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PMINZ Central Branch NewsletterFebruary 2018

Kia ora <<First Name>>

In this month's newsletter:

International Womens' Day breakfastInvitation to the ideas workshopPMI Certification newsHave your say in the PMI surveySupport Life FlightIT project managers for research projectThe Business of Portfolio Management WebinarFebruary PD events in the regionNew contact details

Happy New Year. This year shall see a number of initiatives and collaborations, all aimed at adding value toyour membership and the project management community at large.

KPMG released a statistically shocking report last year indicating, among other things, thatonly 30% of the projects were successful. They recommended that organisations need toimprove project management capability while integrating this into their strategy and changedelivery. They also recommended that organisations should ensure that their projectmanagers had the requisite skills and capability to adopt to new business processes andtechnologies. As project management professionals and practitioners, do you feel likepunching the air and exclaiming “about time someone THEY will listen to said something Ihave always been advocating all along!”, then posting the article on the work noticeboard

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for THEM to read and act? Very tempting I dare say, but what if I tell you that there is a wayof getting that word to THEM in a way that would make THEM listen and act?

PMINZ has partnered with Results Coaching with the support of Momentum Consulting tocreate a soft skills menu of courses which shall be delivered by Cillin Hearns. The coursesshall equip us with those skills that would support our technical skills to influencestakeholders and ultimately achieve successful project delivery by creating amicablerelationships. Details on this offering shall be made available shortly with the first coursestarting early next month. Please feel free contact me, or any member of the Central Branch Champions (akavolunteers), if you have any ideas that you think would make your life, or that of others,easier in your day to day activities related to project delivery. Take a look at the invitation inthis newsletter to take part in a fun way of sharing ideas

Why? Because we are in the business of making better project managers!

Kosam, Branch Chair

International Womens' Day breakfast

PMINZ Wellington is hosting a breakfast event to celebrate International Womens' Day.

We invite members, their partners, friends and colleagues to join us for breakfast at The

Grand from 7–9am on Thursday 8 March 2018.

The United Nations Women National Committee Aotearoa New Zealand and the Zonta

Club of Wellington is holding a special event at Parliament, hosted by the Minister for

Women, the Honourable Julie-Anne Genter. The theme of this years’ events is "Achieve

gender equality and empower rural women and girls. Together we can empower rural

women in the Pacific."

The Parliament event will be livestreamed to us so that we can see and hear the keynote

speakers – Governor General, the Right Honourable Her Excellency Dame Patsy Reddy,

and the Right Honourable Helen Clark, formerly Administrator of the United Nations Fund

for Development and Prime Minister of New Zealand, in a conversation with Dr Gill Greer,

Chief Executive of the National Council for Women.

Register your place at the breakfast. Places are limited.

At IWD events in 2018, funds are being raised for UN Women projects in Papua New

Guinea. See details of the current project they are supporting – Meri Seif Bus (Safe

Transport for women) in Port Moresby.

Ideas, initiatives and activities studioJoin the Wellington Champions for an evening of

fun, creativity, and forward-thinking on Monday 12

February from 5.30pm–7.30pm.

This is an opportunity to pitch your idea for an event,

activity or new initiative for 2018 in the Wellington

PMINZ sub-branch.

Come along and present an idea for a new initiative or activity that will help our branchcontribute to meeting PMINZ's goals of:

helping to make better project managers;providing value to the project management community;advocating for excellence in project management.

Share your ideas about adding value to your and other members' PMINZ memberships ina friendly and supportive environment .

Read the agenda and how to prepare.

If you have a great idea, but can't make it on Monday, send it to Kosam, who will presentyour idea on your behalf.

CPN information and 2017 successesCertification Preparation Network (CPN) study groups will be operating in Levin andFeilding this year, starting on 7 and 8 February.

The successes of this regional network speak for themselves:

2017 Semester 1 67% pass rate.Congratulations to the following members becoming Certified Associate Project Managers(CAPM): George Chen, Sue Kelly, Sonya Stevens, and Rob Smith.

