In-Person Chapter Meeting: So You Want to be an Executive? Using Project Management as a Stepping Stone to Better Opportunities

Join us for our bi-monthly in-person chapter meeting! Earn up to 1 PDU while building your professional network and enjoying a boxed dinner. 

Newcomers Meeting - 6:00pm - 6:45pm

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 Session - 6:00pm - 6:45pm

"Using Artificial Intelligence in Project Management" by Juanita Woods, PMP

Keynote Presentation - 7:00pm - 8:00pm

"So You Want to be an Executive? Using Project Management as a Stepping Stone to Better Opportunities" by David Tennant, PMP

Professional Development Session Details

In this session, we will explore recent trends in artificial intelligence and how the latest tools can support project managers in the day-to-day decision-making and management of information. We will briefly explore the history of A.I. and discuss how A.I. augments but does not replace human effort. During the session, you will get a chance to develop high-quality prompts that improve the results provided by common chatbot applications.

Learning outcomes:

• Understand opportunities and challenges of using AI NLP as a tool for brainstorming possible solutions to common project problems.
• Identify best practices for developing question prompts that increase the quality and usefulness of chatbot responses.

Professional Development Speaker Biography

Juanita M Woods, Ph.D., PMP, PgMP, is an Associate Professor with the Mike Cottrell College of Business at the University of North Georgia. Dr. Woods has over 25 years of experience managing projects and people where she focuses on ensuring projects align with organizational and group objectives. Her current research areas bridge the disciplines of project studies, people development, and work teams. In her work in the private sector as a project and program manager and the public sector as a college professor, Dr. Woods mentors people at all career stages in developing or strengthening their leadership, business acumen, and technical skills in project management. As a college professor of project management, Dr. Woods says it is her responsibility to support the professional development of today’s workforce and the next generation of workers. She conducts academic and practitioner research in teamwork and leadership, project studies, knowledge management, and teaching and learning scholarship to provide opportunities for learning and professional development to aspiring, new, and current project management practitioners.

Keynote Presentation Details

The role of project management is a leadership role. And the skills used in PM are in many ways transferrable to a senior management role. How does one use these to step into an executive position? What additional skills or perspectives do I need to reach a higher level? How can I prepare myself for the next steps?

These are questions that will be addressed in the September PMI Atlanta monthly dinner meeting. David Tennant has had a wealth of experience in senior corporate roles and also serves on two corporate boards. Register today to be a part of this discussion.

Keynote Presenter Biography

David Tenant of Windward Consulting Group, LLC, has over 30 years of experience in the energy, manufacturing, telecom, and services industries performing consulting, engineering, marketing, operations, and senior management. He has directed over $3.5 billion in programs and resources with P/L accountability. Among David’s most recognizable projects, he lived two years in the Caribbean directing the successful turnaround of a major utility, saving over $140 million in yearly operating costs. He helped a French chemical company implement Sarbanes-Oxley financial reporting requirements and developed a $90-million German manufacturing facility in the southeastern U.S. David has authored two books and over 20 papers on technical and managerial topics. He is a professional engineer (P.E.) and holds PMI certification in project management. His latest book, “Product Development: An Engineer's Guide to Business Considerations, Real-World Product Testing, and Launch” (2022), is published by Wiley Publishers.

When

Monday, September 11, 2023, 6:00pm - 8:30pm

Location

ROAM Innovative Workplace, 1151 Hammond Dr #240, Atlanta, GA 30346

Fees

Please Note:  Early Bird Registration has been extended through Monday, August 28, 2023 at 11:59pm.   

**Effective immediately - We will no longer be accepting cash/checks for walk-ins**