|
Meets first and third Tuesdays
Become the leader and communicator you need to be to advance your career. Learn how to communicate your message in a way that people really listen. Improve your confidence and eliminate stage fright! Toastmasters provides a supportive and friendly environment to learn these skills.
| | Location: DFW Marriott South, 4151 Centreport Dr, Fort Worth, TX 76155 Map | | Tue 02Jun2015 6:30 - 8:30 PM Register | | Tue 07Jul2015 6:30 - 8:30 PM Register |
Location: TEKsystems, 9001 Airport Freeway #900, North Richland Hills, TX 76180 Map | | Tue 16Jun2015 6:30 - 8:30 PM Register | | Tue 21Jul2015 6:30 - 8:30 PM Register |
|
| There are many ways to improve your professional knowledge and skills. One way is to increase your knowledge by reading current and relevant project management books. Please be prepared to participate in a discussion of this book at this meeting. | | Sat 13Jun2015 - 08:00-10:00 AM (2 PDUs) Register (Title: Grateful Leadership: Using the power of acknowledgement to engage all your people and achieve superior results, Author: Judith Ulmas) | | Sat 18Jul2015 - 08:00-10:00 AM (2 PDUs) Register (Title: 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow them and they'll follow, Author: John C. Maxwell) |
Location: La Madeleine restaurant, 900 Highway 114, Grapevine, TX Map |
|
Thursday 06/18/2015 - 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM (Dinner Meeting) DFW Marriott South - 4151 Centreport Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76155 Map
| |
Topic: Putting on the News Projects
| Did you ever stop to wonder what it would be like to plan and execute a project in real time? This is what news organizations do at least three times a day every day of the year.
|
Presenter: Jerry Cadigan, Production Manager. He has been on staff at WFAA over 35 years and supervises a team of award winning directors as well as some of the best camera operators in this market.
| Register
|
|
|
Book Club South
| | There are many ways to improve your professional knowledge and skills. One way is to increase your knowledge by reading current and relevant project management books. Please be prepared to participate in a discussion of this book at this meeting. | | Sat 20Jun2015 - 08:00-10:00 AM (2 PDUs) Register (Title: Grateful Leadership: Using the power of acknowledgement to engage all your people and achieve superior results, Author: Judith Ulmas) | | Sat 25Jul2015 - 08:00-10:00 AM (2 PDUs) Register (Title: Grateful Leadership: 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow them and they'll follow, Author: John C. Maxwell) |
Location: La Madeleine restaurant, 4626 SW Loop 820, Fort Worth, TX Map |
|
Intermediate Microsoft Project
Saturday 06/20/2015 - 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM (Training) Hurst Conference Center - 1601 Campus Drive, Hurst, Texas 76054 Map
| |
Topic:Understanding how to work with MSProject�
| MSProject� is one of the most widely used scheduling software available today. It is a powerful tool that can save you significant time and effort planning and managing your projects IF you know what you're doing!
This workshop will be based on Microsoft Project 2010. Students should bring their own laptop with Project loaded. Acceptable versions to be discussed are Microsoft Project 2007-2013. Students should already have a working familiarity with Project. This is not an introductory class.
|
Presenter:
Nikki Choyce, PMP is a project management consultant, instructor, presenter and coach with more than seventeen years of experience helping individuals and companies improve project performance and personal effectiveness. She is president of Infotech Management, a Fort Worth based project management consulting firm. Her experience spans many industries from healthcare to construction.
| Register
|
|
Wednesday 06/24/2015 - 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM (Lunch Meeting) Texas Land & Cattle Steakhouse - 1813 Highway 121, Bedford, TX 76021 Map
| |
Topic: The Horseshoe Project
| |
The Dallas Horseshoe Project is a five mile and $798 million design-build roadway construction project by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to improve traffic flow through the heart of downtown Dallas. It is ranked in the top 20 most congested roadways in Texas. Aptly dubbed the "Horseshoe project" due to it U shape. This project is dedicated to "Fixin' the Mix". The project started in April 2013 and is scheduled to be complete in 2017.
|
Presenter: Our speaker is Bob Stevens. He is a project director working in Fluor Corporation's Infrastructure business line and has been working at Fluor for 14 years.
| Register
|
|
Saturday 06/27/2015 - 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Location: Webinar
| |
Interested in volunteering with the Fort Worth PMI chapter? Then plan on joining us for this online virtual meeting.
|
This will be a live meeting so you'll be able to ask questions. We'll cover topics such as:
* The volunteer opportunities available
* Types of opportunities and the level of time investment for each type
* Overview of the various different leadership teams you can engage with
* Understand the volunteer recruitment and engagement process steps
* Benefits of volunteering
* Your next steps to becoming a chapter volunteer
This meeting is only open to chapter members and you must register to join us.
| Information & Registration
|
|
Saturday 07/11/2015 - 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Location: Webinar
| |
Purpose: Learn more about the Chapter and the events, services and opportunities members have available to them.
