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2016 ANNUAL REPORT
2017 STRATEGIC PLAN
Project Management InstituteMetropolitan St. Louis Chapter
The largest community of Project Management Professionals in Missouri and Metro East Illinois
What is PMI?
Project Management Institute (PMI) is a not-for-profit professional association founded in 1969 byworking project managers and is currently composed of more than 650,000 members and credentialholders in over 185 countries. Our worldwide advocacy for project management is supported by ourglobally-recognized standards and credentials, our extensive research program, and our professionaldevelopment opportunities. These products and services are the basis of greater recognition andacceptance of project management’s successful role in governments, organizations, academia andindustries.
Benefits of Membership
Members of PMI gain exclusive access to PMI publications, e-reads, project management globalstandards, tools and templates, online communities of practice, as well as leadership and volunteeropportunities. You’ll also receive discounts on certification exams and renewals, in addition toprofessional development offerings.
What is PMI Metro St. Louis?
PMI’s Metro St. Louis Chapter was founded in 1994 and focuses on servicing Project Managers andother project professionals living in the metropolitan St. Louis area and who are interested infurthering their professional knowledge and networking opportunities.
Our Vision is to increase the awareness and value of professional project management forpractitioners and organizations in the community we serve.
Our Mission is to advance the profession of Project Management by creating a culture andcommunity to facilitate professional development and volunteerism.
Benefits of Membership in Metro St. Louis Chapter
The greatest benefit we offer is the ability to network with over 1,800 other practitioners in theMetro area! Other benefits are outlined in the following pages, to include, but are not limited to:
Discounts to Chapter sponsored programs (Meetings, Certification Prep Classes, Seminars,Workshops, etc.)
Career Building Opportunities (Career Fairs, Career Networking Events, etc.) Award Winning Mentoring Services Volunteer Opportunities Leadership Opportunities / Training Professional Development Days
2016 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE2016 was an extraordinary year, and we are poised to keep that momentum going in 2017. Our focus for 2017is to continue and expand on the chapter’s success with existing and newly launched programs. We willcontinue to expand your network with access to professionals who are passionate about the same things asyou are: career success, obtaining and maintaining your PMI credentials, networking, mentoring, andcontinual innovative project management education.
Having added 247 new members in 2016, our membership grew by almost 15%. Attendance at our regularmeetings and frequency of alternate venue events increased significantly. IPM Day celebration reached newheights. Maritz, our host for the event, and all of our volunteers did an excellent job. We were so fortunate tohave Jim Snyder, one of the PMI founders, as our October dinner meeting speaker. Not only did we conduct 4PMP Exam Prep and 2 PMI-ACP boot camps, but we also hosted our first ever PMI-PBA boot camp which wasattended by 8 professionals and we’ll continue to offer it in 2017.
Our chapter is a 100% volunteers-run chapter. I would like to say thank you to all of the 120+ volunteers,including our current and past board members, with whom I have worked alongside these past 10+ years.Because of you, we have been able to provide a variety of quality programs and services to our members andproject management professionals.
Thank you to all of our chapter members for your loyalty to the chapter, demonstrated by your attendance atour monthly Dinner Meetings, Breakfast and Lunch Meetings, Professional Development Days, InternationalProject Management Day, Career Fairs, and Networking Events. Thank you for referring our services andprograms to your friends and colleagues as well as your high satisfaction scores on our annual surveys, and ourhigh member retention rate.
2016 Board Members (from left to right) : Cheryl Strackeljahn, Jody Rouggly, Laura Vitale,Shaun Simms, Thesina Adams, Tonya McFadden Rivers, Deana Pape, Fred Gowin, BrendaMurphy, Debbi Stafford, Matt Phillips, Badhri Chakravarthy, Zeke Meyer, Vish Tripathi, RobKurtz, Craig Richason, Venus Patel, and Mike Neace.
Venus Patel will be stepping into the presidency for 2017-2018 and I will continue on the board as his mentor.
