Agile (Virtual) Forum - 210615

Webinar

"AMP up your Virtual Meeting & Events–Techniques to make sure they are engaging, FUN and interactive!" presented by Kate Megaw, The Braintrust Consulting Group / President

The Agile Forum meetings offer an opportunity for professional networking and knowledge sharing with other agile practitioners as well as provide a learning environment for professionals interested in learning about agile techniques. Everyone is welcome to participate.            

Presentation    

We’ve spent the past 12 months in a very virtual world… how engaging are your virtual events. There is no excuse for boring events! This session will explore 15 techniques to AMP UP your virtual meetings, events and training. Let’s explore what we can use to increase the energy, engagement and success of our virtual events, whether it’s a Retrospective, Planning Meeting, Class or any other virtual event!

Imagine being able to say “That was a FUN event” – Join us and explore How we can do this!

Learning Objectives
• Use the Power of Agility to hack the fatigue of remote events
• Identify techniques to avoid “zone out” during events
• Explore Ideas to get your attendees fully engaged in virtual events

• Walk away with a list of ideas culled from the attendees and presenters to make sure you have awesome virtual events

Healthcare (Virtual) Forum - 210616

Webinar

"Leading Change with Project Management" presented by Harless Lewis, Sr. Quality Integration/PMO Leader

The PMI Atlanta Healthcare Forum has 9 planned sessions throughout 2021. Proposed topics include IT & IT PMO in Healthcare, Healthcare SME/Domain Forums such as Clinical, Laboratory, Research, Tomorrow's Healthcare & Government practices/law, Thought Leadership in Healthcare, and Innovation in Healthcare Technology.

Presentation

Change is guaranteed. It’s how we prepare for and respond to change that’s uncertain. The management of people, projects, and resources is critical to change but it’s the right leadership that will make it successful.

So, what is the “right leadership” and how do you utilize it to drive successful projects and create new pathways of success for your team and organization?

In this presentation, Harless will highlight key leadership values and practices for leading change with project management and share with you challenges of creating a Project Management Office.

 

Entertainment (Virtual) Forum - 210617

Webinar

"Maximizing Available Resources and Integrating New Technologies during a Pandemic" presented by Dana Hylton Calabro, Atlanta Ballet/Director of Data Services.

The PMI Atlanta Entertainment Forum is focused on expanding knowledge and appreciation of Project Management and its benefits in unconventional fields by providing informational, educational, and networking events for individuals in various roles in the entertainment industry. 

Entertainment Industry = those businesses involved in providing entertainment
• Media – film, television, radio, theater
• Music
• Sports
• Fine arts
• Digital - Gaming

Presentation  

Atlanta Ballet was founded in 1929 and added a Centre for Dance Education in 1996. Finding ways to successfully continue these dual missions during a pandemic has involved ingenuity, tenacity, and lots of technology. After a shutdown in the Spring of 2020, we began offering streaming and virtual classes in the Summer of 2020. Next, we were able to welcome back students to limited capacity in person classes. Throughout the fall and winter, we invited our patrons to join us for streaming rehearsals, performances, and intimate zoom discussions. In December 2020, we held a drive-in movie of The Nutcracker and a stream-at-home version of the show available for purchase. Families are currently registering for summer programs and next school year. And by the time of this presentation we will have concluded our Company season and hosted an in-person Spring Concert for our students.

Virtual Networking Event: Defeating Unconscious Bias Via the Neuroscience of Emotional and Social Intelligence for Project Management Professionals

Webinar

"Defeating Unconscious Bias Via the Neuroscience of Emotional and Social Intelligence for Project Management Professionals" presented by Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, Disaster Avoidance Experts

In this engaging, interactive, and entertaining presentation, you as a project management professional will learn to dramatically improve skills in addressing unconscious bias in yourself and in others in your team and organization. Cutting-edge research in cognitive neuroscience and behavioral economics shows that we all suffer from subtle and unconscious, dangerous judgment errors called cognitive biases, which cause us to make bad decisions in evaluating people.

By refining emotional intelligence, which refers to skills in understanding and managing emotions, you will gain awareness of when feelings are likely to lead you into these mental blindspots. Attendees can increase their understanding of “social intelligence,” the strategic capacity to evaluate and influence other people’s emotions and relationships. Social intelligence skills like cultivating valuable relationships, engaging stakeholders, empathetic listening, curious questioning, improving teamwork, mediating and resolving conflicts, reframing, exhibiting leadership presence, and motivating others enable you to help those in your team and organization recognize unconscious cognitive biases and avoid them.

This presentation will offer case studies and best practices, combined with groundbreaking research in emotional and social intelligence, to give you the most critical skills and take-aways that you need to help yourself and others defeat unconscious bias.