Being indispensable at work means making it incredibly difficult for your boss to replace you. Here are our top tips on how to make yourself indispensable.
Patrick Fleming Letter of RecommendationCyndi Sarabia
Cyndi Sarabia is recommended for a position based on her work on the STAR fundraising program. She coordinated all fundraising events, making cold calls, canvassing for sponsors, and donations. Through her drive and fresh ideas, she helped break records each year for attendance and money raised at the events. Her strong work ethic, ability to work with others, and positive results would make her a great addition to any team.
This document discusses building resilience in entrepreneurs. It was written by Deep Parekh in April 2013 for Zaffran. The document focuses on helping entrepreneurs withstand challenges and difficulties by developing mental toughness, embracing failure and learning from mistakes, maintaining optimism and faith in oneself and one's ideas, and having a strong support system.
Dinsmore hosted the third women’s client development event at Castle & Key in August 2019. More than 50 female client representatives attended the event with more than 20 Dinsmore women attorneys. The venue was beautiful and the food fantastic! Our clients enjoyed the event and have given positive feedback.
We're grateful to everyone who took time to help and who were able to attend.
#IamDinsmore
Lisa Wehrs was an excellent employee as a Home Support scheduler from 2005-2008. She effectively scheduled over 50 employees to provide customer services while accommodating all customer preferences. Her strong organizational skills led to additional tasks like arranging meetings, assisting with billing, and training employees. Customer service and employee survey results increased by 80% during her time due to her positive personality and approachable presence. Her former employer highly recommends Lisa and believes she will be a great asset to any school system due to her flexibility, dedication, and willingness to offer assistance.
Beth Brant, the co-owner and Creative Director of Papermoon, a branding agency in Seattle, wrote a letter of recommendation for Allison Guild. Brant hired Guild as a Branding Assistant but was impressed by her creativity, organization, listening skills, and ability to understand clients. Brant says Guild was brought into the full creative process and would be an asset to any marketing or branding team due to her skills, work ethic, and positive attitude.
Pari is a hardworking, self-motivated professional who is one of the best well planners the author has ever worked with. She is extremely thorough with a keen eye for detail and was able to meet tight deadlines by working long hours, including weekends and late nights. Anytime questions arose, Pari was always available to help. The author highly recommends Pari and would trust her with any challenge.
Patrick Fleming Letter of RecommendationCyndi Sarabia
Cyndi Sarabia is recommended for a position based on her work on the STAR fundraising program. She coordinated all fundraising events, making cold calls, canvassing for sponsors, and donations. Through her drive and fresh ideas, she helped break records each year for attendance and money raised at the events. Her strong work ethic, ability to work with others, and positive results would make her a great addition to any team.
This document discusses building resilience in entrepreneurs. It was written by Deep Parekh in April 2013 for Zaffran. The document focuses on helping entrepreneurs withstand challenges and difficulties by developing mental toughness, embracing failure and learning from mistakes, maintaining optimism and faith in oneself and one's ideas, and having a strong support system.
Dinsmore hosted the third women’s client development event at Castle & Key in August 2019. More than 50 female client representatives attended the event with more than 20 Dinsmore women attorneys. The venue was beautiful and the food fantastic! Our clients enjoyed the event and have given positive feedback.
We're grateful to everyone who took time to help and who were able to attend.
#IamDinsmore
Lisa Wehrs was an excellent employee as a Home Support scheduler from 2005-2008. She effectively scheduled over 50 employees to provide customer services while accommodating all customer preferences. Her strong organizational skills led to additional tasks like arranging meetings, assisting with billing, and training employees. Customer service and employee survey results increased by 80% during her time due to her positive personality and approachable presence. Her former employer highly recommends Lisa and believes she will be a great asset to any school system due to her flexibility, dedication, and willingness to offer assistance.
