President's Monthly Message
President's Monthly Message
Deby Covey
Deby Covey, MBA PMP CSM
PMI-LA 2023 President
E-mail: president@pmi-la.org
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deby-covey-mba-pmp-csm-539288/
August to September 2023
As schools start back in session, PMI-LA has some exciting things coming up!
Let’s start with our goal to increase members. As of today, we have over 2100 members! I was hoping to get us back to pre-pandemic numbers and we have surpassed that goal! Let’s aim to go above the chapter’s highest membership to date before the year's end! I will keep sending personal invitations to PMI Members who are not yet chapter members to check out the many things the chapter is doing this year. If you are not yet a member, reach out and let me know what we can do to help you stay engaged with the chapter and up to date with your career development.
Our retention statistics are still holding steady at 79%. Be on the lookout for an in-person Industry Networking event with AITP in October!
Our Social Impact hours have grown to over 700 hours in since July 1! Almost 30 attendees joined us at Torrance Beach with our “Beach Clean-up” on September 23rd. We looked awesome in our pistachio colored T-shirts as joined over 150 volunteers to gathered the stuff that makes the beaches ugly. Feel like you missed out? Come and join us at the LA Food Bank volunteering on October 14th ! If helping put kits together is your jam, then on November 9th, at our next Flagship event, we plan to work on hygiene kits for LA’s homeless community! Our Volunteer partnership with Wells Bring Hope is closed – there are over 54 volunteers for this worthy event! We will also be attending the STEM event for the Mars Rover Expo on September 30th. Let me know if you are interested in helping youths make their own planet night light.
Our first virtual New Member Orientation for 2023 was highly successful. If you missed this event, stay tuned for one next quarter! It is for new members and current members who want to know just a little bit more about what the chapter has to offer! Many thanks to all who attended our first in-person Networking Event at Don Antonio’s on August 30th. We had a full house and many stayed past the official event to learn more about each other and the chapter.
In early September I attended the multi-chapter event with over 84 attendees! The topic was one that is near and dear to my heart – lessons learned! There were many insightful questions around the value of this hot topic!
I personally attended the Brand and Land (proven methodology) to help you navigate the digital hiring process. There were many golden nuggets to help you on your way! Please reach out to Career Development or me personally if you missed this session and would like to see if there is another one in the future. My friends in PMI-CIE have one in October, and they have agreed to give PMI-LA members the same cost as our event.
I look forward to seeing you at all our events!