The Winning Tweet is...

Congratulations to @cameliacirjoi for winning the $50 Future Shop Gift card for her tweet "It is all about people. If you can't convince people to do the work, you cannot succeed"  She tweeted this while attending our 2011 Annual Conference and Career Fair.

It was the most inspirational since it should remind all of us to balance our drive to stay on top of the latest PM tools and techniques with the need to develop good 'ol fashioned people skills.... the kind of skills that allow one to influence people, build strong teams and solid networks.

Thanks to all who submitted their tweets and we hope to see you at future events.

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Tweet Your Inspirations At Our Annual Conference For A $50 Prize!

Tweet all your inspiring takeaways from any session during the entire conference day and be eligible to win a $50 Future Shop Gift Card if yours is judged to be the most inspiring! 

You must use the hashtag   #pmibc2011   in your Tweet and feel free to Tweet as often as you like.  

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The winner will be announced the next day.

Greg Campeau to Provide Keynote to Chapter Conference

The Canadian West Coast Chapter PMI is proud to annouce that Greg Campeau has agreed to provide the keynote address for our 2011 Conference & Career Fair on June 15.

Mr. Campeau has twice delivered talks to our monthly dinner meetings, in January 2010 and again in January 2011.  Both events were among our highest attendanded dinner meetings ever.  His most recent talk on time management received a 97% positive feedback rating.

The Chapter looks forward to welcoming Greg back to provide the keynote speech for aour annual Conference & Career Fair.

About Greg

Greg has enjoyed working with Professional Organizations, and North America’s top Private and Public Corporations since founding Campeau Learning & Development Inc. in 1991.

With over 20 years of training success, Greg finds a way to connect with his audience as they explore and experience challenges, then learn time-proven strategies in an interactive presentation.

Greg is well known for his thought provoking workshops on Time Management, Winning Edge Negotiation Skills, and Leading People to Peak Performance. He has also authored the book “Productivity Power”.

As a former business instructor at BCIT (British Columbia Institute of Technology) and sales management professional, Greg has the experience and practical knowledge to inspire people and help them make important strategic changes.

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Annual Conference & Career Fair - Call for Speakers

Canadian West Coast Chapter PMI Annual Professional Development & Career Fair 2011 Official Call for Speakers Submission deadline - Friday March 25, 2011

The Canadian West Coast Chapter PMI is currently planning for our 2011 Annual Conference. This year we will hold a one-day conference on Wednesday, June 15. The theme of this year’s conference is Practical Project Management.

There will be two streams for this year’s event: a regular seminar stream, and a case study stream. We are currently accepting seminar and case study submissions. Speakers will receive complimentary admission to the event.

Seminar Sessions:

The purpose of these sessions is to share knowledge and experience in a project management-related field. Each session will be 90 minutes, with an anticipated 20 minutes for questions and answers.

Case Studies:

Case studies should focus on a recent project management-related experience, and include lessons learned, tips, traps, and recommended best practices.

Suggested Topics:

• Please see the suggested topics related to practical project management listed below.
• Building a PMO – Successes and/or failures
• Adoption of Agile Project Management (outside of software development)
• Project Sponsorship – Power, Influence and Politics
• Project Management & Social Media
• Generations in the workplace – Finding common ground
• Recovering failing projects
• Implementing a LEED project
• Project Negotiation – practical negotiating skills

Submission guidelines:

• Please outline your expertise and provide a bio
• Include specifics about the session, including learning outcomes
• Please include references
• Please send your submission to pd@pmi.bc.ca no later than March 25, 2011 to be considered for this event.

Contact:

General Information

Lesley Husband,  VP Professional Development

pd@pmi.bc.ca