It has truly been an honor to serve all of you as President of this wonderful awards-winning chapter! I wish youall the best of luck in your professional and personal lives.
Vish Tripathi, PfMP, PMI-ACP, [email protected] PresidentPMI Metro St. Louis Chapter
A Look Ahead – Plan for 2017
• Continue to increase and demonstrate value to ourmembership with our Member Services table
• Continue our Guest Pass program – PMI membersbut not PMIMSL members can receive one yearFREE chapter membership!
• Offer more innovative events like SpeedMentoring and other networking events
• Continue our New Member Orientations in Apriland October
• Grow our Young Professionals Group
2016 was another fantastic year for the chapter! Wewelcomed 247 new members for a total of 1815 members byyear-end. That is a growth of 15% in our membership!
Our members continued to benefit from the expertise ofDeana Pape and the mentoring steering committee of MaryTullock, Andy Wise, and Paul Jimenez. They took ourMentoring Program to a new level by introducing “SpeedMentoring”. More of these events will be planned in 2017.
We also started two new exciting teams this year. RodneyPhillips and Kate Harfmann are leading our new MilitaryLiaison program to reach out and help transitioning militarylooking for a project management career.
Realizing the need to reach out to and engage more of ouryounger generation of talent, Sarah Maurizi and GabeWoodard started our chapters’ first Young ProfessionalsGroup which will plan additional events for the young andyoung at heart! The group organized its first Happy Hour atBasso and the turnout was higher than expected. The groupwill continue Happy Hours and “on-site” visits to localcompanies in 2017.
Evan Breedlove and our Member Services team welcomedHolly Robinson and Terry Farwell. They have already takenreigns on the member services table to ensure our membershave easy access to PMI and chapter information. Lisa Johncontinued to welcome our new members with our April andOctober New Member Orientations. Chris Torres continuedto be the steady rock on the team supporting as needed.
We look forward to another great year in 2017!
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Rob Kurtz, PMPVice President Membership2016 – [email protected]
MEMBERSHIPMembership - Board of Directors 2016Director of Member Services – Evan BreedloveDirector of Mentoring – Deana PapeMilitary Liaison – Rodney PhillipsMember Engagement – Sarah Maurizi / Gabe Woodard
Monthly Dinner Meetings Our chapter dinner meetings continue to be the largest program for the chapter. Theattendance continues to increase as we continue to bring in well known key-note speakers. These meetings areconsidered the Chapter’s “marquee” events and include the Annual Business Meeting in February, a volunteerrecognition celebration event in December, and other meetings covering great topics such as:
• The Leadership Therapist – Speaker of the Year - Scott Carbonara shared how an unwanted dog became a life-changing mentor
• RSM Titanic – Speaker, Walter Viale, shared how Project Management could have helped avoid this disaster
• Avoid Becoming Project Management Roadkill – Speaker, Traci Duez, shared some key insights to develop thecourage to lead
• Keys to Success in Construction – Marvin Johnson shared how a successful project begins and ends with leadership
• History of PMI – Originating founder, Jim Snyder, shared the history of the Project Management Institute (PMI) andhow the Project Management profession has evolved
Career Day: Event held in May with over 20 vendors and allowed members to network and discuss PM skills andopportunities. In addition, a career coach held a workshop and a professional photographer was on hand for photos.
IPM Day Celebration: Hosted by the PMI Metro St. Louis chapter and Maritz, Inc. on Nov. 3rd. This event was a hugesuccess as we celebrated the Project Management Profession. Recognition was given to the “Project of the Year” andthe “Project Manager of the Year”.
