Agile (Virtual) Forum - 240917

Webinar

"Implementing a 'Ways of Working' Policy" presented by Bridget Lewis, MSIT, PMP, SPC, CEO and Agile Coach at Lewis Consulting Partners

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 Details  

Why should an organization implement a “Ways of Working” (WoW) policy?  It is important to set the expectations around how a team should participate, collaborate, and interrelate for empowerment. The purpose of this presentation is to explain why implementing a WoW organizational policy is important for setting expectations and shifting a culture. Using the Tuckman model for team development, the goal for any Project Leader is to progress the team from the forming, storming, and norming stages to the “performing stage” as efficiently as possible. 

Healthcare (In-Person) Forum - 240918

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"Project Management with a Clinical-Academic-Community-Corporate Partnership" presented by Erin Ferranti, PhD, MPH, RN, and Assistant Professor at Emory University School of Nursing

The PMI Atlanta Healthcare Forum has 9 planned sessions throughout 2024. 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 Details   

The Farmworker Family Health Program (FWFHP) is an interprofessional collaboration between the Ellenton Farmworker Health Clinic, Public Health District 8-2, the local community, participating Georgia Universities and most recently, Philips Corporation. The program started in 1993, when one Public Health Nursing clinical group from Georgia State University School of Nursing traveled to Tifton, GA to work with farmworkers. Since then, the program has grown and expanded year after year. It moved to the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory in 2001, where it continues to thrive. The FWFHP has served over 17,000 individuals in its 31-year history.

Numerous community partners support the program including the Southwest Georgia Area Health Education Center (AHEC), Colquitt County Board of Education, the Southern Pine Migrant Education Agency (Georgia Board of Education), Department of Public Health Office of Women’s Health, Oral Health and Pharmacy, and owners of farms and packing houses in the Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, and Tift County area. Health professional programs include graduate nurse practitioner and undergraduate nursing, physical therapy, psychology, dental hygiene, and pharmacy programs. Student participants are supervised by their program faculty. Many students earn service learning or clinical hours providing community-based health services where the population is most accessible: in the fields, camps, and school settings.

This presentation will review the history and growth of the 31-year program, detailing the partnership and management of clinical-academic-community-corporate partnership.

Entertainment (Virtual) Forum - 240919

Webinar

"The Future of Digital Entertainment & The Creative Economy in Georgia" presented by Asante Bradford, Senior Industry Engagement Manager at Georgia Center of Innovation

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    

Georgia has emerged as a significant player in the digital media (e.g., gaming) and digital entertainment industry, particularly in film and television production. The state's success in these areas provides a strong foundation for expanding into interactive entertainment. Attracting digital media companies and growing the interactive entertainment sector in the state of Georgia requires promotion, logistics and relocation support, and the identification of business development initiatives. This may include marketing campaigns, infrastructure investment, targeted tax incentives, etc. Our speaker will focus on current efforts to increase the economic impact of interactive entertainment for the State of Georgia that will attract and foster connections with digital media companies outside the state to relocate in Georgia thereby growing this rapidly expanding sector.