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SIG Updates
SIG
Operations
4Q07 is a busy time for our SIG. In October,
the board attended the PMI®
North America Leadership Institute Meeting in Atlanta, GA. During the Leadership
Institute, the SIG also held its Annual
Membership Meeting (click here to launch the presentation or go to our web site).
We had good attendance, with a lot of positive feedback from both current and
new members from many parts of the world.
The Leadership Institute Meeting, which precedes the Congress, is an great opportunity
for PMI community leaders from both SIGs and Chapters, to learn and share ideas,
network with their peers, and interact face-to-face with staff from the PMI®
Global Operations Center. Attendance was 500+!
Programs
& Education
Free Webinars Available - After a much anticipated
wait, the archived webinars from the 2007 MetSIG Online Congress are now available.
The WiPM SIG has purchased a bulk ticket, allowing its members to view
the webinars at no cost. You must enter the promo code WIPMMET8 when
ordering the webinars. Learn
more about accessing the free webinars.
WiPM
PMP® eStudy -
Are
you ready to earn the Credential of choice? If so, the PMP®
eStudy Winter/Spring 2008 Session Recruitment Campaign opened on November 9
and will close in early December. If you are interested in participating, you
should be a good standing member of the WiPM SIG and already have submitted
your PMI®
PMP®
Online Application.
Check the PMP®
eStudy Program web page on the WiPM SIG web site for the latest info on
open enrollment!
eMentoring Program – The new Program Manager for the eMentoring
Program is Kari Klein. Kari is in the process of finalizing the eMentoring
Program Management Team and planning the 2008 eMentoring Program. The program
is set to kick-off in late March 2008.
SIG Ambassador Program & International Project Management Day
- WiPM participated in three events on IPM Day 1 November--PMI®
United Kingdom Chapter, PMI®
New Jersey Chapter, and PMI®
Northeast Florida Chapter. Thanks and KUDOS! to our member volunteers Joanne
Hantzios (New Jersey), Christine Rotonda (New Jersey), Tonya Labarbera
(Florida), and Kylie Hartshorne (UK). We're looking for some "good
press" in the upcoming issue of PMIToday on these events, as well
as the newsletters for those chapters.
On another note--welcome to Sandy Cobb, PMP, who joined the Programs
team to lead ongoing SIG Ambassador planning. We had an overwhelming response
to our last note on this program, and those members have been added to a wait-list.
The SIG is currently working with several members on some near-term events,
and we hope to identify appropriate local PMI chapter events throughout the
next 3-8 months for the remaining individuals. Short-term, if anyone is interested
in participating in the program leadership team (project management, administration,
coaching) in a specific role,please
send a note to administrator@wipmsig.org. PMI
News
Be
a speaker at the PMI® 2008 North America Global Congress
The call for presentations is now open and will close at 24.00 GMT on 20 January
2008. Individuals who would like to present at the congress are invited to submit
their proposals. For more information contact congressspeakers@pmi.org
and view
the guidelines.
Lee
Lambert Named PMI®
Professional Development Provider of the Year
 At
the recently completed Global Congress in Atlanta, PMI named Lee R. Lambert
its Professional Development Provider of the Year 2007. This award recognizes
Lambert's unique efforts to continue to elevate the learning opportunities available
to today's Project Management Professional. The PDUs
for Pennies programs have made it possible for every PM practitioner
to receive high quality PM content for value prices. WiPM is proud to have Lee
Lambert as a member of our SIG! |
Just
Stuff
If you are not a regular subscriber to our Yahoo!®
Group or happened to miss the dialog on 17 September 2007, I thought I'd
share with you some excellent suggestions that one of our members, Robb
Gries, gave to a question many of us face daily..."how do you
get team members to ATTEND teleconference status meetings?"
If you manage remote teams, you'll know that life gets complicated when
you can't "see the whites of their eyes" when calling a team meeting.
When you are not physically together as a team it is more difficult to "form,
norm, storm and perform." On the other hand, as the Project Manager
it's absolutely important for you to keep on top of the status in detail
so that you know what's going on...so how do you encourage team members
to attend these meetings if you don't see them every day (and can't give
them "the look"?).
In his reply, Robb gave six suggestions that he's
allowed us to share with you here:
1. Have team members provide status reports to you via e-mail.
2. Send out an agenda for your conference calls a few days in advance.
Focus the agenda on items that require input and decision
making.
3. Follow-up all calls with notes of the key points and all assignments
with due dates. 4.
Make notes as to who are the more active members on your conference
calls.
5. Personally call those that don't make your conference calls and
ask them why they weren't able to make the call.
6. Work with those individuals to remove obstacles from their ability
to participate. Get a commitment from them to participate
on the next call.
If a meeting is important enough to that individual, he/she will find the
time to make himself/herself available and actively participate!
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Did you Know?
He Said, She said
So,
it's a myth that women speak more words per day than
men do, but a research team from the University
of Arizona/ Tucson recorded daily
conversations of approximately 400 men
and women. Both genders spoke about 16,000 words a day,
but they also concluded that men and women talk about very
different things. For women it's relationships, for men it's
technology, sports and money! And what explains that, you
ask? The usual theories--women react to stress by talking
about personal stuff, while men prefer to be alone, and
how both genders are socialized.
Source: Health
Magazine October 2007
When
Do You Multitask?
A
German study found that people's capacity for multitasking
is lowest during the early-morning hours.
The researchers concluded that
the circadian rhythms--the body's internal timekeepers--inhibit
one's ability to perceive things, make decisions,
and react effectively around sunrise.
Source: University
of Tubingen
Women
Still Live Longer Than Men 
Source:
AARP
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