April 15, 2014
Agenda











Welcome & Introduction
Congratulations to our newest Credential Holders
Welcome to newest PMI Metrolina members
Volunteer of the Month
Volunteer Opportunities
Corporate Partnership
PDU Opportunities
Upcoming Events
Mentoring Update
Speaker Presentation
Closing
Congratulations to our Newest PMPs!
Joshua
Bill
Patrick
Elle
Elizabeth
Ryan
Caroline
Ayers
Brooks
Duffy
Enman
Fines
Gabel
Johnston
David
Lownds
Chris
McConville
Nirav
Pancholy
Anand
Rosemary
Credential
Patel
Saleeba
Cyrus
Taheri
Holly
Thomas
Yatish
Vora
Total
PMP ®
Credential Count
1,151
CAPM ®
19
PMI-ACP ®
10
PGMP ®
6
PMI-RMP ®
4
PMI-SP ®
1
1,191
Welcome to the Newest Chapter Members!





















Ramesh Babu
Peter Barclay
Sadrita Barnes
Mary Bechtold
Jana Beyo
Matthew Byron
David Caines
Bryan Chun
Colette Collins
Roxanne Crawford
Daniel Curlin
Omar Davis
Vanessa Davis - Sumpter
Tiffany Delgado
Tonya Early
Victoria Eastwood
Mark Fawcett
Edward Frazier
Clarence Galapon
Natasha Green
Heath Hewett





















Aaron Holcomb
Ben House
Jana Jagerska
Tiffany Jamison
Stephanie Johnson
Carter Jones
Randal Jones
Michael Julius
Hadas Kasher
Ryan Kehoe
Ashley Kooman
Stephanie Lawrence
Mark Lucas
Anita Mann
Jonathan McCollum
Jonas McKenzie
Jimmy Mullick
Aparna Narayanan
Leah Neely
Michael Nolan
Monica Pendergrass




















Jeffrey Peters
Gretchen Peters
Robert Porter
Dawn Rennick
Rosanne Rodriguez
Scott Roosa
Anthony Rosas
Angela Scott
Tyler Sexton
Holger Sube
Bradley Sullivan
Adam Sumislawski
Penelope Trevillian
Kevin Turnipseed
Rich VanKoughnett
Robin Walker
Brian White
Henry Wolf
Kelli Woodward
Carl Zindars
Volunteer of the Month



Nick Kubick is our Programs
Assistant who helps post PDUs for
the satellite meetings each month as
well as handling other logistics for the
satellite meeting program.
Nick is finishing an 8 year tour of
duty as a Combat officer with the US
Army Infantry that included two
tours of duty in Afghanistan and one
in Iraq.
Nick is also fluent in Spanish and
coaches youth soccer.
Corporate Partnership

Networking Partners

Web Partners
PDU Opportunities

Satellite Meetings









Next Chapter Meeting


April 17 – Concord and Asheville
April 24 – Hickory
April 26 – Wilmington
April 29 – Boone and ELKN
May 8 – WLKN and Asheville
May 10 – Fayetteville
May 15 – Concord
May 17 - Wilmington
May 20
Community Service


April 27 – Adopt a Stream at Hugh McEachern Park in Concord
May 17 – Blessed Assurance Adult Day Care in Matthews
Upcoming Events

Prep Class


PgMP Boot Camp on June 21 and 22
Partner Offerings
Project Planning & Control – CPCC – April 22
 Project Quality Management – UNCC – April 28
 Developing Agile Requirements – UNCC - April 30
 Business Analysis – CPCC – May 7
 Determining Business Requirements – CVCC – May 12
 Using MS Project for Effective Project Management – CVCC – May 21
Saturday PDUs




Skill Fest at Bubble Charlotte in the Epicenter



September 27
PMI Global Congress – North America


June 23
August 25
Professional Development Day


April 26 – Microsoft Project & Microsoft Visio
October 26-28
International Project Management Day

