Dear Members,

Are you taking full advantage of your PMI membership? There is a wealth of knowledge just a mouse-click away to help members navigate through a variety of project challenges. Need sample templates or tutorials on specific tasks? Check out projectmanagement.com for webinars, blogs, articles and solutions provided by project professionals from around the world. Wondering what happened to your favorite communities of practice?   Projectmanagement.com is also the new home for practice areas. So, whether you need help on risk management, motivating your team, creating traceability matrices or balancing a strategic portfolio, you will find the support you need. When you log in using your PMI credentials you get access to all of the premium content at no additional charge (a $249 value).

Have you checked out the Learning tab on pmi.org lately? You will find academic research, reports, the annual salary survey, and a job board. Download any of 16 standards and practice guides for free from the PMBOK® Guide and Standards tab. Explore the website and you will find case studies, white papers, certification information, and online courses.

As a PMI-MN chapter member, you can access monthly free webinars and local practitioner communities, attend networking events, sign up for volunteer opportunities, follow conversations on our LinkedIn group, and receive discounts on Chapter events. Log into the pmi-mn.org website to access local job postings. Your $30 annual membership enables you to take advantage of a $10 discount on all breakfast and dinner meetings, save $150 on a PMP® exam prep class and $100 for each day of PDD, our annual conference, plus a free professional photo at the annual Career Fair each April. Total potential annual savings? Over $750. Not a chapter member? What are you waiting for!

Terri Kimball, PMP
President & CEO

Congratulations to Amy Banger, March 2016 PMI-MN Volunteer of the Month

Career Fair

Update Your Resume & Come Meet with Employers Who Are Hiring!

The 8th Annual PMI MN Career Fair is dedicated to providing services and resources to assist PMI MN chapter members and non-members to improve their career experiences, skills and job opportunities. We invite you to this unique opportunity to advance your career and contribute to your success.

Event Highlights:

• Featuring more than 22 employers
• Conveniently scheduled before the monthly PMI-MN Dinner
• Professional photographer will be taking head shots (free to
  PM-MN members, $25 for non-members).
• Inspirational presentations from leading career speakers
• Benefit from services and resources to improve your job search

Agenda:

• 3:30-6:00 pm - Career Fair
• 4:00-4:45 pm - "Building Your Buzz" presented by Cathy Paper
  
  
  
  Speaker
  Cathy Paper
  Speaker Cathy Paper - Cathy works with business owners to take their INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, their message and their company to the next level. Many don't know how to promote themselves, expand their network, develop their career or speak with their own special style. Cathy helps her clients find their voice and their connection with their fan base. 

  She knows what it takes to develop ROCKSTARS. It's no easy task and it's only one part of making you and your message impactful. Where do you start? Join us to learn her tips to success! 

  
  
  
  
• 5:00-5:45 pm - "Taming Stress to Find Brilliance" presented by Jane Schuette
  
  
  
  Speaker
  Jane Schuette
  Speaker Jane Schuette The American Institute of Stress reports that 44% of Americans feel more stressed than they did five years ago. In fact, one in five American’s experience extreme stress: shaking, heart palpitation, depression. For project managers, the numbers are undoubtedly higher.

  Good news! People who practice conscious stress management are healthier, more effective, and can pass their tranquility on to their peers, clients, customers and family.

  I will teach you:

  • how stress impacts your performance
  • to identify stressors and how they block your success
  • simple yet powerful tools and ideas to find peace and your personal brilliance

This session will provide recommendations to make small, yet meaningful long-term changes in your life. Using these effective tools, you can engage with brilliance and produce the best you possible.

PDU Reporting Reminder

The PMI-MN Chapter will report PDUs on your behalf for chapter events you attend (breakfast, dinner, seminars and Professional Development Days) if you register and pay via our third party vendor, TicketWorks. 

We report the PDUs for the credentialed attendees based upon the confirmed attendance report we receive from TicketWorks and our webstreaming team.

Two things to pay special attention to when registering for an event that may cause us to not be able to auto-report the PDU on your behalf is your membership number and your name of record in the Global system.  Many times when registering, people provide their credential number and not their member number in which case we are unable to report the PDU for you.  Same with the name you provide when registering, if it is different than the name in the Global system associated with a specific membership number, we are unable to report the PDU for you. 

SAVE THE DATES!
2016 Professional Development Days
YOUR STRATEGIC BLUEPRINT
Education Days: September 12-14
Symposium Day & Vendor Fair: September 15

Save the Dates for the premier project management event of 2016. Professional Development Days will offer educational classes, a 3-day PMP exam prep class, the NEW 3-day PBA exam prep class, and a Symposium Day and Vendor Fair.

The Symposium Day will feature keynote speaker Tom Faranda, former President of the Hospital Corporation of Chicago and former National Accounts Sales Manager for the Masonite Corporation, and Kirk Weisler, the Chief Morale Officer for companies and organizations around the globe and widely known as the "People Whisperer" in recognition of his ability to connect people individually and collectively.

Don't miss this opportunity to network with hundreds of other project management professionals and create Your Strategic Blueprint.

Congratulations to Members Awarded Certifications!

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