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From the Desk of the President
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Welcome 2024, Happy New Year!
As we welcome the new year, PMI Memphis would like to extend our warmest greetings and well wishes to our valued members and friends. We hope this new year brings you good health, prosperity, and success. Our team is dedicated to continuously offering value in the area of project management educational services. May you grow stronger, learn more, and become even more resilient, both personally and professionally, each and every day. We appreciate your continued support and look forward to serving you this year.
Looking back, I want to express my sincere gratitude to our 2023 Board of Directors for their hard work and dedication to this chapter.
Some of our notable ‘23 Chapter accomplishments are:
- Redesign and launch new website, www.pmimemphis.org
- Redesign and launch PMI Memphis newsletter
- Record level sponsorships (corporate community partners)
- New partnership with Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce
- Design and launch 3-Day in person CAPM certification curriculum & workshop
- Monthly Chapter Meetings are financially positive or net neutral
We have an exciting year ahead, full of new opportunities to grow, expand, innovate and collaborate.
I’m looking forward to our continued partnership and embracing the magic of 2024 together!
All My Best,
Tamara H. Brown, PMP, CSM, CAL
President, PMI Memphis
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February 7, 2024
Monthly Chapter Meeting
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Come hear Wendy Harris and Tai Cochran discuss Innovation and Transformation in the City of Memphis
Session Description: “Change is hard; it’s not impossible. Discover how Memphis led a historical project, reshaping the city’s landscape. Join the executive consultant who stepped in to lead and champion the change and the city’s former Chief Information Officer, who spearheaded and sponsored the program, as they discuss their “Time for Change” project. Utilizing actual lessons learned, you will be prepared to lead organizational change by building a support network, identifying potential risks, and managing employee resistance.”
At the conclusion of this session, attendees will be able to:
- Integrate change within organizations; and
- Recognize and manage employee resistance.
PDUs: Ways of Working (all credentials): 2.00
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Tickets
$30.00 Member Registration
$35.00 after 06:00 pm February 2
$35.00 Non-Member Registration
$40.00 after 06:00 pm February 2
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Tai Cochran brings two decades of expertise as a program management practitioner implementing IT and HR solutions across public and private sectors. She specializes in HR transformations through policy creation, strategy, organizational change management, process improvements, training, and software solution implementation. Alongside her corporate achievements, Tai has earned two master’s degrees: the first in management of information systems, the other in organizational leadership and learning from The George Washington University. She earned her undergraduate degree in computer science and mathematics from the illustrious Winston-Salem State University in NC. Tai is the CEO of HER PM, dedicated to delivering High-quality Execution and Results (HER) for executives and business owners. Tai’s company has led historic and groundbreaking projects for the cities of Atlanta and Memphis through the implementation of their first-ever automated time and attendance systems. The company has also strategically partnered with the team of highly motivated and professional project managers who ensure their client’s projects successfully reach the finish line.
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Wendy Harris is the current VP of Service Delivery at FourthSquare, and former Chief Information Officer for the City of Memphis’ Information Technology Division. As the CIO, Wendy served as the day-to-day lead managing the various functions within the IT Division and coordinates and provides advice to the executive leadership team and enterprise division directors. She is experienced in leading teams to design and implement successful projects and meet operational goals that align business and IT objectives to deliver rapid results. With twenty years in the public and private sectors, Wendy has experience in project management, lean management, vendor management, and delivering and monitoring technology solutions. She also monitors an annual IT Portfolio of 100 million dollars and an operations budget of 25 million dollars. Before becoming CIO, Harris served in several information technology leadership roles at the City of Memphis, including PMO Director, Operations Manager, and Deputy CIO. Wendy received her BA degree in Psychology and minor in Sociology from the University of Memphis. She is a member of the Project Management Institute holding the Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certifications.
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In this Lunch & Learn, you’ll get:
- A ZOOM meeting link and password
- Earn 1 Business Acumen PDU
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This Lunch & Learn is free to all PMI Memphis members. Non-members will pay a nominal $5 fee.
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About the Speaker
Catherine Knabb is currently the Immediate Past President of PMI Memphis. After nearly 30 years in corporate jobs across poultry, foods, payments, and hospital industries, she started her own business as a Certified Franchise Consultant (Knabb Consulting) and invested as a franchisee of a business networking group brand (Network in Action Memphis).
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Have you ever looked at the franchise business and wondered what it takes to own something like that? Well, researching options for franchise ownership is a Project. There are scope elements, strategies, requirements, risk mitigations, schedules, cost management, funding, and the finished product… clarity about what to do in the end. Executing the decision and standing up the franchise is an entirely different project. In this Lunch & Learn, Catherine Knabb will cover steps that are common to franchise research, including those that are important to reduce the risk of an ill-advised decision or a poorly selected brand. She will also provide some ways that you can limit being targeted by those folks creating phone lists of prospects for franchise brands and brokers.
