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June 2013
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Your IIBA® Seattle Chapter Board

President

Vicki James

VP Membership

Cathie Groesbeck

VP Marketing & Communications

Uma Singh

VP Programs

Nicole Gersper

VP Education

Shirley Nelson

VP Special Projects & Events

Christiane Fortin

Secretary

Iryn Cuenca

Treasurer

John Clemmons

Past President

LeAnn Morgan


Chapter Sponsors
The IIBA Seattle Chapter is proud to be sponsored by:
 

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Greetings!
I don't know about you, but I feel this summer is flying by way too fast already. We will be taking a summer break from general membership meeting with no meetings in July or August. We will be kicking off the fall in big style with two great events. 
 

Chapter Event: The Influencing Formula

Tuesday September 24, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM PDT

Elizabeth Larson, PMP, CBAP, CSM joins us from Watermark Learning to present on The Influencing Formula. Stay tuned for more details.

Bellevue College

 

Workshop: Bullet Proof Business Cases

Wednesday September 25, 2013 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM PDT

Join the IIBA Seattle Chapter for this very special full day workshop. Rich Larson of Watermark Learning will show participants how to to develop Bullet Proof Business Cases.

Mercer Island Community Center. Chapter members receive this workshop at 1/3 the list price.

 

Please share these great opportunities by forwarding this newsletter to your peers and colleagues

 

Welcome the new IIBA Seattle Chapter Board Members!
VICE PRESIDENT OF EDUCATION
Shirley Nelson, CBAP, PMP

VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS
Nicole Gersper, CBAP

SECRETARY
Iryn Cuenca

VICE PRESIDENT OF SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Christiane Fortin

Board information is provided in the left side bar of each published newsletter or online at under About Us / Board of Directors.
callforcanidatesAnnouncing Watermark Learning as a Chapter Sponsor
We are thrilled to announce Watermark Learning as our first watermark logo corporate sponsor. With this sponsorship comes great benefit to our chapter members. Watermark has offered a 10% for all virtual training and 20% of live training.

Please visit WatermarkLearning.com today to see what they have to offer and use your discount today!   And don't miss their awesome offerings of free webinars or webinars on demand.  There are some great resources on topics such as:
  • BA Toolkit: Top Models for Complete Requirements Analysis
  • BPM: It's Not Just About the Tools
  • The Audacity of Quality Requirements
  • The Art and Science of Conflict Management  
Your ideas!

Thank you to those that attended our general membership meeting on May 28th. We had a great discussion on our round table topics that resulted in many ideas to help the chapter grow into 2014. Below are just a few of the themes that surfaced around the topics.

 

What can you do as an individual to promote your own career as a business analyst?

  1. Understand BA competencies
  2. Look for opportunities to gain experience and expertise
  3. Participate in networking opportunities (IIBA, organizational centers of excellence)

What can the Seattle IIBA Chapter do to promote BA and our chapter in the local business community?

  1. Expand our reach by providing information on the value of business analysis to local professional organizations and publications
  2. Targeted outreach to large corporations with business analysis who are not currently participating in the chapter
  3. Advertise business analysis success stories

How can the Seattle IIBA Chapter add value for our current and future members?

  1. Increase our chapter sponsorship to increase visibility and our means to do more
  2. Provide quality training at a reduced cost for members
  3. Invite corporate speakers to provide a greater understanding to the business analysis landscape in the Pacific Northwest

We have a board retreat scheduled in July. We will review and consider these as we develop our strategic based action plan to guide us through the next year.  Stay tuned to see how your ideas help us build the IIBA Seattle Chapter in the coming months.

 

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We hope you enjoyed this newsletter. Please share your comments, ideas, or articles for future editions. You can always reach me at the email address below.
 
Sincerely,
 
Vicki James, Chapter President
president@seattle.iiba.org
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