Summary: Listen Now: {audio}http://traffic.libsyn.com/pmpodcast/PM_Podcast_246_2013_11_01_-_frank_saladis.mp3{/audio} This episode is sponsored by The Agile PrepCast for The PMI-ACP Exam: This interview with Frank Saladis, PMP was recorded at the PMI Global Congress 2013 North America in New Orleans. The International Project Management Day (http://internationalpmday.org/) is happening every year on the 1st Thursday of November. This is "our" day. But what exactly does it do for us? Why should you care? Frank Saladis (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/frank-saladis/0/226/4aa/) who is the founder of the IPM Day argues that since it was first introduced in 2004 "our" day has grown both in recognition and size. And this increased awareness of our profession has opened senior executives to the notion that we as project managers learn life skills, leadership skills, managerial skill and general business skills that are very portable from organization to organization. You as a project manager are near the pulse of every organization and as such you become more valuable and your career grows with every project that you manage. Below are the first few pages of the transcript. The complete transcript is available to Premium subscribers only. Podcast Introduction Cornelius Fichtner: Hello everyone! I am here with Frank Saladis, the founder of the International Project Management Day at the PMI Global Congress 2013. Podcast Interview Cornelius Fichtner: Hello Frank! Frank Saladis: Hi, How are you? Nice to be here. Cornelius Fichtner: I'm very well thank you. You must be ecstatic! You have just been named a new PMI Fellow last night. Frank Saladis: Yeah, that was kind of a surprise and I felt really good about it. It hasn’t really set in. This award is such a prestigious award and I feel very privileged to be in a company of such great people I'm involved in the evolution of PMI and in project management. So it's a great feeling. Cornelius Fichtner: Well yeah, congratulations from all of us. In the words of Wayne's World: "I am not worthy. I am not worthy!" Alright, but we are here today to talk about your involvement with the International Project Management Day. You're the founder of it, right? Frank Saladis: Yes, I am! Yeah! I created it back in the end of 2004. It was kind of a challenge. I have graduated from the Project Management Institute Leadership Institute Masters Class and our professor, Jerry Brightman said to the graduates to go out and change the world. I thought that was kind of a tall order and I kept thinking about it and I came up with the idea. I said: You know, we have Mother's Day and Father's Day. We used to have Secretary's Day, I think it's call Administrative Assistant's Day and I looked at all these things and I said, you know it's time that we did something to recognize project managers so I came up with International Project Management Day. Cornelius Fichtner: Right and 'change the world' is actually a good segway because we have talked about International Project Management Day previously here on the program. What we want to look at today is more how you have changed the world to see what effect the International Project Management Day has indeed had on the profession, on project managers out there and maybe also on how project managers today can use as part of their daily projects. But first, when is the next one? Which number is it this year? Frank Saladis: Well, officially, this would be the 9th time we've actually done an actual set of events, okay. The first true official event after when I launched the International Project Management Day in 2004 first absolute worldwide event took place in November of 2005. What I did was I picked a day, I was trying to find a day that would work best for everyone and minimize the number of other holidays that are out there. Around the world, everyday is a holiday somewhere, but I picked the first Thursday of November. So it's the first Thursday of November every year. This ye
