PMI Space Coast Chapter August 2020 Newsletter

Dear PMI Space Coast Members.  

I hope you continue to be well and safe as the Space Coast continues to endure this pandemic. As a reminder, PMI continues to support its practitioners and members in this time of disruption.  As part of this commitment, I want to remind you that PMI has instituted a Membership Hardship Policy - Unemployed Members with 3 years of good standing membership are qualified for membership hardship grant by calling PMI Customer Care. PMI also offers many additional resources that can be found later in this newsletter.

As we consider our next year and open Board positions, I encourage you all to consider volunteering to join our Board. Please see our Organization Chart and let us know if you'd like additional information about any of these positions. Please email me for information about board membership if you are interested volunteering to help us continue to improve our Space Coast Chapter.

Our next Virtual Dinner Event is September 3rd at 6:00 PM and it is not to be missed. We are incredibly honored that Award-winning Project Management & Leadership Keynote Speaker, Author & Coach Andy Kaufman will present “Help for the Crazy Busy!”. More information about this event is later in this newsletter. Registration is required. 

We are also very happy to announce that we have partnered with Guerrila Project Management to enable our membership to attend "LIVE Virtual Disciplined Agile Lean Scrum Master (DALSM) Training". This interactive event will be held October 22nd and 23rd and enable you to earn 10.5 Technical PDUs and 3.5 Leadership PDUs. Please click here or see later in this newsletter for more information and to register.

Thank you to Dr. Jonathan Reed, Ms. Robin Bell, and Dr. Curtis Curry for supporting our Professional Development Day this past weekend. We had great turnout for an event that had to be held virtually and we appreciate our speakers as well as our members who attended.

Please note that we always welcome the opportunity to support our members who are willing deliver presentations and webinars so please let us know if you would like to do a webinar or presentation.

We hope to see you at all of our events.

Sincerely, Nimisha Vyas, PMP President PMI Space Coast Florida Chapter president@pmispacecoast.org

Rhonda Jones, VP of Professional Development  PMI Space Coast Florida Chapter

Earning PDUs is a necessary aspect of maintaining your PMI certification. To that end, we have instituted a monthly Webinar Spotlight to direct you to webinar content that we think is specifically relevant to the Space Coast and that you can access free of charge. This month’s Webinar is "How an Awarded Program Improved Hospital Discharge Summaries for Successful Patient Recoveries" The University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada wanted to ensure that patients who are discharged from hospitals receive the necessary support for a successful recovery. In 2014, UHN embarked on a 3-year, CA$955,000 quality improvement initiative which included creating a standardized electronic Discharge Summary for UHN’s 35,000 annual inpatients, detailing their hospital experience and requirements for ongoing care. The program finished on schedule and under budget and was a winner of the 2018 PMI Award for Project Excellence. Learn about this awarded program’s challenges, best practices, and lessons learned in this webinar.

 "Help for the Crazy Busy!” by Andy Kaufman, Award-winning Project Management & Leadership Keynote Speaker, Author & Coach

Join us for our exciting September 3rd dinner event "Help for the Crazy Busy!", starting at 6:00 PM.

One of the most consistent concerns expressed to us by professionals and teams around the world is this: We don’t have enough time!

The stress of having too much to do and not enough time to do it is overwhelming. In this interactive keynote, Andy shares practical lessons to help you get a better handle on what it takes to more successfully manage your time and commitments. Topics include understanding the role of taking care of yourself (including getting more sleep and exercise), factors that drive procrastination (and strategies to overcome them that will help you manage your time and projects), ways to say No without saying "No", and strategies to manage interruptions.

Andy shares specific strategies to help you get more control over your time with less things falling through the cracks, allowing you to focus on the most important priorities. You will leave with a helpful list of books and other resources to continue the learning after the session.

Registration is required. We will send a link to the secure Zoom meeting the afternoon of the event. If for any reason you don't receive the link by 5:30 PM the day of the event, please email vpcommunications@pmispacecoast.org for assistance.

Tickets: Members- Free, Non-members- $10

Andy Kaufman Recommended Reading

Get excited and prepared for our September event “Help for the Crazy Busy!” by Andy Kaufman, Award-winning Project Management & Leadership Keynote Speaker, Author & Coach"! Andy has identified several books that he thought you might be interested in.

• Why Are We Yelling? The Art of Productive Disagreement, by Buster Benson. We don't always have to agree, but what about when a disagreement is an unacceptable difference of perspective? Buster shares practical insights at https://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/276. Also, his cheat sheet for biases can be found at https://busterbenson.com/piles/cognitive-biases/ .
• How to Have Impossible Conversations, by Peter Boghossian. Peter will talk with anyone. In a culture where there's deep polarization, learning how to have difficult conversations with anyone is an important skill to develop. My interview with Peter at https://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/284.
• Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion and Pre-Suasion. My two favorite books on influencing skills. Interview with Dr. Cialdini at https://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/157.   Video summary of weapons of influence at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFdCzN7RYbw.
• The Art of Being Indispensable at Work, by Bruce Tulgan. This is our most recent episode, with interesting insights on the benefits and challenges of being the go-to person. Interview with Bruce at https://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/298. 
• Why Great Leaders Don't Take Yes for an Answer: Managing for Conflict and Consensus, by Michael Roberto. Cognitive conflict is good and necessary, and if we don't have some if it with our teams it may not be a good sign!. Listen to my interview with Mike about this book at https://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/99
• Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader's Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You, by Frances Frei and Anne Morriss. What do leaders do? We combine high standards with deep devotion. We make things better with our presence and the performance continues even in our absence. Interview with Frances at https://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/294.
• I Hear You: Repair Communication Breakdowns, Negotiate Successfully, and Build Consensus . . . in Three Simple Steps, by Donny Ebenstein. Donny is the guy who recommends maintaining a "stance of uncertainty." A remarkably practical book to help you get unstuck so you can influence the seemingly impossible stakeholder. Interview with Donny at https://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/105

