PMI Sydney Toastmasters is one of Toastmasters International clubs
Overcome Shyness, Banish nerves, Speak with confidence in work and life
Toastmasters International (TI) is a USA headquartered educational organization that operates clubs worldwide for the purpose of helping members improve their communication, public speaking, and leadership skills. Through its thousands of member clubs, Toastmasters International offers a program of communication and leadership projects designed to help people learn the arts of speaking, listening, and thinking.
We are a friendly, welcoming group. Whether your goal is to enhance your professional presentation skills, gain confidence in addressing an audience, we find that doing it in the company of like-minded people can be a lot of fun. Meetings include both impromptu and prepared speaking practice.
We meet in the city on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday each month at 6:15 PM.
Feel free to attend the events to assess whether you would like to attend regularly. Club officers are happy to support and provide detailed information should you be interested to join as a member. Currently, the club's membership fee is A$90 per 6 months.
Notice: Given the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we advise that meetings are online on Zoom until further notice. Registration to the Zoom meetings is currently restricted to Toastmasters members and PMI Sydney Chapter members only. PMI Sydney Chapter members, please send email to: vpe@pmisydneytoastmasters.org to advise you have registered to attend the meeting. Please provide your PMI member number as well.
Date: Wednesday May 6, 2020
Time: 6:15 PM to 8:15 PM
Frequency: Every 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month
Venue: Online Event
Meet-up Link: For registered PMI Toastmasters & PMI Sydney Chapter members only
PMI Sydney Toastmasters is one of Toastmasters International clubs
Improve your public speaking skills in a safe, fun and open environment
Toastmasters International (TI) is a USA headquartered educational organization that operates clubs worldwide for the purpose of helping members improve their communication, public speaking, and leadership skills. Presentation skills and confidence can both be learned. Practicing these in a supportive, open and fun environment where you can learn from a variety of other speakers is invaluable.
Here you will:
- Gain hands-on tips and techniques on public speaking and leadership abilities
- Learn from other members prepared speeches and evaluations
- Participate in short impromptu speech sessions (optional)
Feel free to attend the events to assess whether you would like to attend regularly. Club officers are happy to support and provide detailed information should you be interested to join as a member. Currently, the club's membership fee is A$90 per 6 months.
Notice: Given the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, meetings are online on Zoom until further notice. Registration to the Zoom meetings is currently restricted to PMI Toastmaster members and PMI Sydney Chapter members only. PMI Sydney Chapter members, please send an email to: vpe@pmisydneytoastmasters.org to advise you have registered to attend the meeting. Please provide your PMI member number as well.
Date: Wednesday May 20, 2020
Time: 6:15 PM to 8:15 PM
Frequency: Every 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month
Venue: Online Event
Meet-up Link: For registered PMI Toastmasters & PMI Sydney Chapter members only
Australian Capital Projects and covid-19, what is your Action Plan?
Welcome to our first event
Although the initial plan for this meetup was for it to be held face-to-face, due to the current restrictions on social gatherings we will be running this session on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83431619486
We are thrilled to be holding this event and honored to have a special keynote speaker who is an icon in the field of construction and risk management. He will present an important hot topic during these challenging times.
About the topic:
While the full commercial impact of the COVID-19 on Australian construction sector will become more apparent in the next few weeks or months, there are many questions about the magnitude of a potential wide range of impacts, their expected timeline and correlations as well as possible mitigation actions which organisations should put in place now. There are many ways to assess the organisation’s risk exposure and while there is no right or wrong answer, the speaker will highlight the importance of having a comprehensive commercial risk assessment on project schedules and cost estimates, preferably as quantitative and scenario-based as possible, enabling a risk-based mitigation action plan being developed and implemented. Even though the situation, its circumstances, and boundaries will change, leading organisations need to put processes and action plans in place now and then monitor and update regularly as needed.
