Our members continue to come back to PMI for various reasons, and the top two reasons are knowledge and networking.
PMI chapters offer excellent opportunities for members to network and advance their careers through face-to-face meetings. And in a world that has become "smaller" through social networking, connection is high on the rise of interests.
I am often reminded of two PMI members I met at different times. The first, Oscar, contacted me years ago for assistance with his member benefits. Oscar still contacts me with questions and I am happy to help him find what he is looking for.
Then, about three years ago while in Argentina, I met Miguel who was very curious about a nuclear industry networking group. Since PMI didn't have any SIGs in that industry, I returned to PMI, determined to find an answer, when it finally hit me: Oscar.
I e-mailed both Oscar and Miguel to introduce them to one another, and low and behold, they were old friends lost by distance. Their history went back at least 20 years, and now I reconnected them.
While I have never met Oscar face-to-face, we have a professional relationship bound by PMI. And when I see Miguel and PMI global congresses in Latin America, we exchange warm smiles and greetings.
Now, imagine bringing even more people together to share their knowledge and to network. Many of us do it every day via sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace.
And soon you'll be able to do the same with the results of PMI's Virtual Communities Project (VCP)--an initiative to bring PMI's knowledge, technology and communities together to deliver value to PMI members to network, participate in discussions, contribute new content via wikis, offer opinions and ideas about a particular area of project management in a webinar, or just watch and learn. (For more information, read What It Means to You.pdf).
VCP was put to the test recently when PMI launch two pilot communities to test our new technology platform, and participate in the development and release of added features and functionality. The Human Resources Specific Interest Group (SIG) now boasts a "community of practice," and the International Development SIG rolled out as a "forum."
In this truly transformational initiative, VCP will deliver what members have long desired: a one-stop shop for project management profession's knowledge.
In a world of competing demands and uncertainty PMI will deliver. How can we help you?
Editor's Note: If you are willing to be part of the VCP transformation, e-mail PMI. Tell us who you are, what you do and why you are interested.
PMI chapters offer excellent opportunities for members to network and advance their careers through face-to-face meetings. And in a world that has become "smaller" through social networking, connection is high on the rise of interests.
I am often reminded of two PMI members I met at different times. The first, Oscar, contacted me years ago for assistance with his member benefits. Oscar still contacts me with questions and I am happy to help him find what he is looking for.
Then, about three years ago while in Argentina, I met Miguel who was very curious about a nuclear industry networking group. Since PMI didn't have any SIGs in that industry, I returned to PMI, determined to find an answer, when it finally hit me: Oscar.
I e-mailed both Oscar and Miguel to introduce them to one another, and low and behold, they were old friends lost by distance. Their history went back at least 20 years, and now I reconnected them.
While I have never met Oscar face-to-face, we have a professional relationship bound by PMI. And when I see Miguel and PMI global congresses in Latin America, we exchange warm smiles and greetings.
Now, imagine bringing even more people together to share their knowledge and to network. Many of us do it every day via sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace.
And soon you'll be able to do the same with the results of PMI's Virtual Communities Project (VCP)--an initiative to bring PMI's knowledge, technology and communities together to deliver value to PMI members to network, participate in discussions, contribute new content via wikis, offer opinions and ideas about a particular area of project management in a webinar, or just watch and learn. (For more information, read What It Means to You.pdf).
VCP was put to the test recently when PMI launch two pilot communities to test our new technology platform, and participate in the development and release of added features and functionality. The Human Resources Specific Interest Group (SIG) now boasts a "community of practice," and the International Development SIG rolled out as a "forum."
In this truly transformational initiative, VCP will deliver what members have long desired: a one-stop shop for project management profession's knowledge.
In a world of competing demands and uncertainty PMI will deliver. How can we help you?
Editor's Note: If you are willing to be part of the VCP transformation, e-mail PMI. Tell us who you are, what you do and why you are interested.
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