PDD 2017 It's Time to Go Agile!

We have the best trainers in the Southeast for our Agile Track - Don't Miss It!

Friday, October 20th 2017

Agile Track Sponsored by: 

Lean Agile Training , Agile Midlands and the Catalyst Group

Members with paid registration before 30 Sep - Only $125 - that's about $20/PDU! See You There!

Non-Members with paid registration before 30 Sep - $150 - Become a PMI-Midlands member today for $20 and save!

TO BE HELD AT THE BEAUTIFUL NEW Richland 2 Innovation and Conference Center at Sandhills

                                                                                               Purchase the PMI Agile Guide

If you are ready to take the step and become a Certified Scrum Master - there is no better trainer than Joe Little - and He is coming to Columbia, SC Sep. 26-28 for Scrum Master Training. Go to his site now to sign up! Lean Agile Training! Then Come to PDD 17 to Get an Extra Dose of Agile!

Joe Little

Joe is an Agile coach and Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) through Scrum Alliance.  His goal is to use Lean-Agile principles and practices to help firms deliver more business value for customers, to make workers’ lives better and to benefit stakeholders. Two of his passions are helping teams discover business value and discovering new avenues to greater productivity.  He is proud of the several people he has mentored, who are now very strong in Agile.

Joe learned Scrum from Ken Schwaber and was later mentored by Jeff Sutherland, with whom he continues to co-teach.  He also works with several other CSTs (and friends).  He has produced Lean Software Development training with the Poppendiecks.  His preference is to practice Agile as a combination of Scrum, XP and Lean principles and practices.  Joe has been a speaker at many conferences, including Agile20xx and Agile Tour (over several years in various locations), and at many other venues around the world. He started Agile-Carolinas and Agile Charleston.

Having worked in software development and new product development for 20+ years, he is now probably almost a real geek.  Joe was a Big 6 management consultant, a senior business and IT consultant to a number of household names in New York, London and Charlotte. In 1991, he launched Kitty Hawk Consulting.  Joe has led lean-agile-scrum transformations in the US, Canada, France, the UK, Peru, Argentina, India and Romania.

A native son of Virginia, Joe lived in NYC for 20+ years, and he now resides with his family in Charlotte, NC.  He has a BA from Yale and an MBA from NYU.  Joe also has the CSM, CSPO, CSP and CST certifications from Scrum Alliance.

Volunteer of the Month - June 2017

Siobhan Kitchen, PMP and New Member Director Volunteer, leads PMI-Midlands membership drive and Chapter Goes Over 500 Members for the First Time in It's History!

Siobhan, a project manager and Environmental Data Manager for Savannah River Nuclear Solutions worked with our past Chief People Officer, Barbara Gelberd, to implement the Project Management Institute (PMI) Guest Pass Program which offered free membership to first time joiners for the remainder of their current PMI membership year. The program made it easy for PMI members to join our local chapter - for free - to see how valuable the membership was before paying the very reasonable $20 fee the next year. 

Siobhan is finishing up her volunteer stint with PMI-Midlands after two years of committed work due to family and work commitments. But she and Barbara and the whole membership team saw a 34% increase in membership over the last 18 months from 390 to 521 currently. Great job Siobhan and Good Luck in your work and ventures and maybe we will see you back in a year or two to see you work your magic again! Thanks for all you did!

Sincerely, Scott B. Davis

CEO PMI-Midlands

PDD 2017

PM Revolution! Transforming Project Management for the Digital Age

Friday, October 20th 2017

Multiple Tracks for All Your Talent Triangle PDUs! Leadership, Agile and PM Topics or Mix and Match

Time for Networking and Sharing Lessons Learned

sponsored by DPP Professionals and Systemtec

Members with paid registration before 30 Sep - Only $125 - that's about $20/PDU! See You There!

Non-Members with paid registration before 30 Sep - $150 - Become a PMI-Midlands member today for $20 and save!

TO BE HELD AT THE BEAUTIFUL NEW Richland 2 Innovation and Conference Center at Sandhills

Great Things Happen When You Volunteer for PMI!

We have our big Professional Development Day (PDD) coming up 20 October! We will be needing some help. If you want to contribute to a great Columbia PM event and have a lot of fun, while earning some PDU’s in the process and expanding your professional network send us a note at volunteer@pmi-midlands.org?

Here are some of the roles we could use help with: 

Directors (Time Commitment – 10-15/hours/month):

• Director of Social Media – Manage a team of 2-3 volunteers.  Create the strategic frameworks and objectives that shape our social media efforts and communicate those objectives organization wide.  Manage social media strategy development and execution in close collaboration with marketing and internal stakeholders in an effort to drive engagement and return on investment.

• Director of Graphic Design - Strategize the best ways for PMI Midlands to visually represent their identities in print and online.  Responsible for conceptualization and design of infographics, brochures, promotional fliers, catalogs, sales presentation tools, direct mail pieces, tradeshow graphics and materials related to the corporate identity.  Assembles and supervises team of designers. 

• Director of Event Registration – Manages a team of coordinators who prepare for all aspects of event day registration for PDD, lunch and learns, etc. – from Swag bags to petty cash.

• Director of Logistics – Manages coordination with PDD venue and food vendors to ensure facilities and meals fully enhance the event’s great speakers. Cross-coordinates with marketing and communications to ensure synchronization with all event activities and promotions.

Team Members (Time Commitment – 5-10/hours/month):

• Social Media Coordinator - Create and publish content on social media channels.  Engage influencers and thought leaders on social media increasing social outreach in coordination with the brand's positioning.  Create and curate relevant content and develop social distribution strategy on a weekly basis to engage target audience. Track and measure success of social media initiatives by using reporting and analytics.  Ensure all social media content is consistent with the chapter branding and positioning.  Daily monitoring of social channels and participation in conversation where it makes sense

• Sponsorship Coordinator – Compile and keep records of sponsorship agreements. Update Event Workbook (Gather logo and other insert advertising they want to produce).  Collaborate with members of the marketing, finance and programs departments.

• Event Registration Coordinator – Member of the team who prepare for all aspects of event day registration for PDD, lunch and learns, etc. – from Swag bags to petty cash.

• Logistics Coordinator – Manages one aspect of the PDD logistics – from meal details to sponsor table details in support of the Director of Logistics.

If you are interested in:

Registration or Logistics roles: please reply to this email, or contact our PDD Lead, Jeff Henry, directly at rhenry@ed.sc.gov

Social Media, Sponsorship and Graphic design contact our Chief Marketing Officer at marketing@pmi-midlands.org,

Or just reply to this email!

Thank you in advance for considering these volunteer opportunities and helping us put on a great PDD!

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We promote the profession of project management throughout our region by providing structure to develop professional advancement through education, community involvement and leadership, while adhering to PMI's core values and ethical standards.

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In the meantime, please consider joining us for one of our monthly educational events. You not only earn a Professional Development Unit (PDU) credit, it is a great opportunity to network with other professionals. 

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