PMFORUM Breaking News

The PMI Atlanta Chapter's Professional Development Days 2008 will be held August 13 - 16 at the Cobb Galleria Center in Atlanta, GA. The PMI^® Atlanta Chapter invites you to network with other project managers, participate in cutting-edge workshops, and attend an all-day symposium featuring nationally-recognized keynote speakers and industry experts presenting on a variety of timely topics. Visit http://www.pmiatlanta-pdd.org/.

The PMI Atlanta PDD 2008 has been expanded to include a comprehensive curriculum of one, two and three-day workshops that will be offered Wednesday - Friday in advance of the Saturday Symposium. The PMI^® Atlanta Chapter invites you to their 3^rd annual Professional Development Days (PDD) Conference! They put on this conference yearly in order to support and encourage the continued professional development of members as well as to:

• Provide an increased awareness and appreciation of the Project Management profession


• Raise awareness of the Atlanta chapter and PMI within the local business community


• Increase membership in PMI and the PMI Atlanta Chapter


• Positively enhance the image of the PMI Atlanta Chapter through the
  demonstration of a highly qualified membership of Project Managers and


• Elevate the image of Project Managers in the community

Workshops will be offered on the following topics:

• Advanced Project Simulation


• Effective Requirements Management


• Effective Stakeholder Relationships


• Effective Virtual Teams


• People on Projects


• Project Manager as Coach

The Sunday PDD Symposium will include the following highlights:

• Keynote Speaker - Peter de Jaeger


• Track presentations featuring industry experts


• Endnote Speaker - Andy Kaufman

The PMI^® Atlanta Chapter is volunteer run and boasts the third largest PMI chapter in the world, with over 4,000 members! Our members and volunteers are the lifeblood of this organization. As a chapter, we recognize and fully support Global PMI's vision - "Making project management indispensable for business results." We speak with one voice, we are one PMI. Consequently, the theme of this year's PDD is One Voice, One PMI - YOU are the One! YOU are the one who makes PMI what it is and serves as Ambassador for the Project Management profession in the business community. For more information, visit http://www.pmiatlanta.org/.