WMPMI's monthly breakfast meeting is a one-PDU event features a speaker that presents on a topic from the PMI Talent Triangle (Technical) for 45 minutes and allow 15 minutes for questions. Also included is an excellent breakfast buffet and the company of your project management peers. 

Location: University Club - 10th Floor of the Fifth / Third Building - 111 Lyon St NW # 1025, Grand Rapids

Speaker: Jim Donovan, PMP

Topic: Scheduling with MS Project

Description: Overview of how to use MS Project when building your project schedule. I will cover setting up options, task types, how to add the Quick Access Bar. What special characters can be used and what can't. What is the Status Date and why use it. How to status your tasks. How to use custom fields and Baselining your schedule.

Speaker Bio: Jim Donovan, PMP has been scheduling projects since 1983. He scheduled many types of projects including: conveyor design, build and install projects; HVAC, Plumbing, Fire Control and other types of industrial projects; automotive new car and powertrain programs; IT projects. He has been very active in the PMI Michigan Thumb Chapter. He has held the following positions: Director of Golf Outing; VP Education & Training; President, Past President and VP Communications. He has taught PMP Certification Classes and classes on MS Project for the chapter.

AGENDA 

• Doors open at 6:45 AM.
• The breakfast buffet begins promptly at 7:00 AM. 
• After 45 minutes of networking, the program will begin at 7:30 AM and end promptly at 8:30 AM.

This is a 1 Technical PDU event. 

Late registration is currenly available. A $5 late registration fee will be applied to all orders after Noon on Tuesday, August 15th.   ***WALK IN REGISTRATION is available the morning of the event starting at 6:45 AM.

• $20.00 WMPMI Members
• $25.00 Non-Members

 This is a 1 technical PDU event. 

Sessions 1 and 2 Presentation: Idea Mapping Workshop

This is a 2 hour workshop that runs across both sessions with the normal break for dinner & networking.  It will commence promptly at 5:10 pm.

Idea Mapping is a powerful, whole-brained visual thinking tool that enhances performance, memory, note taking, thought organization, planning, creativity, and communication. It uses key words, colors, lines and images to organize your thoughts associatively. Idea Maps engage both sides of the brain – resulting in the ability to see a big picture of all the information on a single page and the relationships between data. They are a non-linear expression of the way the mind naturally processes information.

This technique may be applied to every aspect of your job and life to improve learning and clarify thinking. It may also be applied to all aspects of project management. Idea Mapping provides a universal key to unlock the potential of your brain.

Idea Mapping has been embraced by major companies including Boeing, BP, Ford, Franklin Templeton, L.L.Bean, Mayo Clinic, Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, University of Warsaw in Poland, the U.S. Army, and many more. Join Jamie Nast, the author of Idea Mapping, for an introduction to Idea Mapping and an opportunity to practice!

Please bring 8-10 fine-tip colored markers to this session.

During this activity-based session you will:

- Recognize your current pattern of thinking
- Understand how Idea Maps leverage both sides of the brain
- Experience how you brain processes information associatively
- See how an Idea Map gets created
- Be introduced to the Idea Mapping guidelines
- Understand the importance of imagery through some basic drawing
- See Idea Maps from other professionals around the globe
- Create your first Idea Maps
- Develop an Idea Map as a team

Workshop Presenter: Jamie Nast

Jamie’s exciting keynotes and workshops will revolutionize your thinking as you discover how to improve your learning, memory, organization, productivity, creativity, planning, team brain-storming, clarity of thought, project management, and more!

She co-founded NastGroup,Inc. in 1998, and is committed to bringing fun, whole-brain learning to everyone who wants to achieve exceptional success in business and life.

 PDUs:

      Attend Session 1 Presentation = 1 PDU

      Attend Session 2 Presentation = 1 PDU

      Attend both = 2 PDUs  

Agenda:

Registration Closes on Thursday Noon, of the week before our meeting. A late fee will be added after this date.  ***WALK IN REGISTRATION is available the day of at 4:45pm.

$25.00 GR Full-Time Student Guest curr. 12+ cr hrs @ Pinnacle
$30.00 after 12:00 pm September 7

$30.00 WMPMI Member Meet @ Pinnacle
$35.00 after 12:00 pm September 7

$40.00 Non-Members Meet @ Pinnacle
$45.00 after 12:00 pm September 7

Click HERE for an Event Agenda

Click HERE for PDD 2017 Speaker Bios

Click HERE for an Event Flier

Early bird registration is available through August 6th for WMPMI's Professional Development Day 2017 -- PM-IQ - Thought Leadership for the Project Manager, which takes place on Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at The Pinnacle Center in Hudsonville.

Register between now and August 6, 2017 to receive a $50 discount on your registration for this day-long, 6 PDU event. Please note that early bird registration through this site is only for individual WMPMI members and non-members who ARE NOT registering as part of a non-sponsored group of 10 or more people or as a group whose organization sponsors WMPMI.

If your organization would like to take advantage of group registration for PDD 2017 PM-IQ - Thought Leadership for the Project Manager at the discounted rates listed below, please email Jeff Kissinger at presidentelect@wmpmi.org or call him directly at 616.706.4427.

Non-sponsored Group rates.

• Organizations that are not WMPMI sponsors can register a minimum of 10 or more people at $299 per person.

WMPMI Sponsor rates. These rates apply for any tickets in excess of the complimentary tickets that are included with any WMPMI sponsorship package -- regardless of the number of attendees.  

Copper ($1,000) and nickel ($2,000) sponsors

• No registration minimum
• Ticket cost is $299 per person.

For bronze ($4,000) and above

• No registration minimum
• Ticket cost is $249 per person.

We hope to see you at PDD 2017 -- PM-IQ - Thought Leadership for the Project Manager on Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at The Pinnacle Center in Hudsonville.