Managing Relationships on Projects & Annual General Meeting Seats are still available for the November 19 PD seminar. Registrations will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis until the registration limit is reached. Email Registration Manager Jim Tucker, PMP at [email protected] to Register

In this Message Second Notice of November 19, 2014 PD Seminar "Managing Relationships on Projects" Location and Times PDU Claims for Full Day Registration Policy - Fine Print Annual General Meeting & Election - Call for Candidates Program Planning for 2015 - Opportunities for Presenters and Workshop Leaders Successful Seminar held September 24, 2014 About the Society - Website www.vcn.bc.ca/pmprof Contact the Officers Second Notice of November 19, 2014 PD Seminar "Managing Relationships on Projects" The 71st PM Professional Day will be held on Wednesday November 19, 2014 at the Executive Suites Hotel, Burnaby. Register now with Jim Tucker, PMP at [email protected] . Do not reply to this email; instead, send a new message to Jim Tucker. The Nov 19 Professional Development Seminar examines the importance of establishing and maintaining effective relationships among the parties associated with a project. It provides the opportunity to learn how to manage and build relationships among the players, including team members, users, vendors and suppliers, and external stakeholders Our agenda for the day will include these presentations and workshop sessions: WHERE THE PMBOK ENDS AND YOU START � Mary Jean Payeur, PMP, BSc, CMC, Prosci - Presentation and Workshop. A look at the ways in which our own natural talents, and those of our project teams and stakeholders, differ from what can be taught, and how this impacts our projects. Applying the results of Gallup's multi-decade, ongoing study of basic human nature and strengths to how we view and manage our work relationships. RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT AND ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD (EMR) IN CLINICS ACROSS BRITISH COLUMBIA - Stan Shaw PMP. Special handling is required to manage risks and ensure successful implementation of Electronic Medical Record systems in busy physician clinics. The role of a Relationship Manager was key to achieving a 92% adoption rate with 5500 physicians across British Columbia, currently the highest in Canada. A CRITICAL LOOK AT TEAM DYNAMICS � Sue-Ann Bartecko, PMP. This session will begin with an informal survey of the seminar particpants on their personal experiences of team dynamics and behaviours. The presenter will then review some teaming and group behaviour theory that might help explain the experiences of the participants and project managers in general. �The session will close with a look at some tips and tools project managers can use to promote healthy team dynamics and behaviours. MANAGING CONTRACTOR RELATIONSHIPS - Peter Duggan PMP. Relationships with contractors are often characterised by conflict and difficulties in achieving the objectives of the project. Avoiding these issues is achieved by attention to both the process used in contracting and the human relationships between the parties. PLANNING A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM � Walter Wawruck, PMP. In this workshop the seminar participants will plan and organize a specific program of professional development activities aimed at the educational needs of Vancouver area PMPs. For more information on the technical program and presenters, contact the Project Manager for the 71st Professional Development Seminar, Roger Hanna, PMP at [email protected] [Top] Location and Times Executive Suites Hotel 4201 Lougheed Highway, Burnaby BC Wednesday, November 19, 2014 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM 7:45 AM Registration - Coffee, Juice, Continental Breakfast Buffet Lunch Inclusive fee: $80 Parking at the hotel�is $2.25 per hour or $8 for the day. $4 per day for street meter parking behind the hotel. Nearest Skytrain Station: Gilmore (5 minutes walk) Nearest Bus Station: Brentwood Mall Bus Loop (5 minutes walk) Driving: �Between Willingdon and Boundary Road on Lougheed REGISTRATION WILL BE LIMITED TO FIFTY (50) ATTENDEES Cancellation Deadline: Midnight Wednesday November 12, 2014 [Top] PDU Claims for Full Day Seminar participants can claim seven PDUs for the day. In addition to the time they spend as participants, Presenters and Workshop Leaders can claim a PDU for each hour spent performing those roles, including preparation time This is a full-day seminar. If you register it is understood that you plan to attend for the entire day. If you leave early it is a discourtesy to your fellow professionals. Another PMP from the wait-list has been denied the opportunity to attend, and the presenters at the end of the day are slighted. [Top] Registration Policy - Fine Print Available seats will be assigned in the order that registration application are received. Once the registration limit is reached, the remaining applications will be placed on a wait list in order of receipt. Each application will be acknowledged and each acceptance will be confirmed by email. Each application received will be considered a firm offer to register and to pay the full fee. Cancellations will be accepted up to midnight, Wednesday November 12, 2014. Those on the waitlist will be accepted in priority order if spaces become available prior to the cancellation deadline. A waitlist candidate will be notified of acceptance by email. A waitlist candidate must cancel to be removed from the list. The Society will issue an email notice of acceptance to the address provided in the registration application, but is not responsible for ensuring that any registrant has received the notification of acceptance. Any registrant who does not show is expected to pay the full seminar fee. Accepted registrants who fail to pay the full seminar fee will be prohibited from applying for registration at future events until the payment is received. Payment by cheque is preferred. Cash is accepted; please try to bring exact change. There is an ATM in the hotel lobby. No credit cards or Interac (debit cards) are accepted. The Registration Manager for the November 19, 2014 Seminar is Jim Tucker, PMP [email protected] [Top] Annual General Meeting & Election - Call for Candidates The Annual General Meeting of the Society will be held November 19, 2014, 11:45 � 12:30 pm, in conjunction with the Professional Development Seminar. All members are welcome to attend this business meeting. There is no charge for attending the meeting. The agenda for the meeting will include: Reports by the Officers. Election of the Society Officers for 2015 Other business, including directions to the Officers for the 2015 program. Nominations will be taken from the floor for the positions of President, Secretary Treasurer, and Registrar. Please contact Kim Hunter, PMP [email protected] or any Officer for more information on the responsibilities of the Officers. There will be an opportunity for candidates to publish their biographies and statements of vision for the Society in the seminar binder. Submissions not exceeding one page in length must be provided to Walter Wawruck, PMP [email protected] no later than noon, Thursday November 13, 2014. Items for the business agenda will similarly be taken from the floor at the meeting. If you wish to include an item on the published agenda, please forward it to Kim Hunter, PMP A full notice of the AGM and the call for nominations has been issued in a separate e-mail message, October 15, 2014. [Top] Program Planning for 2015 - Opportunities for Presenters and Workshop Leaders At the November 19 Seminar, a workshop session will be devoted to planning a program of professional development events for 2015. As input to the workshop, we would like to identify in advance a slate of potential presenters, workshop leaders, and management team volunteers. Please advise us of your availability and willingness to serve. Contact the workshop leader Walter Wawruck, PMP [email protected] The Society is based on the principle that we learn from each other, and each of us has valuable experience to share, or facilitation and management skills to contribute. Each PMP is a candidate for any of the roles on a seminar. Unless a volunteer Project Manager steps forward from the ranks of the local PMPs, a seminar does not proceed. In addition to technical presenters, workshop leaders, and the Project Manager, these are the roles on the management team for each seminar. Additional volunteers are invited for all. One person may be asked to do two or more jobs: Technical Program Binder Editing and Co-ordination Facilities and Food Registration and Collection Evaluation Report [Top] Successful Seminar - September 24, 2014 "Adapting to Changing Times for Engineering-Architecture�Construction Projects" The agenda, organized by Project Manager Jennifer Chu, P.Eng., PMP, included these presentations and workshop sessions: SILVERDALE SUBSTATION SITE PREPARATION RISKS- Ranbir Manj, PMP PROJECT DELIVERY METHODS -CHALLENGES FACED ON NEW INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS - Laurence Stan, PMP ADAPTING TO CHANGE IN OUR MULTI-SECTOR MARKETS � A PM PERSPECTIVE FROM AN ENGINEERING / ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANCY - Frank Wimberley, PMP THE VANCOUVER CITY CENTRAL TRANSMISSION PROJECT � A CASE STUDY IN MANAGING TECHNICAL PROJECTS � Matt Drown, PMP MANAGEMENT FOR TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE - Chit Vyas, PMP 'VALUE BY DESIGN' IN HEAVY CONSTRUCTION - Dr A.P. Sukumar, PMP Thank-you again, to all the Workshop Leaders, Presenters, Volunteers and Participants for making this a successful event. [Top] About the Society - Website Address The Society of PM Professionals is a voluntary, democratic organization of PMPs in the Greater Vancouver area, who are dedicated to the achievement of their common purposes in the profession through mutual support, co-operation, and collective effort. There are more than 550 PMPs in the Vancouver area who receive notices of Society events. The Society holds at least three Professional Development Seminars in Vancouver each year. The Professional Development Seminars feature technical presentations and workshop facilitation by PMPs for the purpose of continuing professional development. The seminar is intended for PMPs. However, a PMP may invite guests who are committed to the advancement of the Profession. Practitioners who plan to become certified as PMPs are welcome in particular. For more information on the Society: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/pmprof/ [Top] Contact the Officers of theSociety At the November 20, 2013 Annual Meeting, the officers of the Society were elected for a one-year term. President: Kim Hunter, PMP [email protected] Secretary Treasurer: John Cooke, PMP [email protected] Registrar: Walter Wawruck, PMP [email protected] If you have not yet filled in a membership application, contact Walter Wawruck, PMP, download one from the website, or complete an application at the November 19, 2014 seminar. Please let us know if you wish to receive notices from the Society at a different e-mail address. [Top]