Event Calendar

Event Calendar

Sunday. 24 August, 2025 - Saturday. 30 August, 2025

WEEK 35

Wednesday. 27 August, 2025
6:00 pm	Governance (Virtual) Forum - 250827 Webinar "Data Governance: The Cross-Industry Imperative" presented by Kayla Burrell, Technology Program Manager at Cushman & Wakefield In today’s fast-changing world, project governance can be a challenge as our approaches do not match our context. This talk explores how complexity science can help leaders embrace adaptability, enabling governance structures that foster resilience, responsiveness, and success in unpredictable environments. Presentation Details This presentation is designed for mid-to-senior level professionals across healthcare, finance, real estate, government, and other data-reliant industries who are responsible for data oversight, compliance, and project delivery. Whether you're a program manager, data steward, IT lead, or executive stakeholder, this session provides a practical framework for understanding how to build and sustain an effective data governance program. The primary focus is on applying project management methodologies to drive successful governance implementations—ensuring data quality, regulatory alignment, and cross-functional accountability. Attendees will explore the lifecycle of data governance, discover key frameworks and tools, and learn from real-world case studies that demonstrate measurable impact. Emphasis is placed on the critical role of the project manager as a strategic facilitator of governance culture and process change. Key Takeaways: Understand how data governance creates value beyond IT and compliance. Learn how project management strengthens governance success. Identify essential governance components, tools, and lifecycle phases. Gain insights from industry-specific case studies. Leave with actionable steps to initiate or enhance your governance roadmap.
Thursday. 28 August, 2025
6:00 pm	Virtual Chapter Meeting: "Paradoxical Leadership: The Project Manager’s Edge" Webinar "Paradoxical Leadership: The Project Manager’s Edge" presented by Gloriana Teh, MBA, PMP, Claritas Consulting & Coaching Join us for our virtual August Chapter Meeting! Chapter Meetings provide an opportunity to improve your project management and professional skills. Presentation Details In this webinar, Gloriana Teh, PMP, MBA, introduces Paradoxical Leadership, a mindset and skillset that equips project managers to embrace and balance competing demands. Drawing from behavioral science and decades of industry experience, Gloriana will show how mastering paradoxes like optimism vs. skepticism and flexibility vs. control can: Spark greater innovation and collaboration across teams Reduce interpersonal and cross-functional conflict Help you tailor and harmonize Agile and Waterfall approaches Participants will leave with actionable insights and practical tools to shift from either/or thinking to both/and leadership—making you not just a better project manager, but a more effective change agent in your organization. In today’s complex project environments, leaders are constantly pulled in opposing directions, agile yet structured, empower teams while maintaining accountability, drive innovation and ensure predictability. These tensions aren’t problems to solve—they’re paradoxes to lead.
6:15 pm	PMI Atlanta Toastmasters (Virtual) Meeting - 250828 Webinar Connect with an organization 100 years old and 280,000 members strong with more than 14,700 clubs in 144 countries! Additionally.. Develop leadership, creativity, and public speaking Increase Your Productivity Network and build community worldwide Make life-changing, if not, life-long friendships Each meeting will feature: Speeches Speech Evaluations Meeting Facilitation and Feedback If you would like to earn PDUs while improving your communications and leadership skills, this opportunity is for you!