Dinner Meeting - 190114

Roam Innovative Workspace

**NOTE: Location has changed to Roam Innovative Workspace, 1151 Hammond Dr #240, Atlanta, GA 30346** 

All registrations through Sunday, January 13th will receive the Early Bird discounted rate.  Please join us at our new venue!

Join Us for our bi-monthly dinner meeting! Earn up to 2 PDUs while building your professional network, viewing new products and services, and enjoying dinner.  Earn 1 PDU for attending the Professional Growth event and 1 PDU for attending the dinner meeting.  

Newcomers Meeting - 5:00pm - 6:00pm

If you are a new member to PMI Atlanta, you do not want to miss this opportunity to hear how PMI Atlanta can help you achieve your goals and meet members of the leadership team. 

Professional Development - 5:00pm - 6:00pm

"From Process to Profits: 3 Ways to Create a Sustainable Business with Government Contracts!" presented by Tina L. Greer

The government industry is the largest purchaser of goods and services and government agencies look to corporations; business owners, large and small to fulfill their needs. In this seminar you will learn the following:

• How being proactive in the proposal process to increases your chances of a win.
• Effective bidding strategies when pricing your bids.
• Identify was to increase profit levels in executing contracts.
• How communication can enhance or deter the effectiveness of your project.

Keynote Presentation - 6:30pm - 8:00pm

"Consensus Building: Techniques for Getting to Yes" presented by Michael Wilkinson, Leadership Strategies, Inc.

Imagine this: The session has been going great. The participants are engaged, significant progress is being made, and the sponsor is well pleased. You are in facilitator's heaven! Suddenly, without warning, a major disagreement erupts. While some are vehement about one position, several people take an opposing stand; and still others believe the entire discussion is a waste of time. Voices get louder, people stop listening, others check-out. You know you have to take control and help the group move to consensus. What do you do? What techniques do you use? What are the key underlying principles for reaching consensus? This session will equip you with a clear understanding of the three reasons people disagree, three methods for establishing a consensus-focused process, and five techniques for getting to yes when disagreements occur.

Agile Forum - 190115

Title: "PMI Agile Forum - Backlog Planning exercise"

Presented by: Rob Phillips, Principal Solutions Architect / AgileCraft

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

For our first PMI Agile Forum meeting of 2019, we will once again start with our popular backlog planning exercise.   With your input we'll create a ranked Topic/Speaker Backlog for the upcoming sessions in 2019. This exercise helps The PMI Agile Forum deliver content that has the greatest value to Forum attendees.

We will start with some brainstorming games to spark content input.  Then, we'll form Feature teams to target key areas and create our Backlog Kanban to visualize the work.  Finally, we'll apply estimation & prioritization techniques to rank the topics to create our planned Roadmap for 2019.

Please start the experience by submitting any ideas you may already have in the Speaker Question box on the registration website.

In the past, this meeting has been one of our most attended annually, so please be sure to join us and make your voice heard.  In addition to helping direct content for the year, you may also take away something you can use in your own projects/organizations.