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Minnesota Chapter of the Project Management Institute
Building Professionalism in Project Management
FEBRUARY 2017 | Volume 19, Issue 02

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In This Issue:
Message From the Chapter President
Chapter News
» Spotlight on the Volunteer Fair
» Volunteer Gala Award Recipients
» Volunteer of the Month: Barbara Brill
» Mark Your Calendar: Key Professional Development Dates
Member News
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Message from the Chapter President

Enjoying the weather? There were some good days for skiing, ice fishing and trekking. And of course a few of us temporarily retreated to warmer climes. And then spring is just around the corner!

We’re already in the planning stages for summer activities like the PMI-MN Summer Get-together. Enjoy a night out at our monthly evening meetings (dinner and show!), as well as breakfast and luncheon meetings. Speaking of meetings, we have our bi-annual Volunteer Fair coming up this month, and our annual Business meeting in March.

At our March Business meeting, I look forward to discussing how we did as an organization in 2016, and what we can do better in 2017, and beyond! It will also be a chance for all of us to review and ratify our Chapter’s Bylaws. That ratification is important as it keeps us aligned with PMI’s requirements for all chapters.

As you are probably aware, the Minnesota Chapter is among the largest in the U.S… and the continent… and the world. Not just large, but innovative as well. As in years past, this year we are sending representatives to the European and North American PMI congresses. While “Minnesota Nice” is often derided for being somewhat passive-aggressive, we do have a strong culture of leadership and organization. Companies like Cargill, General Mills, Medtronic (to name a few) are powerful corporate examples of that culture. As Chapter members, that’s pretty exciting and encouraging in a global economy! Terri Kimball, Alex Wincell and Manish Kalra will be our globe-trotting representatives in April and will report back on their experiences.

For the here and now, I look forward to seeing you at the February Volunteer Fair, and again in March for the annual Business meeting!

Chris Doyle

Chris Doyle

President & CEO, PMI-MN

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Chapter News

Spotlight on the Volunteer Fair

Put your PM experience to work in areas of IT, Finance, Sponsorship, Professional Development, Marketing Communications & More...

The Volunteer Fair is this coming Monday, before the February Chapter Dinner (starting at 5pm and running until 7pm). Representatives of from our orgnaization's committees will meet with guests and members of the PMI-MN chapter to talk about opportunities to meet other members, sponsors and partners while contributing to the organization - and earning Volunteer dollars!

Upon arrival, all participants will automatically be entered in a raffle which will be held at the end of the event and before dinner!

Current positions available:

Attend the event and enter the raffle!

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Volunteer Gala Award Recipients

The following awards were presented at the Annual Volunteer Gala on January 27, 2017. Congratulations and thank you to all!

Volunteer of the Year
Judy Juhl

Chapter Colleague of the Year
Ken Schacher

W. Bruce Sandison President’s Award
Joel Goodman

Retiring Board Members
Judy Juhl
Suzanne Schanno
Rich Walker
Alex Wincell

Team of the Year
Membership Team
Chair Mohamed Diab
Danielle Harty
Amy Jarabek
Kristin Klaustermeier
Connie Mayta
Matt Nelson
Janice Pyka
Brian Sauter
Anastasia Thomas
Joseph Wojcik

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January Volunteer of the Month: Barbara Brill

Barb has jumped in with both feet since joining PMI-MN. She joined the Sponsorship Committee and immediately stepped into selling sponsorship packages and taking care of the details that make our sponsors happy and returning to PMI-MN. As a highly capable Project Manager, whose skills the Sponsorship Committee put to good use, and also as the Co-Chair of the Sponsorship Committee, Barb helped to establish the process of working with our Sponsors and delivering on their programs with professionalism and consistency. Her fun loving attitude and smile always make her a pleasure to work with as well. PMI-MN is fortunate to have Barb as a volunteer.

PMI-MN would like to thank Barbara for her time and dedication.

Congratulations Barbara!!!

 

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Mark Your Calendar: Key Professional Development Dates

Earn PDUs at your convenience with professional events:

Webinars : Monthly (Consult the PMI-MN.org Event Calendar)

Seminars :

03/21/2017

 

Lean Six Sigma

05/16/2017

 

Scrum Benefits in PM world

08/22/2017

 

Leading Projects through Conflicts

10/17/2017

 

Agile SAFe

11/28/2017

 

Leadership in PM World

PMP Prep Certification Class (starting dates):

Spring : 04/04/2017
Summer : 06/06/2017
Fall: 09/25/2017 (During PDD [Professional Development Days])

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Member News

Congratulations to Members Awarded Certifications!

