Leadership Development Through Participation as Volunteers

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Leadership Development Through Participation as
Volunteers
By Eddie Lam, Joseph PK Wong Vice President
Volunteer Development
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Content

• How to participate?
• PMI Leadership Institute
• Opportunities at PMI HK
• Benefits of Volunteer Participation

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1. How to Participate?

• To start now on a leadership path
• become active in your nearest PMI Chapter or in
  one of PMIs Specific Interest Groups or Colleges
• check the PMI Volunteer Opportunities Web pages
  for opportunities to join project teams

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2. PMI Leadership Institute
Integrated leadership development activities and
programmes officially incorporated by PMI

• - Leadership Institute Meetings
• - Leadership Institute Masters Class
• - PMI Learn

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2. PMI Leadership Institute

• Leadership Institute Meetings
• Face-to-face setting for networking, leadership
  and professional skills development
• Leadership Institute Masters Class
• Application based, professionally facilitated
  leadership development course
• PMI Learn
• Web-based virtual learning application

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3. Opportunities at PMI Hong Kong

• PMI HK Chapter - Growth

• To Date
• Memberships gt1,100

• At inception (27 June 1997)
• Memberships 6

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3. Opportunities at PMI Hong Kong

• You may participate as
• Executive Committee By Election
• Sub-committee Members Invitation by
• Executive Committee
• Volunteers By Participation

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3. Opportunities at PMI Hong Kong

• Roles Responsibilities of an
• Executive Committee Member
• Selected by election under guidance of Election
  Committee
• Fixed term of 2 years
• Fulfill the business objectives set out in the
  beginning of the term
• Attend at least 75 of the monthly Executive
  Committee meeting, and other important Committee
  meetings of PMIHK such as Annual Planning
  Meeting.
• Expected hours of participation at least 12
  hours per month

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3. Opportunities at PMI Hong Kong

• Roles Responsibilities of
• Sub-Committee Members
• Fixed term of 2 years in line with the ExeCom
• Attend regular sub-com meetings (at least 4 per
  year)
• Assist VPs in developing annual plan activities
• Assist VPs in managing routine business of their
  concerned areas, eg marketing, education
• Join special development functions of PMI HK, eg
  IPMF 2006
• Can join election of key ExeCom posts
• Expected hours of participation between 5 to 10
  hours per month

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3. Opportunities at PMI Hong Kong

• Roles Responsibilities of
• Volunteers
• No fixed-term of office
• Help on ad-hoc or task basis
• Assist in routine functions eg articles write-up,
  photo taking, website maintenance etc
• Help in Special Projects
• May be invited to become Sub-committee Members
  when appropriate

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4. Benefits of Volunteer Participation

• PDUs
• Influence work in establishing world wide
  standards
• Enhance credibility professional development
• Access to developing PM standards information
• Networking opportunities
• Leadership Development opportunities
• "Volunteer Opportunity" On-Demand Presentations

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4. Benefits of Volunteer Participation

• PDUs
• Category 1 ? formal academic education
• Category 2 ? professional activities
  self-directed learning
• Category 3 ? PMI Registered Education Providers
• Category 4 ? Other Provider
• Category 5 ? volunteer services- max. of 20 PDUs

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4. Benefits of Volunteer Participation

• PDUs
• Category 5 (Volunteer services)

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Making project management indispensable for
business results. TM
Thank you!
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