“PMI After Hours” Networking Events: Continue to be held every other month and provides a relaxed setting whereattendees have the opportunity to network and discuss topics such as:
IT Security – Best Practices for Companies, Projects, and Individuals
Social Media Helpful Tips – LinkedIn Boot Camp
Networking skills – Attendees learned that 75% of all jobs come at least in part via networking
Breakfast Events: We continued our Breakfast Meetings in Des Peres every other month. In addition, we startedBreakfast meetings at Maritz Headquarters beginning in Sept 2016. Meeting topics included Scaled Agile Framework,Business Continuity, Strategic Planning, What Do Great PMs Do?
Illinois Lunch Events: We continued our quarterly lunch events in Illinois to support our PMI membership in that area.
West County Location: We held five lunch events in 2016 which were set in a smaller venue at a restaurant in St. Charlescounty. Key topics included but not limited to:
• Portfolio, Program, & Project Management – Distinguishing between different areas of the profession
• Stakeholder Motivation for Change – Resistance to Change
PROGRAMS
Looking forward to 2017 As Vice President of Programs, myteam will continue to seek quality Programs that will addvalue to our membership. We are dedicated to:1. Offering programs that are useful in every day of one's
business or personal life2. Making each program relevant3. Continuing to look for opportunities to add additional
programs were neededGo to our website and click on "Future Events" to learnabout the events which will have you marking yourcalendars and attending PMI Metro St. Louis events!
Event Type MembersGuests / Vendors
Attendance
Dinner Meetings 993 125 1118
Career Fairs 29 18 47
IPM Day 128 60 188
Breakfast Meetings 116 16 132
IL Meetings 43 6 49St. Charles Lunch Meetings 29 46 75
Networking Events 78 18 96
Total 1,416 289 1,705
Brenda Murphy, PMPVice President Programs 2015 – [email protected]
PROGRAMSPrograms – Board of Directors 2016 Michael Neace, PMP – Director of Chapter MeetingsJody Rouggly, PMP– Director of Alternate VenuesAndy Molnar, PMP – Director of Programs Development
Goal
The Professional Development Team remains focused on providing the project management community a variety ofaffordable professional development opportunities with an emphasis on longer programs, including training, workshopsand speaker events. Project management training is available from many sources but our team strives to be a trustedprovider of educational services, presented by credential-holding project management professionals, as a compliment toa wide range of educational resources available in the market. Whether you are planning to pursue a PMI credential orearn PDUs to maintain your certification, we make every effort to be your first choice for project managementeducation.
Certifications
PMP & CAPM – The mainstay of our chapter’s certification exam courses continued in 2016 with four PMP & CAPMExam prep classes held quarterly. A team of well-qualified chapter volunteers taught the classes over five Saturdays.Classes were based on PMBOK 5 using industry-leading materials, and were very well received by the students.
PMI ACP – The chapter continued supporting our Agile-practicing community by offering two Agile Certified Practitioner(ACP) Exam prep classes using industry-leading materials.
PMI-PBA – In 2016, our chapter partnered with Watermark Learning, a leader in project management training, to deliverour first training class for PMI’s newest credential, the PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA℠). We willcontinue to evolve our course delivery in 2017.
Continuing Education
Our chapter continued its efforts to bring additional training opportunities as well as chances to earn PDUs throughcontinuing education workshops and Professional Development Day (PDD) events. We were host to notable speakers,such as John Stenbeck, Tracy Duez and David Montour, who each led full day workshops. We remain committed todeveloping a sustainable model for speaker series, advanced project management training, and a project managementsymposium in the future.