November 6
VOICE Event – May 20th Chapter Meeting

Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry - Food Drive to provide
nutritious groceries to people within our community
facing economic hardships.
METROLINA PMI MENTORING PROGRAM
GOAL
Mutually beneficial environment
to positively share education,
wisdom, and career experiences
with another individual that can
benefit from the direct and
personal interaction
10 Events
WHAT IT IS NOT
PMP Training or Coaching
2014
Executive Leadership Forums
Book Reviews
Senior leaders talk about change
Group discussion on
relevant PM and
change titles
Mentoring Circle Approach
Subject Matter Expertise
Webinar Format
Event participation vs. year long
committment
Experts speak on ”on-demand”
topics
Low footprint logistics
and easy to attend.
METROLINA PMI MENTORING PROGRAM
New Event Type:
Executive Leadership
Forums
•Senior leaders talk about PM,
the value it adds and what great
PMs looks like
2014
Guests on Tap
• CFO-Logistics
• CIO-Government
• COO-Media
• CFO Healthcare
METROLINA PMI MENTORING PROGRAM
Phased Approach
New Event Approach:
Mentoring Circles
•One to many (15:1?) vs. 2013
one to one relationships
•Allows selective, short term
participation
•
•
2014
Traditional Mentoring Circles
usually have up to 5 mentees
working with 1 trained
mentor/facilitator.
Depending on response this
year, we could progress to this
in 2015, then eventually back to
1:1.
METROLINA PMI MENTORING PROGRAM
New Event Type:
SME Subject Talks
•SMEs give presentations and
take questions on specific topics
•Topics are requested by
membership
2014
Example Topics
• Requirements
• Communications
• Scrum
• Risk Management
METROLINA PMI MENTORING PROGRAM
New Event Format:
Webinars
•Allows for greater flexibility for
presenters (mentors) and
attendees (proteges)
•Lower logistical footprint
Logistcs
• 1 PDU per session
• Use a variety of
tools
2014
METROLINA PMI MENTORING PROGRAM
New Event Type:
Book Review
•Group discussion on relevant
project management books
•Don’t duplicate any
PMI/Chapter books
2014
Format
• Have one or two
members review
• Point/Counterpoint debate
Speaker Presentation

Tom Cooper, PMP

Tom started his career as a computer science geek who fell into project management
for a couple of decades leading software and technology initiatives in companies from
startups to Fortune 500 companies.

Today Tom is a speaker, trainer and coach helping clients become more effective at
influencing others.

As the father of 7 kids, Tom has had lots of opportunity to fail
at communications, and is learning more every day about how
to begin to really connect with others. Today he's going to lead
us through an interactive discussion he calls "Everyone
Communicates, Few Connect - How Connection is Key to
Project Delivery"
How Connection is Key
to Project Delivery
Tom Cooper, PMP
Project Challenges

My Sponsor is not involved!

My Sponsor is TOO involved!

Projects: We do them all differently

Lack of trust - “CYA”
How Will You Act?
•Connecting
- Increases your influence in every situation
•Connecting
- Is all about others
•Connectors
- Do the difficult work of keeping it simple
Why Connect?
 Connecting
•Connectingincreases
your
Increases
your
influence
in
every
influence
in
every
situation.
situation
•Connecting
- Is all about others
•Connectors
- Do the difficult work of keeping it
simple
Film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” 1986
Clip courtesy Paramount Pictures
Connecting
How
much healthier would your
relationships be if you excelled at
connecting?
At home?
At work
Connecting is the ability to…
 Identify with people and
 Relate to them in a way
that increases your
influence
“The number one criteria for
advancement and promotion
for professionals is the ability to
communicate effectively”
-- Harvard Business Review
Image courtesy Focus Laser Vision
http://www.flickr.com/photos/focuslaservision/5926589919/sizes/o/in/photostre
am/
Connecting increases your
influence in every situation.
5 Qualities of Successful Presidents
1.
Vision
2.
Consensus
3.
Building Charisma
4.
Trust
5.
Pragmatism
“The ability to get and keep
enough of the right people”
-- Jim Collins Good To Great
Image courtesy mlhradio
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthigh/3044250229/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Connecting increases your
influence in every situation.
1. Connecting
increases your
influence in every situation.
2. Connecting
others
is all about
Connecting is all about
others
Image courtesy neeravbhatt
http://www.flickr.com/photos/neeravbhatt/8341642608/sizes/o/in/photostream//
“You can have anything you want in
life if you help enough other people
get what they want.”
-- Zig Ziglar
I have to be right!
Image courtesy Randall Monroe
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/duty_calls.png
Connecting is about others
Image courtesy Sprohon
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2456/3721069413_0197f0712b_b.jpg
Image courtesy Duchan and Miae
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7243/6877724176_46777602e2_o_d.j
pg
1. Connecting
increases your
influence in every situation.
2. Connecting
is all about
others.
3. Connectors
do the difficult
work of keeping it simple.
Connectors do the difficult
work of keeping it simple.
Life is hard.
Deliver easy.
“If you don’t get it, you don’t get it.”
-- The Washington Post
“If THEY don’t get it,
YOU won’t get it.”
-- Rule of simple
communications
3 S Strategy
1. Keep
2. Say
it Simple.
it Slowly.
3. Have
a Smile.
5 Keys to Simplicity
1. Talk
to people where they are.
2. Get
to the point.
3. Say
it over and over.
4. Say
it clearly.
5. Say
Less.
Roundtable Discussions
Connecting increases your
influence
Connecting is about others
Connectors keep it simple
Tell us your stories
Connecting increases your
influence
Connecting is about others
Connectors keep it simple
Summary
1. Connecting
increases your
influence in every situation.
2. Connecting
is all about
others.
3. Connectors
do the difficult
work of keeping it simple.
My key takeaway
Tom Cooper
BrightHillGroup.com
240-668-4799
Survey
Thank You!
Tom Cooper 240-668-4799
tom@BrightHillGroup.com
BrightHillGroup.com
Conclusion and Q&A
Closing