Roeder Consulting is offering amazing on-line programs to PMI-ISSIG members at the discounted prices. Their programs focus on key "take away" skills. These skills improve understanding of people and situations. These certified 4 PDU online courses are available to PMI-ISSIG members at a special price of $129 per course. Roeder Consulting online programs are available 24/7. Their website can be accessed from the PMI-ISSIG website http://www.pmi-issig.org.
Virtual Communities Program of PMI - We're working with PMI to define the virtual community for Information Systems. More details will be coming up in the following months. At PMI-ISSIG we are very sensitive to our member needs, as the volunteer leadership team members are ISSIG "Members First".
Volunteerism is very dear and near to me. It is professionally satisfying and greatly rewarding. Rewards from volunteerism are plenty but one the most important one is giving back to your profession. We spend a good part of our lives in a receiving/accepting mode. Journey from infant to teen to youth is generally expended in learning. A lot of time goes by in building a job or career before we realise it is time for the retirement planning. How many of us make caring and giving part of our lives. We can be in a deliverable mode by getting involved in the community, charities, school or other noble causes. Volunteerism is one of the ways to share your knowledge and experience with those who need them. Mentoring is an excellent form of volunteerism as it can help others to acquire new skills in the areas where a gap is felt.
We can achieve more in the project management profession through volunteerism. The success story of PMI organization is largely due to countless volunteers, dedicating their time to help others. Volunteering for PMI-ISSIG can be done in several ways too. Members can blog on the PMI-ISSIG website. They can write articles for monthly newsletter IS BITS or quarterly ISSIG Review. Members can be part of the PMI-ISSIG leadership team too and serve the PMI-ISSIG members in one hundred counties. If we all play big or small volunteer roles, we can build this IS/IT community still stronger.
There are other rewards too from volunteerism. One of them is networking. We make new professional contacts and realise that we are not the only one having challenges in a particular field. We get to realise that our peers and colleagues in the industry have similar situations, as well. Sharing and consulting help us steer away from the challenging state of affairs relatively easily. Good networking contacts or professional friends can lend their helping hand during economic crisis too in job search or career moves.
Another reward from volunteerism is practicing and polishing your leadership skills in an environment outside the work place, with practically no pulls and pressures or fear of loosing your job. As volunteers of PMI-ISSIG you can give back to your profession through various roles. Volunteers can build leadership proficiency with roles in Administration, Accounts, Finance, Communications, Marketing, Technology, and Professional Development Programs. I started volunteering for PMI around ten year back and benefited by learning so much on my way up to the current position. You will be really amazed to see the growing levels of confidence and assertiveness in yourself through volunteer leadership.
I strongly urge you to come forward and volunteer for PMI-ISSIG. Give back to your profession and reap the benefits. You can email me your brief resume with your areas of interest to chair@pmi-issig.org.
With best regards,
Sanjay Swarup, PMP, P.Eng.
Chair, PMI-ISSIG
chair@pmi-issig.org
http://www.pmi-issig.org
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