Project Management Institute Opens Call for 2010 PMI Professional Awards Nominations

1 November 2009 Kicks Off PMI Award Season
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa.--(Business Wire)--
On the heels of a successful PMI® Global Congress 2009-North America,
commemorating the organization`s 40th anniversary, the Project Management
Institute (PMI), the world`s leading project management professional membership
organization, has opened the call for nominations for its Professional Awards
Program. Through this program, PMI recognizes outstanding achievements in
project management, including those of project professionals, scholars,
organizations and their successful and innovative projects and products, as well
as continuing professional education providers and authors.

While perhaps best known for the coveted Project of the Year Award, PMI
Professional Awards include:

* PMI Distinguished Project Award
* PMI Community Advancement Through Project Management Award
* PMI Distinguished Contribution Award
* PMI Eric Jenett Project Management Excellence Award
* PMI Fellow Award
* PMI Linn Stuckenbruck Person of the Year Award
* PMI Research Achievement Award
* PMI David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award
* PMI Continuing Professional Education Provider of the Year Award
* PMI Continuing Professional Education Product of the Year Award
* PMI Project Management Journal® Paper of the Year Award

Nominations for the Project of the Year Award are due by 1 March 2010, while
most other nominations are due on 26 April 2010. More information and
instructions for nominations and each award nomination deadline can be found
here: http://www.pmi.org/AboutUs/Pages/Our-Professional-Awards.aspx.

About Project Management Institute (PMI)

The world`s leading project management professional membership organization, PMI
shares knowledge with nearly 500,000 members and credential holders in over 185
countries. Since 1969, PMI has impacted more than one million practitioners,
businesses, governments, students and training organizations. Today, PMI`s
products and services range from world-class standards for project, program and
portfolio management to five professional credentials, including the gold
standard Project Management Professional (PMP)®. PMI`s exclusive Global
Corporate Council and European Corporate Networking Group engage large
multinationals and government organizations in endorsing the value of project
management. The only project management association with an established academic
research program, PMI has invested more than US$14 million in support of dozens
of research projects since 1997. Learn more at pmi.org.

Edelman
Kaycee Holmes, +1 214-443-7597
Kaycee.holmes@edelman.com
or
PMI
Glenn R. Boyet, +1 610-356-4600 x1112
Glenn.Boyet@pmi.org

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