From JHarris at aflac.com Wed Sep 9 07:59:14 2009 From: JHarris at aflac.com (Jacqueline Harris) Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 07:59:14 -0400 Subject: [Members] Columbus PMI Monthly Chapter Meeting In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Good Morning All - A reminder, Do something different for lunch tomorrow; join the Columbus PMI chapter in welcoming guest speaker: Gina Maria Jerome. September 10th Location: *CB&T Bradley Park Banking Center, 1695 Whittlesey Road, 31904. Lunch and networking at 11:30, the program begins at 12 noon. (The Columbus main Public Library is booked for special functions during the month of September) GinaMaria Jerome is a dynamic leadership and life coach who has worked with the nation's leading Fortune 500 companies. Her focus in life is to help people get from where they are to where they want to be. She collaborates with her clients to develop and implement the actions needed to transition behaviors and bring about the desired results. In her work as a coach, she helps teams form strategies, outline - and meet - objectives, improve their workplace performance, and create a culture of collaboration. A prolific writer, she has published over 250 articles and three books. Her latest book, entitled The American Dream: A Tale of Leadership from the Founding Founders, is an inspiring story that expresses her belief that great leadership communicates positive, lasting change. www.leadershipguild.com "Be a Solution" Jacqueline D. Harris IT - Project Management Office PMI Columbus GA Chapter, VP Publicity & Programs Tel: 706.317.0156 | jharris at aflac.com < mailto:jharris at aflac.com > |aflac.com Visitor are always welcome Jacqueline D. 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He's also responsible for actively participating in long-range strategy planning and managing policy development to address complex business issues. Mr. Abeyta joined Aflac in February 2001 as a senior corporate project manager and was promoted to his current position in 2007. Prior to joining Aflac, he worked as a project manager with BellSouth Entertainment in Atlanta. In this capacity, he was responsible for the development and build-out of a satellite dish-farm, cable head-end, and transmitter to support wireless deployment of video in the Miami, Orlando, and Jacksonville markets. Immediately, prior to joining Aflac he gained additional Project Management Office experience while directing the PrePaid Project Management Office at Cingular Wireless managing the system development of a new prepaid billing platform for the IT division. He is a U.S. Air Force Academy graduate. He spent eight years on Air Force active duty in a variety of operational and staff positions as a Communications and Computer Systems Officer where he worked with voice, data, video, and satellite communications. Mr. Abeyta holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Air Force Academy, a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Phoenix and a Master of Science degree in Systems Management from the Florida Institute of Technology. He also is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Session Speakers: Traci Duez - Certified Coach, Author, Speaker "Getting 40% More Cooperation & Productivity From Your Team" "Change Is Impossible Unless You Change Your Mind" Rick Morris, PMP, Six Sigma Green Belt - Speaker, Consultant, Author & Mentor "Stop Playing Games" "Making Emotional Conversations Unemotional" "Turning Around Failing Projects" Joanne Henderson, PMP, ASQ-CSSBB "Six Sigma and Lean Performance" Lunch Speaker: Mike Smajd - CEO/President Columbus Hospice, Inc. Expansion of Columbus Hospice House Project Closing Session: IIL Awards Ceremony for Chapter Member Scot Hanley for 2008 Project Manager of the Year See attached flyer for additional information. 6 Contact Hours (6 PDU's/.6 RU's) Register online to pay via credit card at: http://www.empoweredbysource.com/Events.html Please note: Transaction will post to your account as "Empowered By Source" not "PMI" Alison Mills-Long, VP, PMP(r), CMQ/OE | BB&T Financial, FSB Project Management Office | Project Office Manager # 4 Bradley Park Court, Suite 1-C, Columbus, GA 31904 | Mail Code: 839-80-01-00 ': 706.221.4212 | 7: 706.653.1809 |*: alisonmlong at bbandt.com P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 2010 Professional Development Day.doc Type: application/msword Size: 817152 bytes Desc: 2010 Professional Development Day.doc URL: From AlisonMLong at BBandT.com Wed Sep 23 15:12:58 2009 From: AlisonMLong at BBandT.com (Mills-Long, Alison) Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:12:58 -0400 Subject: [Members] Reminder - PMI Columbus, GA Professional Development Day - Thursday, October 1st, 2009 - University of Phoenix Campus Message-ID: PMI Columbus, GA Chapter Professional Development Day Thursday, October 1st, 2009 University of Phoenix Campus 9:00am - 5:00pm Members $100 Non-Members $125 Keynote Speaker: Brian Abeyta, Vice President, IT Project Management Office "The Value of Project Management" Brian Abeyta, Vice President, IT Project Management Office for Aflac Incorporated. Mr. Abeyta is responsible for guiding the overall direction of the IT Project Management Office. He manages all aspects of the design, development, and implementation of projects within the IT division and for IT's internal customers. He's also responsible for actively participating in long-range strategy planning and managing policy development to address complex business issues. Mr. Abeyta joined Aflac in February 2001 as a senior corporate project manager and was promoted to his current position in 2007. Prior to joining Aflac, he worked as a project manager with BellSouth Entertainment