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Survey Results

For five years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020. All surveys ask about skills and topics. Additional questions about meeting days, times, and cities were asked for planning 2020. Those answers are at the top of the google doc. There was one additional question in 2015: Do you hold a PMI(R) certification? 31% yes, 69% no

Project Management World Pages

Project Management World expands the careers of project managers, program managers, and project coordinators. See Detailed Description of PM World Click on the images to jump to various pages.

Benefits of Premium Membership

Become a PM World Premium Member for $70 and attend all PM World events and courses at no cost (except food & beverages) for one year and receive two self-study courses, two white papers, and two digital textbooks. Save hundreds of dollars and support the development and deployment of these resources. This is less than 20 cents/day.

Blockchain Event held June 8, 2017

A panel discussion entitled Project Management for Blockchain was held on June 8, 2017. Here is the link to the archive of that event: https://app.box.com/s... Ignore the error message! The download and and recording work fine. Panelists and Moderator Timothy Ruff, a 25-year veteran of communication technology, is the CEO and co-founder of Evernym and co-inventor of Sovrin, the most advanced identity network in the world. Tim Christensen is a California-based tech entrepreneur and highly sought after management consultant PM, with over 20 years of experience managing complex business operations initiatives and corporate transformations with multi-million dollar budgets and cross functional teams for high tech companies, money center banks and Fortune 500 companies. Currently CEO, Blockchain development and integration company, Data Chain Solutions. David Snyder helps organizations develop and implement new technologies. His experience includes program management and product management at companies like Apple, Google, Kaiser, First Data, PayPal, Yahoo!, and various startups for healthcare systems, electronic payments, mobile applications, and data security.

ByLaws of PM World

These bylaws were ratified by the membership in August 2017. The bylaws were modified and re-ratified in early 2019.

Participants rated the IOT discussion highly

Here are the results of the survey of people who attended the January 17, 2017 discussion: PM for the Internet of Things:

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Checklist for organizing a PM World event

Whenever possible, hold the meeting on the first Tuesday of the month. Recruit the team. Hold a Kickoff Meeting. Choose roles: Project Manager, Program Chair, Publicity Chair, Logistics Chair, Followup Chair. 

Extra people can be on committees headed by these Chairs Program sub-team finds a presenter or panelists plus a panel moderator. Change the day and date as needed to accommodate the presenter/panelists. Logistics sub-team creates the PayPal button and payment page.

Logistics sub-team finds a venue. We are trying to obtain a standard venue (considering Adobe, AMD, First Republic) where all meetings will be held. Followup sub-team creates the post-event survey. Publicity sub-team creates the MeetUp with picture(s) and bio(s) of the presenter or panelists. Each team member clicks on Yes. Logistics sub-team selects a door prize and Publicity adds info about it to the MeetUp. 

Program sub-team asks the presenter/panelists to click on Yes. Publicity sub-team advertises on FullCalendar (maybe; it has not been helping very much) Publicity sub-team posts on the PM World Yahoo Group and as many other places as possible. Each member of the team commits to convince a colleague to click on Yes. Logistics sub-team brings handouts, nametags, door prize, container for business cards, receipts for fees/donations/memberships, certificates and/or gifts for the presenter/panelist and a sign-in sheet to the event. 

If people are allowed to pay at the door, Logistics team collects the payments. If there is no fee, include a sign and container for donations. Publicity sub-team takes notes and photos during the event. 

Publicity sub-team posts the notes and photos on the MeetUp and the notes on the Major Successes. Followup sub-team distributes the survey and collects and shares the results. Followup sub-team deposits any fees or donations collected at the event.

Detailed Description of PM World

Project Management World provides professional development including events, courses, resources, networking, volunteer opportunities, and enjoyment for Project Managers, Program Managers, Project Coordinators, and people aspiring to these professions. Of course, anyone is welcome to join.

Most members are in Silicon Valley. Many live/work in other areas around the globe. Officers November 1, 2017 – April 30, 2018 • Co-President: Mark Eden • Co-President: Yossi Barezer • Treasurer: Pablo Chu • Program/Content Chair: vacant • Marketing Chair: David Lok • Logistics Chair: Mindy Stone • Officer at Large: Roger Smith In addition to this MeetUp group with more than 1100 members, PMW has a Yahoo Group with more than 400 members and a newly-formed LinkedIn Group with 51 members. Two self-study courses are available. 

Project Management Skills for All Careers takes about 40 hours and costs $65 including the eTextbook. Seven Steps to Project Success takes about 14 hours and costs $20. A white paper on PM Certifications, Certificates, and Degrees is available for $5. Two eTextbooks are available at $20 and $0. One of the textbooks is available as a bound book for $29.95. An eBook on Cloud-Based tools has just been released. 

Premium members pay no event fees and receive all courses and most resources at no cost. They receive a 40% discount on the bound textbook. Premium Membership is available for $70/year. Discounts are available including buy-one-get-one free, 3-10 people from the same company for $175, and 50% off for those with financial issues who agree to do some volunteer work.

First PM World Mini-Conference held in May of 2016

This session started with an overview of Agile Project Management followed by presentations by Agile project managers and then a panel discussion. Door prize: hardcover book: Scrum:

The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time with many stories about non-software projects.

Agenda:

  • Introduction
  • Agile Methods: An Incredibly Brief Orientation by Bernie Maloney
  • Kevin Thompson, Ph.D., CSP, PMP, PMI-ACP: Eleven Lessons Learned about Agile Hardware Development. See details below
  • Several networking opportunities; bring your business cards.
  • Gail Ferreira, PhD, CSP, PMP, SPC4, LSSBB: Connect the Dots - Linking Agile Strategy to Execution. See details below
  • Harnessing Uncertainty: Agile Despite the Physics by Bernie Maloney
  • Panel discussion of the presenters

Agile Methods: An Incredibly Brief Orientation Bernie Maloney is an international speaker, Agile Coach and Trainer who’s helped grow businesses from break even to beyond $100M. The self-directed teams he’s helped build have delivered award winning electronics and services, both to consumers and to businesses. 

Bernie teaches Agile Product Development at Stanford Continuing Studies, drawing on over 25 years experience with firms like Bell Telephone Laboratories, HP, TiVo and Good Technology. —————————————————— 

Eleven Lessons Learned about Agile Hardware Development by Kevin Thompson. The Scrum framework was originally developed to provide an effective approach for planning, performing, and tracking the development of software products. Our research has identified that Scrum applies equally well to the development of hardware products, including hardware products with embedded or associated software. 

This presentation provides lessons learned in applying Scrum at Thermo Fisher Scientific to the development of analytical equipment for analysis of chemical samples. This project demonstrated that Scrum is indeed useful for hardware development, and revealed key differences in the application of Scrum between hardware and software projects. Kevin Thompson, Ph.D., CSP, PMP, PMI-ACP, is a physicist, former software developer and project manager, and current researcher and consultant in the field of Agile Project Management. As Agile Practice Lead for cPrime, Dr. Thompson develops training materials and consulting standards, and trains the company’s Agile trainers. He has led Agile software and hardware transformations for numerous companies in a wide variety of industries. —————————————————— 

Connect the Dots: Linking Agile Strategy to Execution by Gail Ferreira PhD, CSP, PMP, SPC4, LSSBB: In this presentation, the tactics and strategies for merging agile strategies to create portfolios, programs and projects will be discussed. The use of lean methodologies and tools that can be used to create and execute an awesome agile strategic plan will be discussed. The CUE model will be introduced, that blends lean methodologies with agile strategic management (Consolidate Activities, Use Lean Metrics that Matter, Eliminate Waste), Three different strategy execution methodologies with real world case studies (Intel/Google): Hoshin Kanri, Objectives, Goals, Strategies, Measures (OGSM), Objectives and Key Results (OKR) will be presented. Gail Ferreira is an award winning author, agile thought leader, accomplished agile coach, and practice director. 

Gail is the Agile Practice Leader at MATRIX in San Francisco, leading and directing activities for the Center of Excellence. Gail likes to employ creative and novel lean agile methods, models and techniques to engage individuals and organizations through agile transformations. Gail is particularly passionate about creating agile learning organizations that embrace continuous learning and change management. Gail regularly speaks at international agile conferences and professional groups related to agile project management, strategy and technology management. 

