PMI Virtual Experience Series - The Community: Together We Rise: Full Schedule

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PROGRAMMING KEY:
Content noted with 🎤 will be available only on the day of the scheduled event.
Content noted with 🎤/ 🎬 will be available the day of the scheduled event and via on demand until 31 January 2021.

TBA

Move at the Speed of Technology: Collaborative Work Management for Project Managers 🎬

This is a sponsored, on-demand session that is available anytime during the live event broadcast.
To deliver quality outcomes and increase operational efficiency, project managers must make data-driven pivots, manage workflows, and communicate effectively with all stakeholders. Managing projects in today’s world with remote teams, outsourced talent, and online collaboration adds to the challenge. Learn how teams at Airbnb, Survey Monkey, and TGI Fridays were able to implement a strong business continuity plan to simplify complex processes and deliver successful projects on time and at scale.

Speakers

Amir Younes

Vice President of Client Success, Wrike

Amir Younes is Vice President of Client Success at Wrike. During his time at Wrike, Amir has built and led an internationally recognized client success team and has helped take Wrike from a $35M company to $100+M. Over his 20+ years career, Amir has led organizations in the technology... Read More →

Tuesday August 25, 2020 TBA
On Demand

10:15am EDT

Come On In and Explore Your Virtual Surroundings

Welcome to your next virtual experience with PMI!

Prepare for even more inspiration, education, and yes, entertainment!

Take a few minutes before we start our time together and orient yourself to the many features and options available, including the Brand You, Community Hub, Take 5, Networking Lounge and even the Job Board before we begin.

Reference your Virtual Experience Live Day Reminder email, sent to attendees after registration, for log-in information. Please add the PMI Virtual Series 2020 Customer Service email address (PMIEvents@theonlinexpo.com) to your safe sender list to ensure timely receipt.

Tuesday August 25, 2020 10:15am - 11:00am EDT

Other

10:20am EDT

Networking Chat Room: AMA (Ask Me Anything): Perspectives from PMI Leaders (1 of 3) 🎤/ 🎬

This is your opportunity to engage with a few PMI leaders and ask them questions about anything…yes, anything. Join some of our dedicated and very engaged PMI Board of Directors in the “Perspectives from a PMI Leader (Ask Me Anything)” networking chat room and ask them about how they got involved as a PMI volunteer, what the proudest moment of their career has been, what their one word is to describe the Project Management industry right now, or whatever is on your mind!

Moderator

Stephen Townsend

Networks Engagement Facilitator, PMI

Stephen Townsend is PMI’s Networks Engagement Facilitator. In this capacity, he enables PMI’s thought leadership and knowledge activities, leveraging PMI’s global community of subject matter experts. His contributions include such works as Integrating Program Management and... Read More →

Speakers

Teresa Knudson, PMP, PgMP, PfMP

Board of Directors, PMI

Teresa (Terri) Knudson is director of the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO) at Mayo Clinic, the largest integrated nonprofit medical center in the world. She established the EPMO in 2008, providing methodologies and standards, education, resources, consulting, systems... Read More →

Tejas Sura, PMP, PfMP

Board of Directors, PMI

Tejas Sura is the founder and managing director of Cubic Turnkey Private Limited, with 25 years of construction project experience with multinational organizations. His strategic leadership and oversight with strong focus on customer centricity has ensured 100 percent referral business... Read More →

Tuesday August 25, 2020 10:20am - 10:50am EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Chat Room

11:00am EDT

#300 - Opening General Session: OUR New Reality 🎤

Welcome to a new reality! Our host Tamron Hall — journalist, television host, Executive Producer and yes, manager of projects — returns to kick off our day together. She’ll prep you for what’s in store, share some exciting PMI updates, and introduce our keynote:

Comedian and Host of “The Daily Show” Trevor Noah in conversation with PMI President & CEO Sunil Prashara.

NOTE: This session will only be available live and for 24 hours after the 25 August event. You won’t want to miss it!

Speakers

Tamron Hall

Journalist, Talk Show Host, Executive Producer "Tamron Hall", HOST

Tamron Hall is an accomplished TV host, award-winning journalist and philanthropist. Her daytime talk show entitled “Tamron Hall” is a daily destination for all things topical and a platform for viewers to connect with the people who are shaping our world through meaningful, engaging... Read More →

Trevor Noah

Comedian and host of “The Daily Show”

Trevor Noah is the most successful comedian in Africa and is the host of the Emmy® and Peabody® Award-winning “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central. Trevor received a 2020 Grammy Nomination for Best Comedy Album for “Trevor Noah: Son Of Patricia” and 2020 NAACP Image Award... Read More →

Sunil Prashara

President & CEO, PMI, MODERATOR

As President & Chief Executive Officer of the Project Management Institute (PMI), Sunil Prashara is the lead advocate for PMI’s global organization, serving more than three million professionals working in nearly every country of the world. His primary responsibility is to implement... Read More →

Tuesday August 25, 2020 11:00am - 11:40am EDT
LIVE

General Session

Subtopics Communications
PDUs Available: Leadership (all credentials): 0.50

11:40am EDT

Break

Welcome to your PMI Virtual Experience! In this short break, click on Networking on the top navigation bar to select Profile to update your information and then head over to the Networking Lounge and say hello!