Looking Ahead to 2017
The Professional Development Team is looking forward to an exciting year featuring continued delivery of classes and speaker events which will include:
• Three PMP/CAPM Exam Prep Classes
• Two PMI-ACP Exam Prep Courses
• Two PMI-Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA) Exam Prep Classes
• Rebuilding planning committee to lead re-launch of full-day multi-track Professional Development Day (PDD) symposium
• Multiple 4 to 8 hour speaker workshops and presentations. Final schedule remains TBD
• New events will be added through the year, so please check with us often. Please visit our website to look for upcoming events
Craig Richason, PMPVice President Professional Development2013 – [email protected]
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Professional Development – Board of Directors 2016Tonya Rivers PMP, PMI-ACP – Director of PMP Exam Prep Classes
St. Louis University (SLU) Podcast for PMI in 30 Minutes –January 2016 - hosted by Anne Holtenhof and Andy MolnarAnne and Andy presented the “PMI in 30 Minutes” overview in aPodcast for students at SLU to view at their own pace. “PMI in30 Minutes” provides an overview of the PMI Global ProfessionalOrganization, our community of practitioners, our globallyrecognized standards and certifications. It also highlights thedemand for project managers, the educational support that PMIprovides to academia and its Professional training. Thepresentation concludes with the benefits of PMI membershipand of our local chapter.
Outreach is defined as reaching out to others, or becoming involved in a community or effort. A key component ofmeeting those in need of outreach service is to be present and engaged at the locations where those in need are – thusPMIMSL offers Academic, Corporate, and Community Outreach opportunities.
Academic Outreach:
PMIMSL Student Venue at UMSL – Information Systems Career Conference hosted by Matthew Coker and Tonya Huskeyon February 19th 2016 in which 120 students attended. The PMIMSL academic outreach group was invited as panelspeakers (Vish Tripathi, Venus Patel, Matt Coker, and Tonya Huskey) at Information Systems Career Conference ISCC.
PMIMSL President Vish Tripathi brought awareness of the Project Management Institute, the advantages of becoming amember and obtaining a PMI related certification. The keynote speaker, Dean Charles Hoffman of UMSL, College ofBusiness Administration and other speaker panels from The Data Warehousing Institute and UMSL Alumni were onhand to meet with students talking about their organization and offering industry tips.
First Academic Outreach University Summit in St. Louis – May 16, 2016 Hosted By Cheryl Strackeljahn, DirectorAcademic Outreach
Kate Duncan, Global PMI Academic Outreach, co-facilitated a University Summit Dinner Meet and Greet with ourAcademic Outreach managers and their faculty contacts. We had 14 faculty members attend the summit includingrepresentation from St. Louis University (SLU), St. Charles Community College, Washington University (WashU),University of Missouri St. Louis (UMSL) and ITT Technical Institute. The faculty members had the opportunity to discussthe support that PMI Global and PMIMSL provides to the Universities and students including Global AccreditationPrograms and Classroom curriculum.
Ezekiel Meyer, PMPVice President Outreach2016 – [email protected]
OUTREACHOutreach – Board of Directors 2016Ezekiel “Zeke” Meyer – VP OutreachCheryl Strackeljahn, PMP – Director of Academic OutreachLaura Vitale – Director of Corporate OutreachJudy Gillis – Director of Community Outreach
Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville (SIUE) Project Management Careers for Business Management Class(30 students) – July 7, 2016 - hosted by Rob Kurtz, VP of membership and John ConardRob and John presented to Dr. Jenni Hunt’s Business Management 331 class of 30 students. They provided thestudents with a short bio and how they applied their project management skills in their industries along with ProjectManagement tools and templates. They discussed PM opportunities and answers questions from the students. Thisinvitation was our second one from Dr. Hunt. We are looking forward to making this an annual event.
Community Outreach: Community Outreach continues to be developed by Judy Gillis and Terry Bullock, our PMIEF Liaison. The relationshipwith local non-profit, BalVihar, remains strong. Becky Cunningham and Nikul Parghi delivered 6 workshops on ProjectSkills for Life to about 40 teenagers. The chapter also established partnership with Junior Achievement (JA). InSeptember, three volunteers, Terry Kuhn, Katie LoRusso and Terry Bullock served as role models during the JA CareerExploration Fair.
These community based opportunities are channels through which our members enjoy Giving Back to the communityand are rewarded with memories, an expanded network of friends and contacts, and ever valued PDUs.
