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PMI Membership for Professionals and Students: Is it Worth It?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Professional development. As a PMI certificate holder, you have to earn PDUs (Professional Development Units) across a range of topics, and the organization supports you in doing that by offering opportunities to continue learning. Knowing there are other project professionals out there is comforting. Types of membership.

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Is Poor Public Speaking Hurting Your Project Management Career?

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Let's look at how public speaking may be hurting your career and twelve ways to become a better speaker. So, what is public speaking (also called oratory)? I regularly speak at PMI Chapter meetings and project management symposiums (which earns me PMI Professional Development Units). Here's how. Brian Tracy.

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What PRINCE2® certification should you get?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

PRINCE2 has its roots in the UK public sector and government but is now used and loved around the world. It’s big in the UK and Europe, as well as other English-speaking nations. A project support professional may not need the full Practitioner qualification as they may not be in a role where applying the knowledge is required.

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How to Nail Your Preliminary Interviews and Get the Job

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It is often not an in-person interview, instead you speak to the interviewer on the phone. What are your longer term professional goals? They might also ask about potential conflicts of interest, especially if the role involves procurement, working with public bodies or anything else that might be a bit of an ethical minefield.

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What Should You Include in Your Preconstruction Meeting Agenda?

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These people include city staff, such as the plan review engineer, planner, building inspector, public works personnel and traffic engineer. The general contractor will speak to the estimated duration of the project, whether work will continue on weekends and holidays and the status of a notice to proceed documents, if required.

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Capital Projects: Capital Planning, Budgeting and Funding

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When speaking of a capital project, one is referring to something big and expensive that’ll involve a great deal of planning and resources to complete. Equity can be through friends and family, professional investors or an initial public offering (IPO), though the latter is more involved as it allows the public investors.

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15 Easy Ways to Earn PDUs in 2023

Rebel’s Guide to PM

There are also some further suggestions that take a bit more effort but are equally worthwhile in case you’ve got more time and energy to spare for your professional development. PDUs are professional development units. They are a measure of how much professional, continuous learning you have done. Ready to get started?

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