Our on-line reservation system is up and online. To use it go to our web site at http://www.PMIMontgomeryCountyMD.org and click on the pull-down "Meetings" and click on "Register". Follow the instructions to RSVP for this dinner meeting. If you register on-line then you do not need to send an email to me. We have allowed for payment in advance by using either a credit card or PayPal when registering on-line. We will not accept either of these payment types for paying at the door.
Specifically, if you elect to pay at the door we will only accept either cash or a check.
We are proud to offer our next dinner meeting at Normandie Farm Restaurant located at 10710 Falls Road, Potomac, MD (Phone: 301-983-8838, web site http://www.popovers.com) on Wednesday, December 3, 2008.
Directions: Take Rt 270 to the Falls Road exit. Proceed south towards Potomac. Normandie Farm is 3 1/2 miles on the right.
Alternate directions: take the beltway, RT 495 to exit 39. Proceed west on River Road 3 1/2 miles. Turn right onto Falls Road and proceed 3/4 mile to Normandie Farm on the left.
Our Meeting agenda is as follows:
5:00 to 6:30 PM Informal Social/Networking - A cash bar will be available 6:30 to 7:45 PM Dinner 7:45 to 8:00 PM Announcements and Introductions 8:00 to 9:00 PM Presentation by David Wanetick- Leadership Lessons from the World's Most Successful Executive
Bio: David Wanetick David Wanetick is Managing Director at IncreMental Advantage, a highly regarded and internationally known research firm based in Princeton, NJ.
Mr. Wanetick leads all the firm's research efforts and is the author of The Power of Incremental Advantage: How Incremental Improvements Produce Dramatically Disproportionate Results as well as two other unique books on the topic of investing. He has lectured to senior executives and institutional investors all over the United States as well as in Toronto, Montreal, Singapore, Kuwait, Israel, Hong Kong and Malaysia. He has been a guest on CNBC and CNNfn and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Barrons, Investors Business Daily and many other newspapers and magazines throughout the United States.
Topic: Leadership Lessons from the World's Most Successful Executive
Leadership Lessons from the World's Most Successful Executive is adapted from his most recent book The Power of Incremental Advantage. In this exciting presentation David will share fifteen years worth of research into the common denominators shared by the world's most successful people. The presentation will reveal the traits that separate world leaders from the second place finishers. For a copy of this presentation, please click here.
Attendees will leave with specific actions and concrete ideas about how to advance their careers. They will obtain specific steps and other valuable insight into how to achieve and sustain momentum in pursuing goals and how to leverage small advantages to achieve disproportionate gains for their businesses and careers.
So please bring your boss, coworkers, spouse, or anyone else who you believe would be interested or could benefit from attending this great dinner meeting. This dinner meeting presentation will be worth one (1) "category 3" PDU.
The following menu selections are being offered for dinner;
1 - Chicken Piccata, Citrus Beurre Blanc,
2 - Cheese Tortellini with Wild Mushrooms and Sun-dried Tomatoes, Beurre Blanc, or
Salad Normandie Normandie Farm Golden Hot Popovers (a specialty - refer to their web site) Hot Coffee or Hot Tea Rice Piaf (for entrees 1 and 3) Green Beans (for entrees 1 and 3) Profiterols au Chocolat for dessert The cost for dinner is $30 for PMI Montgomery County, MD Chapter members and $40 for all others. Payment by cash or check is expected at the door of the meeting (unless prepaid during registration).
Reservations are required. Please RSVP no later than 5:00 PM Sunday, November 30, 2008.
Note: We will reserve two "job tables" for those people who are looking for another opportunity (new job) and for those people who have openings at their work place for project managers and are seeking to recruit. These tables will have signs labeled "Job Table". Please sit at these special tables only if you are seeking a job or seeking to hire people for a job that you have. Also, please feel free to bring copies of resumes or job postings to share with others at the Job Tables.
Please feel free to forward this e-mail to any others who you think may be interested in attending.
NOTE: If you know an interesting speaker with a topic on Project Management who you think would be good for presenting at a future dinner meeting please tell our VP of Programs, Ellen Greenfield at elgreenfield@gmail.com
Our mission is to provide a forum for Professional Project Managers to promote the principles of Project Management Institute (PMI) through networking with other Project Managers, sharing project experiences, providing and receiving training, and supporting Project Management Professionals in their certification efforts. Our intent is to provide this forum in a place that is convenient to those who either live and/or work in Montgomery County, Maryland.
