Time of Giving: Fall is the time to clean out your closet and partner with PMI OVOC in donating your gently used Professional Clothing! The NCPMS 2018 is proud to support Dress for Success and Suits His Style! For more information click here.
Registration Closing: The 2018 Symposium registration will close online October 21, 2018. Walk up registrations are available at the onsite registration rate of $75.00 more than the regular pricing. Click here for the full Program.
Volunteers: This is the final “Call for Volunteers” for the 2018 Symposium. It is simple you commit 8 hours of volunteer effort over the 3 days. In exchange, Volunteers earn full access to the Symposium, all meals and snacks, networking opportunities, and PDUs for their efforts. For more information click here.
Early Bird: The Early bird gets the worm or in this case a savings of $213.00. PMI OVOC PMP November PREP Course Early Bird rate ends on October 18th. Become a project hero and register today! For more information on the PMI OVOC PMP November PREP Course, please visit us here.
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Looking for new solutions to a Project Management Problem? We Should Talk
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It is that wonderful time of the year again where we call on all interested Volunteers that would like to volunteer their time at the 2018 Symposium. It is simple you commit 8 hours of volunteer effort over the 3 days. In exchange, Volunteers earn full access to the Symposium, all meals and snacks, networking opportunities, and PDUs for their efforts. For more information, click here.
The Board needs your expertise!
Board planning support — facilitate the board in its annual planning activities
Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities with PMI OVOC:
In the upcoming weeks be on the lookout for upcoming volunteer opportunities posted for PMI OVOC, volunteer position details will be made available in VMRS.
- Chapter information management support — help the chapter organize and manage it's information
Members — we welcome you to join our volunteer team to take an active role in supporting our mission to promote project management. Why volunteer? Click here to learn more. Volunteering just got easier than ever at PMI OVOC, as we've started using the Volunteer Relationship Management System (VRMS). This is a PMI application where all the volunteer roles for all the Chapters around the world are posted. Members, you can create your volunteer profile, upload your resume, search and apply for volunteer opportunities, all in the new VRMS tool. It can also be used to record your time spent volunteering. The VRMS makes it easy to search for volunteer opportunities throughout the world. To get started, log in or register and visit the VRMS to find volunteer opportunities that interest you.
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Jeff Sutherland created Scrum by borrowing 3 components from Steve Tendon’s Real Kanban at Borland where 40 of his programmers outperformed 500 of Microsoft’s. Since 1993, Sutherland has yet to see a Scrum project reach hyper-productivity.
Visiting Ottawa soon with some Kanban hyper productivity training at: www.agileagonist.com
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