2017 will continue to offer many outreach opportunities as the Outreach team welcomes Tonya Huskey, the newDirector of Academic Outreach and Ernest Moss, Sr. the new Director of Corporate Outreach. Judy, Terry and Zeke planto continue in their current roles. Contact PMIMSL Outreach directly at [email protected] or log into VRMS to viewopen positions.
Corporate Outreach:
The Registered Company Coordinators (RCC) program went through some transitions in 2016. Members fromMallinckrodt and Pfizer moved on, but new RCCs were appointed for Millipore Sigma, Maritz, Enterprise Holdings, andBJC. The RCCs met monthly to discuss strategies for boosting membership and involvement among their respectiveorganizations. They also shared best practices within their companies. As a direct result of the RCC members’ efforts,members from RCC companies participated in many chapter events.
The largest undertaking in 2016 was hosting the IPM Day by RCC company, Maritz in which the team organized and ledan extremely successful evening with record IPM day attendance. The Corporate Outreach team also led the IPM DayExecutive Reception which was the largest turnout in IPM Day history with approximately 25 executives in attendance.The event included remarks by Kim Clark, VP of Maritz Project Management IT Solutions, and was very well received bythe Corporate executives who attended. Plans for the 2017 IPM Day celebration are already in development by anotherRCC Company. In 2016, the RCC team became stronger agents between their organizations and the chapter. RCCs areworking to develop goals for 2017 with increased event participation and leadership, while improving their collection ofmetrics.
Ezekiel Meyer, PMPVice President Outreach2016 – [email protected]
OUTREACHOutreach – Board of Directors 2016Ezekiel “Zeke” Meyer – VP OutreachCheryl Strackeljahn, PMP – Director of Academic OutreachLaura Vitale – Director of Corporate OutreachJudy Gillis – Director of Community Outreach
The PMI Metro St. Louis Chapter is providing an academic scholarship to be administered by the PMIEducational Foundation (PMIEF) Scholarship and Awards Program. PMIEF, a charitable nonprofit organization,supports development of the best and brightest future project management professionals worldwide byproviding over 40 academic scholarships to college and university students studying project management andrelated fields.
The PMI Metro St. Louis Chapter Scholarship is not only an excellent way to help a student realize theirdreams through education, but it is also an opportunity for the Chapter and its members to engage localacademic institutions and to help promote the Chapter’s work as well as the project management profession.Also, the Chapter has endowed the scholarship so that it will live on in perpetuity.
Please help spread the word about this new scholarship opportunity!
Applications are due by May 1. In order to be considered eligible for a $1,250 scholarship, applicants must beenrolled in or applying for an accredited two year associate’s degree, four year bachelor’s degree, masters, ordoctoral program. This scholarship will be granted for work toward a certificate, minor, bachelor, masters, ordoctoral in project management or a related field benefiting from project management, with the followingorder of priority:
• A member of the PMI Metro St. Louis Chapter or an immediate family member (including spouse, children,step children and grandchildren but not cousins, aunts, or uncles) attending or planning to attend anaccredited college or university in Missouri or Illinois.• A member of the PMI Metro St. Louis Chapter or an immediate family member (including spouse, children,step children and grandchildren but not cousins, aunts, or uncles) attending or planning to attend anaccredited college or university anywhere.• An individual living in the PMI Metro St. Louis Chapter area (i.e. zip codes 620-624, 630-632, 633-639, or628) attending or planning to attend an accredited college or university in Missouri or Illinois.
THE PMI METRO ST. LOUIS CHAPTER
SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT – MATTHEW COKER
Please forward all questions regarding the scholarship or the application process to the PMI Educational Foundation at [email protected]. For more information on the academic scholarship program or if you wish to APPLY ONLINE: http://pmief.org/scholarships-grants-and-awards/scholarships/academic-scholarship-information
2016 IPM Day
Photos – Courtesy of PMIMSL Volunteer - Andy Wise
2016 Dinner Meetings
Sponsorships
This year we successfully implemented a new marketing program for Dinner Meeting Sponsorship. ThesinaAdams started of the year as Director of Sponsorship and later Pat Wilson was able to fill that position.