She has published peer reviewed journals and articles in award winning publications such as Agile Connection, Proquest Digital Dissertations, Refractive Thinker, IEEE, and Techwell. Gail also likes to lead and direct events including local meetups, professional development days for the Project Management Institute, and academic awards. She has started a meetup for Lean Agilists in the San Francisco Bay area that specializes in topics that combine lean thinking with agile principles and practices. Gail is an adjunct professor at UC Berkeley Extension Agile Project Management program, Capella University PhD in Technology and Project Management, and Walden University Doctoral Technology Management program where she mentors aspiring doctoral candidates with their dissertation publications in the field of technology and project management. —————————————————— 

Harnessing Uncertainty: Agile Despite the Physics by Bernie Maloney It’s 1998. You’re a number 4 vendor. The shelf life of your hardware is 1/3 the lead time for development of a central component. And margins are thin. Think you’d thrive? HP Consumer PCs did, using what we now recognize as Agile methods. In this talk, we’ll: • cover how applying Agile’s empiricism to both business and technology enabled the division to thrive, even when requirements changed late in development • show a visualization that bridges hardware / firmware development to Agile methods; • and share a technique from that division for harnessing the uncertainty of the gap between shelf life and lead time which pays off in any development effort Responding to change over following a plan works, well beyond software, to harness uncertainty despite the physics. ——————————————————

PM World was formed January 1, 2014

History of PM World

PM World was formed January 1, 2014 from four other organizations, the oldest of which was formed in 2004 by Nancy McKereghan and Alan Tsuda. From January 2014-April 2017, there were only two officers: Ali Daimee, Treasurer, and Jacky Hood, Director. A large number of other people formed event and project teams. See Successes:

 https://www.meetup.co… In late 2016 many members gathered in three planning sessions. 

They decided that the monthly events would include one in-person, one webinar, one career night, and one casual networking. They also decided to add Corporate Services. For details of both Member Services and Corporate Services see https://www.fielddayso… 

In May 2017, officers were elected to manage Member Services so that Dolores, Jacky, Judith, Marie and others could focus on Corporate Services. From May 1, 2017-October 31, 2017 the officers were Cathy Keys, Al Akin, Saira Hassan, Equbay Kiflay, Jane Yee, Julis Rybitska, and Jeannette Eaton. 

Bylaws were written, approved by the officers, and ratified by the membership at large. From November 1, 2017-April 30, 2018 the officers were Yossi Bar Ezer, Mark Eden, David Lok, Roger Smith, Pablo Chu, and Mindy Stone. These officers decided to change from four small events per month to four large events/year. Elected for May-October 2018 are Mark Eden, Joel Angeles, Cynthia Carley, and Jacky Hood.

PM World and PM PM SIG have

Major Successes

PM World and PM PM SIG have had more than 100 events and projects since the founding in January 2004. Here are some highlights:: An online panel discussion entitled Project Management for BlockChain featured three experts. 

PM World published a white paper entitled Project Management Certifications, Certificates, and Degrees that is available to Premium Members. 2000 participants in the Project Management Skills for All Careers Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). 

We could have had more but registration was capped. A dozen PM World members led by John Donelan worked hundreds of hours to make the course a great success. We have converted it to a self-study course.

PMW Success Story

An outstanding 8-member team led by Bob Sawyer created the open-licensed textbook and submitted it for a Saylor grant: Project Management Skills for All Careers.

PMW Success Story ​

AgileBill Krebs has led several agile/scrum courses and events and has been assisted by other members of PM World.

We repositioned a cohort-based course to self-study. It’s easy, fun, and inexpensive: 7 Steps to Project Management Success.

 

March 28 Ivan Temes and Mitchell Levy Event

Press Release: SAN JOSE, California 2018 Ivan Temes and Mitchell Levy to be featured at Project Management World event March 28, 2018 An interactive session explores the power of collaborative leadership in creating project success.

Spread the Word Project Management World announced today that they will be hosting a special project management event scheduled from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm on Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at the office of Sciforma Corporation who is sponsoring the venue – at 4880 Stevens Creek Blvd, #102 in San Jose. 

Event Marketing Manager Chana Motobu stated: “PM World is honored to feature two outstanding session leaders, Ivan Temes and Mitchell Levy, in an interactive dialogue in San Jose. They will discuss the topic of applying collaborative leadership to Project Management.” Ms. Motobu, Cisco Portfolio Program Manager holds PMP, SCPM, and CSM certifications. She added: “Ivan and Mitchell are providing a great service for Silicon Valley project managers. 

We are fortunate to have them at this event and look forward to another successful turnout.” Ivan Temes, the founder of Leadership & Loyalty, has been a public speaking and confidence-building coach for major corporations. His book “CARE: You Have the Power!” is widely available. Ivan’s experience in directing customer care teams worldwide combined with innovative and highly-acclaimed training techniques have brought about outstanding results in short time frames. He has also led hundreds of innovative confidence-building and career transition seminars for community organizations, shelters, universities, and veterans. 

