Dear member,

Reminder - PMI Belgium Elections 2018 – Call for Candidature

As communicated earlier this month by the election committee, the elections for the PMI Belgium Board of Directors 2019 for the period from 1st January 2019 to 31st December 2020 (2 years mandate) will take place in October/November 2018. You are invited to submit your candidature for the open positions. A candidate can apply for 2 Board functions (Estimated workload: 20-30hrs/month).

Process, Job description & Application form can be found by clicking on this link: https://pmi-belgium.be/pmi-belgium/official-documents/164-chapter-elections-2018/file

If you want to be part of the board organisation, please submit your application until Sunday October 14th 2018 to the chairman of the election committee Dirk Huyers   ( dirk@pmstudio.be)

PM Fair 2018

 The big day is approaching fast. Next week, we will be hosting our biggest event of the year. If you have not yet registered, don’t delay, register today by clicking here.

You will receive 7 PDUs for attending this event. You can find all the information about PM Fair 2018 at www.pmfair.org.

Keynote speakers:

 

Lars Sudman: Innovation that sticks! 

Project managers need to innovate and experience with new fields and tools. In this highly interactive keynote speech, leadership expert Lars Sudmann will share a fundamental principle of innovation, plus how it can be incorporated into daily project life for the project manager as facilitator.

 

 

 

 

Carsten Wendt: Speak up and step back: Communication is more than information. Be a master of energy

As a Project Manager, you are in charge not just of processes but of energy: the energy in people, the energy that moves the project forward. But how do you energise people? And when do you need to do that? Do you recognise the moments that matter? And if so, do you know how to confront them? This talk prepares you for the communication moments that matter.

 

Carpooling:  https://www.groupcarpool.com/t/p5dm4q
Register and group together in a car to reduce CO2 emissions.
For any questions, contact: events@pmi-belgium.be

Chapter Event – 24th October 2018

Theme: The Lean Project Manager

 

Have you ever been involved in a project with the feeling that what you were doing was not really useful? Or that the added value of your work was drowned in a sea of trivial tasks?

Laurent Kummer, author of the book “The Lean Project Manager” will share with you his knowledge of the Lean philosophy to debunk myths about project management and identify sources of waste in projects!

Venue:
VDAB, Virginie Lovelinggebouw (VAC)
Koningin Maria Hendrikaplein 70
9000 Gent

   Read more:  Chapter Event – 24th of October 2018

Carpooling:  https://www.groupcarpool.com/t/tvzg69

 

Commercial Webinar announcement

Feedback from our survey indicated that our members are interested in activities that are organized outside of PMI Belgium but are related to the project management profession.

We take your feedback seriously. We are glad to inform you that you have the possibility to attend a free webinar on “WBS creation using MindMapping tools” .

The webinar is organized by ConseilOrga in collaboration with Suez Consulting and Matchware and will take place

on Tuesday, 9 October 2018 from 14:00 to 15:00.

Please note that the webinar will be in French.

You can register for this webinar through the website of ConseilOrga on the following link: https://www.conseilorga.com/webinar-wbs/.
You will get one technical PDU if you attend the webinar.

Survey Results

We are grateful to all our members who participated in the survey and provided us their valuable feedback. As promised, here are the survey results that we want share with our members in all transparency. Based on this, we are creating an action plan to address the remarks you made. However, we will not be able to do this all by ourselves. We will need your help to accomplish this. Therefore, we would like to invite you all to our 2nd Volunteering Day on 27 October 2018 to become part of this exciting program.

I would also like to thank Shirley Pullan who has put her professional knowledge and effort into this exercise. Thank you, Shirley!

Click here to see the survey results.

2nd Volunteering Day for the PMI Belgium Chapter

As announced in the previous newsletter, the 2nd volunteering day is being organized as we speak. It will take place in the Brussels area on  Saturday the 27th of October 2018 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM.  You will receive a personal invitation through email once more details are known.

We will be taking the feedback received through our survey and put this into action. Consequently, a lot of work needs to be planned, and we will need your help! So, join us at this session, bring your best ideas and we can discuss over a cup of coffee.

 Agenda:

08:30 – 09:00: Registration and Welcome
09:00 – 09:10: Introduction by the President
09:10 – 09:30: Volunteering @ PMI Belgium Chapter
(what to expect, what do we expect, 4 core values, …)
09:30 – 10:00: How do initiatives come to life
10:00 – 11:00: Volunteering proposals by the board (sponsors)
11:00 – 12:00: Coffee break and individual discussions with the sponsors

Check our website and your mailbox for more news regarding this!

Interview with Gil Dehogne

Frank Turley, the director of professional development is interviewing a different person each month. Each person is skilled in specific domain and shares his/her knowledge, experience and views through these interviews, which we share with you. This month, he interviewed Gil Dehogne who is the Quality Assurance Manager at Yara Belgium. He explains about his role and challenges.

Click here to read the interview.

Website update

The Marketing team has made a tremendous work to design a new modern version of our website. Preparing the migration with our Web Hosting company, we expect a possible downtime of one day, during October, or early November.

We hope that you will enjoy this new version.

PMI Belgium Board