings, and chapter meetings. Along with many PMI chapter Professional Development Day conferences.

After her presentation in New Orleans, Maria met with Steven Shapiro, VP of Communications for the PMI Atlanta Chapter, who manages all of the chapter’s weekly Newsletters and Social Media with an audience of 4800 members, the third largest PMI Chapter. It can definitely be a job to keep their audience of members engaged with regular content. Maria and Steven had a chance to discuss some of the challenges associated with using social media along with several tips for using it effectively.

by David Tennant, PMP, PE

As 2013 comes to a close, it is appropriate to provide a summary of the Chapter’s challenges and accomplishments over the last 12 months.  As your chapter Chairman, I have been privileged to work with a talented Board and Leadership Team.  Just for clarity, the Executive Board is concerned with the strategic direction and planning for the chapter, maintaining financial stability, and supporting the Leadership Team.  The Leadership Team is responsible for implementing many of the programs and services that are provided each month.  These include the chapter dinner meetings, lunch-and-learn sessions, continuing education courses, professional growth, forums, and the many other activities put on by the chapter. The Leadership Team also has many volunteers that assist every month to ensure our operations run smoothly. It is truly a strong partnership.

Your Atlanta chapter is the second largest PMI chapter in the USA (behind Washington DC) and the third largest chapter in the World (behind Ontario, Canada).  Current Atlanta membership stands at just over 4,500.

The accomplishments for this year included a partnership with both Georgia Tech and Kennesaw State University (KSU).  For Georgia Tech, we have formed an internship program for seniors near graduation and also graduate students.  A number of Atlanta companies have been approached to participate in this effort and we anticipate significant growth moving into 2014.  For KSU, the chapter will provide PM mentoring and guest speakers.  PMI Atlanta has also had a long-standing relationship with DeVry- Keller, which continues to be active.

We have also been able to increase our university scholarship donations from $7,000 to $9,500 in 2013.

The PMI Atlanta Elections Committee would like to announce the elections results:

Laura Davidson, PMP Vice Chair	Dana Murphy, PMP Secretary	Michelle Cercone, PMP Director at Large

We welcome them to their leadership roles. Please look for them at upcoming events!