Mitchell Levy is the author of the book “Hey, Did You AHAthat?” that became an international bestseller and the #1 Amazon book on authorship. He is an accomplished entrepreneur who has created twenty businesses in Silicon Valley including four publishing companies that have published over 800 books.

 Mitchell is a TEDx speaker and internationally bestselling author of fifty-nine business books. The fee for the event is $10. Each paid registrant can bring one or two guests at no charge. Light refreshments will be served. Attendees will be provided with a chance to win books by the presenters. Registration is required at https://www.meetup.co…

About Project Management World Project Management World is a professional association with more than 1500 members in three online networks. It has furthered the careers of project and program managers since 2004.

 The organization’s mission is to enhance the careers of project managers, program managers, project coordinators, and those aspiring to these positions. Project Management World also provides consulting services. See https://www.fielddayso… 

About Sciforma Corporation Sciforma is a leading provider of Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) software for large and mid-size companies. Its latest product, Sciforma 7.1, represents a new generation in PPM systems connecting people, teams, and project data, Sciforma 7.1 helps keep all stakeholders constantly aware of the overall context, so they can anticipate any disruptions that would impact goals and objectives. Learn more at https://www.sciforma.c…

Past meetings

Risk Management Online Event https://www.meetup.co… Robotics Online Event https://www.meetup.co… May 2016: Mini conference: https://www.meetup.co… Construction Project Management https://www.meetup.co…

PM certification with PM World's help

Many PM World members seek or hold professional certification including CSM, IPMA, PMI, PRINCE2, and others. 

PM World training courses 7 Steps to Project Success and PM Skills for All Careers can fulfill all or part of the education requirements that lead to certification. 

PM World courses, events, and volunteer work can be used to fulfill part of the ongoing professional development required for those already certified. In addition, the PM World White Paper Certifications, Certificates, and Degrees, the PM Glossary, and the eBook Open Guide to Project Management Certification are useful references. CSM, IMPA, and PRINCE2 links will be added to this page in the future. 

For the 35 hours of training required to take a PMI certification exam, see https://www.project-m… The 7 Steps course is 12 contact hours. The PM Skills course is 40 contact hours. For PMI PDUS go this webpage and see the following topics: * Course or training from a third party

PMW Event April 29 2022 - Eve Shpak

Meetup: https://www.meetup.co… Archive recording: https://youtu.be/uWRc… Slides: https://docs.google.c… 

Watch the video and view the slides from this exciting talk with Eve Shpak, founder at The Manifest University to understand how we can fulfill our professional and personal goals. 

Eve is an experienced founder with a demonstrated history of working in the fine art and film industries, coaching, executing innovative projects and event management. Eve helps professionals achieve their desired goals by providing unique MU tools to break old patterns of decision making and change their belief systems. 

Her forums help to identify what is holding us back over and over again, how to shift out of these patterns and how to properly manifest what we truly want.

Second Annual Mini-Conference June 20 2017

The mini-conference was fantastic! For details, see https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-lVEyaf6XchUndCODU1TVotWnc/view?usp=sharing Here is the audio recording of the panel discussion. Ignore the error message that Box shows; the download works fine. Skip the first 6 minutes and ignore the video of instructions sent to one of the panelists.

 https://app.box.com/s/vp1lpp0vhqsr8

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Masa sent the following information: 1) The book I recommended is: The new peoplemaking by Virginia Satir 

2) Attached is a document with a dozen High Collaboration Frameworks, including K2, which is the one I mentioned at the panel Here is Masa’s document: https://drive.google….

Tasks for an on-line event

See Tasks for a Face-to-Face Event. The main difference for an online event is that the ‘venue’ is Go-to-Meeting rather than a physical location. 

The Logistics Chair is responsible for setting up the event on Go-to-Meeting and hosting the Go-to-Meeting session or delegating these tasks. 

The door prize can be either a physical book that is ordered to be shipped to the home or office of the winner or an ebook shipped to the email address of the winner.

Upgrade to Premium Membership: $70 for a full year

To upgrade your membership, 

go to https://www.paypal.co… 

For the benefits of membership, see https://tinyurl.com/zw…

PM Skills for All Careers Instructors

Several highly experienced project managers with teaching experience have created this course. Some of them will be assisting during the course. None of these project managers decided at age 11 to become a project manager! They also started in other careers, became accidental project managers, and later professional project managers.

