Events in NYC for PMs – October 2016

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Events in NYC for PMs – October 2016

1) NYC Scrum – October Meet-Up (FREE!)
  • Annual Retrospective and Pro-spective 
  • Presenter: Mary Pratt, CSM/CSPO
  • Day/Date/Time: Thursday, October 20, 6:00 PM
  • Location: Havas Worldwide (200 Hudson St., just south of Canal St. – Tribeca)
  • Registration Link (Free Beer, Free Wine, Free Pizza, Free Seminar!)
Mary Pratt, CSM, CSPO

Mary Pratt, CSM, CSPO

2) ISSP – Greater NYC Chapter (International Society of Sustainability Professionals)

  • Topic: Sustainability For Competitive Advantage – How Sustainability Delivers Short & Long-Term Value
  • Day/Date/Time: Thursday, October 20, 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
  • Location: New York City Bar Association, Hughes Room, 42 West 44th Street
  • Speaker: Tensie Whelan: Director, NYU Stern School of Business / Center for Sustainable Business
  • Registration Link
Tensie Whelan, Director

Tensie Whelan, Director

3) PMI NYC  Symposium 2016: “Transformation Through Innovation” (13 PDUs over the 2 Days)

  • Day 1 – Day/Date/Time: Friday, October 14, 7:30 – 5:30
  • Location: AMA Conference Center, 1601 Broadway (at 48th Street)
  • 7  PDUs (for Day 1)
  • Registration Link
  • Day 2 – Day /Date/Time: Saturday, October 15, 8:30 – 3:30
  • Location: Resources Global Professionals, 7 Times Square
  • 6 PDUs (for Day 2)
  • Registration Link

4) PMI: Mentoring Event

  • Topic:  “Mentoring: What’s In It For Me?” (PANEL)
  • Day/Date/Time: Friday, October 24, 5:30 – 8:00 PM
  • Location: Experis/Right Management, 99 Park Avenue, 6th Floor
  • Speaker: Keynote: Mark Tuscano
  • Panel Moderator: Claire Igot
  • Panel: Sheryl Berger, Frank RoserSheryl, Fred Stein
  • Registration Link
Panel Moderator: Claire Igot

Panel Moderator: Claire Igot

5) NY SPIN (Software Improvement Process Network) 
  • Presentation: Oct. 20: One Size Does Not Fit All: The Role of Process in a Startup
  • Presenter: Jeff Bonar,  PhD
  • Day/Date/Time: Thursday, October 20
  • Location:
  • Registration Link
Jeff Bonar, PhD

Jeff Bonar, PhD

 6) Agile NYC – October Session
  • Topic: “Women In Agile – I Want To See You Be Brave”
  • Speaker: Kara Becker
  • Day/Date/Time:  Thursday, October 13, 5:30
  • Location: Thursday, 10/13/16 McKinsey And Co., 55 EAST 52ND STREET
  • Registration Link
Kara Becker

Kara Becker

7) ThoughtWorks
  • Topic: “Explore. Expand. Extract.” 
  • Speaker: Kent Beck (A Conversation With Kent Beck)
  • Day/Date/Time:  Thursday, October 6, 6:00 PM
  • Location: ThoughtWorks, 99 Madison Ave, 15th Floor
  • Registration Link
8) NYC Lean/Kanban – October Meeting
  • Topic: KanBan Series: “Visualizing Work”
  • Chelsea Weekly Lean Coffee Morning
  • Day/Date/Time: Thursday, October 20
  • Location: Spotify, 45 W 18th St, 7th floor
  • Registration Link

 

9) PMI: Monthly Chapter Meeting

  • Topic:  “The Indispensable Project Manager”
  • Day/Date/Time: Wednesday, October 19, 5:30 – 8:00 PM
  • Location: SUNY Global Center, 116 East 55th Street
  • Speaker: Frank Saladis, PMP
  • Registration Link

10) NJ Tech Meetup #77 

    • Topic:  Yext, Right Media, Yahoo, Oracle, Scient
    • Day/Date/Time: Wednesday, October 19, at 6:15
    • Location: Stevens Institute of Technology, Bissinger Room – Hoboken, NJ (8th Street & Hudson)
    • Speaker: Wendy Sturgis
    • Registration Link

11) LeSS (LargE Scale Scrum)

  • Presentation: User Story Mapping Practical Exercise, using Virtual Span Wall

(The intention of this meeting is to bring together the teaching of Mike Cohn, Jeff Patton, Roman Pichler and others…)

  • Day/Date/Time: Tuesday, October 18
  • Location:Gordon International, NY Design Center, 200 Lexington Avenue
  • Registration Link

 

Cover of new PMBOK V6 (coming soon!)

PMBOK V6 (coming soon!)

2) My Upcoming Classes at NYU:

          1.  PMP Prep – Saturdays:  Oct. 1 – Nov. 5 (Registration Closed)

          2.  Persuasive Presentations For PMs – Thursday evenings, starts Nov. 3

          3. NEW CLASS: Critical Path Method  – (1-Day Intensive Saturday, November 12

          4. NEW CLASS: Earned Value Management (1-Day Intensive) Saturday, Nov 19

          5.  Ethics In PM: PROJ1-CE8665 Section 1 – Saturdays: Dec. 3 – Dec. 10

 3) My PMP bookThe Project Management Answer Book, 2nd Edition

"This book has some e some tasty PMP Test Tips!" - Mavis

“Has some some tasty PMP Test Tips!” – Mavis

 

 

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