Intended audience: those who have recently joined the Chapter. Note, you must be a current chapter member to register for this event. Space will be limited so those who have recently joined the chapter will be given first priority.
| Information & Registration
|
|
|
Thursday 07/16/2015 - 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM (Dinner Meeting) DFW Marriott South - 4151 Centreport Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76155 Map
| |
Topic:Leadership Development
| Leadership development must be part of your professional development plan. Tonight's event will highlight how you can improve your communication and leadership skills using skills developed through Toastmasters.
|
Presenter: Bonnie Crawford will facilitate and lead this session.
| Register
|
|
Stay Relevant. Advance Your Career. Strengthen the Profession.
|
|
Member Referral Program
|
The Word of mouth is one of the most effective ways to recruit prospective members to the Chapter. The Fort Worth Chapter is proud to be recognized as the Friendly Chapter and YOU are the most effective marketing tool we have to promote the value of our membership. To incentivize our members to recruit prospective members, we are introducing a Member Referral Program.
Any Chapter member in good standing can refer a potential member to join the Chapter. For each referred member who joins the Chapter, the referring Chapter member is eligible to be entered into a drawing at the end of the calendar year. There is no limitation on the number of referrals by a Chapter member. The Chapter will award 3 prizes - for the top 3 Referrals:
|
|
$100 Amazon Gift Card
| 1-year Chapter Membership |
| |
$50 Amazon Gift Card
|
1-year Chapter Membership
|
$75 value
| | | 1-year Chapter Membership | $25 value |
|
In addition to the prizes, all referring members along with the referred members who joined the Chapter will be invited to a recognition dinner/networking event hosted by the Board.
To refer a prospective member, send an email to Referral@fwpmi.org and include the full name of the individual being referred as well as their PMI membership number. The referral must occur prior to the prospective member joining the Chapter. |
|
|
At the Intersection of Your Passion & the Chapter's Needs is Volunteerism!
|
The Fort Worth Chapter of PMI has grown to 1,340 members (53rd largest chapter of 270 in the world) and significantly increased events and member benefits - all through our Great Volunteers !! Each has their own reason for volunteering.
What's Yours?: Networking? Developing a new skill? PDUs? Or just plain "time to give back to the profession"? Find your niche in mixing your passion/interests - with the needs of the chapter. We're in an award winning season and it will just get better - with your help !
Featured Volunteer Opportunities:
The Fort Worth PMI Chapter operations and events are planned and implemented by dedicated volunteers. We are actively recruiting for the following positions with the Volunteer Management Program:
Director of Speaker ManagementThe Director of Speaker Management is responsible for acquiring, evaluating, and managing speakers, presenters and instructors for all Chapter events. The ideal Volunteer has a large network of potential resources and good negotiation skills. Estimated time commitment for this Virtual Volunteer role is 10-15 hours per month. For more information, contact Rashidi Benson, VP Professional Development at profdev@fwpmi.org.
Volunteer Opportunities
|
|
Does your PMI Profile need to be updated?
Chapter Member profile information comes from PMI global weekly. If you want to update your profile information, you must do so at myPMI Profile Personal Information, and the information will be updated on the Fort Worth Chapter site within 2 weeks.
|
|
PDU Approved Educational Webinar Recordings
Over 1000 hours of PDU approved educational webinar recordings.
* World's largest repository
* All online
* On demand
* Mobile friendly
* Category A PDU approved
* 100s of expert presenters
* 100s of different topics
Visit us at www.itmpi.org/fwpmi and register today! 25% of your purchase will go to your local Fort Worth PMI Chapter!
The ITMPO has built the largest repository of online, on demand, mobile friendly, PDU approved educational lectures anywhere in the world! With 100s of expert presenters and 100s of different topics, PMPs will find everything they need - in one place - to meet all their continuing education needs. That's UNLIMITED access to UNLIMITED PDUs for a period of one year!
|
|
Free Project Management eBooks!
Gary Nelson, PMP, a resident of New Zealand, has partnered with the PMIEF to deliver project management tools to kids at no cost!
These two books, designed for youth aged 10-12, describe project management with age appropriate language and children's projects.
Click on the image at left to download these books.
Thank you, Gary, for your generosity in sharing these wonderful books!
|
|
|
|
|
|
