The Nashville Report – Region 14 Conference May 3-5

Reinhold Gerbsch, DSc, PMPJune 15 2012June 15, 2012

AgendaAgenda• PMI, Region 14 and Costal Empire Section• Conference Summary• Conference Summary• Conference Highlights and Takeaways

– PresentationsPresentations– PMI Opportunities

• Applications to Coastal Empire Chapter• Chapter Meetings and Purpose• Membership Engagement and Service

– PMI Global Support– Region 14 Support

About PMIAbout PMI

• One of the largest professional associations in the g pworld – Over half a million members and credential holders in almost 200 countries– 270 geographic chapters, 36 communities of practice270 geographic chapters, 36 communities of practice

• Developer of global standards and credentials 12 t d d f j t t t d b ki f i l– 12 standards for project management created by working professionals

– 5 credentials recognized and valued worldwide

Off T i i d dit ti• Offers Training and accreditation

• Conducts Research and offers publications• Conducts Research and offers publications

About PMI

PMI AttributesEnvisioned Goal: Worldwide, organizations will embrace, Envisioned Goal: Worldwide, organizations will embrace,

value, and utilize project management and attribute their success to it.

C V lCore Values:• Project Management Impact

• V l t i• Volunteerism

• Professionalism

C i• Community

• Engagement

We are a Global Community of Practitioners

95% of members

66% of members 4% of members14% of members14% of members

0.75% of members 0.25% of members

5% of members15% of members

1997: 33,000 PMI members and credential holders worldwide2010: 500,000+ PMI members and credential holders worldwide

Region 14 - South North America & CaribbeanRegion 14 South North America & Caribbean

• 15 000 + Members spread across 24 chapters:15, 000 + Members spread across 24 chapters:

• Al b Bi i h H t ill M t • Alabama: Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery • Florida : South Fla, Space Coast, Suncoast, Orlando,

Tallahassee, Emerald Coast, Northeast Fla, Tampa Bay, , , p y• Georgia : Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Savannah• South Carolina: Columbia , Charleston , Greenville• Tennessee: Chattanooga, Memphis, Nashville, East Tennessee• Caribbean: Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica- Doctor Bird

Coastal Empire Statistics – May 2012Coastal Empire Statistics May 2012Name Prior Year

CountVariance Growth % YTD New

MembersYTD Non

RenewTotal YTD Non Renew

Attrition Rate

YTD Renew

Current Month End YTD Late Renew

RenewAtlanta Chapter

4,631 38 0.82% 688 807 650 14.04% 1,283

Charleston, SC Chapter

383 21 5.48% 67 56 46 12.01% 115404 10

4,669 157

Coastal Empire Chapter

73 1 1.37% 11 12 10 13.70% 18

Space Coast, Florida

421 0.00% 58 66 58 13.78% 116421 8

74 2

Florida ChapterRegion 14 Total

16,311 346 2.12% 2,543 2,688 2,197 13.47% 4,80916,657 491

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Region 14 Conference OverviewRegion 14 Conference OverviewStats• Theme – Cultivating

Friday• Openingg

Commitment Through VolunteerismM i R i

• PMIEF• Keynote – Camper Bull

Mi d M i• Marriott Renaissance Nashville, TX

• May 3-5, 2012

• Mind Mapping• Main Session – Greg Githens• Afternoon Breakoutsy ,

• 75 Attendees who serve is some volunteer capacity for h i h

• Main Session – Greg Githens• Volunteer System Kiosk – April

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their chapter BurtonSaturday

• Keynote – Camper BullThursday

• Evening Reception• Breakout Sessions• Closing Session

Region 14 Conference ContentRegion 14 Conference Content

Featured Speakers/Topics Breakout Sessions Attended/Facilitated• Camper Bull – Re-engaging

Your Membership, NJ PMILeading with the Disciplines of Execution

Attended/Facilitated

• Education/Professional Development/ProgramsExecution

• Greg Githens – Chapter Strategy Cultivating Commitment

/• Leadership Development

Cultivating Commitment• PMI Educational Foundation• April Burton – PMI Volunteer

System KioskLinks

h // i 14 i /System Kiosk• MatchWare – Mind Mapping

Integration Tools

• http://region14.vc.pmi.org/

Conference Highlights and TakeawaysConference Highlights and Takeaways• Presentations

– Camper Bull• “Golden Hour”• “PM th ti f th CEO’ St t ”• “PMs are the execution arm of the CEO’s Strategy”

– Brandon Condrad – “The new breed of Mind Mapping Tools” MM

• PMI Takeaways– Education Foundation – PMIEF (PMIEF Liaison)– Volunteer Kiosk – PMI.ORG (Get Involved> Volunteer with

PMI)

Board-Level Issues to AddressBoard Level Issues to Address

Purpose Leadership Support• Membership Engagement:

Stop Advertising and Start Serving!

How are we adding value to

• Where are our transition plans? • Where are our leadership training

materials? Region 14 Website– How are we adding value to our members?

– How are we adding value to our community?

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materials? Region 14 Website

• Improvement (Strategic Plan) –Where are we going?

• For every meeting the leadership • Improvement Metrics – What are we monitoring and what is our gap?

• Do our communications serve

• For every meeting the leadership should, for every meeting:

– Ask - How did I benefit from this meeting?• Do our communications serve

the members or are we spamming?

• Is our website adding value?

g– Publicize how the meeting helped

– Ask – If meeting is not successful, then why not – what must change?g

Chapter Issues to AddressChapter Issues to Address

Opportunities Career MentoringOpportunities

• Providing “PMI Value Nuggets” (PVN) with every

Career Mentoring

• Send out Chapter Survey to identify career needs. Use

communications – give and then ask– PM tips (from PMI Global)

this to help develop a strategy to serve member needs– PM tips (from PMI Global)

– Podcasts

• Augment meetings with:

needs.

Board Actions

R i T l V l f W b i – Podcasts (remote audio)– Videos (remote viewing)– Live stream (Live remote

• Review Total Value of or Website – Proteon Demo

• Strategic Planning – 7/19 with J h W R i 14 Ch Live stream (Live remote

viewing)John Watson, Region 14 Chapter Mentor

PMI Learn an excellent resource and benefit of Board involvement

• To access PMI Learn, complete the following steps:

• Go to PMI org and log in using your username and password• Go to PMI.org and log in using your username and password.• Once logged in, hover over “Get Involved” and click “Excel as a leader”.• Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the “Launch PMI Learn” button.• You will now be placed in PMI Learn:

– Once inside the PMI Learn Homepage, locate the “Learning Center” tab and click “course catalog”.

– Once inside the course catalog place % in the search field and click “Search”.

– To view the Chapter Role studies and all the presentations from this years LIM place code “NAS2012” in the search field and click “ search”

Click the title hyperlink to view the document.

Highly Recommended !

Thank You