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Upcoming Meetings & Events

OSPMI holds monthly dinner meetings, normally at the Marriott hotel at One Orms Street in Providence, RI. If the meeting is at a different location then directions to where will be included in the description. Members and non-members are welcome to attend. Registration is recommended to guarantee your attendance and meal selection. Please review the Meeting FAQs for directions to common meeting locations, cancellation policies, etc.

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The table below includes our monthly dinner meetings. Board of Directors meetings are also open to the membership. Email the VP of Administration for more information about the date and location of the next board meeting.

Dinner Meetings and Events

Date	Speaker & Topic Summary
July and August, 2008	Summer Recess
Sep. 11th, 2008	Event: Chapter Meeting Speaker: Ms. Dale Beyer, PMP Title: "Tricks for Dealing with Unrealistic Schedules" Synopsis: If someone told you that being given an unrealistic project schedule was nobody's fault but your own, would you believe them? You will after this session! You'll also learn how to push back, as well as how to come to agreement on a project schedule that everyone can live with. Chapter Meeting Location: CVS Store Support Center One CVS Drive Woonsocket, RI 02895 Directions to CVS Store Support Center Located in Woonsocket R.I. (From the South): 295N to 146N (exit 9B toward Woonsocket) Take 99N exit on the left toward N. Smithfield onto Rte 99N. Go to the end of route 99 and you will see (directly in front of you across Mendon Road) the Highland Office Park. Go straight into the office park and you will see CVS Store Support Center on your left. Take a left into the support center and follow the signs to the left for visitor parking. Once in the building you will be greeted at the Security desk. Let him know you are there to see April Cox for the OSPMI Chapter Meeting. The Security guard will direct you from here. (From the North): Take 95 S to 295 S and then 146 (towards Woonsocket) and continue with the directions above once you're on 99. If you get lost and need to ask someone, remember that your destination is the CVS Corporate Offices within the Highland Office Park, not the CVS Distribution Center that is also on Mendon Road. (If you get lost, sometimes they'll send you to the wrong CVS location.) If you prefer to enter things into MapQuest, feel free to use the address: One CVS Drive in Woonsocket, RI 02895.
Sep. 12th, 2008	Event: RMC 1/2 Day Seminar Title: "Common Risk Management Errors That Can Ruin Your Career" Synopsis: Through presentation, exercises and examples this course will cover the process of risk management, explain the errors people make each step of the way and provide Tricks of the Trade® from around the world for advanced risk management. Based on Rita Mulcahy's award winning book Risk Management Tricks of the Trade for Project Managers, this captivating course is full of real world information. Learning Objectives. At the end of this course you will be able to: Describe the risk management process Improve your ability to identify risks for your real world projects Identify gaps in your knowledge that may hurt you and your projects Identify errors others are making so that you can avoid them Apply many new Tricks of the Trade® to your projects Be a better project manager Target Audience: This course is ideal for people who need advanced project management training or who already have an understanding of risk management and wish to focus on the tricks of the trade and common errors. It is also an excellent way to learn something useful while collecting PDUs. For more information visit the RMC website. PDUs: 4 Seminar Time: Registration begins at 7:30 (along with breakfast). Seminar runs from 8-12. Seminar Pricing: Register before 8/15 - the cost is $375 pp Register after 8/15 - the cost is $395 pp [ Online Registration for the seminar ] Seminar Location: Twelve Acres 445 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917 Directions to Twelve Acres Located in Smithfield R.I. From 295 North or South: exit 8a, Rte. 7 North Providence; about 1 mile South on Rt. 7 From 146 North or South: exit for Lincoln Grey Hound Park to Twin River Road West; turn right on Rte. 7 (Douglas Pike); about 1 mile N. on Rt. 7 Sponsor:
Oct. 9^th, 2008	Event: Chapter Meeting Speaker: Tony Lapreste Title: "Managing Project Requirements" Synopsis: TBD...
Nov. 13^th, 2008	Event: Chapter Meeting Speaker: Mark Kozak-Holland Title: "Project Lessons from the Great Escape" Synopsis: The Great Escape from the prison camp Stalag Luft III is widely regarded as one of the most audacious and daring escape attempts of the 20th century. But as an event in March 1944, set in dire circumstances, what actually happened? How was the escape planned and executed as a project? How did it get around numerous obstacles in a habitat designed to be escape proof? How was the project tracked? In today's world business people are grappling with numerous obstacles in planning and executing projects in a climate of rapid changes. What can be learned from this event and put into practice today? The topic is based on my latest book "Project Lessons from the Great Escape."