PMFORUM Breaking News

PMForum has been named a "Media Partner" for The Project Management Institute (PMI) Honolulu Chapter’s Professional Development Summit to be held 6-8 November 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The conference is being co-organized and co-hosted by LavaCon^®. The PDS’08 conference will present proven best practices in the fields of project management and technical communications as well as innovative techniques for meeting challenges that professionals face in today’s world. The conference will be held at the Marriott Honolulu Waikiki hotel.

The conference is for professionals who want continuing education on how to manage projects, stay current on the latest management and communication tools and technology, and develop "soft skills" in areas such as leadership, conflict management, contract and workplace negotiation skills, etc. Some of the activities and benefits planned include:

• Learn and share project management knowledge, skills, tools and techniques by attending workshops covering a range of topics within project management
• Network with other project management professionals.
• Earn up to 24 Professional Development Units (PDUs) applicable towards Project Management Professional re-certification
• Become a better project manager.

Attendees can choose from over 40 sessions and workshops on technical communication and project management! Participants may earn up to 24 Professional Development Units (PDUs) for attending - a major event in one of the most beautiful places on Earth. For more information, visit http://www.pmi-honoluluchapter.org/PDD_PDS/2008/PDSWelcome.htm.

As a PMForum media partner, PMI Honolulu Chapter and LavaCon will receive a listing for the event in PMForum’s online Events Calendar with logo and link to the conference website, pre-event news coverage, breaking news coverage during the event, and post-event reporting. Examples of PMForum event media coverage can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/events/partner_program.htm.

The Project Management Institute (PMI^®) is the world’s largest professional organization for project management professionals. Founded in 1997, the PMI^® Honolulu Chapter is a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of project management practices and standards worldwide and the development of the project management profession. More information about the chapter can be found at http://www.pmi-honoluluchapter.org. For more information about the conference, contact the PDS'08 committee at pdshi@pmi-honoluluchapter.org

LavaCon^® is a conference for technical communication professionals—senior technical writers, documentations managers and other professionals interested in learning how to deploy and manage technical communication projects. More information about previous LavaCon conferences can be found at www.lavacon.org.

Established in 1995, www.pmforum.org was the world’s first website devoted to professional project management and is now one of the world’s most popular sources of project management news and information. PMForum is a company formed to administer and grow the pmforum.org website. PMForum also produces the monthly online PM World Today eJournal; free subscriptions are available at www.pmworldtoday.net.