PMO Round Table Breakfast Meeting
PMO Round Table Breakfast Meeting
When: Monthly on the Second Wednesday from 7:30 am-9:00 am
Where: Virtual Meeting (Registrants will receive joining details from Meeting Leader)
The Chapter holds a Breakfast Round Table focused upon the PMO Practice and Operations once a month. This round table group provides a general forum to discuss various issues, problems, and challenges related to organizing, operating and managing a PMO within any organization. The format is open, with round-robin topics decided by the attendees each month.
If you are, or have been, involved in any of the following activities, this round table will be for you.
- Monitoring and Controlling Project Performance
- Developing Project Management Methodologies and Competencies
- Multi-Project Portfolio Management - Strategic Management, PMOs and Governance
- Organizational Learning - Communicating PMO Value
PMO Round Table meetings are open to anyone who is interested.
PM Breakfast Meeting - Scotts Valley October 2025
The intent of the meeting is to promote an informal gathering of project managers to discuss current topics in the profession, receive suggestions from the other attendees on current project challenges, or share/receive information on items of interest.
Job Search Breakfast Meeting
This group is established to provide job search support for Silicon Valley project management professionals. It is sponsored by the Silicon Valley chapter of the Project Management Institute - PMI (www.pmisv.org) to help our members in transition improve their probability of landing a future job. In conjunction with the chapter's Career Management Seminars and Career Development Workshops, the Job Search Group focuses on providing:
- The skills and tools necessary for successful personal marketing and job search
- Opportunities to share job market intelligence and strategies
- A forum for mutual support, accountability, and inspiration.
PMISV Toastmasters Club Meeting – Every 1st, 2nd, 4th Monday 7.00PM-8.00PM
PMISV Toastmasters Club Meeting – Every 1st, 2nd, 4th Monday 7.00PM-8.00PM
When: Every 1st, 2nd, 4th Monday 7:00pm-8:00pm
Where: Virtual Meeting - Registrants will receive details from the event host.
Description
- PMI Silicon Valley Toastmasters, a Toastmasters Club for PMISV Members, is a place where you develop and grow – both personally and professionally
- If you are interested in improving your communication skills, improve knowledge of project Management processes and building a network of professional project managers then please attend our meetings
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Interested in joining the club: Contact Club President Raj Souda or Bhanu M. Viswanadha Bhanu M. Viswanadha
Takeaways:
PMISV Toastmasters club is a safe place to practice communication skills. These meetings will provide an opportunity for project management community to:
- Advance your communication skills
- Deliver prepared and impromptu speeches
- Develop leadership potential
- Provide and receive constructive evaluations
- Get better at Organize and facilitate meetings
- Earn 1.0 PDUs per meeting for PMI members
- Toastmaster International Membership
PMISV Peninsula Happy Hour – October 2025
PMISV Peninsula Happy Hour
When: October 14th (Monthly Each 2nd Tuesday)
Where: Mariners Point Golf Center - Birdie's Bar & Food Trailer, 2401 East 3rd Avenue. Foster City, CA 94404
Description:
Join team of volunteers from PMISV for an informal get together. This is a facilitated discussion on agenda topics solicited from the attendees during introductions. The intent of the meeting is to promote networking among project managers to discuss current topics in the profession, receive suggestions from the other attendees on current project challenges, or share/receive information on items of interest. The meeting is open to anyone who is interested.
Registration: The registration is FREE for anyone interested. Walk-in welcome. Please register online in advance to help the Event Host plan and reserve space.
Cost: Only cost is what you order from the menu, separate checks. Please drink responsibly.
Event Leader: Dulce Lord Contact Event Host
Event Co-Leaders: Larry Staley, Gretchen Peters, Ronnie Gerola
PMISV - Chapter Leadership Program Cohort 8 (PMI Silicon Valley and other PMI Chapter Members ONLY)
PM Insights Sunnyvale Virtual Meeting - Make it Quick! The Art of Effective Updates
PM Insights Sunnyvale Virtual Meeting
Make it Quick! The Art of Effective Updates
- Check your email folders including SPAM/JUNK folders
- Search your email using the event title above
- IF you believe you are not receiving ANY system emails fill out the form linked HERE
Giving project updates or meeting summaries is critical to successful project management. But it's also challenging: How much should you say? How should you organize the information? How do you customize it for different audiences?
During this presentation, you will learn how to communicate updates efficiently and effectively, whether you are speaking to your team, your manager, or senior executives. The focus is on verbal communication, but everything you learn applies to writing as well. We will use breakout rooms to practice, so you feel ready and confident to use your new skills right away.
Takeaways:
- Discover the foundation of effective communication: the “Rule of 3
- Find out how backstory (too much or too little) can make or break your updates
- Learn 2 speaking templates for providing updates on meetings and projects.
- Practice these speaking templates with your peers in breakout rooms
PMISV Monthly Book Club | The Everything Store by Brad Stone
PMISV Monthly Book Club | The Everything Store by Brad Stone
The Monthly Book Club is a forum for talking about books that touch on the widely varied challenges of project and program management.