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SIG Annual Events
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Planning on attending the PMI®
North American Global Congress, 21-24 October, 2006
in Seattle? Please be sure to stop by the WiPM SIG Annual
Membership Meeting on Saturday, 21 October from 1-3 PM
or the WiPM SIG exhibit at the Networking event Monday,
23 October. Details will be distributed as we get closer
to the dates. More details will be announced on the web
site and in the next News Brief. The SIG Board will also
hold several face-to-face board meetings during this time;
those meetings will focus on review of the SIG's strategic
plan and operational initiatives for 2007.
Programs
& Education
WiPM
PMP® eStudy -
The summer 2006 PMP eStudy session is underway. The project
kick-off meeting was held on 11 July 2006. We have 16 confirmed
project team members who are located throughout the US,
Canada and Bangkok, Thailand. This session will conclude
in early November 2006. We will send out informational e-mails
in
mid-January 2007 with the requirements for the Spring 2007
Session.
Learn more about the PMP eStudy Program>
Mentoring Program - Our new program leader
is actively looking for volunteers to help lead this program!
Anyone with experience in mentoring, or with a desire to
become more involved in a leadership activity within the
SIG, should contact mentoringprogram@wipmsig.org.
 International
PM Day - The PMI® New
Jersey Chapter is sponsoring an International Project
Management Day Celebration on 2 November 2006. This
event will celebrate project management while extending
participants' knowledge, skills and personal networks.
Learn
more>
PMI®
Launches Credential for Program Managers -
PMI
recently announced that it will be launching a new credential
for individuals who manage programs. The credential for
program managers will provide a market-recognized professional
credential from the world's largest project management
organization through which candidates
can demonstrate their competence as a program manager.
Candidate's competence will be evaluated through a variety
of assessments. Learn
more>
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Just Stuff
Social
Networking...
Social networking sites gamble on the concept "...my
friend is also your friend because we both know each
other’s e-mail address." Social networking sites
aren't just limited to online dating--they're also used
in the business world and share several basic flaws.
What they don’t consider is the 1) fact that a friend-of-a-friend
could be an enemy, a real jerk or at least indifferent
to their cause; 2) they require a user to approach someone
with a formal request to engage in a networking relationship
going forward; and, 3) they also assume that people
will help others simply by tracing their linkages through
a chain of relationships. On a more positive note, tracing
linkages can be entertaining, like the famous
Kevin
Bacon game, Six
Degrees of Kevin Bacon.
Learn
more>
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Did you Know?
Instant Messaging
Of
Europe's 82 million online population, 49 percent used
instant
messaging technology in February 2006,
according
to Comscore Networks Inc.
Global
Internet Users
Of
the 694 million (age 15+) , the US leads with 152 million.
China is second with 75 million. Who spends the
most time
online? Israelis spend an average 58 hours per
month--twice
the amount of the average American.
Source:
Fortune Magazine, May 29, 2006
Languages Worldwide
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Language
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Online
Population
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Spanish
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450
million
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Mandarin
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1
billion
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French
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125
million
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Arabic
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250
million
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English
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1
billion
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