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Special Events:
PMI Memphis Chapter 2024 Annual Board of Directors Meeting
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Thank you, PMI Memphis Volunteers!
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We would like to welcome (or welcome back) these new members to PMI Memphis. We are so glad you joined us!
Vinoth Nanjundan
Josefina Batton
Ashok Sethuraman
John Goodspeed
Melanie Winstead
Torace Armstrong
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Active Members
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Thank you to these renewing members whose memberships with PMI Memphis are reaching great milestones:
1 Year Anniversary- Gretchen McLaughlin
Janeen Acey
Ashley Marie Sidebottom
Zeeshan Shah
Jordan Howerton
Damilola Azeez Agboola
Gary Hanks
Carol Anderson
Danny Braswell
LaResa Young
T Maj Gettis
Lyndie Eubanks
Rachel Kohr
Gordon Waller
Brianna Ghant
Mary Doe Donecker
5 Year Anniversary- Patrick Reams
James Ivory DeBose, Jr.
Edwin Hill Paul Clunan
Allen Tabor
10 Year Anniversary- Richard A Dabbs
15 Year Anniversary- Steven Edward Klobe
20+ Year Anniversary- Michael J. Baker Charles S. Hawk
Roger T. Day
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Congratulations to these members on their new certifications:
Gregory Nemeth- PMP
Esra Karagoz Yuksek – PMP
Brian Walters- OTF
Geetha Sudarsanam-PMP
Courtney Williams- PMP
James Berry- PMP
Julie Ritter – PMP
Spencer Clifft- PMP
Nicky Williams- PMP
Kenneth Mashay Gill- PMP
Sam McAuliffe-PMP
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Note: If you believe that your membership has lapsed, log in to www.pmi.org and review your Profile and Member settings. All changes to your member data are made on the PMI.org member profile, including name, mailing address, company, and email address for all PMI (global and chapter) mailings, communications, and membership renewals.
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PMP Exam Prep
PMI Memphis and RefineM partner to Present Four PMP Prep series in 2024
The first session: Feb 3rd – Feb 29th, 2024; ONLINE/VIRTUAL – INSTRUCTOR-LED
Are you seeking your PMP certification and want a focused, hard-hitting prep course? Are you preparing for your Project Management Professional (PMP)® exam and looking for a proven resource that will help you get ready to take the test? If YES, then this class is for you! Look no further. Sharpen your knowledge and be completely prepared for your upcoming test by taking advantage of our course offering. PMI Memphis in collaboration with RefineM, a PMI-Global Authorized Training Partner (ATP) offer the PMP Exam Prep course in a virtual, instructor-led environment. Our goal is to help those looking to pass their PMP Test succeed with flying colors. Contact PMI-Memphis (cherlync@pmi.org) today or view our website (pmi.memphis.org) for more information.
How Much Does It Cost?
PMP® Exam Prep 2024 Pricing:
Member Price Early Bird (2 weeks out): $1,000
Member Price Regular: $1,200
Non-Member Early Bird: $1,250
Member Early Bird: $1,450
Location: Online/Virtual – Instructor-Led
4 Saturdays 8:00 AM-noon Central, 4 Tuesdays and 4 Thursdays 6:00-8:00 PM.
PMP® Exam Prep 2024 Dates:
February 3 – February 29
May 4 – May 30
August 3 – August 29
November 2 – December 5
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PMI Construction Professional
(PMI-CP)
Ready in 2024
PMI Memphis is posturing to launch a PMI CP Program Initiative, in partnership with local government, construction industry and military professionals. This multi-faceted initiative will include PMI Global CP and PMI Government Business sponsored informational sessions beginning with an in-person roundtable discussion in March 2024. Planned follow-on in-depth professional development (PD) will prepare PMI Memphis to facilitate and grow the CP Program with our local area partners.
PMI-CP Certification covers the domains of contracts management, stakeholder management, strategy and scope management, and project governance, certifies professionals in the construction and built environment industry.
Value Earners of the PMI-CP have demonstrated skills and knowledge they need to transform the global construction industry and bring large, complex projects to life.
Education Requirements None
Experience Requirements 3+ years of experience in the construction/built environment field is required
Certification Maintenance Requirements
3-year cycle; 30 PDUs per cycle
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Job Opportunity
Innovate Memphis Position Announcement
Data Midsouth Governance Lead
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