Chapter UpdateWelcome Your Newly-Elected Officers!
Monthly Meeting and Quarterly Breakfast Meeting January Monthly Meeting January 11 - 6-7 pm The
Three Pillars of Strategy Success: Your Work, Your Career and
Your Life This session will show us how strategic planning is a key to our success at work but, as well, to our careers and our lives. We will learn how to create a solid plan for any of the three legs and we will leave with the start of our own Professional Strategic Plans. Speaker
January Quarterly Breakfast Meeting January 22 - 7-8 am Preserving
Your Value Behind a Mask and Screen Speakers
Professional Development OpportunitiesThe PMP Exam is Changing in 2021 and So is the Way PMIGL is Providing Exam Prep Classes!
PMIGL is excited to announce that we will be partnering with Peak Business Management in 2021 for PMP Exam preparation courses. This comes, in part, due to the changes that PMI has made not only to the newest PMP exam but also a stricter set of guidelines for organizations that provide training. With this partnership, we will be able to offer our members a significant discount on PMP, DASM, and PMI-ACP exam preparation classes. The best part is that Peak offers several live virtual classes per month that fit any schedule (days, evenings, weekends) with instructors and students from around the country. The Peak trainers provide a support system from the very start. They help you outline your journey and timeline, guide you along the path to certification, and maintain your credential with continuing education. Peak trainers take personal responsibility for the students’ training experience and measure their own success by the success of their students, which is evident by their higher than 95% success rate. More information is coming, but if you would like to know more now, please visit the website at peakbusiness.org or contact Ron Papa at director.certifications@pmiglc.org. Mission: Transition for Hire Workshop January 16 - 8 am - 5 pm Drawing on the concepts in The Transitioning Military Project Manager by Jay Hicks and Sandy Lawrence, and I Inc., Career Planning and Personal Entrepreneurship, by Mike Callahan, we are running a one day virtual event to help veterans be more empowered in their career quest, and to learn how to successfully pursue career opportunities in the field of Project Management and other areas that that might be in line with their personal aspirations. The workshop itself will be focused on helping veterans learn how to think more like an entrepreneur regardless of their job aspirations, participate in an in-depth assessment of their personal plans and interests, gain a deeper understanding of how they can bring value to the job market and ultimately, tell their personal story in a compelling manner. Throughout the day, we will be using examples of career prospects in Project Management as examples of how a veteran can pursue viable career opportunities in that space. We will finish the day with real time networking opportunities with employers who are interested in hiring veterans for different positions within their companies.
Volunteer SpotlightMeet
Nick Beneker, PMP, our PMIGL Spotlight Volunteer for December
2020
Nick Beneker is employed as a project manager with the Michigan Supreme Court at the State Court Administrative Office in Lansing, Michigan. Nick is currently implementing an e-filing and document management system across 242 trial courts in the State of Michigan. Read more about Nick. CommunicationsMoylan's Mulligans Morphing
to “Project Manager Musings" PMI® NewsWinners of 2020 PMI® Awards Announced PMI recently announced the winners of the 2020 PMI® Professional Awards during the Virtual Experience Series event, A New World View: Our Global Impact. The PMI Project of the Year Award was presented to The Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) Project, TANAP Natural Gas Transmission Company (Ankara, Turkey). This award honors a Project Management Office (PMO) that has added value to its organization through its support of successful strategic initiatives and demonstrated superior organizational project management capabilities. It also recognizes a PMO that has established a vision for value delivery and has had a positive and clear impact on business results. Learn more about other award winners. Welcome New MembersView the list of new members who joined in November Chapter Sustained SponsorsPlatinum Level
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David
Barrett is a professional speaker, regular blogger, podcast host,
author and education advisor. David’s career includes the
creation and directing of a project management conference business:
ProjectWorld and Project Summit, a training company, a software
development firm, a speaker bureau, and project management portal
called ProjectTimes.com, a TED-style event series for project
professionals across North America called ProjectTalks and most
recently a web portal of 20-minute videos for project managers
called ProjectBites.com.
Courtney
Stevens is the Director of Virtual Care for Henry Ford Health
System and has been with the system for over 13 years. She started
with HFHS in Process Improvement as a management engineer, where
she has applied her industrial engineering and project management
skills to various projects to aid in health system integration
and alignment. She transitioned to Customer Engagement/Care Experience
where she helped to improve the customer experience through project
management, data/root cause analysis, training, and process improvement
initiatives. As of 2016, Courtney accepted a leadership role in
Virtual Care, developing the strategy and standards for telehealth
expansion throughout Henry Ford Health System’s continuum
of care.
Ally
Hunter is a Virtual Care Consultant for Henry Ford Health System
and recently joined the Virtual Care team back in April 2020.
She serves as a strategic advisor and partner to project champions,
driving implementation efforts and supporting adoption efforts.
Prior to joining Henry Ford Health System, she spent 5+ years
working in patient advocacy at the Lupus Foundation of America,
North Carolina Chapter (LFANC). She began as the Patient Services
Manager in 2015 and assumed the role of Operations Director in
2018. There she was responsible for developing, managing and evaluating
the LFANC’s patient services – providing resources
and assistance navigating a Lupus diagnosis.
December
is a month for celebration, new beginnings, treasured values,
and lasting memories. Nick Beneker is our final Spotlight Volunteer
for 2020, a fantastic way to end our successful journey for this
year. 
