Boost your public speaking and leadership skills with ProjectMasters Toastmasters, an open club sponsored by PMI Arizona. Enjoy prepared speeches, evaluations, and speaking exercises in a supportive environment—plus PMI members earn 1.5 PDUs per meeting! Guests are welcome anytime; no registration required. Just show up and start growing!

In an age of continuous partial attention, our constant multitasking and information overload are reshaping how we think, focus, and connect with others. This session explores what research reveals about the cognitive and neurological impacts of digital overload, and offers practical strategies to strengthen focus, emotional intelligence, and genuine connection.

This presentation explores how prediction algorithms can prevent self-collisions in large mining equipment, such as rope shovels, by detecting when moving components risk contacting other parts of the machine. It will also examine the operational challenges encountered at various stages of project execution and the strategic approaches used to overcome them across the project lifecycle.

Boost your public speaking and leadership skills with ProjectMasters Toastmasters, an open club sponsored by PMI Arizona. Enjoy prepared speeches, evaluations, and speaking exercises in a supportive environment—plus PMI members earn 1.5 PDUs per meeting! Guests are welcome anytime; no registration required. Just show up and start growing!

As AI accelerates work and amplifies both organizational strengths and dysfunctions, project leaders must deliver faster amid growing complexity. Drawing on PMI’s thought leadership regarding enterprise agility and human-centered collaboration, Dr. Christina Pate explores why true transformation depends on human capacity—like clear thinking and honest communication—rather than technology alone. Participants will leave with a practical understanding of how pressure shapes performance, alongside actionable strategies to lead change with greater clarity, steadiness, and impact.

Boost your public speaking and leadership skills with ProjectMasters Toastmasters, an open club sponsored by PMI Arizona. Enjoy prepared speeches, evaluations, and speaking exercises in a supportive environment—plus PMI members earn 1.5 PDUs per meeting! Guests are welcome anytime; no registration required. Just show up and start growing!

Presentation Title: From Vision to Delivery: Inside a Local Government IT PMO Speakers: Donna Sanchez and Sara Ainsworth

Topic Summary: Discover how a city IT PMO transitioned from survival mode to structured, effective governance in just two years. This session covers the essentials of that transformation: defining project criteria, implementing stage-gates and required documentation, and establishing an intake and prioritization council using a simple scoring model. You will also learn about updating portfolio tooling and setting up quarterly benchmarks for continuous evolution. Leave with a structured, practical approach that you can immediately apply to any public-sector PMO.