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Member Highlight:
PMIEF Reaches Hundreds at PMI Events in France
Last month several members of our Board and staff attended PMI® LIM/Global Congress -EMEA in Marseille, France, coordinating dozens of meetings with PMI members and hosting training sessions and other events in order to share success stories and plan for the future.
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At the PMIEF LIM session, guest speaker Simon Robertson described his work developing a PM program with the Hampshire School (England), which included using a PMIEF grant to contextulize the curriculum to fit United Kingdom academic guidelines. Attendees then viewed a series of photos of eager Kuwaiti students engaging in PM learning as Muhamed Khalifa Hassan painted a picture of a typical day during his Kuwait City Circus project - an educational PM program for students aged 8 to 10.
At the PMIEF Liaison Training session we learned about the exciting programs that PMI members have created across the EMEA region and introduced many new PMI community leaders to the Liaison program. Walter Ginevri from the PMI Northern Italy Chapter spoke about his programs and materials for primary school students, and Gosia Kusyk from the PMI Poland chapter explained how she used translated versions of Walter's materials with youth in Poland.
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PMIEF Board Chair, Jo Ferguson |
Our PMIEF Board Chair Jo Ferguson remarked, "the energy in the room was high and positively charged... you could feel their warm reception and their excitement about the programs."
In addition to the sessions, PMIEF also hosted information booths in the PMI exhibit halls and entertained guests on a breezy night at the PMIEF Garden Reception where PMI COO Mark Langley joined Jo Ferguson and Peter Monkhouse in thanking our volunteers and donors for the great work they make possible each and every day.
Our Board and staff returned to the US motivated and enthusiastic about the support PMIEF has from PMI members and PMIEF Liaisons. We appreciate having the opportunity to meet with old and new friends, and we look forward to future communications with all of your worldwide! | 
As we plan our trainings, we are interested in your suggestions for topics that would be of interest to you.