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Sun, 17 Oct 2010 11:21:00 -0700 The President's Project - Opening Keynote Session by President Bill Clinton http://thesmartpms.posterous.com/the-presidents-proyect-opening-keynote-sessio http://thesmartpms.posterous.com/the-presidents-proyect-opening-keynote-sessio

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On the eve of his 35th wedding anniversary, President William J. Clinton addressed the thousands of project management professionals attending the PMI Global Congress 2010 North America.

 

During his address, Mr. Clinton expressed his fascination by project management and how it had positively impacted him as on his political career running campaigns as attorney general, governor and president.

 

When President Clinton took office for his first term in 1993 the world was changing and he faced the challenge to reduce the deficit. He asked Vice-president Gore to lead and build a national partnership to reduce the deficit and reshape the government fairly quickly considering different alternatives, among them technology projects that would provide quick wins. 

 

Examples of those quick wins include:  the Inc. Magazine award presented to the Social Security Administration for being the most consumer responsive organization in America, the electronic tax filing and how government created value and doubled American people’s trust in government according to the survey conducted by the University of Michigan.

Today, thru his foundation Mr. Clinton leads many projects toward the benefit of people in America and throughout the world providing medicine to children in need and fighting obesity. On annual basis he meets with world leaders, philanthropists and NGOs leaders of to focus on specific actions. In 6 years, Mr. Clinton foundation spent 60+ billion dollars to positively change people’s life.

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The three current challenges the world is facing, according to Mr. Clinton are:

•             Global instability

•             Growing economic inequality between rich and poor countries

•             The need for change in the way energy is produced and consumed in the world

 

There is still a lot of work to be done in Haiti after the earthquake and he invited project managers to join his cause and develop standards to make sure that everything is done in Haiti during the re-construction is hurricane- and earthquake-resistant.

 

One of the most interesting quotes from Mr. Clinton was “If you're a project manager and you're a professional, there's always going to be something you can do for the next 50 years in the 21st century".

 

During the Q&A session with Greg Ballesteros, CEO of PM, Mr. Clinton Mentioned that two people that had influenced his life was Nelson Mandela, Nobel Prize and former President of South Africa and Yitzhak Rabin, fifth Prime Minister of Israel. From both he learnt the power of strength and that adversity should not change ideals.

 

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Mr. Clinton keynote was the best way to start PMI Global Congress 2010 -- North America.

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Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:07:00 -0700 PMI Global Congress 2010-North America #pminac http://thesmartpms.posterous.com/pmi-global-congress-2010-north-america-pminac http://thesmartpms.posterous.com/pmi-global-congress-2010-north-america-pminac

Three full days filled with learning, networking and sharing experiences with other project management professionals from around the world.  Former President Bill Clinton was the keynote speaker and shared his experience with project management during his political and civil career.

 

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Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:58:00 -0700 PMI Global Congress 2010-North America "A Taste of Washington" #pminac http://thesmartpms.posterous.com/pmi-global-congress-2010-north-america-a-tast http://thesmartpms.posterous.com/pmi-global-congress-2010-north-america-a-tast

Project Management professionals want to have fun too!!!

The Monday evening networking evening "A Taste of Washington" was the perfect opportunity to network, relax and have some fun with colleagues from around the world.

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