Becoming a Great Communicator

1. “Instant Oatmeal”
May 14, 2012
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2. Project Management Professionals
• Toastmasters – PMI
• A Symbiotic Relationship
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3. Project Management Professionals
• Why?
• My Peers Drafted me as the VP of
Membership for “Talk of Dell”
• Toastmasters Club 6786
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4. Project Management Professionals
• 60 PDUs required per three year period for
PMP renewal
• An opportunity to get PDUs on the Plano
Campus
• Or at over 13,000 clubs world wide
• Learn a skill priceless for the role of Project
Management
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5. Project Management Professionals
PMPs
I know who you are 
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6. PMI Dallas Toastmasters Club
Dallas PMI Chapter
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7. Why Toastmasters
• Become a confident and competent communicator
• Practice in a fun environment among friends
• Learn to employ the elements of preparing an effective speech
• Become a more effective leader
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8. Talk of Dell Thursdays' @Noon
• Earn one PDU per meeting
• On Plano Campus
• Conference Room D1528
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9. Talk of Dell Thursdays' @Noon
An Excerpt
From My PDU Accepted Transcript
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10. Dell Executive Sponsor
• Bob Feiner – Dell Toastmaster International® Executive Sponsor
• As executive sponsor, Bob will promote Toastmaster interests within the
company
• Bob is the Vice President of Global Deployment and Field Services
• Beginning in Q1FY13, his responsibilities will expand to also include the
Enterprise Deployment organization.
• Bob joined Dell in 1999.
• He has an MBA from the University of Texas–Austin and a BS-
Mechanical Engineering from Tulane University.
• He is based in Round Rock, Texas.
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11. Talk of Dell Thursdays' @Noon
Please Contact Me!
VP of Membership for Talk of Dell
Forrest Kovach, MBA, PMP, MCTS-Project
Project Management Senior Advisor
Dell | Services
office +1 972 577 4744
cell +1 972 693 7706
Dell Inc. Plano Campus, 2300 W. Plano
Parkway, Plano, TX 75075
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12. Project Management Professionals
• 60 PDUs required per three year period for PMP renewal
• An opportunity to get PDUs on the Plano Campus
• Or at over 13,000 clubs world wide
• PMI Dallas has there own Toastmasters Chapter:
http://pmidallas.org/meetinginfo.php?id=89&ts=1327592038
• A video on maintaining your PMI certification is available at
http://pdu.pmi.org/ccr/
• Report PDUs at https://ccrs.pmi.org/Certificants/ClaimPDU.aspx
• Enter Category B – Continuing Education for every hour of actively
participating in a meeting.
• Category B has no maximum
• Retain agenda and project books for documentation.
• Dell believes in the benefits of Toastmasters : Bob Feiner – Dell
Toastmaster International® Executive Sponsor
• Contact: Forrest Kovach, MBA, PMP, MCTS-Project, Project Management
Senior Advisor 972-577-4744
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13. Thank You