With Pat’s skillset, we were able to bring in the highest sponsorship funds for IPM day than we have had inrecent years passed. From the IPM day event, we gained two potential Visionary sponsors. In addition, wedeveloped a relationship with Maritz in hosting Breakfast Meeting, and were therefore able to tap into theirlarge population of project management employees.
Looking forward to 2017, Pat was elected as Vice President of Marketing. With his experience in Sales and PM,we will be able to elevate the Marketing group to new heights. The marketing team will hit the ground runningwith a more mature team and a focused agenda.
Jim Licata will be adopting the position of Director of Sponsorships in support of the new possibilities. Inaddition, we are interested in hosting Sponsorship events to develop and improve Marketing processes andelicit ideas for improvement. We look forward to broadening our sponsorship base with similar programs.
Branding
We have successfully transitioned our domain name and emails from STLPMI.org to PMIMSL.org. This willbetter represent our chapter’s geographical range as well as promote the official chapter name:PMI Metropolitan St. Louis Chapter.
Summary of Achievements in 2016:• Gained Impressive Sponsorship showing for IPM Day• Implemented new event sponsorship programs• Transitioned from STLPMI to PMIMSL• Continued to meet Marketing SLAs
Goals for 2017:• Meet all other strategic plan objectives for 2017-2018• Fine tune global marketing plan with a specific date and communication vehicle details• Hold Sponsorship (appreciation) event to build relationships and improve programs• Continue to grow the Marketing group and its programs
Jim Licata, PMPVice President Marketing2015 – [email protected]
MARKETING
Marketing– Board of Directors 2016Pat Wilson – Director of Sponsorships
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/STLPMI/• 364 Page visits• 5105 people reached• 432 engaged• 52 additional “Likes” (183 to 235)• Added a Facebook Group (Metro St. Louis PMI)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1014244395285454/
New Website – We modernized our website, and by going to a more responsive site, we made it mobilefriendly. If case you haven’t tried it out, visit pmimsl.org on your mobile device, and see the difference foryourself.
Domain Change – We changed our domain from STLPMI.ORG to PMIMSL.ORG which puts us in line with ourname Project Management Institute Metropolitan St. Louis. Thanks to Jim Licata & the Marketing team fortheir assistance.
Website – We averaged 7176 visits, including 3270 unique visitors, along with 276,466 “hits” per month(almost 3.4 million hits for the year!), so even in the midst of changing the domain name, people were findingus on the internet. We also posted (and hosted) 55 Chapter events on our website.
Email – Our weekly digest is received by over 5500 people each week.
Social Media Impact
Twitter - @PMIMSL• While we weren’t the most prolific tweeters in the world, our activity was pretty impressive.• Our followers increased from 963 in 2015 to 1270 in 2016.• We averaged 128 profile visits per month.• We made an average of 3230 impressions per month.• We were mentioned 79 time by others!
Fred Gowin, PMPVice President Communications2015 – [email protected]
COMMUNICATIONSCommunications – Board of Directors 2016 Badhri Chakravarthy, PMP – Director of Social MediaPrakash Kumar, PMP – Director of Passive CommsPaul Jimenez, PMP – Director of Active CommsMichael Neace, PMP - Newsletter Editor
While 90% of what a project manager does is communicate, 100% of what your communications team does iscommunicate! And 2016 was an exceptionally busy year!
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/metrostlouispmi/videos• While 2016 was pretty quiet for our YouTube channel, wait till you see what we’ve got
planned for 2017!
LinkedIn – PMI Metro St. Louis Chapter • Our LinkedIn Group has grown from 1673 to 1780 members over the past year.
