1) PMINYC Happy Holidays Networking Event - Nov. 30 Day/Date/Time - Wednesday, November 30, 2016, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM Location: Connolly's Times Square, 121 West 45th Street Registration Link 2) PMI NYC: Annual End-of-Year Meeting (Dec. 7) Topic: Keeping Spirits High In Stressful Times (The 4 Behavior Types) Speaker: Brigid Buchheit Carney Day/Date/Time: Monday, Dec. [...]
One of the best PMI Congresses ever in beautiful San Diego, California! Two of my NYU students attended also: Leizel Vergara and Julimar Batac, and It was great sharing some of the sessions with them, going out to dinner, and seeing the Pacific Ocean from the awesome "Sunset Cliffs." Thanks again Leizel! Here are some photos from Sunset Cliffs, [...]
1) NYC Scrum – October Meet-Up (FREE!) Annual Retrospective and Pro-spective Presenter: Mary Pratt, CSM/CSPO Day/Date/Time: Thursday, October 20, 6:00 PM Location: Havas Worldwide (200 Hudson St., just south of Canal St. – Tribeca) Registration Link (Free Beer, Free Wine, Free Pizza, Free Seminar!) Mary Pratt, CSM, CSPO 2) ISSP - Greater NYC Chapter [...]
August / September – PM Events In NYC 1) Agile Day 2016 (Annual Event!) Topic: Full Day of Education / Multiple Presentations + Networking Day/Date/Time: Thursday, September 15, 2016 9:00 – 7:00 Location: Pace University Keynote Speaker: Elisa Delesie “Evoke The Soul Of Agile” Speaker Line-Up: Sweta Mistry, Natalie Warnert, Roman Pichler, Tricia Broderick, Jesse Fewell, Richard [...]
Broadway Barks 2016! First, a great non-PM annual summer event in NYC - hosted by Bernadette Peters & Gloria Estefan, plus stars of many current Broadway shows! Bernadette Peters, Co-Host! (Photo from Playbill.com) (image from Playbill.com) Gloria Estefan, Co-Host! (photo from Playbill.com) Day/Date/Time: Saturday, July 30, 3:00 - 6:00 PM Location: Shubert Alley, [...]
PMBOK V6 (Sneak Preview) On September 26, 2016 I attended a presentation by Cynthia Snyder Dionisio, head of the PMBOK V6 Upgrade Project, at the PMINAC 2016 in San Diego. I've incorporated more new details into my post below (published earlier) based on Cyndi's presentation and also from Project Management Podcast #371 (Cyndi's interview with [...]
NYU SPS launched their new website today: "Professional Pathways" URL: https://www.sps.nyu.edu/professional-pathways.html The new site provides many features to improve the UX, including an excellent Search Engine. The new search is simple and clean and has an AUTOTYPE feature (similar to the Google Search) which guesses which course you're looking for, based on the keyword(s) you supply. For example, [...]
With 4 of my NYU students and a friend at a PMINYC event (Nov. 2015) SPRING 2016 PMP Prep - PROJ1-CE8601 Section 1 - Feb 6 - March 5, 2016 (Saturdays) PMP Prep - PROJ1-CE8601 Section 4 - April 10 - May 8, 2016 (Sundays) Basic PM - PROJ1-CE8600 Section 9 [...]
1) NYC Scrum February Meet-Up David Horowitz, CEO & Co-Founder, Retrium Topic: RETROSPECTIVES! Speaker: Retrium CEO and Co-Founder David Horowitz Day/Date/Time: Thursday, February 18, 6:00 PM Location: Havas Worldwide (200 Hudson St., just south of Canal St. - Tribeca) Registration Link (Free Beer, Free Wine, Free Pizza!) 2) Agile NYC: Monthly Chapter [...]
1) NYC Lean/Kanban - January Meet-Up Topic: "Design Thinking the Learning Organization using Lean A3" Speaker: Will Evans Day/Date/Time: Wednesday, January 6 Location: Spotify - 45 West 17th Street, 7th Floor Registration Link 2) ISSP Greater NYC Chapter Webinar: The UN Sustainable Development Goals - A Guided Tour Day/Date/Time: Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 2:00 PM EST [...]