Events this Month
The main chapter meeting is the third Thursday evening each month - surrounded by a variety of professional skills development and networking events:
Meetings	Workshops & Other Events
04/03/2018 - Toastmasters Meeting - Toastmasters Tuesday 04/03/2018 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM DFW Marriott South Learn proven techniques that will improve your ability to get your message across to your audience.  Our Toastmasters club provides you with the opportumity to learn and grow your communication and leadership skills.   Registration is now closed. View Info >> 04/07/2018 - Book Club (North) Meeting - Book Club (North) Saturday 04/07/2018 08:00 AM - 10:00 AM La Madeleine (Grapevine) The book club discussion will center on advantages of healthy organizations and a model to achieving organizational health. The goal is to maximize human potential aligning with a common set of principles.  Join the conversation over a cup of coffee and a croissant.   View Info >> 04/14/2018 - Book Club (South) Meeting - Book Club (South) Saturday 04/14/2018 08:00 AM - 10:00 AM La Madeleine (SW Fort Worth) The book club discussion will center on advantages of healthy organizations and a model to achieving organizational health. The goal is to maximize human potential aligning with a common set of principles.  Join the conversation over a cup of coffee and a croissant.     View Info >> 04/17/2018 - Toastmasters Meeting - Toastmasters Tuesday 04/17/2018 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM MCM Learn proven techniques that will improve your ability to get your message across to your audience.  Our Toastmasters club provides you with the opportunity to learn and grow your communication and leadership skills.   Registration is now closed. View Info >> 04/24/2018 - Peer Mentoring Event Meeting - Peer Mentoring Event Tuesday 04/24/2018 05:30 PM - 07:30 PM HG Supply Company (Ft Worth) Join us for an early evening of Peer Mentoring on the patio at HG Supply. - Engage with members and other colleagues in an informal, fun, quick-fire manner - Foster new professional relationships - Learn useful tools and techniques that you can take back to your work - Share your knowledge, experience and/or connections Everyone will have the opportunity to earn up to 1.25 PDUs for this event.   20 seats available View Info & Register >>	04/20/2018 - Volunteer Event-Special Olympics Greater Ft Worth Non-Chapter Event - Volunteer Event-Special Olympics Greater Ft Worth Friday 04/20/2018 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM UT Arlington The Fort Worth PMI Chapter has once again been offered the opportunity to provide Day Of Volunteers for the Special Olympics Greater Fort Worth spring games competition.  Please register at the link below and celebrate these athletes and their achievements. View Info >> 04/21/2018 - Volunteer Event-Special Olympics Greater Ft Worth Non-Chapter Event - Volunteer Event-Special Olympics Greater Ft Worth Saturday 04/21/2018 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM UT Arlington The Fort Worth PMI Chapter has once again been offered the opportunity to provide Day of Volunteers for the Special Olympics Greater Fort Worth spring games competition.  Please register at the link below and celebrate these athletes and their achievements. View Info >> 04/30/2018 - Ultimate 5 Day PMP Exam Prep Workshop Workshop - Ultimate 5 Day PMP Exam Prep Workshop Monday 04/30/2018 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM Sabre Corporation Fort Worth PMI once again has the opportunity to partner with Sabre to offer The Ultimate PMP Exam Prep course taught by our True Solutions partner.  This course provides candidates with the knowledge needed to study effectively and increase confidence of passing the exam on the first try. 15 seats available View Info & Register >>

       FWPMI Professional Development Conference

2018 Professional Development Conference Highlights of our Executive Panel

Please see our distinguished Executive Panel below:

 
Matt Bomberger is the Managing Director for Experis IT for North Texas and Oklahoma.  He has over 20+ years of experience working with IT organizations to provide top tier talent for innovative workforce solutions.  Matt’s focus has always been centered on servant leadership and leading by example.  His teams are widely respected for creatively assisting clients achieve their end goals by delivering consistently – on time and on budget.  Experis focuses on PMO, Agile Coaching, Business Process & Execution, Application Development, BI/Data Analytics and Security.
 
Dohrman Wintermute has over 25 years IT experience across insurance, retail and transportation industries. He joined BNSF Railway in 2013, establishing the IT Project Services organization and is currently the Manager of Project Services. He began his career developing mainframe applications, before moving into web application development and eventually project and program management.  Dohrman was a member of the TS Agile Leadership Team (ALT) that led the assessment and initial adoption of Scaled Agile within TS, including launching the first Agile Release Train (ART) at BNSF. He is a certified SAFe® 4 Certified Program Consultant.
 
