PMForum named Media Partner for Project Management Professional Development Summit in Hawaii

Aug. 31, 2008 - PRLog -- Dallas, Texas, USA — PMForum announced today that it has been named “Media Partner” for the 2008 Professional Development Summit being co-sponsored by the PMI Honolulu Chapter and LavaCon 2008.  The event will be held in Honolulu, Hawaii during 6-8 November 2008. PMForum will provide news coverage before and during the event for the global project management community.  

According to Sharon Rundell, Special Projects Director for the PMI Honolulu Chapter, “Our 2008 Professional Development Summit will present proven best practices in the fields of professional project management and technical communications, with a number of well known international leaders in those fields participating.  This is our first PDS in Hawaii, so we are very excited about hosting such a big event.  We thank our partner LavaCon for teaming with us to bring best practices to Hawaii and PMForum for promoting the event.”

The PMI Honolulu/LavaCon 2008 Professional Development Summit will be held during November 6-8, 2008 at the Marriott Honolulu Waikiki hotel. The conference is for professionals who want continuing education on how to manage projects, stay current on latest management and communication tools and technologies, and develop soft skills in such areas as leadership, conflict management, contract and negotiations, and other aspects of modern management.  Attendees can receive up to 24 professional development units (PDUs) for attending.  For more information, visit http://www.pmi-honoluluchapter.org/.

As a PMForum media partner, PMA will receive visibility on PMForum web pages including listing in PMForum’s global Events Calendar, pre-event news coverage of announcements and developments, breaking news reported from location during the event, and post-event reporting. Examples of PMForum partnering efforts and media coverage can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/events/partner_program.htm.  

About PMI Honolulu Chapter
The Project Management Institute (PMI®) is the leading professional organization for project management professionals worldwide.  Founded in 1997, the PMI® Honolulu Chapter is a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of project management practices and standards worldwide and the development of the project management profession.    More information about the chapter can be found at the website http://www.pmi-honoluluchapter.org

About LavaCon
LavaCon® is a conference for technical communication professionals—senior technical writers, documentations managers and other professionals interested in learning how to deploy and manage technical communication projects.  More information about previous LavaCon conferences can be found at www.lavacon.org.

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About PMForum
PMForum, Inc. administers and operates www.pmforum.org, the world’s first project management website and one of the world’s best known and leading sources of project management news and information. PMForum also publishes the monthly online PM World Today e-Journal, where articles, case studies, papers and viewpoints by leading project management authorities and experts from around the world can be found. Free subscriptions are available at www.pmworldtoday.net.

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