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Leaders'
Corner
Message from the Chapter President
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
I would like to wish happy new year and welcome you to the
PMI Great Lakes Chapter!
I would also like to take this opportunity to introduce
the members of the 2012 Board of Directors:
• Rose Tyler - President-Elect
• Mira Kukla - Past President
• Thagu Vivek - Vice President, Administration
• Biju Jacob - Vice President, Communications
• Neil Goldman - Vice President, Finance
• Sanjay Kumar - Vice President, Membership
• Lisa Foster - Vice President, Outreach
• Dennis Calopisis - Vice President, Professional Development
• Surya Prakash - Vice President, Programs
2011 was a successful year with PMI-GLC awarded the PMI
Community Award for Volunteer Program. Building upon the
past successes, we are very enthusiastic about the professional
development events and programs planned for 2012. This year's
annual spring symposium is being held in Novi on 24 April
at Suburban Showplace. The symposium theme is "Project
Management - Leveraging Technology to Drive Success in a
Complex Global Environment." We expect to offer
quality speakers and great professional networking opportunities.
Apart from our monthly dinner meetings and forums, this
year we are planning a career focused Professional Development
Day and new agile certification training (PMI-ACP) classes.
Our members will continue to have opportunities to earn
PDUs to maintain their certification while we work on introducing
webinars.
I
encourage each of you to check your e-mail and our chapter
website
frequently to obtain the latest news, information and upcoming
events offered by the chapter. Participate and get involved
in your chapter. By supporting chapter events, you are showing
your commitment to professional growth and the continued
prominence of project management as a preferred career path.
Thank
you.
Kulveer
Virk, PMI GLC President
Outreach
We closed out 2011 with a very successful
year -- welcome to 2012 as we kick off our new activities
in the Outreach Programs area. Welcome to Lisa Foster, PMP,
as the new VP Outreach and Patti Dirasian, PMP as the new
Director Corporate Outreach; Tom Keuten will be continuing
in 2012 as the Manager of Corporate Roundtables. Several
member volunteers will also be continuing to support various
Outreach initiatives including: Minimol Mathew, Lisa Harvey-Roach,
Chris Blough, Arun Das, Deborah Letbetter.
Corporate Roundtables will conduct its first
quarterly session on March 29 with Motor Information Corporation
as its host presenter; hosts for the remaining sessions
are to-be-determined.
Community and Academic Outreach will be actively
recruiting new partners for
“GLC’s PM101-Skills for Life” class which
was accepted by PMI in 2011 as a best practice.
Academic
Outreach is also looking to engage students from
our local universities as guests to a number of dinner meetings
throughout the year. For more information on Outreach Programs
or volunteering for the Outreach team, visit www.pmiglc.org
or contact vp.outreach@pmiglc.net.
PMI®
News
PMI
Releases 2011 Salary Survey
Knowing
your earning potential is an invaluable asset when you want
to leverage opportunities at your current job, invest in
skills to raise your marketability, and plan the next phase
of your career. Discover
your earning potential with PMI's latest project management
salary survey.
Change
Management — Career Style
PMI's
Community Post asked readers to explain why they
made the career change and what skills from their former
position can apply most to their roles as project managers.
Here
is what they said.
Sectors
to Watch - Here's Where the Jobs are and the Skills you
Need to Get Them
"Who's
hiring? What sectors are faring well? Which of your skills
are in demand, and which are yesterday's news? Here's a
sector-by-sector breakdown of project management opportunities"
in
the latest issue of PM Network.
Chapter
Meeting & Forum
Chapter
Forum: Speed to Market: Managing Requirements to Optimize
Product Development Execution
This
presentation is a high-level look at processes and techniques
to manage requirements through product development lifecycle
in order to deliver product successfully.
Monday,
February 13 • Presenter: Joe Manson / Accenture
Management Education Center (MEC)
811 W. Square Lake Road
Troy, MI 48098
Forum:
05:30 PM
Check-in: 06:00 PM
Dinner: 06:30 PM
Presentation: 07:30 PM
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