Tuesday August 25, 2020 11:40am - 11:45am EDT

Break

11:45am EDT

#301 - In Conversation: Book Club Series: Rana el Kaliouby "Girl Decoded" + Bob Safian 🎤/ 🎬

This month's PMI Book Club finds renowned editor-in-chief and podcast host Bob Safian in conversation with Rana el Kaliouby, author of Girl Decoded: A Scientist's Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology (Currency 2020). In this captivating memoir, Rana provides an intimate view of her personal transformation as she follows her calling--to humanize our technology and how we connect with one another.

Attention Attendees! PMI will randomly select 50 registered attendees by Thursday, 13 August to receive a free copy of Rana’s book.

Speakers

Rana el Kaliouby

BOOK CLUB SPEAKER

A pioneer in Emotion AI, Rana el Kaliouby, Ph.D., is Co-Founder and CEO of Affectiva, and author of Girl Decoded: A Scientist’s Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology. A passionate advocate for humanizing technology, ethics in AI and diversity... Read More →

Bob Safian

Editor-in-Chief, Podcast Host of "Masters of Scale: Rapid Response", BOOK CLUB MODERATOR

From leadership positions at Fast Company, Time, and Fortune to incisive analysis across TV networks and digital platforms, Bob Safian has been lauded as a source of deep insight on the future of global enterprise. When the coronavirus pandemic struck, Safian was tapped by numerous... Read More →

Tuesday August 25, 2020 11:45am - 12:15pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

General Session

Subtopics Communications, Emotional Intelligence, Digital Skills
PDUs Available: Leadership (all credentials): 0.50

12:15pm EDT

Break

Break time! Visit the Exhibit Hall to learn more about the products and services available to advance your projects. Chat with sponsors and find out how they can help you with your latest projects. Don’t forget to check out the Future 50 list of rising stars in our industry.

Tuesday August 25, 2020 12:15pm - 12:25pm EDT

Break

12:25pm EDT

#302 - Book Club Q&A: “Girl Decoded” by Rana el Kaliouby 🎤/ 🎬

If you enjoyed Bob and Rana in conversation, join them for a live Q&A where they will answer questions on bringing emotional intelligence to technology.

Speakers

Rana el Kaliouby

BOOK CLUB SPEAKER

Bob Safian

Editor-in-Chief, Podcast Host of "Masters of Scale: Rapid Response", BOOK CLUB MODERATOR

Tuesday August 25, 2020 12:25pm - 12:47pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Breakout Session

PMI Talent Triangle Leadership Skills
PDUs Available: Leadership (all credentials): 0.50

12:25pm EDT

Five Meditation Techniques to Increase Focus 🎤/ 🎬

Finding it hard to focus on what you need to get done or find that your mind is wandering more than usual? Join us to learn more about the different types of meditation and techniques to help you get started, even if you only have a few minutes each day.

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: (1) Practice meditation techniques to increase focus.

Tuesday August 25, 2020 12:25pm - 12:57pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Brand You Theater

Subtopics Wellness, Personal Improvement

12:25pm EDT

Seven New Habits to Effective Team Collaboration 🎤/ 🎬

Right now more than ever, it’s essential for teams to master collaboration and create habits that make them a lean efficient project management machine! Join this discussion for cool collaboration tools and platforms, and creating key habits for team collaboration, especially when working remotely.

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: (1) Practice new habits for collaborating with a team.

Tuesday August 25, 2020 12:25pm - 12:57pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Brand You Theater

Subtopics Communications, Team Building, Professional Development

12:25pm EDT

#303 - Don’t Let Your Mind Fool You: Improve Decision Making by Understanding Cognitive Bias 🎤/ 🎬

In our projects, as well as in our other endeavors, we are constantly faced with the difficult task of making decisions. Unfortunately for us humans, we are not perfect: Various cognitive limitations and biases distort the way we see, understand, plan or act. In this session, some of the most common cognitive biases are discussed and applied in the project management context as described in “A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide).”

Learning Objective:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: Explain how to evaluate a given situation objectively, with as little cognitive bias as possible.

Speakers

Yiannis Vithynos, PMI-ACP, PMP

Project Management Trainer and Consultant, Critical Path Ltd

Yiannis Vithynos is a project management trainer, consultant and coach with over 20 years of experience. He is a Prince2 Practitioner, a PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® and a Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification holder. He is the founder of Critical Path... Read More →

Tuesday August 25, 2020 12:25pm - 12:57pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Breakout Session

Speaker Location EMEA
PMI Talent Triangle Leadership Skills
Subtopics Decision Making
PDUs Available: Leadership (all credentials): 0.50

12:25pm EDT

#304 - Scaling Agile with a Super Effective Global Delivery Machine 🎤/ 🎬

This session focuses on a major program transformation and the way it evolved into an effective global delivery machine. During the last three years, we have been mastering and applying key practices to create high-performing distributed teams, with a restructure model aligned to project life cycle. With a methodological transition from component teams to cross-functional teams, and featuring agile release trains, this session reveals our model for structuring and executing change effectively.

