PMI Space Coast Chapter December 2020 Newsletter

Dear PMI Space Coast Members.

It is a new service year for our chapter and I am honored to have been re-elected to serve as your Chapter President for another term along with other Board Members. Thank you all for your support!

As 2020 draws to close, reflecting upon intense challenging year to cope with COVID-19. I hope you continue to be well, safe and healthy. 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.

Last year we held several Virtual Happy Hour with trivia game Kahoot. We think these are fun, however they are not always well attended. If you have ideas for activities we can offer, please send your recommendations in to our Vice President of Membership at vpmembership@pmispacecoast.org. We are open to both Virtual Activity ideas as well as things that we can safely do in the fresh air and support social distancing.

We are incredibly excited about our Virtual Lunch & Learn Series Workshop 1: How To Treat Your Life As A Project w/ Live Q&A (Workshop 1) , January 27 at 12:00 PM.

Please see this link to register, and feel free to encourage your colleagues who are interested in Project Management to also attend this free event. You do not need to be a chapter member to attend.

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.

May this new year enable us to build bridges to collaborate as team to achieve new goals and objectives. A new year that brings new inspiration and aspiration. Wishing you a happy, safe and healthy New Year!. Happy New Year!

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

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

Happy New Year PMI Space Coast Members! Don’t wait until the last minute, earn 1 PDU now! Every month we will include a 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 "Keeping yourself, your family and your community safe online" Working and learning remotely has shown us that cyber safety education needs to become a priority. Cybersecurity is everyone’s job, not just IT’s. Working from home has made us all more vulnerable to cyber-attacks. Now that our youth are also remote, cyber safety education across all generations has never been more important. In this presentation, you will gain practical tips and advice on how to secure your online activity and ensure you are protecting yourself and your family. In addition, learn how to become an advocate for cyber safety, including when volunteering with youth-serving nonprofits in your community and those that partner with the PMI Educational Foundation (PMIEF).

2021 Call for Speakers

PMI Space Coast welcomes proposals from passionate speakers interested in sharing their experiences, knowledge and expertise on such topics as general business and strategy, leadership, project management, and technical or industry-specific specialties. Interested speakers may submit their abstracts for consideration for upcoming events in 2021, including 1 hour monthly webinars, Lunch and Learns, and annual professional development day.

For more information please contact vpprofdev@pmispacecoast.org.

PMI Updates

 As a reminder, PMI has published the following:

• PMI Standards+: https://standardsplus.pmi.org/
• PMI Update Center: https://www.pmi.org/update-center
• PMInsight: https://www.pmi.org/leadership-central/pminsight

• Global Month of Service https://www.pmi.org/global-month-of-service
• PMP Exam Changes: https://www.pmi.org/update-center/certification-changes/pmp
• 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!
• COVID-19 Update Page on an ongoing basis.
• 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 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.

WELCOME to our New Members! 

Armando Velez Rojas
Stephen Edwards
Ryan Johnsen

We hope to see you at a Virtual Event soon!

Congratulations to our members who recently added a certification:

Karen Lewis - Smith, PMP,CAPM
Kelly McCleese, PMP
Morgan Herring, PMP
LeeAnn Tufts, PMP
Jo Ann Wolf, PMP
Stephanie Heckel, PMP
Paul Christian Stumpf, PMP
Kyle Davis, PMP
Stuart Schneider, PMP
Zachary Chappell, PMP
John Passmore, PMP
Ralph Bordner, PMP
Kenneth McDonald, PMP
Chad Melone, PMP
SureshKumar Rajamani, PMP

Our chapter includes 538 members including the following:

PMP Members: 376
CAPM: 8
PgMP: 4
PMI-SP: 2
PMI-RMP: 5
PMI-ACP: 18
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.