Beth Brant, the co-owner and Creative Director of Papermoon, a branding agency in Seattle, wrote a letter of recommendation for Allison Guild. Brant hired Guild as a Branding Assistant but was impressed by her creativity, organization, listening skills, and ability to understand clients. Brant says Guild was brought into the full creative process and would be an asset to any marketing or branding team due to her skills, work ethic, and positive attitude.
Pari is a hardworking, self-motivated professional who is one of the best well planners the author has ever worked with. She is extremely thorough with a keen eye for detail and was able to meet tight deadlines by working long hours, including weekends and late nights. Anytime questions arose, Pari was always available to help. The author highly recommends Pari and would trust her with any challenge.
This divine pendant from Aaradhi collection by Divya Mantra is made up of Silver and is elegantly Nickel Plated. This pendant gives a special persona to carry along. All along with its Spiritual importance it gives you a unique fashionable blend.
Testimonial - Gissing on CR letterhead Jan2015Guy Leaning
A client wrote a testimonial thanking their real estate agent for their help in selling the client's family home. The agent showed patience and professionalism, and navigated the difficult process delicately for the client's elderly parents. The agent also took over the listing from a competitor, re-shot great photos, creatively marketed the property, and took initiative on pricing and valuation. The client was impressed by the agent's overall approach and would highly recommend them to anyone.
Derrick Black introduces himself and shares details about growing up in low-income neighborhoods in Chicago where he was exposed to gang violence and drugs but avoided joining gangs. He discusses his lowest paying job working at WIS International for $9.25/hour and leaving after a year due to reduced hours. He was feeling lost until his mother, an alum of ICStars, encouraged him to join the program to develop his creative skills and find purpose.
Semaje Bell was born in 1988 in the northside neighborhood of Old Town in Chicago. He later moved to the west side and has lived in various neighborhoods west of Western Avenue. He enjoys fixed gear bikes and working to improve his community through a giving circle that donates time, money, and resources to help local people, non-profits, and schools facing funding cuts. The giving circle also supports organizations resisting the current administration and each other during difficult political times.
Semaje Bell was born in 1988 in the northside neighborhood of Old Town in Chicago. He later moved to the west side of Chicago and has lived in various neighborhoods, always staying west of Western Avenue. He enjoys fixed gear bikes and is trying to make a living working less than 30 hours a week at a low wage while also attending school full-time.
Every day is an opportunity for most people, but it doesn't have to be ordinary. There are many ways to be extraordinary, such as having passion for everything you do, being courageous, maintaining a positive attitude, finding beauty in everything, being a leader or mentor, exploring uncharted territories, dreaming big, tackling problems with determination, having strong values, and believing in yourself. Every moment is a chance to make the most of each day.
Aimee Woodall reflects on leaving a job 15 years ago where she felt disconnected from her work and lacking a sense of purpose or legacy. This prompted her to start her own agency, The Black Sheep Agency, which has been a challenging journey but ultimately more fulfilling. While entrepreneurship is difficult with unpredictable problems arising, committing to values of standing out and standing up for beliefs helps make the hard work worthwhile. She outlines lessons learned over the years such as having ambitious goals, prioritizing passion and care for one's work rather than just balance, and allowing values and purpose to guide decisions.
The document calls for current and prospective site representatives to attend an upcoming chapter meeting on March 19th at 5:30pm at the Staff Development Academy to discuss participation in the coming months. It states their participation is important and will provide opportunities for incentives, with the representative bringing the most members receiving a gift. It encourages site representatives to be informative voices for members and provides contact information for the site representative coordinator.
Nicole Maestas worked as the Creative Director and Production Manager for The Colorado Statesman from 2014 to 2015. In this role, she utilized various design software like Quark Express, InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator to layout the newspaper's content, graphics, ads, and client creative content. This year, she helped redesign their print edition, including creating their new letterhead. Her former employer, the CEO and Publisher of The Colorado Statesman, endorses her abilities and recommends her as an excellent graphic designer and creative professional.
