The future of project management is not in one industry but it's across all of them.

Project managers who can navigate diverse industries, cultures, and communities will have a decisive advantage. This interactive workshop explores project management beyond the blueprint through three powerful lenses: cultural project management, transportation and infrastructure management, and nonprofit and community-centered projects.

This session draws on decades of real-world project, program and portfolio leadership across industries where human intelligence, cultural fluency, and community relationships are irreplaceable. This workshop will feature a guest speaker with professional experience in both tech and non-tech project, program or portfolio management roles.  Led by Dr. Diamond, VP of Professional Development for PMI Puget Sound and former director of a $386M federal PMO, it is free and open to all. Zoom link provided upon registration.

What You Will Gain
A broader perspective on industries resistant to AI human resources disruption, practical insights from real-world PM leadership across three distinct sectors, and PDUs toward your PMI certification maintenance.

6:00 to 6:15 PM — Welcome and Context Setting
An overview of how AI is reshaping the tech PM landscape and why industry diversification is a career survival strategy. Introduction to the three industry pillars covered tonight.

6:15 to 6:45 PM — Pillar One: Cultural Projects and Preservation
Exploring project management in cultural preservation and arts organizations, grant lifecycle management as a portfolio discipline, and career pathways into cultural PM for credentialed professionals.

6:45 to 7:15 PM — Pillar Two: Transportation, Infrastructure, Precious Metals, Fuel and Government
(US and International) and municipal PMO structure, regulatory compliance as a core PM competency, government funding lifecycle management, and why specific pillar two industries are among the most stable in today's economy.

7:15 to 7:20 PM — Break

7:20 to 7:50 PM — Pillar Three: Nonprofit, Community, and Non-Traditional Industries
Project management across nonprofit, hospitality, healthcare, maritime, construction, and trades. How to identify where your existing credentials translate and what organizations in these industries are looking for.

7:50 to 8:15 PM — Open Discussion and Q&A
Facilitated conversation on industry pivoting, positioning your PM credentials across sectors, and practical next steps you can take this week.

8:15 to 8:30 PM — Closing and PDU Information
How to claim your PDUs through PMI after the event