Your Presenter:
PEDRAM DANESH-MAND
Director of KPMG Australia, NSW President of Risk Engineering Society (RES)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedram-danesh-mand-9b269514/
With a successful record of executive positions and as an industry innovation award winner, Pedram is currently leading and inspiring teams for setting a benchmark in delivery of Integrated Project Controls (Scope, Time, Cost, Risk) and Project Risk Management to provide clients transparent and practical risk engineering solutions in developing and delivering major projects. Prior to this, Pedram was Jacobs Technical Director (Risk) across Asia Pacific and also Head of Planning & Risk for UGL in a wide range of projects across Transport, Water, Power Generation, Coal, LNG/Oil & Gas.
Pedram is a Gateway and Deep Dive Reviewer, Forensic Analyst and a member of:
- INSW Investor Assurance Framework, Gateway Reviewer Panel
- VIC OPV Infrastructure Projects Experts Panel
- Department of Infrastructure Transport, Cities and Regional Development (Contingency Modelling and Theory Advisory), and
- EA Infrastructure Advisory Panel, a prestigious panel of 15 industry experts representing EA views and inform infrastructure policy work by Australian Governments.
He is also an innovation award winner from Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) and CPB Contractors for his exceptional knowledge and practical application of statistical analysis and the Primavera system in reviewing project risks and schedules.
He has been the NSW President of Risk Engineering Society (RES) since 2013 and the key author of the 2nd Edition of Contingency Guideline, published by Risk Engineering Society (RES) in Feb 2019.
Pedram is highly skilled in Project Planning, Controls, Monte Carlo Simulation, Schedule/Cost Risk Analysis, Earned Value (EV), and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). Pedram is also a lecturer/tutor of project controls and risk management to postgraduate students in University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and University of Western Sydney (UWS).
During his career path, Pedram has successfully helped high-level Government Agencies, Law Firms and top contractors while working on many major projects including:
> $16b Wave Program, Roads & Maritime Services
> $11b Sydney Metro City & Southwest
> $11b WestConnex
> $11b APLNG Upstream
> $5b Brisbane Underground & Bus
Date: Wednesday May 27, 2020
Time: 6:00 PM to 7:50 PM
Venue: Online Event. Please register directly on the Meetup site only.
Meet-up Link: https://www.meetup.com/Engineering-Construction-Management-Meetup-Group/events/270440215/
Open Your Eyes to Your Blind Spots
With a lot at stake and daily pressures, successful leadership is made possible as project managers manage their blindspots – especially in a Covid-19 environment!
Do we know what our blind spots are? Are we identifying them? Are we managing them properly? What elements do we need to pay attention to in particular in a Covid-19 environment?
In this dynamic session, Amany will engage the PMI Sydney Chapter events audience to define and identify blind spots as well as discuss approaches and tools to proactively manage them.
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
(1) Define and identify blind spots;
(2) Discuss approaches and tools to proactively manage blindspots whether in a normal or Covid-19 environment.
Look forward to seeing you at the event.
Monthly Online Virtual Zoom Event: Project Managers Movement - (Community Q&A) July 2020
This session will be used as an open forum for the community to talk about anything on which YOU need feedback for a REAL situation at work, in a project, at home or even about your next career move...... Basically any situation which you may have hit a cross roads with and need some guidance from the collective experience and insights of the PMM Community who are on the Zoom session.
Register for the 1 July Event with this link:https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Project-Managers-Movement-Meetup/events/dcvgtrybckbcb/
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Date: 1 July 2020
Event Start: 7:00PM
Event Finish: 8:30 PM
Cost: Free
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Portfolio Balancing - A critical part of portfolio management that is often neglected
Portfolio management has two focus areas. Choosing the right projects (Portfolio Definition) and then delivering them (Portfolio Delivery). Nowadays portfolio delivery is well understood. Organisations appreciate they have limited capacity and a portfolio of projects they have committed to deliver. Often when organisations are looking for a “Portfolio Manager” they want someone who will take charge of this environment and get the projects over the line; that is, a “Portfolio Delivery Manager.”
Less well practised is the first area of portfolio definition. Some organisations just go with the flow and see what projects emerge and make decisions as they go along, others may go through a prioritisation process and execute the highest priority projects first.
