PMFORUM Breaking News

The PMI Dallas Chapter has named PMForum as "media partner" for their 2008 Project Management Vendor Showcase which will be held on March 13, 2008 in Addison, Texas. The annual Vendor Showcase is one of the PMI Dallas Chapter’s largest and most popular events, normally attracting more than 700 attendees.

According to Dwaraka Iyengar (pictured), PMI Dallas Chapter President, “Our annual Vendor Showcase is a special event for both local PMI members and suppliers of project management products and services. The event is also a great opportunity for executives and employees of firms in the Dallas area to learn more about both PMI and latest PM-related products and technologies. We look forward to PMForum’s help in promoting this big event.”

The 2008 PMI Dallas Vendor Showcase will be held from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, 13 March, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at 14315 Midway Road in Addison, Texas, a city on the northern border of Dallas. With pre-registration, the event is free to members of the PMI Dallas Chapter, who can also receive two professional development units (PDUs) for attending. Some of the best known PM product and service companies will participate, including ESI, Global Knowledge, IIL, Microsoft and RMC Project Management. For more information or to register for the event, visit http://www.pmidallas.org/index.phtml?menu=s-cb-evt&evtDate=2008-03-13. Vendor registration is still available at http://pmidallasvendors.eventbrite.com/.

The PMI Dallas Chapter is a volunteer-based professional association dedicated to supporting the growth and development of project management practitioners, as well as building awareness of the project management discipline and its critical role in business and organization success. With more than 240,000 members in over 160 countries, the Project Management Institute (PMI®) is the world’s leading membership association for the project management profession. Founded in 1984 and with over 4,000 members, the PMI Dallas Chapter is one of the world’s largest PMI components. To learn more about the PMI Dallas Chapter and its service offerings, please visit www.pmidallas.org .

As a PMForum media partner, the PMI Dallas Chapter will receive banner ad promotion on PMForum web pages; listing in PMForum’s online Events Calendar, pre-event news coverage, live breaking news coverage directly from the event, and post-event reporting. Examples of PMForum partnering efforts and media coverage can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/events/partner_program.htm.

Established in 1995, www.pmforum.org was the world’s first website devoted to professional project management and is one of the world’s most popular sources of project management news and information. PMForum is an organization formed to operate and administer the pmforum.org website. PMForum also produces the monthly online PM World Today eJournal where articles, case studies, papers and stories by leading PM authorities from around the world can be found; free subscriptions are available at www.pmworldtoday.net.