New Mehndi Design-Easy Mehndi Design|Mehra'sMehendiArtAminaKabeer1
Mehndi Designing is the popular body art from ancient India,in which paste of mehndi leaves are applied on your hands and feet to get attractive look on your festive occassions.Here Mehhra'sMehendiArt introduce you a variety of New and Easy Mehndi design for your special occassions.
Networking does not just happen at an organized event, you can networking at any place and time. Learn how you can take your marketing to the next level with these on the go networking strategies.
Learnings from Successful Jobs SearchersBruce Bennett
Are you interested to know what actions help in a job search? This webinar is the summary of several individuals who discussed their job search journey for others to follow. You will learn there are common actions that helped them succeed in their quest for gainful employment.
Success is often not achievable without facing and overcoming obstacles along the way. To reach our goals and achieve success, it is important to understand and resolve the obstacles that come in our way.
In this article, we will discuss the various obstacles that hinder success, strategies to overcome them, and examples of individuals who have successfully surmounted their obstacles.
This divine pendant from Aaradhi collection by Divya Mantra is made up of Silver and is elegantly Nickel Plated. This pendant gives a special persona to carry along. All along with its Spiritual importance it gives you a unique fashionable blend.
Testimonial - Gissing on CR letterhead Jan2015Guy Leaning
A client wrote a testimonial thanking their real estate agent for their help in selling the client's family home. The agent showed patience and professionalism, and navigated the difficult process delicately for the client's elderly parents. The agent also took over the listing from a competitor, re-shot great photos, creatively marketed the property, and took initiative on pricing and valuation. The client was impressed by the agent's overall approach and would highly recommend them to anyone.
Derrick Black introduces himself and shares details about growing up in low-income neighborhoods in Chicago where he was exposed to gang violence and drugs but avoided joining gangs. He discusses his lowest paying job working at WIS International for $9.25/hour and leaving after a year due to reduced hours. He was feeling lost until his mother, an alum of ICStars, encouraged him to join the program to develop his creative skills and find purpose.
Semaje Bell was born in 1988 in the northside neighborhood of Old Town in Chicago. He later moved to the west side and has lived in various neighborhoods west of Western Avenue. He enjoys fixed gear bikes and working to improve his community through a giving circle that donates time, money, and resources to help local people, non-profits, and schools facing funding cuts. The giving circle also supports organizations resisting the current administration and each other during difficult political times.
Semaje Bell was born in 1988 in the northside neighborhood of Old Town in Chicago. He later moved to the west side of Chicago and has lived in various neighborhoods, always staying west of Western Avenue. He enjoys fixed gear bikes and is trying to make a living working less than 30 hours a week at a low wage while also attending school full-time.
Every day is an opportunity for most people, but it doesn't have to be ordinary. There are many ways to be extraordinary, such as having passion for everything you do, being courageous, maintaining a positive attitude, finding beauty in everything, being a leader or mentor, exploring uncharted territories, dreaming big, tackling problems with determination, having strong values, and believing in yourself. Every moment is a chance to make the most of each day.
Aimee Woodall reflects on leaving a job 15 years ago where she felt disconnected from her work and lacking a sense of purpose or legacy. This prompted her to start her own agency, The Black Sheep Agency, which has been a challenging journey but ultimately more fulfilling. While entrepreneurship is difficult with unpredictable problems arising, committing to values of standing out and standing up for beliefs helps make the hard work worthwhile. She outlines lessons learned over the years such as having ambitious goals, prioritizing passion and care for one's work rather than just balance, and allowing values and purpose to guide decisions.
The document calls for current and prospective site representatives to attend an upcoming chapter meeting on March 19th at 5:30pm at the Staff Development Academy to discuss participation in the coming months. It states their participation is important and will provide opportunities for incentives, with the representative bringing the most members receiving a gift. It encourages site representatives to be informative voices for members and provides contact information for the site representative coordinator.
Nicole Maestas worked as the Creative Director and Production Manager for The Colorado Statesman from 2014 to 2015. In this role, she utilized various design software like Quark Express, InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator to layout the newspaper's content, graphics, ads, and client creative content. This year, she helped redesign their print edition, including creating their new letterhead. Her former employer, the CEO and Publisher of The Colorado Statesman, endorses her abilities and recommends her as an excellent graphic designer and creative professional.