AgileBill Krebs developed the Project Environment Module. Agile, as his friends call him, has over 20 years of experience as a developer, performance engineer, and consultant, including work at IBM, Davisbase, and in the healthcare field. Since 2001, he’s used and taught Agile software development methods such as Scrum and lean to more than 2,000 engineers and managers worldwide. He’s presented at education and Agile conferences, and at IBM Research. Bill’s certifications include PMI-ACP, SAFe(tm) SPC, CSM/CSP, LSSYB, Innovation Games (R) CCA, and ICAgile ICP. He is a member of PMI, the Agile Leadership Network (ALN), Scrum Alliance, Agile Alliance, and ASTD. Bill’s postgraduate coursework includes classes from the University of Pennsylvania, University of Washington, 3dGameLab, and work on his master’s degree at Boise State University. 

Currently Bill is an Enterprise Agile coach in the healthcare industry and hosts an online Agile study group with over 200 members. Carl Rand developed the Scope and Visual Project Management Modules. He is an independent project management consultant and educator based in the San Francisco Bay area. Carl has worked for major corporations, including CA Technologies, NetApp, Intuit, Nortel Networks, Visa International, and IBM.

In these endeavors, he has extended his broad range of project management, consulting, and facilitation skills to help organizations assess risks, plan for business continuity, reengineer business processes, effectively manage project portfolios, and implement cross-functional enterprise programs. Carl holds an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University and a B.A. in marine biology from Occidental College. He has been a featured track and workshop speaker at several ProjectWorld conferences and currently teaches project management courses through UCSC Extension. His areas of expertise include project planning and control, risk assessment and mitigation, management consultation, mentoring, training, and curriculum development. 

He is an avid sailor and scuba diver and volunteers his time at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and the Pacific Grove Hyperbaric Chamber. Jacky Hood co-authored the Schedule Module. She served on the committee that developed the Project Management Body of Knowledge and taught Project Management at Foothill College. She is an author, engineer, entrepreneur, program manager, and technical support executive. Her current positions are Account and Engagement Manager at RightWave Inc., CEO of FieldDay Solutions, Inc., and Co-Principal of JJ Real Estate Leadership. Jacky holds a BSEE from the University of Nebraska and a Masters in Systems Engineering from Carlton University. 

Micki Jo Ashley co-authored the Schedule Module. She is a Project Manager for Customer Service and CRM Systems and has also served as a Hardware Manager, QA Manager and Systems Analyst. Her past employers include AER Worldwide, TMA Resources, and others. Micki Jo holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. John Donelan is the Project Manager for this course and helped develop Module 4. He is a program manager experienced in high technology companies. He has worked in multiple roles in Tandem Computers, Compaq Computers, HP and Cisco Systems in the US and Asia Pacific. His areas of expertise include high availability computing, leading cross cultural staff in complex projects and the introduction of new technologies into the enterprise. John holds MSc and BSc degrees from the University of New England in NSW, Australia. In his spare time he enjoys hiking and photography throughout the South West, California and the eastern Sierras. 

Ali Daimee developed the Budget module. He is a Senior Project / Program Management professional with a track record in organizing and directing over 25 multi-discipline global teams implementing 50+ complex embedded systems, enterprise applications and consumer electronics projects with high success rate. He has worked in various roles at Global enterprises such as Nortel Networks, Novell, Novellus, Compaq, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Sega and Broadcom. He has contributed at these companies in the areas of Software and Hardware Design & development, Test Engineering & Quality, Project and Program Management, and Business Systems definition and development. Ali earned his BSc degree in Engineering from London University, England. 

He also holds a BSc degree in Mathematics. He completed his MBA course work at Ottawa University, Canada. He has also completed Project Management certification at UCSC, and SAP courses at NPU. Ali successfully completed his PMP certification in 2008 and has since taught several PMP preparation classes off and on-line. He has also instructed SAP classes at NPU and off-site MS Project classes for UC Irving. Ali has also been actively involved in TAP-a-PM, a Project & Program Management SIG since its inception. 

Rekha Raman provides logistics support for PM World courses. Recently Rekha was awarded Outstanding Long-Term Volunteer by PM World. She is PMP and CSM Certified. Rekha is Hosting Install Manager for Internap. In addition to Project Management, Rekha has working in Marketing and Technical Writing. Past employers include LitePoint and Cisco. Rekha received her education at Foothill College.

Project Management for Construction July 12, 2012

FIFTY people attended – a record number for PM World. Part of an ongoing series of meetings about the use of project management skills in various careers. 