18 Members have earned their PMP® designation in December
View All Recent PMP Designees Here
The following PMI-MN members received certifications in December:

  • Carole Bashaw, PMP®
  • Nicole Brown, PMP®
  • Matthew Caruso, PMP®
  • Jenna Davis, PMP®
  • Rebecca Davison, PMP®
  • Mike Heinen, PMP®
  • Brian Hruby, PMP®
  • Unnati Joshi-Dandgaval, PMP®
  • Deepak Khurana, PMP®
  • Pamela Landsteiner-de Looze, PMP®
  • Denney Nguyen, PMP®
  • Lori Nyberg, PMP®
  • Jeff Rust, PMP®
  • Gerald Snider, PMP®
  • Lee Stanek, PMP®
  • Lanae Steen, PMP®
  • Jill Unterberger, PMP®
  • Nicole Wothe, PMP®
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Welcome New PMI-MN Chapter Members!
78 New Members have joined PMI-MN in December
View All Recent New Members Here
The following new Chapter members joined PMI-MN in December

  • Jennifer Anderson
  • Klaus Bauer
  • David Belasco
  • Kelly Berthiaume
  • Tom Beutell
  • Brad Boehnke
  • Patricia Bragdon
  • Yohann Charlet
  • En Chi Connors
  • Alan Crookes
  • Steve Czarniak
  • Mona Dahdah
  • Carrie Dalos
  • Charles Davis
  • Michaela Deyak
  • Lea Dooley
  • Courtney Elford
  • Komba Fayia
  • Shawn Foley
  • Michael French
  • Linda Garbacz
  • Sarah Gault
  • Stephanie Gipson
  • Clay Hanson
  • Lisa Harrington
  • Tonny Her
  • Dawn Hiniker
  • Brian Hruby
  • Lucas Ingram
  • Ken Kelly
  • Paul Kimball
  • Timothy Kledhans
  • Ryan Korpela
  • Kurt Kremer
  • Alexander Langley
  • Jacqueline Lommel
  • Christine Longwell
  • Christopher Lonsky
  • Kari Mack
  • Sunitha Marasakatla
  • Tracy Marquardt
  • Christopher Mattila
  • Christopher McGuire
  • David Meyer
  • Deborah Mogaka
  • Bani Mohanty
  • Breanna Morrissette
  • Ashley Norton
  • Patrick Olson
  • Sean Osborn
  • Beth Paris
  • Darshan Patani
  • Nathan Perry
  • Joe Pickard
  • Philip Plagge
  • Bryan Platisha
  • Mike Prinske
  • Janna Ross
  • Mark Sackett
  • Casey Sanders
  • Martha Santana
  • Jesse Score
  • Jeremiah Shafer
  • Erin Siewert
  • Steven Sorsveen
  • Seth Spychala
  • Karthic Srinivas
  • Melissa Summers
  • Gregory Tague
  • Barbara Tessmer
  • Matt Thompson
  • Renee Thurmer
  • Taylor Torgerson
  • Ben Weidmann
  • Janie Wilson
  • Lori Winegarden
  • Jingmin Xiong
  • Todd Zawacki
New Member Orientation Sessions (held monthly)
Welcome newcomers and current members! PMI-MN offers a new member orientation session starting at 6:00 pm before each month’s Chapter dinner meeting.
You don’t actually need to be a new member—or a member at all—to attend this orientation session! This is a great way to check out the Chapter. If you haven’t been to many Chapter events (or it’s been a long time), come and get re-acquainted with what our Chapter is all about!
Check the upcoming month’s dinner meeting details on the Chapter website for time and place of the Member Orientation session.
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Save the Date – Register and Save
PMI-MN schedules events for project management professionals (members and guests) throughout the year at the following locations: Minneapolis-St. Paul; Duluth-Superior; St. Cloud-Waite Park, Mankato in Minnesota & Fargo-Moorhead, Bismarck-Mandan, Grand Forks in North Dakota.
Check our PMI-MN Event Calendar on the Events tab at pmi-mn.org for ongoing details and registration for upcoming events.

February Events

    6:00 - 6:30pm - New Member Orientation

    6:30 - 7:20pm - Dinner

    7:20 - 7:30pm - PMI-MN Chapter Business / Intros

    7:30 - 8:20pm - - Featured Presentation "The Key to Organizational Agility" presented by Jim Ruprecht | 5:00-8:30pm | (1.0 PDU)

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March Events

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April Events

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  • April 17 - Chapter Dinner in Bloomington

    3:30 Career Fair

    5:00
    Career Networking Group

    5:30 Register & Networking

    5:30 - 6:30pm - Healthcare PrC | (1.0 PDU)

    5:30 - 6:30pm - Manufacturing/Lean/Quality | (1.0 PDU)

    5:30 - 6:30pm - Agile PrC | (1.0 PDU)

    6:00 New Member Orientation

    6:30 Dinner

    7:15 Webstream broadcast begins

    7:20
    PMI-MN Chapter Business / Intros

    7:30 - 8:20pm - Featured Presentation "PMO Leadership Strategies Organizational Development and Success" presented by Ruffin Veal III | 5:00-8:30pm | (1.0 PDU)

    8:20 Q & A

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Chapter Officers

Chris Doyle
President/CEO
President@pmi-mn.org
Geraldine Marks, PMP®
Director - Governance/Board Secretary
DirectorGovernance@pmi-mn.org
Michelle Maas, PMP®
Director - Finance
DirectorFinance@pmi-mn.org
Mohamed Diab, MBA, PhD
President Elect/COO - 2017
PresidentElect@pmi-mn.org
Jerry Gomes, PMP®
Director at Large
Jerry.Gomes@pmi-mn.org
Alisha Walter
Director at Large
Alisha Walter@pmi-mn.org
Terri Kimball, PMP®
Past President - 2016
PastPresident@pmi-mn.org
Joe Perzel, PMP®
Director at Large
Joe.Perzel@pmi-mn.org

Mark Neumann, PMP®
Director at Large
Mark.Neumann@pmi-mn.org



PMI-MN Office

1611 County Rd B West, Ste 320
St. Paul, MN 55113
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