Additional opportunities for chapter members:

• Subscribe to Andy's podcast! You can do that using the podcast app of choice, searching for People and Projects Podcast. You'll have access to over 142 hours of interviews and insights to help chapter members lead and deliver.
• Andy's Advanced Project Management Virtual Masterclass is a 2-day course that includes content on Dealing with Difficult Stakeholders, Project Cost Management, Conflict, Influencing Skills, and Negotiation. It can be part of your prep for certification, for earning PDUs, or just for leveling up your ability to lead and deliver! Learn more and enroll at https://courses.i-leadonline.com/courses/advanced-pm-masterclass

LIVE Virtual Disciplined Agile Lean Scrum Master (DALSM) Training

Dates: Thu, Oct 22, 2020, 9:00 AM – Fri, Oct 23, 2020, 6:00 EDT

PMI Space Coast is partnering with Guerrila Project Management to offer a special PMI Disciplined Agile Training opportunity. This is a 2-day Live virtual course offering a pathway from PMI Disciplined Agilist (DA) Certification on to advanced Certification based on experience and references.

Upon completion of this workshop, attendees:

• earn the designation of Disciplined Agilist (DA), free first year membership to Disciplined Agile, and full benefits; a $50 value.
• who are professionals experienced in Agile (Scrum) & Lean will also receive one free attempt of Certified Disciplined Agilist (CDA) exam good when taken within 30 days of the course end date.
  • CDA Certificate holders may then apply for either the Certified Disciplined Agile Practitioner (CDAP) or the Disciplined Agile Lean Scrum Master (DALSM) depending on experiences and references. Upon application verification, the CDAP or DALSM would be awarded to qualified, verified candidates.

COST: $999 (until September 18^th) / $1199 (after September 18^th)

***PMI Space Coast is offering a $200 promo code for a limited time! Enter “RSM44126pmispacecoast” for $200 off the above price!***

Register now and be among the 24 attendees for this course!

For more information and to register, click here!

PMI Updates

PMI has published the following new updates:

• PMI is offering of Disciplined Agile Delivery book download the free .pdf copy of Choose Your WoW! on the pmi.org website (go to this page)  for all members. 
• The PMI Virtual Experience Series is free to PMI members in September and November!  Please share this member benefit with members, we don’t want them to miss out!

As a reminder, PMI has also published the following:

• COVID-19 Update Page on an ongoing basis.
• Waiving rescheduling fees for all certification exams until 1 October.
• PMI Beta Bot, a 24/7 chat bot to answer your basic questions. Check it out on the PMI Contact Us page.
• PMI Customer Care Alexa so members and certification holders can link their PMI.org account to any Amazon Alexa-enabled device to ask Alexa: “What is my member (or certification) since date?” “What is my membership end date?” “When does my certification expire?” “How many PDUs do I have?” Try it today!
• PMI’s new Virtual Experience Series: Delivering Value, Creating Change & Advancing the World^TM, created to enhance project managers professional development across the globe.
• PMI is offering free project management courses during COVID-19 quarantines. Click here for details.
• PMI Impact: https://www.pmi.org/membership/volunteer/pmimpact
• Please note that PMI will be extending eligibility for all exams for up to 6 months, until 18 January 2021 - If this applies, your exam eligibility will automatically be extended via PMI systems, so you are not required to contact us for this request. Please note that new eligibility dates may take a few days to become updated in our system. 
• PMI is extending access to the current PMP® exam until 31 December 2020 and postponing the launch of the new PMP exam until 2 January 2021
• Covid-19 resources: https://www.pmi.org/about/coronavirus-single-source-message/virtual-resource-hub
• Job Search resources: https://careercenter.pmi.org/
• VA benefit for PMI membership and Education: https://www.pmi.org/military
• PMExpo is free and is now available on demand (6 PDU): https://www.projectmanagement.com/events/602533/PMXPO-2020

• Membership Hardship: Unemployed Members with 3 years of good standing membership are qualified for membership hardship grant by calling PMI Customer Care.

Comments from Rhonda Jones, VP Professional Development regarding last Saturday's Professional Development Day (August 29th, 2020):

"We had a successful event with over 30 attendees. The speakers were outstanding and we had some great discussions. Here's some feedback I received from a few of the attendees: 

Thank you, Rhonda!

WELCOME to our New Members! 

 Amy Moore, PMP

Ramon Martinez

Jonathan Morgans

We hope to see you at a Virtual Event soon!

Congratulations to  

Shelley Di Maio, PMP

Jamie Wellborn, PMP

Chioma Aso, PMP

 for earning PMP Certification this month!

Our chapter includes 581 members including the following:

PMP Members 388
CAPM: 7
PgMP: 5
PMI-SP: 2
PMI-RMP: 5
PMI-ACP: 15
PMI-PBA: 2
PfMP: 2

Interested in volunteering with PMI Space Coast?  Some of the key benefits include:

• Gain skills and knowledge outside of your day-to-day tasks at work
• Strengthen and expand your network
• Work closely with other PM Professionals
• Earn PDUs
• Have an impact and make a difference within the local chapter and the Space Coast community

It takes a lot of hard work to support the PMI Space Coast Chapter.  We need commited, motivated

members who want to contribute to improving our chapter's ability to deliver value to our membership.

We have lots of opportunities for you to build on your experience and share your passion.

Please contact us about the vacant positions listed in the organization chart.