Outreach Events

Outreach Events manages and organizes opportunities for project managers in our local area to expand and enhance their knowledge base. These events often offer free PDUs at locations in the suburbs and can include, but are not limited to, Lessons Learned Roundtables and Hands on Workshops. Other events such as networking mixers or career fairs are offered to enhance networking options.

For further information, please contact Paul Halenda, Director of Outreach Events, at dir_outreach_events@pittsburghpmi.org.

Past Events

Coffee Talks: Training with Caffeine

 

Attention early birds, come to a "Coffee Talk" session.

 

These sessions will focus on communication and interpersonal skills.

 

This free event has only 20 seats available so register early, it will sell out quickly.
As usual, free coffee and tea will be provided. 
Sign up using here!

 

When:  Thursday, 2/17/2015, 6:30 AM
Where:  Kings Restaurant (3049 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, PA 15017)
Topic:  Round table - Thinking on your feet with Paul Halenda
PDU:  Earn 1 PDU!

 

Cost : Free!!

 

Bring a friend who has a project manager role!

 

For more information contact Paul Halenda, PMP at dir_outreach_events@pittsburghpmi.org

 

Lessons Learned Roundtable Discussion

 

Four times a year, the Outreach Committee looks to provide Project Managers with shared knowledge of past experiences from other Project Managers. Our program is called the Lessons Learned Round Table discussions. These quarterly meetings are scheduled at various locations throughout the Pittsburgh area. Our meetings are designed to allow those in attendance to share their insight on their own past experiences on various projects.  Look for another great discussion coming this spring!

PMI Project NetMix

Join the Pittsburgh Project Management Institute (PMI®) to mix, mingle and network with other local project management professionals at Project NetMix! Project NetMix is a fun way to make those connections that will help you grow your career. Bring plenty of business cards and get ready to make new acquaintances and have some fun!

PMI Hands on Workshop Series

PMI Pittsburgh invites you to experience our Hands on Workshop Series. Launched in the Fall of October 2012, these interactive sessions will be held quarterly, rotating through suburbia locations near you! Each session will feature an expert speaker presenting tips and tricks on a project management methodology and an interactive exercise to help attendees become fluent in execution of the subject item.

PMI Project NetMix - Past Events

PMI Night at PNC Park, May 10, 2014

Thanks to our chapter members and friends for making May 10, 2014 a PMI event to remember at PNC Park!

Our Pirates tailgate party drew over 120 members, friends and family for hamburgers, hotdogs, pop, and good times. While there was the threat of rain, the game started right on time. And the Pirates beat the Cardinals 4-3! The Fireworks after the game really helped to cap off a great day. Click here for pictures from the event!

Thank you to everyone that participated, and especially to our great staff of volunteers. We are looking forward to next year for our 3rd Annual PMI Pittsburgh Pirates Night in 2015. It promises to be the best one yet!

Bowl and Network – Networking Mixer event

Thank you to our chapter members, family and friends, for making our inaugural Bowl and Network event a true success!  Thankfully, I am not going to be recording anyone’s game scores here!  This night was really all about having a good time, and being able to interact with each other.  We were able to meet, discuss a little Project Management, and get to know each other a lot better.  A good time was had by all, and we are all looking forward to getting together once again!  For more information, please contact Paul Halenda, PMP at: dir_outreach_events@pittsburghpmi.org

PMI Hands on Workshop Series - Past Event Update

Our first Hands on Workshop of 2014 was held on Thursday, May 22nd at Waynesburg University’s Southpointe Center in Cannonsburg, PA.

Oxford Development’s Project Director, Michael Barnard, is presented on how projects of large magnitude can be broken down into manageable phases and stages. During the session you will learn tips and tricks that you can use to effectively build your own project plans into manageable pieces and Work Breakdown documents.

Contact: Paul Halenda, PMP at dir_outreach_events@pittsburghpmi.org or Ken Presutti, PMP at kenpresutti@gmail.com with any questions.

Lessons Learned Roundtable Discussion – Past Event Update

Four times a year, the Outreach Committee looks to provide Project Managers with shared knowledge of past experiences from other Project Managers. Our program is called the Lessons Learned Round Table discussions. These quarterly meetings are scheduled at various locations throughout the Pittsburgh area. Our meetings are designed to allow those in attendance to share their insight on their own past experiences on various projects.

When: Wednesday, March 19th, 2014, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Topic: Lesson Learned Tools and Techniques across industries
Location: Westinghouse Electric Company, 1000 Westinghouse Drive, Cranberry Twp, PA 16066

The meeting went very well. Our host Lee Guo opened by introducing Westinghouse, the nuclear industry, lessons learned in nuclear industry and the tools at Westinghouse used to track them.

The remainder of the time was an open forum with a number of people sharing experience, lessons learned, best practices, root cause analysis, quality and performance measurement methods from financial, Health Care, IT, transportation, and Power and Energy industries.

All in attendance are a little wiser and 1 PDU richer. If you would like to host a future event at your company, please contact . The host's preparation time for the event does earn additional PDUs.

PMI Hands on Workshop Series - Past Events

On Tuesday, November 12th, 27 people attended our Hands on Workshop at Industrial Scientific Corporation, in Hanky Farms. Our featured speaker, Laura Nee gave us an overview of Microsoft Virtual Project Office (VPO) software. In addition, we got to test drive VPO and learn how companies are seeing more business and project success by using this tool! During the presentation and hands on portion, people in attendance were able to ask questions and others in attendance also shared insight on their own past and current projects. The topic and discussions were very informative, and will prove to be helpful in expanding knowledge base for future projects.

We ended the meeting with announcements of the near-future Pittsburgh PMI education and networking events. Thank you to Laura Nee and Beth Anderson for showing us new strategies for online Project Management, and also thank you to Industrial Scientific Corporation for hosting the event!