Learning Objective:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: Discuss how structure affects the team's performance and how to increase efficiency over time in correlation to project life cycle.

Speakers

Amir Elkabir

Program Manager, Team Lead, AT&T

Amir Elkabir is an experienced program manager working in a global, multicultural environment. He has over 17 years of experience in management, customer-facing roles and system implementation. Mr Elkabir is head of project management in the entertainment division at AT&T Israel... Read More →

Tuesday August 25, 2020 12:25pm - 12:57pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Breakout Session

Speaker Location MENA
PMI Talent Triangle Strategic Business Management Skills
Subtopics Transformation, Life Cycle Management
PDUs Available: Strategic Business Management (all credentials): 0.50

12:25pm EDT

#305 - The Adaptive Mindset: Riding The Project Economy Wave 🎤/ 🎬

The future of work, The Project Economy, and its changing wave put great pressure on the human equation. This session will share experiences across global boundaries, coupled with a series of interviews with leaders from across industries, to illustrate the attributes that collectively build this adaptive mindset. The resulting diagnoses will allow for a selective mix of ingredients that will shape how "humans 3.0" will likely need to lead in 2030 and beyond.

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: (1) Indicate the ingredients for the future adaptive mindset needed for The Project Economy; (2) Chart the best approach to fit into the way of working of future organizations.

Speakers

Al Zeitoun, PMI-RMP, PMI-SP, PMP, PgMP

Independent Consulting, Global Innovation Strategist

Al Zeitoun is a transformative strategy execution/operational excellence and talent-building global executive who leverages deep expertise in systems thinking and portfolio, program and project management to close the gap between strategy development and execution across industries... Read More →

Tuesday August 25, 2020 12:25pm - 12:57pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Breakout Session

Speaker Location North America
PMI Talent Triangle Strategic Business Management Skills
Subtopics The Project Economy, Leadership Skills, Strategic Planning
PDUs Available: Leadership (all credentials): 0.25; Strategic Business Management (all credentials): 0.25

12:25pm EDT

#306 - Unwritten Rules for Successful Project Delivery 🎤/ 🎬

This session focuses on a collection of unconventional wit and wisdom which, when appropriately applied to leverage emotional intelligence, can outperform and make you stand out from the crowd. These impressive, extremely desirable and time-tested rules help you to deliver on a challenging project with challenging stakeholders.

Learning Objective:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: Utilize the unwritten rules to proactively manage project resources and stakeholders.

Speakers

Mashhood Ahmed, PMI-RMP, PMP

Program Manager/Senior Project Manager, Sidra Medicine

Mashhood Ahmed is a project management practitioner, and speaker, with over 18 years of experience in project management, risk management, business analysis and management consulting. He has a deep interest in Artificial Intelligence and Project Management. He spoke the number of... Read More →

Tuesday August 25, 2020 12:25pm - 12:57pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Breakout Session

Speaker Location North America
PMI Talent Triangle Technical Skills
Subtopics Stakeholder Management, Emotional Intelligence, Knowledge Management
PDUs Available: Technical (PMI-PMP/PgMP): 0.25; Leadership (all credentials): 0.25

12:25pm EDT

#307 - Women in Leadership – Key to Career Growth and Work-Life Balance 🎤/ 🎬

Career choices for women are open like never before and, hence, there are a plethora of opportunities for women to represent leadership positions as well. The integration of several factors can make this happen including a support system, organization-wide realization of work-life balance opportunities, flexibility, adaptability and zeal for continuous learning and improvement. Many times women do reach senior leadership roles but have to take a step back due to conflicting priorities in life and work.

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: (1) Share an awareness of the opportunities around women, of which some are left unnoticed; (2) Relate real-world success stories of successful women leaders, whom we can always look up to when we want to thrive.

Speakers

Remya Saseendran

Senior Project Manager, DXC Technologies (through consultancy, Future Focus Technologies)

Remya Saseendran hails from a progressive family in India and has 13 years of experience in the IT industry. She has been fortunate to be a part of prestigious IT companies including Tata Consultancy Services, Accenture and Danske IT, serving a variety of roles in India and the USA... Read More →

Tuesday August 25, 2020 12:25pm - 12:57pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Breakout Session

Speaker Location India
PMI Talent Triangle Leadership Skills
Subtopics Cultural Awareness, Talent Management
PDUs Available: Leadership (all credentials): 0.50

12:57pm EDT

Break

The Fireside Chat will begin shortly — click on the Program Agenda to learn more. Don’t forget to follow along with us on social media using the hashtag for today’s event - #ExperiencePMI. Share your feedback and tell us what your key takeaways have been from today’s sessions.

Tuesday August 25, 2020 12:57pm - 1:00pm EDT

Break

1:00pm EDT

#308 - Fireside Chat: Forward Together - Leading with People-Based Solutions 🎤

In this fireside chat, leaders of Fortune 500 organizations will discuss important leadership skills that help to focus and motivate their teams successfully during the pandemic. The panel will explore the human side of leading during disruption, as well as lessons and takeaways from the pandemic.

NOTE: This session will only be available live and for 24 hours after the 25 August event. You won’t want to miss it!