Operating behind the scenes, the VP of Administration & Governance (Admin) is responsible for alladministrative functions of the Chapter, including, but not limited to:
• Ensuring that filings required by the Missouri Secretary of State’s office remain current• Maintaining the Chapter’s Board meeting minutes, Annual Report, Strategic Plan, and other chapter
documents• Overseeing the nominations and awards processes• Addressing policy and governance issues by ensuring that Chapter Bylaws and policies are enforced and
that they are consistent with those of PMI• Addressing issues that may be brought against the Chapter or a Chapter member, and assists in resolving
Chapter conflicts
In 2016, we continued the concentrated effort to review, identify, and document our policies and processes.This will remain an ongoing process, with a yearly review to determine whether documents and proceduresare current, or whether changes need to be made.
We continued to track key metrics from other areas of the Board to ensure that members’ needs were beingmet, and adjusted where a value-add opportunity was identified (i.e. additional breakfast/lunch meetings inareas more conveniently accessible to our members).
Deborah Stafford, PMPVice President Administration & Governance 2016 – [email protected]
ADMINISTRATIONAdmin & Governance – Board of Directors 2016 Shaun Simms, PMP – Director of MetricsSheryl Mizwicki, PMP – Director of Policy & Process
Bill Johnson, PMPVice President Finance2013 – [email protected]
FINANCE
Finance – Board of Directors 2016 Ed Perez, PMP – Director of Income Acct & Records Mgmt
In 2016 the chapter continued to improve attendance and offered more events to suit the needs of the chaptermembership. Especially noteworthy was the International Project Management Day that drew many participantsand sponsors alike. We continued to offer professional development events and outstanding courses for projectmanagement certification exam preparation.
While we were able to provide all of these activities under our budget, we fell a little short of meeting our incomeprojections which led to a slight loss of $1,994,49. Even with the loss, we continued to make progress on meetingour reserve fund goals.
We expect the same success in 2017 as we continue to increase our membership and provide support to projectmanagement professionals in this area.
A Look Ahead – Plan for 2017
• Finish building out the volunteer group organization
• Increase volunteer involvement
• Throw a fantastic volunteer appreciation party in December
• Improve volunteer retention
• Create efficient avenues for feedback
A very special “Thank You!” to Vishwakant Tripathifor his dedication to PMIMSL, and leading us thesepast two years as President!
2016 was an amazing year, as nearly 150 different volunteersworked together to help run our chapter successfully. Asmembership grew to over 1,800 members, individualsstepped up to help lead over 40 events and classes!
This past year has seen the transition of Volunteer leadershipout of Membership, and into its own area. Thank you to RobKurtz for his continued guidance, and Ramaa Vissa for herefforts. I look forward to the enormous task of leading andlistening to our volunteers in 2017.
Our VRMS Officers Gary Lazaroff and Ade Brandt gave ourchapter tremendous support by posting and managingopportunities in VRMS (Volunteer Relationship ManagementSystem). Without their service, our volunteer organizationwould suffer.
PMIMSL’s volunteer impact is constantly spreading across St.Louis, as our Outreach Team continually builds relationshipswith non-profit organizations. From Administration (Admin)to Volunteers, and everything in between, our members tookopportunities to use their skills, and develop new ones in ournine areas, which include:
• Admin & Governance
• Finance
• Membership
• Marketing
• Programs
• Communication
• Outreach
• Professional Development
• Volunteers
Shaun Simms, PMPVice President Volunteers2016 – [email protected]
VOLUNTEERSVolunteer Team 2016Manager, Volunteer Data & Information – Jeramey JohnsonVRMS Officer – Gary LazaroffVRMS Officer – Ade Brandt
All Volunteer Opportunities on VRMShttps://vrms.pmi.org/
Venus Patel, PMP, PMI-PBAPresident 2017-2018 [email protected]
Thanks to the 2016 Board of Directors
I want to first thank our Chapter President, Vish Tripathi, for providing great leadership to the chapter board for the pasttwo years. I also want to thank all of the volunteer leaders who were part of the Board for 2016. Close to 150 membersvolunteered hours supporting chapter activities for our members and community. There were more than 45 eventshosted by our chapter and total attendance rose to historic 1400+ with additional 280 non-members and guests.
