Get registered for the March 2010 Mentorship Programs
Would you like to participate in one or more of the Spring 2010 Mentorship Programs and earn PDU's?
- The 1-to-1 Mentorship Program matches a mentor PM with a protégé PM. This pairing meets over 5 months to help the protégé reach their self-defined project management learning goals. There is a nominal $50 enrollment fee for protégés in 2010. Read on for an overview of this program.
- The Senior PM Issues Forum is a real-life project problem-solving forum that operates under a case study format. Participants are senior PM’s with at least 7 years of Lead PM experience in at least two different industries. Enrollment is currently limited to 8 participants. There is a nominal $50 enrollment fee for this program. Read below for more details.
NOTE: the nominal enrollment fee applies for each registration and helps us offset some of the costs for running these great programs.
Mentorship updates
Here are the participants in the March 3, 2010 Mentorship Matching workshop
Meet the faces that are involved in this last season's mentorship programs.
The 1-to-1 Mentorship Program commenced October 1st with 11 matched pairs of mentors and protégés. This program has been very successful, carrying a 90% satisfaction rating across more than 80 alumni.
The pilot intake of the new Senior PM Issues Forum is fully loaded with 8 enthusiastic participants. Participants presented their first set of current project issues as a case study and the range of solutions offered was impressive. Everyone agreed that this is a fantastic program, and want this to continue .
Pilot: Project Manager Skills Development Program is now FILLED and ready to start!
The PMI Canadian West Coast Chapter is proud to introduce a new Mentorship program! The pilot which kicks off on January 27, 2010, will connect experienced project managers with less seasoned project managers in a series of monthly workshops.
During each PM Skills Development workshop, one team member will facilitate the discussion on a specific project management topic or area of interest to enable experience and learnings to be shared. The result should be a deeper, collective understanding of the subject matter being discussed and the identification of tools and techniques that can be employed within each participant’s project management endeavours.
Take a look at the PM Skills Development Program overview for further detail.
Get on the Wait-List for the next intake. If you are interested in getting on the wait-list for the next intake, or have further questions, please contact mentorship.skills@pmi.bc.ca.
Get involved in our Mentorship Programs
Mentors form the backbone of the PMI Mentorship Program. With several mentorship programs to choose from, we need a whole lot of mentors to support the long list of protégés that are always enrolled or waitlisted for these intakes..
Eligibility
- You must be a chapter member to apply for either mentorship program.
- All mentors must additionally have achieved their PMP designation.
- You must have at least 7 years of Lead PM experience to participate in the Senior PM Issues Forum.
PMPs with 3-5 years of experience can provide mentoring to protégés
If you are a PM with 3-5 years of solid project management, you could be a mentor. This has been very rewarding for all of our alumni - read through their stories if you're not convinced.
PMPs with 7 years of experience as a Lead PM can mentor other PMPs
If you are a senior PMP with at least 7 years as a lead PM, have worked in 2 or more industries, and are very interested to share and learn from others with this experience, then this program could be for you. Take a look at the format that is being planned for this new pilot program (below).
Want to be a protégé? Mark your calendars for Spring 2010
If you are a recent PMP or been practicing for several years, you can always learn more from another PM. Become a protégé in our March 2010 intake and earn PDUs. Listen to what others have gained from their experience.
New for 2010: there will be a nominal charge for protégés to enroll in the 1-to-1 Mentorship Program. Email mentorship@pmi.bc.ca
to get on the advance notification list for the Spring 2010 intakes.
Introducing the Senior PM Issues Forum
The Senior PM Issues Forum is geared towards learning from other senior-level Ms with similar experiences in a case study format.
If you are a senior PMP with at least 7 years as a lead PM, have worked in 2 or more industries, and are interested to share and learn from others with similar senior-level project management experience, then this program could be for you. Take a look at the format of this pilot intake:
- The pilot program began on September 15, 2009 and is limited to 8 participants. ;
- Format is facilitated case study held in a workshop forum. Meetings are held off-site, once a month.
- Meetings are structured for participants, in round-robin fashion, to present current PM situations and problems that they would like advice on.
- For each meeting, two designated presenters will prepare the homework for the group:
- briefing paper
- presentation
- Participants provide advice back to each presenter on the case that was presented
- At the next meeting, the presenters from the previous week report back on how they used the advice to resolve the PM case-study problem.
- 15 PDUs are credited to all participants that take part in the 6 monthly meetings.
If you are interested in this program for 2010, please email mentorship@pmi.bc.ca and get on the advance notification list.
Related Resources
Questions?
Please send email inquiries to mentorship@pmi.bc.ca.
Want to volunteer?
To find out about possible volunteer opportunities, please contact mentorship@pmi.bc.ca or volunteers@pmi.bc.ca