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PMI Educational Foundation Liaison Newsletter
3 February 2012 |
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Greetings!
As we embark on the second year of the Liaison Program we plan to provide tips and suggestions throughout the year to assist you in your liaison role.
Our first tip: pull together a team!
Last week I had a conversation with Robert Berlin, Central Virginia Chapter's PMIEF Liaison, who has recruited chapter members and created a Liaison Committee to help generate new ideas and manage some of the workload. Members of the committee are helping him plan and strategize as well as handle administrative matters such as attending meetings if he cannot. Building your own Liaison Committee could be a great way for you expand your reach without burdening you with more work. Perhaps this model could work for you.
Robert is going to be documenting the development of his program and share it with you, his fellow liaisons.
If you have have any tips you would like to share, we would love to hear from you.
Also, please visit the For Your Chapter section about nominating members for the Kerzner Award, there are financial benefits for both the awardee and their chapter.
Diane Fromm PMIEF Program Administrator |
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News | |
Member Highlight:
German PMI Members Create a Youth Program that has Global Applicability
In 2011, Lutz M�ller-Nyncke, PMP and Jochen Brunnstein, PMP piloted a secondary school project management program in a European school in Schleswig-Holstein, Northern Germany. 
This course, which spanned over six weekends, was taught using the English version of PM Toolkit for Youth™. It was important to the instructors that the students learn the project management content in English to prepare them for work in the international community.
The student participants were part of an enrichment program whose goal is to assist talented youth and prepare them for the workforce. As the enrichment program is part of a European school with many connections, there are plans to extend this PM program to schools outside of Germany.
The students were very enthusiastic about the project management content, and as we've found with all PMI volunteers that have been involved with youth programs, Lutz and Jochen enjoyed the experience as much as the students.
We look forward to seeing the expansion of this program to other countries! | |
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For Your Chapter | |
Info for Your Chapter Members:
Apply for the Kerzner Award
The Kerzner Award is sponsored by International Institute for Learning, Inc. (IIL) to recognize a project manager who most emulates the professional dedication and excellence of Dr. Harold Kerzner, PhD, MS, MBA.
In addition to public recognition of his or her professional dedication and excellence, the recipient of the Kerzner Award will receive IIL training valued at US$5,000 and, if applicable, a gift of US$3,000 will be provided to the award recipient's PMI Chapter.
You may nominate yourself or someone else. The 2012 Kerzner Award Recipient will receive an expenses-paid trip to the PMI Global Congress - North America in October and the recipient will be recognized at the Congress.
Please share this news with your chapter. | |
Articles for Your Newsletter
If you would like to feature PMIEF in your chapter or CoP newsletter, we have articles that you are welcome to publish. The following articles are available for your use:
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For Your Calendar | | Upcoming February Webinar: | |
14 February 2012: Starting a Youth Program
10:00am - 11:30am EST
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Student participants at Vargas' PM program in Puerto Rico |
The first 30 minutes will be general information about the PMIEF and the Liaison position and the second hour will contain the content about starting a youth program.
You should have recently received an email invitation to this webinar, but if you did not, please email pmief@pmi.org for an invitation.
Future Webinars:
These training sessions will be hosted by PMIEF staff and others from within the PMI community who will share their experience and advice.
The quarterly Getting Started trainings provide background information about the PMIEF and the liaison position, and generally have a guest presenter who shares their experience as a liaison. The other quarterly trainings are themed around the topics as listed below.
 As we plan our trainings for 2012, we are interested in your suggestions for topics that would be of interest to you. 14 February 2012: Starting a Youth Program 6 April 2012: Getting Started - New Liaison Training May 2012: Working with Nonprofits and NGOs 6 July 2012: Getting Started - New Liaison Training 5 October 2012: Getting Started - New Liaison Training |
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Resources and Quick Links
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New Resources:
Matrix of Multi-Language PMIEF Resources:
This chart outlines the many languages in which our resources are available. If you and your PMI community are interested in developing a new version of one of our resources in a language not currently available, please contact us at pmief@pmi.org.
Matrix of Academic Scholarship Criteria:
A summary of the geographic and membership criteria for our nearly fifty academic scholarships. This is a great tool to pass on to your PMI community and local schools to help recruit student applicants.
Middle School Career Day Presentation:
This 30-minute presentation was created to teach middle school students about the project management profession. Thank you to Skip MacKenna, PMP for sharing this useful tool.
Research Manuscript about Disaster Prevention and Recovery:
Title: From Vision to Implementation: Enhancing the Recovery Process through Integrated Knowledge, Planning, and Project Management
Author: Scott R. Manning, D.Sc
Written by a doctoral student at Jacksonville State University (USA), this manuscript analyzes the use of project management in pre-planning and disaster recovery from both a strategical and tactical perspective. (Click here for the manuscript Abstract.)
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For Liaisons:
On the Liaison Webpage, you will also find past issues of PMIEF Liaison newsletters:
Quick Links:
PMIEF Website Learning Zone: resources for youth and educational programs Humanitarian: resources for nonprofits Scholarships/Awards : professional and academic opportunities |
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
For additional information, please email pmief@pmi.org or call +1-610-356-4600 ext. 1128 | |
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