2017 Semester 2 100% pass rate.Congratulations to Rohit Srivastava for becoming a Project Management Professional(PMP), and to Doug Tate, Joshua Wharton, Caitlin Campbell, and Melissa Hanson forpassing the CAPM exam..

Find out more about this year’s CPN information in Levin and Feilding.

Read more about PMI certifications.

2018 PMI New Zealand Chapter Satisfaction Survey

PMI is evaluating chapter members’ satisfaction with the New Zealand Chapter.

New Zealand Chapter members of The Project Management Institute (PMI) should havereceived an invitation email on Friday 2 February asking them to participate in their annualsurvey.

Your feedback will be used by PMI’s Global Chapter Development staff and volunteer teamto support chapters and their local volunteer leadership in order to enhance the value youreceive from the New Zealand Chapter via the programmes, services and networkingopportunities it offers.

Your email invitation contained a unique link to the survey. Please complete survey beforeThursday 22 February 2018 NZ time (or 11:00 PM EST on 21 February 2018 as statedin your email invitation).

Life Flight Open DayPut the Open Day date in your diary and head to the Life Flight Air Rescue Centre inRongotai on Sunday 18 March 2018 for an action-packed day with emergencyservice demonstrations, food, and entertainment. You might even WIN a flight on theWestpac Rescue Helicopter

PMINZ Wellington has been a proud supporter of Life Flight. Last year we donated$142 to Life Flight from donations from the Wellington Branch events held betweenFebruary and April 2017.The collection tin is usually on the bar at our monthly events so that you can popyour donation in, when you have your wallet out.

IT project managers wanted for an interview study

Researchers at Victoria University are inviting IT project managers (with or withoutexperience in globally distributed software development) to participate in this research. The

goal for the interview is to evaluate the integrative process model with respect to itsrelevance, suitability and accessibility to practice.

Read about the study and how to participate.

Iain Fraser's book webinars

We are pretty proud of Central branch member and PMINZFellow, Iain Fraser.Last year his book "he Business of Portfolio Management –Boosting Organizational Value" was published and promotedglobally.

If you missed the live webinar with Iain on PMI's December2017 Book Club, log in and watch the introduction book clubwebinar (it's about 30 mintes long) and earn .5 PDUs.

The Book Club Q&A Closing Webinar will be on 8am onThursday 15 February 2018 (NZ time). Iain will answerquestions that have been sent in since the Decemberwebinar. Read more about it and register your place now(places at the live webinar are limited).

And don’t forget to share what you thought, heard or learntabout the book on PMINZ Linkedin.

February professional development and networking events in theregionSupport your local branch, meet new people and reconnect with old friends at PMINZevents this month.

Central Branch – Monday 19 February in WellingtonBenefits mapping – Turning your project or programme into a visible and measurablejourney

Manawatu-Whanganui sub-branchTuesday 7 February Fielding CPN introduction and information evening

Wednesday 8 February Levin CPN introduction and information evening

Tuesday 20 February in Palmerston North How to gain certification in project management without leaving the Manawatu

Hawkes Bay sub-branchTuesday 13 February 2018 Planning breakfast

Take a look at what topics and presenters have been confirmed for Wellington on theEvents page of the website.

New contact details for PMINZ and the team of volunteers

PMI NZ contact emails now end in @pmi.nz (previously @pmi.org.nz).

The Contact us page of the website has the updated list.

Thanks The Grand for providing free venue and AV facilities for our Central Branchmember events.

Thanks Spark for providing the venue for the Central Branch Committee meetings.

We are grateful for their support and encourage you to support, and use their services, where you can.If your business would like to find out about sponsorship opportunities, contact Kosam, Central Branch Chair.

Thanks T. Cotter for the free use of the image of the Majestic Centre. The images of the paper and pen(courtesy Congerdesign) and Napier (courtesy Reginaspics) are used under Creative Commons CC0.

This newsletter was developed by PMINZ Central Branch for its members. We’d love your feedback andcontributions to keep this relevant and interesting our readers.

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