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NEWS RELEASE November 5, 2014 Outreach Corner News from your PMINYC Outreach Team! Community Outreach

New York Cares Day, Saturday, October 18, 2014 PMINYC participated in New York City's largest hands-on volunteer day. The PMINYC team supported PS41 The New Dorp School on Staten Island. PMINYC volunteers included Team Leader Aurie Morales (Program Manager, Community Outreach), Suzan Cho

(VP, Outreach), Frank Saladis (President-Elect), Mimi Rosenfeld, Simon Tsang, and friends. After riding a school bus from Lower Manhattan, we arrived at the school and were greeted by New York Cares and PS41 leaders. Then our group split into two work teams, keeping busy from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm, with a lunch break in a neighboring park. One group painted canvases with multicultural greetings for individual classrooms; the other group painted a mural of butterflies on the side of the school building.

Suzan Cho (PMINYC), Peggy Padovano, Rob Padovano (mural artist), and Robert Cunningham (site leader)

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Service Outreach U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Professional Organizations Information Fair PMINYC participated in an event hosted by the USACE New York District on October 23 at the Federal Plaza to enhance professional and leadership development. The event provided an opportunity for employees as well as students involved in the STEM Program Initiative in local colleges and universities to speak with representatives from various professional organizations. Participants have backgrounds in engineering, construction, real estate and administration, which fit well with project management skills. Clark Webb, Mimi Rosenfeld and Leila Lau spent the afternoon sharing

An early stage of the mural. Frank Saladis, center.

The finished mural

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information (including PMIEF materials) about project management career options with USACE employees.

Corporate Outreach SLA NY/LLAGNY Project Management Series Project Management has been identified as a core skill for librarians and information specialists. The Special Libraries Association New York Chapter and Law Library Association of Greater New York are partnering for a three-part series on Project Management. Session 1 on October 29 provided an introduction for information professionals new to the practice of project management. Mimi Rosenfeld, PMINYC Outreach Program Manager, presented an overview of the PMI framework to an engaged and receptive audience. SLA NY and LLAGNY members then participated on a panel to discuss their experience with project management. The series will continue in November and December with sessions about tools and lessons learned. Organizers are still looking for speakers and panel members for the next two sessions. If you are interested, please contact Mimi Rosenfeld: pmoutreach-comm@pminyc.org.

From left: USACE attendee, Leila Lau, Clark Webb, and Mimi Rosenfeld

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Academic Outreach Upcoming Events PMINYC / NYU-SPS Career Series (Part 2): Launching Your Career in Project Management Friday, November 7, 6:00-8:00 pm Join mentors from PMINYC to learn about resume writing, interviewing, networking and other skills to advance your career. Registration and networking begin at 5:30pm. Registration is now open: launching-your-career-in-project-management-registration PMINYC / NYU-SPS Career Series (Part 3): Speed Mentoring Thursday, December 4, 6:00-8:00 pm Registration and networking begin at 5:30pm. Participants will break out into small groups with mentors to discuss topics and trends in project management. Look for more information coming soon. For more information about Academic Outreach events, contact Suzan Cho, vpoutreach@pminyc.org For further details on any PMINYC Outreach events, see the Outreach Newsletters on the PMINYC website. If you are interested in PMINYC Outreach activities, please contact: Suzan Cho, PMP, vpoutreach@pminyc.org Mimi Rosenfeld, PMP, pmoutreach-comm@pminyc.org Aurie Morales, communityoutreach@pminyc.org