Scott Pennington is currently Vice President, Portfolio Project Management and R&D Operations for Alcon.  His function is responsible to lead all aspects of project management for new product development and post-market product support.  His team collaborates cross-functionally with executive leadership to establish and maintain a diverse portfolio of new product innovations to deliver on Alcon’s mission to enhance sight and improve lives.  As part of the Alcon R&D Leadership Team, he is also accountable to drive numerous strategic organizational initiatives that enhance team efficiency, improve organizational effectiveness, and promote a healthy culture of innovation for the Alcon division. 
Bob Graham is currently Senior Director, Strategic Services IT Shared Services for University of North Texas System.  His responsibility is to insure operational excellence and best practices with the Business Relationship Management Program, Project and Portfolio Management, UNT System IT Governance and Strategic Plan development and execution.  As a member of the IT Shared Services Executive Leadership Team, he is also accountable to help leverage and deploy technologies in learning, teaching, research and administrative settings to help each campus and system business units achieve their mission.

Upcoming 2018 Board of Directors Election

Ballots will be emailed to Chapter Members and voting will be open starting on or about June 21, 2018.

The chapter holds elections every year with half of the board positions for two-year terms. This year's election is for the following positions with terms starting January 2019:

   * President candidate: Cindy Vandersleen
   * VP Professional Development candidate: Bonnie Crawford
   * VP Internal Relations candidate(s): Threta Davis, Debbie Marth

 
Additional Information:  Election Information / Eligibility / Electioneering Policy / Election FAQs
 
Election results will be announced in the following biweekly newsletters and on the Chapter website.
 
Contact Michele Gagne (pastpresident@fwpmi.org) for further information.

Community Outreach Volunteer Opportunities
 

On Saturday, October 13^th, in lieu of a monthly chapter dinner meeting, the Fort Worth chapter is conducting a community outreach activity to serve the Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth.  The Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth (RMHFW) provides a supportive, home-away-from-home for families of children receiving medical treatment at area hospitals.  One of RMHFW’s wonderful volunteer opportunities is a program called Meals from the Heart, which allows groups to go into the Ronald McDonald House kitchen and prepare a home cooked meal for the parents staying there.  Providing meals is a way for families to rest and recharge to help them push through their day. Meals from the Heart is a core program provided to families, but it also creates wonderful volunteer opportunities for groups.

We will be preparing and serving a meal to the parents who are in residence that day (as many as 100).  We will be forming 2 teams:  a planning team that will consist of a team leader and 3-4 team members, that will come together in the June – Sept timeframe to plan the menu, recipes, preparation instructions, budget, shopping lists, and purchase the ingredients.  The “day of” execution team will arrive at the Ronald McDonald House on Saturday, Oct 13^th at 4:30 to prepare the meal according to instructions developed by the planning team, then serve at 6:00.  Both team descriptions are below:
Planning Team:
This team will be responsible for the planning – which includes selecting a menu according to Ronald McDonald House guidelines, preparing shopping lists and estimating cost, creating recipes and instructions for the “day of” preparation team, and performing shopping
 
“Day of” Execution Team:
 
This team will be responsible for the “day of” execution – which includes preparing the meal at the Ronald McDonald House kitchen according to the recipe and instructions created by the planning team, serving to up to 100 resident parents, and cleanup.  Arrival time for food prep is 4:30; dinner service is 6:00
 
All team volunteer job opportunities will be posted in VRMS (https://vrms.pmi.org) under the names:
 
Community Outreach Planning Team Lead (open Jan 1, 2018)
Community Outreach Planning Team Member (open Jan 1, 2018)
Community Outreach Team Member (open May 1, 2018)

 

 

Professional Project Management Training Available to FWPMI Chapter Members Through Banyan Group

The Fort Worth PMI Chapter has partnered with a professional Project Management training company (Banyan Group) to bring chapter members the opportunity to participate in online Instructor Led Workshops.  This is another medium for our members to be able to participate in furthering their project management profession.  To view the list of available courses and/or to register for the courses please click HERE (or the logo above) and you will be redirected to the Banyan Group cobranded site.



 

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Job Seekers - have you visited the Job Board recently?  The Job Board is a free service offered to Fort Worth Chapter PMI members.  15+ jobs have been posted since August. Job Providers / Recruiters - please post your job openings on the Job Board directly, or if you need assistance, please contact the Job Board Administrator at jobs@fwpmi.org. Members - feel free to post jobs forwarded to you by Recruiters or forward to jobs@fwpmi.org. http://www.fwpmi.org/jobboard/joblist.cfm