Speakers

Mike DePrisco

Vice President, Global Experience & Solutions, PMI, MODERATOR

As PMI Vice President, Global Experience & Solutions, Michael (Mike) DePrisco provides executive leadership to the Product, Services, Events & Content organization for a global team that supports more than 1M active certification holders, 600,000 members and 300 chapters from over... Read More →

Upendra Dharmadhikary

Vice President, Tech Mahindra

Upendra Dharmadhikary, VP at Tech Mahindra Consulting practice, has 28 years of rich expertise in digital, business and network consulting to communication providers and enterprise customers. He has extensive experience in concept, design and delivery of business process transformations... Read More →

Susan Marricone

Director, Enterprise IT, Agility & DevOps Transformation Leader, Honeywell

Susan Marricone has proven expertise and leadership experience in Change Management, Transformation, HR Transformation, Digital Transformation, Communications, Agile, and Innovation. Susan Marricone sits on the Advisory Board of the Rutgers University Innovation Program. Her thought... Read More →

Erick Means

PMO & Professional Services Executive, CDW

Erick Means is an IT professional services and PMO expert and leader. Today he is responsible for over 150 project & program managers that deliver advanced technology services projects across the United States. These projects produce over $270M in professional services revenue annually... Read More →

Tuesday August 25, 2020 1:00pm - 1:33pm EDT
LIVE

General Session

PMI Talent Triangle Leadership Skills
Subtopics Team Building, Problem Solving, Decision Making
PDUs Available: Leadership (all credentials): 0.50

1:33pm EDT

Break

Have you seen the Networking area? Use this time to discover the Job Board. It is updated daily with new opportunities and relevant job resources. The great news is that it free to you and easy to navigate! Upload your resume, promote your current certifications, and identify the next step in your career journey!

Tuesday August 25, 2020 1:33pm - 1:45pm EDT

Break

1:45pm EDT

Five Quick Stretches When Working From Home 🎤/ 🎬

At home we often do not have the same ergonomic equipment as we do at work, from poor posture to staying in the same position for extended periods; working from home (or just at a desk) can wreak havoc on your well-being. It is important to become aware first of how you sit, and how you breathe. Join us to master some exercises to stretch the shoulders, neck, arms and other parts of the body.

Learning Objective:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: (1) Perform simple exercises to improve their well-being.

Tuesday August 25, 2020 1:45pm - 2:17pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Brand You Theater

Subtopics Wellness, Personal Improvement

1:45pm EDT

Seven Engagement Tips to Use on LinkedIn™ 🎤/ 🎬

LinkedIn™ is a must for all professionals. Walk away from this session with seven engagement tips to build a high-quality network, design an optimized LinkedIn™ profile that attracts your right audience, and design a compelling brand story that reflects the highlights and value of your professional journey.

Learning Objective:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: (1) Prepare a more engaging online profile that reflects the highlights and value of their professional journey.

Tuesday August 25, 2020 1:45pm - 2:17pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Brand You Theater

Subtopics Communications, Professional Development

1:45pm EDT

#309 - Can't We All Just Get Along? Getting Past the Methodology Wars 🎤/ 🎬

In this entertaining and insightful session, project management pioneers Laura Barnard and Jesse Fewell will sift past the buzzwords and project jargon to highlight the philosophical differences many approaches have and how our mindsets influence our perspective while acting out situations we've all experienced. At times hilarious, and other times reflective, this performance will then reveal how our quirks and stereotypes as project leaders hide deeper truths we collectively fear.

Learning Objective:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: Discover the limitations of their personal biases that color their perspective and shift their mindset to drive greater collaboration and achieve even better project outcomes.

Speakers

Laura Barnard, PMP

Founder and Chief IMPACT Driver, PMO Strategies

Laura Barnard has been instrumental in bringing PMOs and project management to the strategy table for almost 25 years. She knows just how hard it can be to drive effective and sustainable change in organizations, having spent 15 years in the role of PMO leader and now helping organizations... Read More →

Jesse Fewell, PMI-ACP, PMP

Agile Leadership Coach, Fewell Innovation, LLC

Over a 40-year career, Jesse has developed and managed software for financial services companies, provided management consulting services within a global consulting firm, served as CTO for an internet start-up and was SVP global consulting services and support for a public software... Read More →

Tuesday August 25, 2020 1:45pm - 2:17pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Breakout Session

Speaker Location North America
PMI Talent Triangle Leadership Skills
Subtopics Conflict Management, Communications, Cultural Awareness
PDUs Available: Leadership (all credentials): 0.50

1:45pm EDT

#310 - Crafting Successful Executive Presentations 🎤/ 🎬

Being invited to pitch an idea to senior executives can be both a blessing and a curse. On the upside, it provides an opportunity to showcase expertise before individuals with influence and strategic decision making within an organization. On the downside, a poor presentation can cast a negative shadow over the perception of someone's capability. This session will demonstrate how to design and deliver information more effectively at the senior level and enhance preparedness for leadership.

Learning Objective:
At the conclusion of the session, participants will be able to: Apply a presentation design process to more effectively engage senior executives.

Speakers

Bruce Gay, PMP

Senior Program Manager, UPMC Enterprises

Bruce Gay, PMP, has over 20 years of experience managing programs and customer relationships across healthcare Information Technology, telecommunications, and defense industries. Currently a Senior Program Manager at UPMC Enterprises (the commercialization arm of the University of... Read More →

Tuesday August 25, 2020 1:45pm - 2:17pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Breakout Session

Speaker Location North America
PMI Talent Triangle Technical Skills
Subtopics Digital Skills, Leadership Skills
PDUs Available: Technical (PMI-PMP/PgMP): 0.25, Technical (PfMP): 0.25; Leadership (all credentials): 0.25

1:45pm EDT

#311 - Developing Superior Project Teams 🎤/ 🎬

This session is based on the team development approach and assessment tools used at NASA and defines the possibilities of a more project-specific model of team development. NASA research determined the characteristics associated with superior project teams and identified specific functions that are associated with leaders of successful project teams. It will also introduce some new team tools currently being used to develop superior teams.

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: (1) Describe the characteristics of superior project teams and recognize what NASA knows about teamwork. (2) Explain why and how NASA goes about assessing teams.

Speakers

Lawrence Suda

CEO, Palatine Group

Lawrence Suda is President of the Palatine Group/Management Worlds, Inc. a firm specializing in project, program and strategic leadership training using computer simulation technology. He has been involved in management training and simulation technologies for the past twenty years... Read More →

Tuesday August 25, 2020 1:45pm - 2:17pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Breakout Session

Speaker Location North America
PMI Talent Triangle Leadership Skills
Subtopics Team Building, Communications
PDUs Available: Leadership (all credentials): 0.50

1:45pm EDT

#312 - Going Beyond Talking to Doing: Integrating Project and Change Management – It's Time to Collaborate 🎤/ 🎬

In the past 20 years there has been extensive discussion around the integration of the project and change management disciplines. A review of the project management and change literature determined that, although most project managers agree that integration is necessary for project success, the disciplines are siloed, and many project managers seem to disregard the theory and the complexities around implementing change. This session seeks to remedy this situation by focusing on how professionals from these disciplines can work together.

Learning Objective:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: Discuss the fundamental change management theories that should be integrated within the project management practice which would lead to a project’s successful implementation.

Speakers

Miguel Mejicano, PMP

Finance Costing Manager, Transportation and Fulfillment Processes, Canada Post

Miguel Mejicano is a Professional Engineer registered in Ontario, a Certified Project Management Professional, and an accredited Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. He has an MA in quality management and an MSc in health systems management. Mr Mejicano has more than 20 years of global experience... Read More →

Tuesday August 25, 2020 1:45pm - 2:17pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Breakout Session

Speaker Location North America
PMI Talent Triangle Technical Skills
Subtopics Change Management, Communications
PDUs Available: Technical (PMI-PMP/PgMP): 0.50

2:15pm EDT

Networking Chat Room: AMA (Ask Me Anything): Perspectives from PMI Leaders (2 of 3) 🎤/ 🎬

Moderator

Stephen Townsend

Networks Engagement Facilitator, PMI

Speakers

LuAnn Piccard, PMP

Board of Directors, PMI

LuAnn Piccard, PMP, associate professor and chair, Master of Science Project Management Department at University of Alaska Anchorage, is passionate about developing next-generation project management leaders and professionals seeking to enhance and expand career opportunities through... Read More →

Anca E Slușanschi, PMP

Board of Directors, PMI

Anca Slușanschi, from Paraparaumu, New Zealand, is a senior leader with over three decades of experience inspiring people and delivering value in private and public sector organizations. She currently serves as program and project practice manager for the New Zealand Ministry of... Read More →

Jennifer Tharp, PMP

Board of Directors, PMI

Jennifer Tharp advises startups and multinationals including eBay, Genentech, Cisco and Nikon on difficult governance problems. She works closely with boards and executive teams to increase oversight, transparency and accountability. Ms. Tharp specializes in large-scale strategic... Read More →

Tuesday August 25, 2020 2:15pm - 2:30pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Chat Room

2:17pm EDT

Break

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Tuesday August 25, 2020 2:17pm - 2:30pm EDT

Break

2:30pm EDT

Six Inbox Management Hacks 🎤/ 🎬

How many emails do you get in one day? 100? 500? Don’t let your email manage you. Learn how you can organize your inbox, set rules, and manage your inbox in a way that allows for effective time management even when addressing your hundreds of emails.

Learning Objective:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: Utilize techniques to better manage their inbox.

Tuesday August 25, 2020 2:30pm - 3:05pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Brand You Theater

Subtopics Communications, Professional Development

2:30pm EDT

Top Ways to Overcome Burnout 🎤/ 🎬

People experiencing burnout are in a state of total exhaustion; it could be physical, emotional, mental or a combination of all of them. It is important to be aware that today's lifestyle requires some adaptations in terms of rest and breaks. We will look at causes from a holistic perspective, give some questions for reflection and look at it from different perspectives (such as TCM, Ayurveda and conventional medicine), and will show you a sequence of yin yoga exercises that will help you with healing and are preventive at the same time.

Learning Objective:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: Describe some causes of burnout and demonstrate exercises that will promote healing and improve their well-being.

Tuesday August 25, 2020 2:30pm - 3:05pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Brand You Theater

Subtopics Wellness, Personal Improvement

2:30pm EDT

#313 - Coach Your Project Team to Greatness! 🎤/ 🎬

Did you know that coaching skills are essential in a project management context? Join us to learn to apply coaching competencies to engage, motivate and inspire your project team members; to empower transformation of individuals, teams and organizations; and to facilitate your own personal growth and development.

Learning Objective:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: Use coaching skills such as active listening, powerful questioning, and designing actions.

Speakers

Maria Fafard, PMP

Executive Coach, LinkedIntellect and Capital One

Maria Fafard is an executive coach, facilitator and speaker who is passionate about helping leaders, teams and organizations reach their full potential. She is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC), a Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF) and a graduate of a Leadership Coaching program... Read More →

Tuesday August 25, 2020 2:30pm - 3:05pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Breakout Session

Speaker Location North America
PMI Talent Triangle Leadership Skills
Subtopics Team Building, Communications, Talent Management, Mentoring
PDUs Available: Leadership (all credentials): 0.50

2:30pm EDT

#314 - Learning Together: Guided Continuous Improvement 🎤/ 🎬

In an ever-changing environment we must be willing to sense what is happening in our environment and respond accordingly. We must become more competitive. How can we enable our teams to do this? How can we help teams learn how to learn? This session overviews Guided Continuous Improvement (GCI), a Disciplined Agile (DA) strategy for teams to experiment with and learn about new ways of working (WoW) so as to increase their overall effectiveness. Teams that learn continually, and who then share those learnings with others, enable us to all rise together.

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: (1) Recognize the need to take an experimental approach to learning; (2) Describe the mechanics of guided continuous improvement; (3) Explain the need for teams to share their learnings with others.

Speakers

Scott Ambler

Vice President & Chief Scientist, Disciplined Agile, PMI

Scott is the Vice President, Chief Scientist of Disciplined Agile at Project Management Institute. Scott leads the evolution of the Disciplined Agile (DA) tool kit and is an international keynote speaker. Scott is the (co)-creator of the Disciplined Agile (DA) tool kit as well as... Read More →

Tuesday August 25, 2020 2:30pm - 3:05pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Breakout Session

Speaker Location North America
PMI Talent Triangle Technical Skills
Subtopics Methodology, Leadership Skills
PDUs Available: Technical (PMI-PMP/PgMP): 0.25, Technical (PMI-ACP): 0.25; Strategic Business Management: 0.25

2:30pm EDT

#315 - SCROI – Your Energy Beverage to Boost the Productivity of Your Backlog 🎤/ 🎬

In a typical scrum environment, the product owner prioritizes the user stories based on the business values of these stories and the scrum team provides the relative complexity "story points". The problem with this traditional approach is that the story points are not factored in when prioritizing the backlog. To maximize the business value produced by the scrum team, we need to prioritize the product backlog based on an ROI formula.

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: (1) Identify the key differences between a priority-based product backlog versus ROI-based one; (2) Apply the ROI-based prioritization method on their product backlog.

Speakers

Khaled Sherif, PMI-ACP, PMP

President, Trinagile

Khaled Sherif is a project management consultant with 20+ years of experience in managing projects in IT for large-scale financial and manufacturing systems. He is the founder and owner of Triangile, an agile project management training and consulting studio. Mr Sherif holds a bachelor’s... Read More →

Tuesday August 25, 2020 2:30pm - 3:05pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Breakout Session

Speaker Location North America
PMI Talent Triangle Technical Skills
Subtopics Methodology
PDUs Available: Technical (PMI-PMP/PgMP): 0.25, Technical (PMI-ACP): 0.25; Strategic Business Management: 0.25

2:30pm EDT

#316 - Transformational Leadership in This Digital Age 🎤/ 🎬

The digital age is disrupting every area of business, and adapting to this transformation requires more than new strategies. This session will examine the challenges and discuss the transformational leadership competencies needed to thrive in this era of rapid technology and evolving customer expectations. Project management professionals can rise together and contribute by leading to build an engaging and digitally-savvy “change" culture to deliver value. The impacts of transformational leadership with some bold and inspired leadership successes will be presented.

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: (1) Describe the disruption caused and the new business opportunities created by digital transformation; (2) Recognize different leadership behaviors and develop new digital skills for this era of technology, change in markets and social media.

Speakers

Shobhna Raghupathy, PMP

President, Proficient Project Consulting Inc.

Shobhna Raghupathy, PMP, is a global strategy and portfolio management consultant. She has extensive experience in managing technical/strategic projects and recently led the digital transformation effort at a major telecommunications company in the United States. She is a recognized... Read More →

Tuesday August 25, 2020 2:30pm - 3:05pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Breakout Session

Speaker Location North America
PMI Talent Triangle Strategic Business Management Skills
Subtopics Transformation, Digital Skills, Leadership Skills
PDUs Available: Leadership (all credentials): 0.50

3:05pm EDT

Break

Have you explored the Take 5 Theater yet? If you need a pick me up or a little break, puzzles and game are there to alleviate screen fatigue and brighten your mood!

Tuesday August 25, 2020 3:05pm - 3:15pm EDT

Break

3:15pm EDT

Five Productivity Apps You Can’t Live Without 🎤/ 🎬

We will share apps and productivity tips to help you and your team automate actions so you get more time to handle your day-to-day, especially with the need to juggle both home and work. Your goal for this session: take away at least three apps or tips to implement and test out after this session.

Learning Objective:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: Identify and utilize apps to help juggle their personal and professional lives.

Tuesday August 25, 2020 3:15pm - 3:47pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Brand You Theater

Subtopics Professional Development, Digital Skills

3:15pm EDT

Plan Your Career Flight Plan 🎤/ 🎬

Have you ever taken a look at your career path like a flight plan? Let’s take a look how you can create an actionable ‘flight’ plan by identifying your core skills, setting your priorities, and creating goals to help your career to get from your origin city - point A - to your dream destination - point B.

Learning Objective:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: Create an actionable career plan and goals to improve or enhance their professional journey.

Tuesday August 25, 2020 3:15pm - 3:47pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Brand You Theater

Subtopics Professional Development

3:15pm EDT

#317 - Exploring the PMBOK® Guide Seventh Edition 🎤/ 🎬

This session provides a visual tour of the upcoming PMBOK® Guide Seventh Edition for practitioners, trainers, and PMO professionals. After briefly describing the changing world our projects now operate in, we will explore the plans for the Seventh Edition through the lens of three personas. Pablo a project practitioner, Tia a PM trainer, and Priscilla who directs a modern PMO and contributes to standards.

Learning Objective:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: (1) Describe how different stakeholders can use the upcoming seventh edition of the PMBOK® Guide in their daily work.

Speakers

Mike Griffiths, PMI-ACP, PMP

Project Manager, Leading Answers

Mike is an enthusiastic practitioner with a long history of contributions to the agile and project management community. He helped create the agile approach DSDM in 1994 and has been using agile approaches ever since. He served on the board of the Agile Alliance, the Agile Project... Read More →

Marvin Nelson

Product Specialist, PMI

Marvin Nelson is known for his passionate pursuit of operational excellence and strategic growth. He is currently a product specialist for PMI standards. In his role with PMI, Marvin has led strategic initiatives exploring and operationalizing new focus areas of practice related to... Read More →

Tuesday August 25, 2020 3:15pm - 3:47pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Breakout Session

Speaker Location North America
PMI Talent Triangle Strategic Business Management Skills
Subtopics The Project Economy, Strategic Planning
PDUs Available: Strategic Business Management (all credentials): 0.50

3:15pm EDT

#318 - How to Survive Disruptive Changes in Business – A Case Study 🎤/ 🎬

This session focuses on how companies can survive disruptive changes in business by undergoing a digital transformation. Digital transformation is not just the digitization of processes or using modern digital tools, but reinvention of business by re-imagining the processes, using digital tools, changing culture, improving ability to take risk and organization's ability to innovate, collaborating to deal with disruptive changes in a business model, and adapting to a competitive landscape/business environment.

Learning Objective:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: Describe what digital transformation is and identify practical insights into how to successfully lead a digital transformation.

Speakers

Avinash Patil

Staff Technical Program Manager, VMware

Avinash possesses 20+ years of experience in managing complex global PMOs, portfolios, and programs in enterprise and consumer products and services, with domain experience in SaaS, mobile Apps, containers, virtualization and cybersecurity. He has led many business, agile and digital... Read More →

Tuesday August 25, 2020 3:15pm - 3:47pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Breakout Session

Speaker Location North America
PMI Talent Triangle Strategic Business Management Skills
Subtopics Transformation, Digital Skills
PDUs Available: Technical (PMI-PMP/PgMP): 0.25, Technical (PfMP): 0.25; Strategic Business Management (all credentials): 0.25

3:15pm EDT

#319 - Raise Your Emotional Awareness to Build a Collaborative Tomorrow! 🎤/ 🎬

How well we understand our emotions, ourselves, and adapt to other's emotional needs determines our ability to build and manage productive relationships necessary for successful leadership. This session will focus on the importance of emotions to become more mindful by applying simple techniques that can be mastered in days. Emotional intelligence techniques will be shared to improve your leadership qualities for fostering a mindful collaboration culture that promotes productivity and creativity.

Learning Objective:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: Describe the importance of self-awareness in connecting with people to build and/or foster a collaboration culture.

Speakers

Zahid Khan, PMP

BRT Program Management, Sound Transit

Zahid Khan, PMP, PE, is a highly accomplished and motivated leader with a proven track record in developing teams and delivering award-winning capital improvement portfolios. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering. Mr Khan has 25 years of professional experience... Read More →

Tuesday August 25, 2020 3:15pm - 3:47pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Breakout Session

Speaker Location North America
PMI Talent Triangle Leadership Skills
Subtopics Emotional Intelligence, Communications
PDUs Available: Leadership (all credentials): 0.50

3:15pm EDT

#320 - The Non-Linear Project Manager 🎤/ 🎬

This session will explore how non-linear thinking can help the project manager to plan and manage holistically by examining real-life scenarios. We will describe typical cross-dimensional scenarios that illustrate the need for non-linear thinking and examine how embedding risk management in our thinking will help projects avoid mistakes and embrace opportunities.

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: (1) Apply non-linear thinking to integrate risk management into all project management domain activities. (2) Apply simple principles to achieve complex results.

Speakers

Richard Furino, PMP, PgMP

Program Director, Microsoft Corporation

Over a 40-year career, Richard Furino has developed and managed software for financial services companies, provided management consulting services within a global consulting firm, served as CTO for an internet start-up, and was SVP global consulting services and support for a public... Read More →

Tuesday August 25, 2020 3:15pm - 3:47pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Breakout Session

Speaker Location North America
PMI Talent Triangle Technical Skills
Subtopics Risk Management, Digital Skills
PDUs Available: Technical (PMI-PMP/PgMP): 0.50, Technical (PMI-RMP): 0.50

3:15pm EDT

#321 - Utilizing an Innovation Lab for Project Delivery 🎤/ 🎬

Getting time from subject matter experts and providing a good onboarding experience for new processes are common project challenges. A recently implemented Innovation Lab helped solve these and other project-related challenges. The Innovation Lab is a venue and mechanism to support the experimental approach to development of solutions and incremental improvements for complex business problems. This session will talk about how Boston Mutual stood this up and, most importantly, how you can apply lessons learned in your organization.

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: (1) Provide a description of an innovation lab; (2) Describe implementation considerations for an innovation lab.

Speakers

Andrew Sherwood, PMI-ACP, PMP

Director, Innovation Lab | Director, MBA, Boston Mutual | Midland University

Andrew Sherwood, PMP, CSM, CSP, PMI-ACP, CSSBB currently serves as the Director – Innovation Lab for Boston Mutual as well as the Director - MBA for Midland University. At Boston Mutual, his role is to design, implement, and lead an innovation lab - a venue and mechanism to support... Read More →

Tuesday August 25, 2020 3:15pm - 3:47pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Breakout Session

Speaker Location North America
PMI Talent Triangle Strategic Business Management Skills
Subtopics Innovation, Problem Solving
PDUs Available: Technical (PMI-PMP/PgMP): 0.25; Strategic Business Management (all credentials): 0.25

3:47pm EDT

Break

Make sure you save some time to visit the Take a Selfie Bar. Snap a picture of yourself, update your profile and connect with other practitioners to exchange ideas and talk more about today’s sessions. Chatting among fellow community members is a great feature that enables you to engage with people from all over the globe! While you are at it, share with your social network and show them what they’re missing! #FOMO

Tuesday August 25, 2020 3:47pm - 4:00pm EDT

Break

4:00pm EDT

#322 - Closing Session: Project Management in Action 🎤

Let’s close out our time together one last time to reflect on the day’s activities and experiences — and also to highlight Project Management in action. Comedian and Host of “The Daily Show” Trevor Noah returns to give PMI President & CEO Sunil Prashara some practical tips on hosting a regular series, and cultivating a global community.

Tamron Hall wraps our day and shares what’s next as our Virtual Experience Series continues in September, focusing on ADAPTABILITY, RESILIENCE and LEARNING: A DEEP DIVE IN ORGANIZATIONAL AGILITY.

NOTE: This session will only be available live and for 24 hours after the 25 August event. You won’t want to miss it!

Speakers

Tamron Hall

Journalist, Talk Show Host, Executive Producer "Tamron Hall", HOST

Trevor Noah

Comedian and host of “The Daily Show”

Sunil Prashara

President & CEO, PMI, MODERATOR

Tuesday August 25, 2020 4:00pm - 4:35pm EDT
LIVE

General Session

Subtopics Communications
PDUs Available: Leadership (all credentials): 0.50

4:35pm EDT

Networking Chat Room: AMA (Ask Me Anything): Perspectives from PMI Leaders (3 of 3) 🎤/ 🎬

Moderator

Stephen Townsend

Networks Engagement Facilitator, PMI

Speakers

Teresa Knudson, PMP, PgMP, PfMP

Board of Directors, PMI

LuAnn Piccard, PMP

Board of Directors, PMI

Anca E Slușanschi, PMP

Board of Directors, PMI

Jennifer Tharp, PMP

Board of Directors, PMI

Tuesday August 25, 2020 4:35pm - 5:00pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Chat Room

4:35pm EDT

Dueling Pianos! It's Five O'Clock Somewhere! After-hours/Happy Hour 🎤/🎬

Shake, rattle, and roll! When you can’t go to the party, the party comes to you! This interactive LIVE dueling piano performance is a total blast; get ready to sing, dance and laugh along to songs by your favorite artists. There’s hardly a request these guys can’t handle, so really go for it! You name it, they'll play it! Be the first to name that tune to win fun PMI prizes!

Tuesday August 25, 2020 4:35pm - 5:00pm EDT
LIVE/On Demand

Other

5:00pm EDT

Live Event Adjourned

This concludes our time together for this month’s Virtual Experience event. On-demand content will be available through 31 January 2021, unless otherwise noted. Refer to your email confirmation for access information.

We’ll see you next month, 9 September, for PMI’s Virtual Experience event “Adaptability, Resilience and Learning: A Deep Dive in Organizational Agility.” Be sure you are registered! You don’t want to miss out.

Tuesday August 25, 2020 5:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

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