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!

Credential Credential CountPMP ® 1,151

CAPM ® 19

PMI-ACP ® 10

PGMP ® 6

PMI-RMP ® 4

PMI-SP ® 1

Total   1,191

Joshua Ayers

Bill Brooks

Patrick Duffy

Elle Enman

Elizabeth Fines

Ryan Gabel

Caroline Johnston

David Lownds

Chris McConville

Nirav Pancholy

Anand Patel

Rosemary Saleeba

Cyrus Taheri

Holly Thomas

Yatish Vora

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

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

Next Chapter Meeting 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 April 26 – Microsoft Project & Microsoft Visio

Skill Fest at Bubble Charlotte in the Epicenter June 23 August 25

Professional Development Day September 27

PMI Global Congress – North America 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.

2014

METROLINA PMI MENTORING PROGRAM

Subject Matter ExpertiseExperts speak on ”on-demand” topics

Mentoring Circle ApproachEvent participation vs. year long committment

Executive Leadership ForumsSenior leaders talk about change

Webinar FormatLow footprint logistics and easy to attend.

Book ReviewsGroup discussion on relevant PM and change titles

WHAT IT IS NOTPMP Training or Coaching

GOALMutually beneficial environment to positively share education, wisdom, and career experiences with another individual that can benefit from the direct and personal interaction

10 Events

2014

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

Guests on Tap• CFO-Logistics • CIO-Government• COO-Media• CFO Healthcare

2014

METROLINA PMI MENTORING PROGRAM

New Event Approach:Mentoring Circles•One to many (15:1?) vs. 2013 one to one relationships•Allows selective, short term participation

Phased Approach• 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.

2014

METROLINA PMI MENTORING PROGRAM

New Event Type:SME Subject Talks•SMEs give presentations and take questions on specific topics•Topics are requested by membership

Example Topics• Requirements• Communications• Scrum• Risk Management

2014

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

Format• Have one or two

members review• Point/Counter-

point 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

My Sponsor is not involved!

My Sponsor is TOO involved!

Projects: We do them all differently

Lack of trust - “CYA”

Project Challenges

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 

•Connecting -Increases your influence in every situation

•Connecting -Is all about others

•Connectors -Do the difficult work of keeping it simple 

Why Connect?

Connecting increases your influence in every situation.

Film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” 1986Clip courtesy Paramount Pictures

ConnectingHow 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

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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

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Connecting increases your influence in every situation.

1.Connecting increases your influence in every situation.

2.Connecting is all about others

Connecting is all about others

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“You can have anything you want in life if you help enough

other people get what they want.”

-- Zig Ziglar

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I have to be right!

Connecting is about others

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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 it Simple.

2.Say 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 influenceConnecting is about othersConnectors keep it simple

Tell us your stories

Connecting increases your influenceConnecting is about othersConnectors 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 CooperBrightHillGroup.com

240-668-4799

Survey

Thank You!

Tom Cooper 240-668-4799tom@BrightHillGroup.com

BrightHillGroup.com

Conclusion and Q&A

Closing