MAY 12th 2014 PMI KC MID-AMERICA
CHAPTER DINNER MEETING
WELCOME!
Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers
Key Learning Points:
Paula Switzer,
CEO and President,
VESECA
• The importance of helping project managers balance
SMART with HEART
• Major components of Emotional Intelligence
• Explore applying Emotional Intelligence as a Project
Manager
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AGENDA
Knowledge Xchange
5:00 – 5:45
Registration and Networking
5:15 – 6:00
Buffet Dinner
5:45 – 7:00
Sponsor Messages
6:15 – 6:30
Chapter News: Yawen Brown
6:30 – 6:45
Guest Speaker: Paula Switzer
6:45 – 7:45
End-of-Meeting Prizes
7:45 – 8:00
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THANK YOU—KCPMI CHAPTER SPONSORS!
Platinum
Gold
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THANK YOU—KCPMI CHAPTER SPONSORS!
Silver
Bronze
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NEW CHAPTER MEMBERS
New Chapter Members for March/April
Charles Anderson Jr.
James Arnold
Robert Barnes
Cory Bartolomeo
Olamide Bello
Marshall Bigelow
Benjamin Birnbaum
Christina Brewer
Jeff Brizendine P.E.
Alan Brooks
Jennifer Brownlow
Rachel Campbell
Jason Castaneda
James Chitwood
Mitch Culbertson
Sean Daly
Scott Diefenbach
Lawrence Duty
Ashley Erffmeyer
Susan Eriksen
Barbara Getter
Stephen Good
Della Graybeal
William Hammerli
Bernard Hill
Corey Hirtz
Deron Huck P.E.
Arthur Jamison
John Johnston
Ginger Lackman
Jessica Lampson
Aaron Landis
Scott Lee
Curtis Leiker
Mark Leiweke
Cody Lewis
Chris Lockey
Susan Lorenz
Anneka Lueth
Rachael Madden
Kaelen Madison
Rodney McLaughlin
Gerald Morrison
Venu Muluka
Jonathon Nadolny
Dudley Nevins
Seng Nickerson
John Oberdiek
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Terry ONeill
Tom Orrick
Linda Owens
Charles Pannell
Daniel Pearson
Heather Rabideaux
Lynn Reazin
Alisa Reigert
RobertaRice
Brad Richardson
Tiffany Ringot
Lori Ryan-Brill
Catherine Schonberger
Tracey Shelley
James Siuty
Kelly Stewart
Michael Stewart
Justin Stuit
Maree Thrash
Jim Wade
Patti Whetstone
Thomas Yee
NEW CERTIFICATIONS
New Certifications for March/April
Name
Kerri Allen
Julie Blodig
Jeff Brizendine, P.E.
Alan Brooks
Kevin Gilchrist
Gregory Goode
Nancy Jewell
Oswaldo Llerena
Kate M ahoney
Nitin M amillapally
Cheryl Randle
Nichole Windholz
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Certification
PMP
PMP
PMP
PMP
PMP
PMP
PMI-ACP
PMP
PMP
PMP
PMI-ACP
PMP
Earned
Date
05/03/14
03/10/14
03/26/14
04/11/14
04/10/14
04/03/14
05/02/14
03/17/14
03/25/14
03/27/14
04/25/14
04/17/14
MARCH KNOWLEDGE XCHANGE
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MARCH CHAPTER DINNER MEETING
Check out the photo gallery on our
Chapter website:
http://kcpmichapter.org/gallery.php
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MARCH DINNER MEETING FEEDBACK
Did you receive value from the meeting?
*** Note dietary needs in
REGISTRATION comments ***
Yes
No
Would prefer more vegetarian options.
Location is perfect.
FOOD
DoubleTree: "We always try to make the pasta dish the
vegetarian choice, so along with salad and vegetables,
would often be sufficient."
Could you please list on the website what will be served? This was done in past years, but I
haven't seen anything but 'buffet' listed recently.
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80.95%
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19.05%
We went to buffet style to consistently offer more
choices. DoubleTree: "We design the menu
shortly before the event. Not soon enough to
post on line."
Topics more applicable to the PM profession. Felt like speaker was only there to promote herself
Bring another ethics speaker in. Much of her talk was about how great she was in her former role.
SPEAKER
I am fairly new to the PMI organization. This was my 3rd dinner meeting to attend. I have been very impressed with the
programs and venue. Good job!!
Good speaker, good food, good community of professionals
Great Speaker!
See full list of responses at kcpmichapter.org Member Area (upper right menu)
Go down the left side and select Dinner Meeting Feedback – March 2014
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APRIL PANEL DISCUSSION
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APRIL CAREER FAIR
Just Happened …
We had our Membership Table at this event!
National Career Fair
April 15th 2014
One of the leading face-to-face hiring events!
Over 250 companies in the top 50 markets in
the United States participate.
Embassy Suites
Overland Park
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MAY 21, 2014 CAREER FAIR
• Date: Tuesday, May 21st
• Time: 6:00 – 8:00PM
• Location: Grand Street Café,
4740 Grand, Kansas City, MO
AdamsGabbert
Adaptive Solutions Group
APEX Systems
Avila University Advantage
Cerner Corporation
ECCO Select
Experis (formerly COMSYS)
Genesis 10
Goshen Services, LLC
KU Edwards Campus
Multi Service
RiverPoint Group LLC
Robert Half Technology
Sprint
TEK Systems
Your Clear Next Step
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JUNE 22, 2014 PROGRAMS EVENT
Meeting While You’re Eating!
