September Virtual Member Orientation Session

NCPMI Member Orientation sessions are being offered in a virtual setting. Join us to find out about the benefits of being a Chapter member. The session will introduce you to the various program offerings and you can see how to best use your membership. Member orientation sessions are for:

• all chapter members who are interested in learning more about the opportunities and benefits the chapter provides
• new and existing members who want to find out how to get more involved.

Non-Members $700, Members $600

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Are you interested in attaining the PMI-ACP certification?

PMI-ACP® is a project management professional certification for Agile practitioners offered by the Project Management Institute (PMI). It is developed to cater to the needs of professionals working with Agile methodologies. The certification tests the Agile practitioner’s general knowledge of Agile methods without limiting to a specific Agile framework. 

This PMI-ACP exam prep course is intended for anyone who wants to learn the principles and practices of agile. Whether working on an agile team or knowing an organization is adopting agile methods, the PMI-ACP is a good choice for you. Professionals who want to get knowledge of agile methodologies, principles, techniques, and tools and those already working in Agile environments but looking for more growth opportunities can take up the PMI-ACP certification course.

This course is taught over three days (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday). This course will provide the 21 education credits needed for the PMI-ACP application. This class is guaranteed to run regardless of the number of registrations. This Virtual-Hybrid class will offer the student a choice between Virtual Attendance taught on a Zoom platform and In-person Classroom Training.  In-person classes will be held at Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc, 4301 Emperor Blvd Durham, NC 27703

CLASS DATES: Friday-Sunday, September 22, 23, & 24, 2023

CLASS TIMES: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM. Lunch Times: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

This is an In-Person Event ONLY unless otherwise posted

Non-Members $25, Members $10, Volunteers $0.   No refunds for No Show / Cancellations.

Attend this event for your chance to win a signed copy of Be a Project Motivator: Unlock the Secrets of Strengths-Based Project Management Or 1-hour coaching session (value $249) to one of the attendees. The session will include the opportunity to take the Multidimensional Inventory of Personal Intelligence assessment from Adaptimist Insights (value $75)

Abstract:

The best leaders using coaching – the art of deep listening and powerful questions - to guide their teams forward. With coaching, project leaders can overcome some of the common pitfalls of a project for example, lack of motivation, idea resistance, poor communication, encouraging everyone to speak up, creating psychological safety.

Ruth Pearce, in collaboration with Berrett-Koehler Publishing, in 2018 published a book about turning project managers into project motivators. Based on Ruth's experience with the use of character strengths and coaching, various recommendations were made through the story of Maggie a program manager in a troubled team.

At the same time, Ruth started looking at the levels of social intelligence in project professionals compared with their non-PM colleagues. What she discovered was that social intelligence seems to be disappointingly low! And as social intelligence is part of the glue that holds a team together, this can be a problem.

There are ways to build social intelligence and to partner with people who have a higher propensity for it. Another approach is to develop coaching skills to bring out the best in the team. We can coach individuals, groups, and teams, and the in this session we will explore all three.

Learning Objectives:

• Explain what coaching is and how it is a helpful skill for a leader.
• Experience coaching approaches firsthand.
• Develop strategies for coaching in typical project scenarios.
• Identify ways to coach through challenges.
• Identify when coaching does not work.