BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Events Booking BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69d5946004517 SUMMARY:Dinner Meeting - 200113 DESCRIPTION:Join Us for our bi-monthly dinner meeting! Earn up to \;2 P DUs while building your professional network\, viewing new products and se rvices\, and enjoying dinner. \; Earn \;1 PDU for attending the Pr ofessional Growth event and 1 PDU for attending the dinner meeting.  \ ; Newcomers Meeting - 6:00pm - 6:45pm If you are a new member to PMI A tlanta\, 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 t eam. \; Professional Development - 6:00pm - 6:45pm \"Data Quality: The next great opportunity for project managers\" presented by Melissa Ba der\, Microsoft Data science is an exploding field with tremendous deman d that is ripe for project managers. Having high quality data is an absolu te must for any business today. It informs every business decision\, and i t is critical to the success of your projects. But what if you have poor q uality data? What if you have large gaps in the data you have vs. what you need? Your organization suffers. Learn what it takes to be a data quali ty expert from a project manager who made the shift and learned just how m uch data matters. Imagine yourself as an experienced IT project/program ma nager. You have great PM skills\, and you run your agenda with the precisi on of a Swiss watch. But you now have an opportunity to run data quality f or your organization. Can you just program manage this and be fine? No. Wake-up call: Project managers today must acquire new data quality skills as quickly as possible to stay competitive and in-demand. When Melisa Bade r (PMP) made the leap from IT program manager to data quality expert\, her opportunities exploded. She will share the assessment\, gap analysis and mitigation strategy that transformed her into a data quality expert. Learn the possibilities that may exist for you in this important professional s pecialty. \; Keynote Presentation - 7:30pm - 8:30pm “How To Sell Yourself Into A Great PM Career” presented by Dan Jourdan Join Dan Jo urdan as he guides the PM professional into: Staying ahead of the cur ve to remain valuable to your real client. Learning the magic words that will help you get everything you want in your career. Learning how to g ain instant rapport with everyone you meet. A master of confidence\, Dan can help project managers incorporate a winning sales attitude into th eir projects and careers. His methodology comes from his experience as a f ormer financial consultant with Smith Barney\; work as a college business management instructor\, and his own successful business pursuits. His sale s philosophy bridges the gap between “what people think they should do ” and “what really works.” We look forward to learning together wi th you Jan. 13th at the first PM event of the year! LOCATION:1151 Hammond Dr #240\, Atlanta\, GA 30346\, USA DTSTART:20200113T230000Z DTEND:20200114T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260407T233352Z ORGANIZER;CN=PMI Atlanta Chapter:MAILTO:donotreply@pmiatlanta.org GEO:33.919548;-84.342675 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1151 Hammond Dr #240\, Atla nta\, GA 30346\, USA;X-APPLE-RADIUS=72;X-TITLE=Roam Innovative Workspace:3 3.919548;-84.342675 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR