NOVEMBER CHAPTER MEETING

Presentation Description:

We are surrounded by various ways to learn new things and to receive various forms of credentials to validate what we learn and to describe what we can do.  This session will de-mystify the terms, and you’ll be able to distinguish what learning opportunities would be best for you to get you to your goals.  Project Management education is widely available out there, and it can be difficult for the serious PM professional to determine what really will matter most to your career trajectory.  We’ll look at some examples of available PM learning resources so that you will be better informed about the opportunities, including those available at PMI and through Syracuse University.

Speaker for the event:

Art Thomas, Ed.M., Ph.D.

Art is a consultant in Experiential Learning, Microcredential Frameworks, and Project Management Education.

Art is the Co-founder and Director of the iConsult Collaborative experiential learning organization and consults in the area of microcredentials and experiential learning. A specialist in Project Management, Art co-authored the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®) Official Cert Guide, published by Pearson Education in 2023.

Art has been teaching at Syracuse University since 2001 and was a full-time Professor of Practice there since 2009. Prior to his current role, from 2021-2026 Art had been the Executive Director of the Office of Microcredentials at Syracuse University, and a Professor of Practice and Director of the Project Management degree programs with the SU College of Professional Studies. His roles from 2009-2021 at the University had included Associate Dean for Career Services and Experiential Learning, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, the Director of the Master’s Degree programs in Information Management (IM) and Telecommunications and Network Management (TNM), all at the School of Information Studies (the iSchool).

Positions on the corporate IT side of his career have ranged from Programmer to Chief Information Officer, and on the corporate training and development side, from Trainer to Chief Learning Officer. As CEO of IT Consultancy Counterpoint Holdings, L.L.C., he has assisted numerous corporations and public school districts with strategic IT transformation.

Art earned his BA from the State University of New York College at Brockport. His Ed.M. in Curriculum Development and Instructional Media is from SUNY at Buffalo, where he also completed his Ph.D. in Research and Evaluation – Instructional Systems Design and Management.

The event will be held on November 17 at Whitman in the Concourse Atrium for the catered meal and then classroom 011 for the meeting/presentation.