"Best Prep for The PMP Exam"

Hello Everyone,

Now that the winter is upon us, and the inclement weather has arrived, there will be no Hopkinton meetings if the Hopkinton schools close due to weather conditions. Listen to the radio or watch the TV for school closings, if there is a delay, the meeting will still occur. Whenever the weather conditions are poor, please stay home. There isn't anything worth risking an accident over.

The agenda for this Friday's Hopkinton Networkers Group (HNG) meeting will be featured by our speaker, Elaine Jackson. The facilitator for this week will be William Lam. We will devote the first hour, from 10 to 11 AM to the following agenda: Welcome, Landings, Announcements, New Member Intros, and Needs & Leads. Please arrive early, so we can make every effort to start on time. In the second hour, Elaine will give a talk about "Best Prep for The PMP Exam."

"Best Prep for The PMP Exam"

Many are confused on what is necessary to be prepared for the PMP Application. What things to add to the application and what information to leave off.

Some of the questions to be addressed: What if I can't remember the details of my positions? What if I cannot find the manager I worked with? What happens if my application gets audited? During this session we will also look at your work experience and determine what is important to report to PMI. We will field questions from the audience on challenges encountered. Please bring your resume and your questions for direct help.

About Elaine Jackson, CEO Holistic Project Management Consulting:

Elaine Jackson is a highly proficient and dedicated Project Management Coach who enjoys teaching managers to understand how they can pass the Project Management Certification Exam with confidence!

Her style of coaching involves training individuals to understand project management and to use this knowledge on all projects. She applies a holistic approach toward getting students to remember complex material, explains how to apply that knowledge towards passing the PMP Exam.

Her goal is to encourage qualified individuals into the field of Project Management to add quality to functioning teams. Her motto is "A 2nd chance at success".

Elaine Jackson achieved her Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification in 2008 after 4 years of conducting several study group sessions for project managers employed at Hewlett Packard Company. She realized there was a real need for managers to be encouraged to finish their studies and for them to make advancements in their careers.

Elaine perfected the study process and achieved a closing rate of 95%. Elaine Jackson's mission is to assist Project Managers world-wide, in virtual and face-to-face environments, to be most ready for the PMP Certification Exam

She holds a BS in Biology from Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY. She graduated from the Entrepreneurial Business Training Program in Andover, MA.


Schedule for HNG Meetings:
April 15, 2011 Joellyn Schwerdlin
May 6, 2011 Dr. Paul Power
May 20, 2011 Stephen Balzac "Interviewing For Success: How to Find, and Land, Your Dream Job"

General Information:

The networking group meets in Hopkinton, at St. John the Evangelist Church parish hall. The meeting occurs, from 10 to 12 noon, and will meet the first and third Friday of the month. The parish hall has a capacity for 250 people and there is plenty of parking spaces in the parking lot and on the street. Around the perimeter of the parish hall are rooms to allow us to have focused network groups or for any other purpose we need. We chose every other Friday to allow everyone to attend the Acton Networking Group or any other networking group, if they wanted, on the Friday we do not meet.

We will maintain our close affiliation with Acton Networkers by using the same list-server to share information between the groups. Any e-mails specific to the Hopkinton Networking Group (HNG) will be indicated in the subject line either by "Hopkinton Networking Group" or "HNG"; this way anyone attending these meetings will know the e-mail is intended for them.

We will follow the following agenda items:
Welcome
Landings (with doughnuts)
Announcements
New member introductions
Needs and Leads
Speaker(s), Workshop, or Focus Group
Cleanup

For those new members who give their introductions, this is what we would like to know:
Name
Skills and Value Statement
Where have you been?
Where are you going?
Your title
Your target companies
Geography of search
Name and e-mail address

If anyone wants to join our team, please let one of us know; we could always use the extra help and input for ideas.

Directions:
Take Rt. 495 North/South and get off Exit 21A. Go through three traffic lights. Colella's Supermarket is on the right at the third traffic light. The first street after the third traffic light is Church Street, take a right turn. The church is on the right. Go around to the left of the parking lot and go into the side entrance of the parish hall.

Depending upon where you live, perhaps you may want to use Mapquest for a more direct route. The address of the church is:
St. John the Evangelist
20 Church Street
Hopkinton, MA 01748

Regards,
Hopkinton Networkers Group (HNG) Coordinators:
Steven Hakar hakar4@hotmail.com
Gil Krispien g.krispien@comcast.net
William Lam wmlam508@yahoo.com
Madeliene Moore madelienem@yahoo.com