Less common is an effective portfolio balancing approach. Portfolio balancing ensures that the overall portfolio delivers the best outcome for the organisation from the limited resources and capability that it has. Simply delivering the highest priority projects can result in a poorer overall outcome.
The presentation describes how to achieve the best results using all the steps in the portfolio definition process. A mature portfolio balancing methodology means that when the unexpected happens (such as CoViD-19) organisations are better placed to know how to deal with it.
Monthly Meetup: Project Managers Movement - COMMIT & GROW
Topic: Leadership & YOU!
PMM is a safe, non-judgemental community which helps Project Delivery Professionals, Leader’s & Corporate Employees to embrace Self-Mastery & Focus on Personal & Professional Development. In these formal Meetup sessions, we bring the community to learn different concepts to make you think "Outside The Box"...while also having plenty of fun too.
Register for the 20 July Event with this link: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Project-Managers-Movement-Meetup/events/hblqrrybckbbc/
Note: We will confirm if this event will be face-to-face or via Virtual ZOOM in the coming week.
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Date: 20 July 2020
Registration & Networking: 6:00PM
Event Start: 6.30PM
Event Finish & optional networking: 8:00 - 8:30PM
Cost: Free
Register: Online Link above unless notification of Face to Face & location on the Meetup website
Design Thinking: Innovative solutions for the right problems
Without finding innovative ways to succeed, today’s constantly changing environment can quickly leave organisations behind. However, the pressure and urge to innovate can also lead organisations to produce products and services that no one needs.
Design Thinking is a creative approach that helps align your product or service with the end- user. It integrates the needs of people, the possibilities of technology and the requirements for business success. It works through a better understanding of the problem, bigger creative exploration and continual testing of ideas.
This session introduces participants to the design approach. Using design techniques to better understand user needs, participants will have the tools to find innovative solutions for the complex problems of today.
Chris Doherty is Noetic’s Creative Design Director.
Chris integrates design thinking and a user-centric approach into Noetic’s consulting methodologies. Chris has extensive experience in design, visualisation and creative workshopping that allows for the rapid generation of ideas and content from a group of participants, consolidating this in visual form for ease of use and recall. He leads a team of design professionals at Noetic, dedicated to finding creative ways to communicate and innovative approaches to problem solving.
Previously, Chris has managed his own design practice and has a career spanning visual design, marketing and illustration for award winning agencies, global investment banking and innovation teams.PMO Sydney Meetup
How the PMO can Use Artificial Intelligence To Improve The Bottom Line
Hosted by Amireh Amirmazaheri
What we'll Do
Artificial Intelligence is finally making its way into project management and the challenge is to take advantage of all the benefits and avoid the pitfalls. In a highly competitive industrial environment, the PMO is in an ideal position to understand, adapt and optimize AI tools for project management.
The PMO can align corporate objectives to the new technology and vastly improve the bottom line.
Paul Boudreau (https://www.linkedin.com/in/boudreaupaul/), from Canada and the author of the book, will share his findings and researches result in PMO and AI. This session is about both a practical guide and visionary description of how AI will disrupt project management and how the PMO can harness this capability to create a substantial competitive advantage for the organization.
Please join our online session on 28th July. The event will be live in PMO Solutions YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsgNUdzFDAlBk9VtfAnhZjg/
Meetup Link to register: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/PMO-Sydney/events/271177016/
Monthly Meetup: Project Managers Movement - (Community Q&A)
Topic: Share How You Have or Have NOT Adapted to Remote Working and COVID19
This session will be used as an open forum for the community to talk about anything which YOU are needing feedback on for a REAL situation at work, in a project, at home, or even about your next career move...... Basically any situation which you may have hit a crossroads with and need some guidance from the collective experience and insights of the PMM Community who are on the Zoom session.
Register Via this link:
https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Project-Managers-Movement-Meetup/events/dcvgtrybclbhb/
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Consider becoming a formal member of PMM for FREE, today by registering here: https://lnkd.in/gN7daMr
Date: 05 August 2020
Event Start: 7:00 PM
Event Finish & optional networking: 8:00 - 8:30PM
Cost: Free
Register: Online Link above unless notification of Face to Face & location on the Meetup website
