It was a day of winners for PMI Atlanta Toastmasters at the Division C, District 44, Toastmasters Evaluation and Humorous Contest held Saturday, September 14th at the UPS Headquarters in Atlanta.

Dionne Saunders, DTM (Distinguished Toastmaster) placed first in the Evaluation contest as she gave a riveting evaluation of target speaker, Magdalene Womack’s speech, “Transformer.” Saunders a Toastmaster since 2007 and a former member of AT&T Expressions group shared with Womack the strengths of her speech which included humor, voice projection and animation while also providing a few suggestions for areas of improvement. 

Saunders will compete in the Evaluation Contest at the District Level contest during the Imagine 2013 fall conference November 8th and 9th at the Crown Plaza Ravina Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia.

Our Communications team has worked diligently this summer to bring changes to our membership emails.  
 
Our first change will begin September 16 with an Upcoming Classes email.  This will replace the individual event email alerts.  Please watch your inboxes for this new email!
 
We will introduce you to more of our changes soon.  Please send your suggestions and feedback to communicationsfeedback@pmiatlanta.org.

“Ethics discussions are not always fun,” declared Shobhna Raghupathy, presenting at August Dunwoody Dinner Meeting. Ms. Raghupathy is one of 8 members in PMI’s Ethics Member Advisory Group, or “Ethics MAG.”

All will agree that applied ethics in context can be extremely challenging, and may inspire great controversy as we grapple with such lofty concepts as fairness, honesty, responsibility and respect. Some may even say that it’s fun.

Regardless of emotional perspective, Shobhna’s intent was to impart PMI-style guidance for us as we inevitably face the need to make decisions regarding ethical issues in work and life.

For our work in project management, the best place to start is with PMI’s Code of Ethics, the document that lays the ethical groundwork for us at PMI, sort of like the constitution does in part for our country.

Decision-making is a cognitive process that ends in a choice and results in an action that may impact others. Unavoidably, every leader’s job description includes ethical decision-making. It is best to holistically  view your organization’s culture and operate from within its framework.

The Healthcare Forum invites you to join them as they tour the Philips Respironics’ Kennesaw, GA Facility Wednesday, August 21!  This facility designs and manufactures medical devices for the Home Respiratory Care market. The 130,000 sq. ft. facility is comprised of 296 full-time associates and a temporary work force of 115 to support growth. This FDA-registered facility houses Manufacturing, Distribution, New Product Development, Research and Development, Quality Assurance, Global Sourcing, and a Service Center. Manufacturing includes high-volume/mixed model as well as low-volume/mixed model production lines, ranging from electromechanical assembly to machining and metal fabrication.

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