Chapter growth and Membership Engagement
The chapter membership grew from 1571 to 1815 which is phenomenal growth in the chapter history. This expansion ismore than just numbers, it represents the addition of members who bring in new skills, new experience and newexpectations. Our chapter has become a healthy mix of practitioners who represent a healthy pool of talent.Metropolitan area of St. Louis region will see contributions from these practitioners in future.
The chapter remains a focal point in the professional lives of its members because we offer many opportunities forprofessional development in the areas of technical skills, soft skills, leadership and business acumen. As the practitionersmarket in the region grows, we offer opportunities to learn new skills and new occasions to network.
The chapter is no longer just a dinner meeting chapter, we offer events at Breakfast, Lunch and after hours in the eveningas well as occasions where we host good speakers. We also offer Boot camps and prep classes for various PMIcertifications. PMP, being the most valued and required certification for professionals, continues to be our focal bootcamp. We have also added PMI-ACP and PMI-PBA boot camp classes.
In addition, our chapter offers other programs like Mentoring workshops, scholarship funds, networking opportunities foryounger and junior practitioners, Corporate and Academic outreach programs and community service opportunities.
Opportunities in the form of Challenges
All of these products and services offered to our members and community largely requires volunteers. Our Chapter is avolunteer non-profit organization and requires dedicated and committed volunteers and volunteer leaders. We had closeto 150 volunteers who gave many hours of real work to get all of the events planned and executed. Volunteers alsodevoted effort to deliver services like mentoring workshops, networking opportunities, outreach programs, etc.
As our chapter grows, there is even greater growth in the needs of our members. We are being asked to not only offermore events but a variety of events as well. Delivering more events and newer types of events will require a volunteerbase larger than what we had in the past. In addition to events, members ask for more programs that will help themenhance their professional skill set.
This demand offers many opportunities for our chapter to mature into a larger organization. The challenge to recruitmore volunteers translates into an opportunity to engage our members. These volunteer members will move forwardfrom just consuming services to actually enhancing existing services and in fact creating new ones.
The 2017-2018 Strategic Priorities and tactical goals will cater to most of the opportunities and address as manychallenges as we can.
As I take over the Presidency for your PMI MetroSt. Louis chapter in 2017, I am very excited to beworking with a great board and serve a chapterthat is growing at an amazing pace.
2017 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Increase Value to Membership
Increase Community Involvement
Increase PMIMSL Visibility
Improve Chapter Governance
Improve Effectiveness of Communications
Grow membership by 5% every calendar year Maintain member retention at 75% year over year Develop member engagement team to have millennials Improve quality & variety of program offerings (<4 PDUs) Staff up team for Continuing Education and PMI-ACP & PMI-
PBA Prep Class Record at least one meeting and make it available to
members
Staff up "content" committee for weekly digest Create Freshness committee to regularly review content
on website and emails Improve messaging to membership - new members and
renewals Research texting media tools to improve registration
Create benchmark for all rating processes (for chapter events and Prep classes)
Create executive chapter-level Dashboard with Metrics Update & approve Policies and Procedures for individual
areas Review role/position definitions and benefits for directorship
Execute Promotion Plan for chapter events Disseminate "elevator speech" to membership Establish process and MOU for utilization of branding
standards Execute project to move from STL PMI to PMI Metro St.
Louis Chapter Increase engagement of project managers at RCC companies
in chapter activities Sponsor External events
Launch member-driven community projects (e.g. Habitat for Humanity) by the end of 2017
Increase PMIEF programs with other organizations in the community to 3 events by the end of 2017
Conduct 2 events with 2 external social organizations
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Strategic Priorities Tactics
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