PMI Today December 2016 Page 19

Giving Back Through Project Management

Your Partnership Will Make an Incredible Difference

ollaboration. Critical thinking. Accountability. Communication.

As a successful professional in the project management community, you know more than others the benefits and incredible power these skills and tools bring to your life. More than this, you know how to strategize, innovate, motivate, empower and collaborate. In short, you know how to lead.

And it is precisely these skills that will be critical if our next generation is to succeed in an increasingly complex and competitive global world.

This is the mission of the PMI Educational Foundation (PMIEF)—to inspire and empower people to realize their potential and transform their lives and their communities through the use of project management knowledge. And it is a mission that all of us will need to support if we are to increase essential project management resources and knowledge in these core areas:

Project Management–Knowledgeable Youth: Change the way children learn, live and plan for the future through knowledge and application of project management

Project Management–Capable Nonprofits: Magnify the power of nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in delivering their missions through the application of project management

C Project Management–Ready Workforce: Build a better-prepared workforce through academic and professional development scholarships, as well as student and professional awards

For more than 25 years, PMIEF, the charitable arm of PMI, has been leveraging project management for social good®, providing resources to help to teach youth, teachers and nonprofits the critical project management skills they need to be successful.

And, we need your help.

Education can and does change lives—and project management teaches young people how to learn, helping them reach the next level—from knowing to doing.

In fact, in a 13-month research initiative recently commissioned by PMIEF, we found that young people who were trained in project management performed better than those who had not been exposed to project management training. Those who learn project management: n Exhibit very strong attention to detail

(57 percent vs. 12 percent) n Concentrate deeply for extended

periods of time (41 percent vs. 12 percent)

n Excel academically—better grades (57 percent vs. 23 percent)

n Manage their time very efficiently (41 percent vs. 7 percent)

n Are clear, effective communicators (57 percent vs. 16 percent)

n Are better organized (45 percent vs. 7 percent)

Volunteers in action.

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