in Atlanta. In this capacity, he was responsible for the development and build-out of a satellite dish-farm, cable head-end, and transmitter to support wireless deployment of video in the Miami, Orlando, and Jacksonville markets. Immediately, prior to joining Aflac he gained additional Project Management Office experience while directing the PrePaid Project Management Office at Cingular Wireless managing the system development of a new prepaid billing platform for the IT division. He is a U.S. Air Force Academy graduate. He spent eight years on Air Force active duty in a variety of operational and staff positions as a Communications and Computer Systems Officer where he worked with voice, data, video, and satellite communications. Mr. Abeyta holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Air Force Academy, a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Phoenix and a Master of Science degree in Systems Management from the Florida Institute of Technology. He also is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Session Speakers: Traci Duez - Certified Coach, Author, Speaker "Getting 40% More Cooperation & Productivity From Your Team" "Change Is Impossible Unless You Change Your Mind" Rick Morris, PMP, Six Sigma Green Belt - Speaker, Consultant, Author & Mentor "Stop Playing Games" "Making Emotional Conversations Unemotional" "Turning Around Failing Projects" Joanne Henderson, PMP, ASQ-CSSBB "Practical Six Sigma" "Practical LEAN" Lunch Speaker: Mike Smajd - CEO/President Columbus Hospice, Inc. Expansion of Columbus Hospice House Project Closing Session: IIL Awards Ceremony for Chapter Member Scot Hanley for 2008 Project Manager of the Year See attached flyer for additional information. 6 Contact Hours (6 PDU's/.6 RU's) Register online to pay via credit card at: http://www.empoweredbysource.com/Events.html Please note: Transaction will post to your account as "Empowered By Source" not "PMI" Alison Mills-Long, VP, PMP(r), CMQ/OE | BB&T Financial, FSB Project Management Office | Project Office Manager # 4 Bradley Park Court, Suite 1-C, Columbus, GA 31904 | Mail Code: 839-80-01-00 ': 706.221.4212 | 7: 706.653-1809 |*: alisonmlong at bbandt.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From AlisonMLong at BBandT.com Mon Sep 28 12:04:10 2009 From: AlisonMLong at BBandT.com (Mills-Long, Alison) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:04:10 -0400 Subject: [Members] Reminder - PMI Columbus, GA Professional Development Day - Thursday, October 1, 2009 Message-ID: PMI Columbus, GA Chapter Professional Development Day Thursday, October 1st, 2009 University of Phoenix Campus 9:00am - 5:00pm Keynote Speaker: Brian Abeyta, Vice President, IT Project Management Office "The Value of Project Management" Brian Abeyta, Vice President, IT Project Management Office for Aflac Incorporated. Mr. Abeyta is responsible for guiding the overall direction of the IT Project Management Office. He manages all aspects of the design, development, and implementation of projects within the IT division and for IT's internal customers. He's also responsible for actively participating in long-range strategy planning and managing policy development to address complex business issues. Mr. Abeyta joined Aflac in February 2001 as a senior corporate project manager and was promoted to his current position in 2007. Prior to joining Aflac, he worked as a project manager with BellSouth Entertainment in Atlanta. In this capacity, he was responsible for the development and build-out of a satellite dish-farm, cable head-end, and transmitter to support wireless deployment of video in the Miami, Orlando, and Jacksonville markets. Immediately, prior to joining Aflac he gained additional Project Management Office experience while directing the PrePaid Project Management Office at Cingular Wireless managing the system development of a new prepaid billing platform for the IT division. He is a U.S. Air Force Academy graduate. He spent eight years on Air Force active duty in a variety of operational and staff positions as a Communications and Computer Systems Officer where he worked with voice, data, video, and satellite communications. Mr. Abeyta holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Air Force Academy, a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Phoenix and a Master of Science degree in Systems Management from the Florida Institute of Technology. He also is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Session Speakers: Traci Duez - Certified Coach, Author, Speaker "Getting 40% More Cooperation & Productivity From Your Team" "Change Is Impossible Unless You Change Your Mind" Rick Morris, PMP, Six Sigma Green Belt - Speaker, Consultant, Author & Mentor "Stop Playing Games" "Making Emotional Conversations Unemotional" "Turning Around Failing Projects" Joanne Henderson, PMP, ASQ-CSSBB "Practical Six Sigma" "Practical LEAN" Lunch Speaker: Mike Smajd - CEO/President Columbus Hospice, Inc. Expansion of Columbus Hospice House Project Closing Session: IIL Awards Ceremony for Chapter Member Scot Hanley for 2008 Project Manager of the Year See attached flyer for additional information. 6 Contact Hours (6 PDU's/.6 RU's) Register online to pay via credit card at: http://www.empoweredbysource.com/Events.html Please note: Transaction will post to your account as "Empowered By Source" not "PMI" If you plan on paying at the door - please RSVP to this email for lunch headcount. Alison Mills-Long, VP, PMP(r), CMQ/OE | BB&T Financial, FSB Project Management Office | Project Office Manager # 4 Bradley Park Court, Suite 1-C, Columbus, GA 31904 | Mail Code: 839-80-01-00 ': 706.221.4212 | 7: 706.653.1809 |*: alisonmlong at bbandt.com P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: