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Topic:  PowerPoint does not have to suck

Speaker:  Jim De Piante

Jim De Piante is here today to tell you that PowerPoint does not have to suck. It usually does, but it doesn’t have to.

Jim joined IBM as a software engineer a very long time ago. He then became a project manager (long before it was cool), managing projects in a variety of disciplines, including hardware, software, microprocessors, e-business, and natural language processing.

Jim’s last project at IBM was the IBM Research Jeopardy Challenge project in which the computer Watson defeated the two best players in the history of the television quiz show, Jeopardy.

Jim now runs De Piante International, LLC, a boutique consultancy specializing in the effective use of soft skills to improve project and business results.

Please join me in welcoming Jim De Piante

This is a working meeting designed for PMI Chapter members northeast of the city including the University City area.

PDU Category: 

POC: university@pmi-metrolina.com

Community Chapter Meeting 

As a means of helping chapter and local community members who are certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP®) satisfy the continuing education requirements for re-certification, PMI Metrolina Chapter arranges its monthly meeting schedule to allow a 1 hour PDU training session to be incorporated into its normal meeting.

Topics presented during these sessions are designed to not only satisfy the PDU requirement for re-certifying as a PMP, but to also provide wide appeal to people involved in project management regardless of whether or not they are certified PMPs. The 1-hour sessions meet the educational requirements to qualify for 1 PDU credits for maintaining PMP® certification or to meet the requirement for attending 35 hours of formal project management education prior to applying to sit for the PMP® exam.

The sessions are open to all.