Sunday, June 22nd
11:45 – 2:30pm
$25 / Buffet Brunch
Callista Gould, MBA, NSA,
is a
Certified Etiquette Instructor and Founder
of the Culture and Manners Institute. She is
an award-winning speaker providing
humorous presentations on etiquette.
1 PDU applicable
Lydia’s Italy KC Crossroads Art District
Etiquette is part of your image. When you follow
the rules of etiquette, you can concentrate on
the business at hand and have a more effective
meeting.
• What are your responsibilities as a host or
guest of a business meal?
• What clues to your behavior are others
looking for in your table manners?
• What do you order when you are out on
business?
• What to do when things go wrong.
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JULY 14, 2014 CHAPTER DINNER MEETING
Influencing Skills for Project Managers
July 14, 2014
Double Tree Hotel
Speaker: Larry Krakow, Owner Kansas City Priority Management Franchise. Priority
Management is an International Training Company with over 75 offices around the world. They
deliver high level training.
Influencing helps project managers:
• Build better relationships
• Communicate with confidence
• Expand information you need to make better decisions
• Use effective communications to build a stronger team
• Cultivate "buy-in"
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2014 PDD
September 23 – 24
Overland Park
Convention Center
Registration opens
July 8
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UPDATE YOUR PROFILE
Changed jobs lately?
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Log into kcpmichapter.org
Go to the Member Area (upper right menu)
Go down the left side and select Member Area
Select My Account Information
Scroll down to Business Information, update your place
of employment
6. Save
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MINUTE-TO-WIN
Need a Job?
Looking to Hire?
The PMI KC Mid-America Chapter provides a free job
posting service for the benefit of our members.
Our website provides exposure to over 1300 people
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Log into kcpmichapter.org
Go to Home
Select Career Center or Job Postings
Follow links at the bottom to contact our Chapter Director Human
Resources
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PMI-ACP CERTIFICATION PREP
Professional Development
**NEW**
PMI-ACP Certification Prep Class
Congratulations to those who made the decision to
participate in the Chapter’s first PMI-ACP Exam Prep
Class. The class launched April 29th and it’s now in
progress.
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
SCHOLARSHIPS
The **First** scholarship was successfully awarded to
Amy Weston, PMP
PMI-ACP Prep Class Spring 2014.
New Scholarships will soon become available for Exam
Strategies, PMI-PMP Prep Class Fall 2014 and Workshops.
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UPCOMING CAREER FAIR EVENTS
Diversity
Catalyst Career
Group
Cumulus
Job Fair
National
Recruitment
Services
Tuesday May 20th
June, 2014
August 20th 2014
Embassy Suite
Overland Park
Overland Park
Ritz Charles
Embassy Suite
Kansas City, MO
Sponsored by our Local Chapter and
Managed by our Volunteers
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KCPMI CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP
2014 Chapter Membership Count
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April = 1404
March = 1414
February = 1399
January = 1406
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NEW MEMBER INCENTIVE
New Members who sign up with our Local Chapter
within 30 days of registering your visit at our
Chapter Membership Table, will receive two free
dinner coupons!
Non-Members Come Visit our Table!
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CHAPTER BOOK CLUB
TONIGHT - After the Dinner Meeting:
Book Information Session @ Membership Table
Date
Book
May 14
The Elements of Scrum by Chris Sims and Hillary Louise Johnson
Jun 11
The Scrum Field Guide: Practical Advice for Your First Year (Agile Software Development Series) by Mitch Lacey
July 9
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcom Gladwell
Aug 13
The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr and George Spafford
Sep 10
Best Business: The Agile PMO - Leading the Effective, Value Driven, Project Management Office, a practical guide... by Michael Nir
Oct 8
Lean from the Trenches: Managing Large-Scale Projects with Kanban by Henrik Kniberg
Nov 12
Speaker’s Choice: the book club will select a book by a program speaker
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NEW: BOOK REVIEWS FOR PDUs !!!
Review a Book and Receive PDUs!
• Choose a Book
• Write a Review within 45 days
• Receive up to 10 PDUs
Visit our Membership Table at a Chapter Dinner Meeting
for book selections and DETAILS …
Benefits to Reviewer:
• Free book to keep for your
personal library
• Up to 10 PDUs, based on one
PDU per hour for reading book
and preparing review
• Visibility on KC Mid America
Chapter Website when book
review is published
Benefits to Chapter:
Benefits of Internet Exposure:
• Service to chapter members,
including free books and new
way to earn PDUs at no cost
• Goodwill from chapter members
who receive free books and
PDUs
• Chapter visibility when people
come to our website to read
reviews
• Honest but Positive Reviews
• Positive relations with authors
and publishers of the books,
who like the publicity when
positive book reviews are
published
• Positive visibility within PMI KCMid America Chapter and
across the Internet!
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KCPMI CHAPTER BANNER
What’s New…
 NEW Chapter Banner
 For use in building our identity
at upcoming Events
 Look for it at upcoming events!
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NEW HONOR
The KC Mid America Chapter of PMI will be receiving the
Professional Partner of the Year Award
from the Kansas City Chapter of the
DeVry and Keller Alumni Association
on May 17th at their Annual Alumni Awards Banquet.
The Professional Partner of the Year Award recognizes an
organization that has shown tremendous support of the
University’s academic programs, students, and alumni.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CHAPTER!
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VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH WINNERS
February
Tonya Woods – Programs Team
March
Srik Ravikanti – Webmaster
Congratulations! We appreciate all you
do to serve chapter members.
Questions? Contact vpvolunteers@kcpmichapter.org
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