Location: Pipe Trades Training Center 6:30PM Check-In and Light Refreshments 7:00pm Welcome by sponsors: Pipe Trades Training Center, TAP-a-PM and others 7:30pm 

Managing Construction of Commercial and Industrial Buildings by Tim Mathews, Construction Superintendent, Thor Construction 8:00pm Managing a Stadium Construction Project by Mike Kincaid of GDH responsible for the 49ers stadium to be built in Santa Clara. 8:30pm Adjourn

Robotics Webinar: 3 Distinguished Panelists

Webinar on Program and project management in robotics. 

* October 25th 7:00 pm PST (10:00 pm Eastern Time) https://www.meetup.com… The webinar will feature industries, projects, best approach, a short history and a view of the future. 

*Three distinguished panelists will be attending and contributing to this webinar. 1- Bruce Richardson – Founder & CEO Accel Biotech(A Ximedica Company) Bruce Richardson founder of Accel Biotech (acquired by Ximedica, July 2016)holds numerous patents in automation and robotics and has worked in the medical device, life science instrumentation and biotechnology industries for over two and a half decades. 

He has earned a reputation for overcoming technical challenges and delivering products that succeed in the marketplace. Bruce is a prolific inventor, maker of robotics systems that are used in various life-science instruments and In-Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) products. 

2- Chris Muldowney–Owner – Tek-Matic–Tek-matic provides motion components and sensors for automation and robotics systems. Tek-Matic is committed to evolving the application and implementation of precision dispensing, robotics and sensing solutions. 

He is the chief evangelist in North America for BioFluidix GmbH’s non-contact nano-liter dispensing systems, Cytena’s single cell printer technology, and for Arcus Technologies in California, the Midwest, and for lab automation solutions nationwide. 

Chris is the creator of the REV approach to customer service and the TnT business development process. 

3- Derek Pietz–Co-founder President – L2F Inc.– Derek Co-founded L2F to bring Silicon Valley culture and innovation to the world of industrial automation. Our mission as the leader in Land2Fork Automation is help deliver fresh wholesome food to our community at prices anyone can afford. 

Derek has been leading the development and deployment of complex automation and process equipment in the food/beverage, solar, flat panel display, electric vehicle, EMS, and aerospace industries for over a decade. He has built an innovative team to tackle tough projects other can’t. Prior to L2F Derek held senior engineering roles at Kateeva and Solyndra. Derek earned his BSME from Kettering University, and MSME from Santa Clara University.

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Tasks for a face-to-face event

Note: Most of these tasks also apply to on-line events. See Tasks for an On-Line Event for the differences. If time is short or there are not enough volunteers, a streamlined team would include only three people: Event Project Manager, Marketing Manager, and Logistics Manager. Many of the tasks can be eliminated and still have a successful event.

Project Manager 

* Drives the project to successful completion * Plans and schedules the work * Monitors progress * Keeps the meeting page up-to-date * Schedules and chairs meetings * Resolves issues * Acts as emcee/facilitator at the event or delegates this function * At the event, announces PM World events, course, resources and PMW Corporate Services * At the event, announces the LinkedIn group * Holds a post-event meeting to decide if this page needs additions

Program/Content 

* Chooses the skill(s) to be enhanced as well as the meeting topic and meeting format * Finds presenters or panelists (who attend at no cost) if a presentation or panel is selected as the format * Creates discussion questions * Selects a white paper * Selects a door prize (usually a book related to the topic and costing $15 or less) * Thanks the presenters/panelists at the end of the meeting and by email later 

Marketing 

* Sets goals for registrations, attendance, revenues, and attendee satisfaction * Encouraged to find an event sponsor * Tries to get each member of the event team to register for the event and to bring at least one guest * Enhances the MeetUp page with bios and photos of the presenters and other interesting information * Sends one or two broadcast messages on the MeetUp, on the Yahoo Group, and on the LinkedIn Group * Advertises in other groups and locations if possible 

Sales 

* Marks Premium Members and Members of the Event Team as paid * Reminds others to pay for the event or become Premium Members * Thanks payers when the payments come in * Provides receipts for those who pay in cash at the event. * Sends resources if someone becomes a Premium Member 

Logistics 

* Chooses the venue * Creates name tags * Brings copies of the white paper – optional * Purchases the door prize – optional * Creates and prints a handout with the program, attendee list, information about PMW, and information about future meetings * Creates and administers an attendee satisfaction survey. The latter can be on Survey Monkey, on the MeetUp or on papers handed out in the meeting * Takes photos at the event and posts them on the MeetUp * Sends an email to attendees one or two days after the event with a link to the survey and the white paper * Reports on the results of the survey a few days later 

Note that costs of copies and the door prize will be reimbursed by PM World.