New Mehndi Design-Easy Mehndi Design|Mehra'sMehendiArtAminaKabeer1
Mehndi Designing is the popular body art from ancient India,in which paste of mehndi leaves are applied on your hands and feet to get attractive look on your festive occassions.Here Mehhra'sMehendiArt introduce you a variety of New and Easy Mehndi design for your special occassions.
Networking does not just happen at an organized event, you can networking at any place and time. Learn how you can take your marketing to the next level with these on the go networking strategies.
Learnings from Successful Jobs SearchersBruce Bennett
Are you interested to know what actions help in a job search? This webinar is the summary of several individuals who discussed their job search journey for others to follow. You will learn there are common actions that helped them succeed in their quest for gainful employment.
Success is often not achievable without facing and overcoming obstacles along the way. To reach our goals and achieve success, it is important to understand and resolve the obstacles that come in our way.
In this article, we will discuss the various obstacles that hinder success, strategies to overcome them, and examples of individuals who have successfully surmounted their obstacles.
Joyce M Sullivan, Founder & CEO of SocMediaFin, Inc. shares her "Five Questions - The Story of You", "Reflections - What Matters to You?" and "The Three Circle Exercise" to guide those evaluating what their next move may be in their careers.
In the intricate tapestry of life, connections serve as the vibrant threads that weave together opportunities, experiences, and growth. Whether in personal or professional spheres, the ability to forge meaningful connections opens doors to a multitude of possibilities, propelling individuals toward success and fulfillment.
Eirini is an HR professional with strong passion for technology and semiconductors industry in particular. She started her career as a software recruiter in 2012, and developed an interest for business development, talent enablement and innovation which later got her setting up the concept of Software Community Management in ASML, and to Developer Relations today. She holds a bachelor degree in Lifelong Learning and an MBA specialised in Strategic Human Resources Management. She is a world citizen, having grown up in Greece, she studied and kickstarted her career in The Netherlands and can currently be found in Santa Clara, CA.
We recently hosted the much-anticipated Community Skill Builders Workshop during our June online meeting. This event was a culmination of six months of listening to your feedback and crafting solutions to better support your PMI journey. Here’s a look back at what happened and the exciting developments that emerged from our collaborative efforts.
A Gathering of Minds
We were thrilled to see a diverse group of attendees, including local certified PMI trainers and both new and experienced members eager to contribute their perspectives. The workshop was structured into three dynamic discussion sessions, each led by our dedicated membership advocates.
Key Takeaways and Future Directions
The insights and feedback gathered from these discussions were invaluable. Here are some of the key takeaways and the steps we are taking to address them:
• Enhanced Resource Accessibility: We are working on a new, user-friendly resource page that will make it easier for members to access training materials and real-world application guides.
• Structured Mentorship Program: Plans are underway to launch a mentorship program that will connect members with experienced professionals for guidance and support.
• Increased Networking Opportunities: Expect to see more frequent and varied networking events, both virtual and in-person, to help you build connections and foster a sense of community.
Moving Forward
We are committed to turning your feedback into actionable solutions that enhance your PMI journey. This workshop was just the beginning. By actively participating and sharing your experiences, you have helped shape the future of our Chapter’s offerings.
Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to the success of the Community Skill Builders Workshop. Your engagement and enthusiasm are what make our Chapter strong and vibrant. Stay tuned for updates on the new initiatives and opportunities to get involved. Together, we are building a community that supports and empowers each other on our PMI journeys.
Stay connected, stay engaged, and let’s continue to grow together!
About PMI Silver Spring Chapter
We are a branch of the Project Management Institute. We offer a platform for project management professionals in Silver Spring, MD, and the DC/Baltimore metro area. Monthly meetings facilitate networking, knowledge sharing, and professional development. For more, visit pmissc.org.