Monthly Webinars 2026
Join us on October 22, 2026 at 11:00 AM on Zoom for our October Monthly Webinar.
AI Literacy for Project Managers: Community Discussion
Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the project management profession, making AI literacy an increasingly important skill for today’s project leaders.
For our October Project Management Professionals Community of Practice meeting, we’ll discuss key insights from PMI’s webinar “AI Literacy for Project Managers” featuring Anju Aggarwal and James Turchick from the Delaware Chapter of PMI. Rather than watching the webinar together, participants are encouraged to view it beforehand and come prepared to share their perspectives, experiences, questions, and concerns about AI’s growing role in project management. During our discussion, we’ll explore the webinar’s most compelling themes and may revisit select clips to spark conversation.
Whether you’re already using AI tools or just beginning to explore their potential, you’ll gain practical insights and learn from fellow project managers across SUNY.
How to Prepare
- Create a free PMI account through ProjectManagement.com if you do not already have one.
- Watch the webinar AI Literacy for Project Managers before attending the discussion.
- Come prepared to share your thoughts, questions, successes, concerns, and experiences related to AI in project management.
Bonus for PMI Credential Holders
- PMI certification holders, including PMP® and CAPM®, can earn 1 PDU by viewing the webinar in its entirety.
- A free PMI account also provides access to a wide range of additional learning resources, webinars, and professional development content.
Please use the links below to add the October webinar to your schedule and not miss out.
Please make sure to join our SUNY PM listserv to get updates on the webinar and other topics that are of interest to our SUNY Project Management Community of Practice.
July 2026
Why Project Estimates Miss the Mark—and How to Make Them Better
The session combined a short video from Bill Dow with a facilitated discussion allowed participants to connect the estimating methods in the video with real project conditions across SUNY. The discussion emphasized that estimation is not only a calculation exercise. Accuracy is affected by workload, competing priorities, context switching, visibility into resource commitments, uncertainty, and whether the people completing the work are directly involved in estimating it.
June 2026
Agility in Higher Education – What is possible?
Presenter: Raji Prabhakaran , University at Albany
Higher education institutions operate in an environment of constant change, growing complexity, and increasing expectations. This presentation explores how organizations can build the capacity to adapt, collaborate, and deliver meaningful outcomes while navigating uncertainty. Through reflections on leadership, culture, strategic alignment, and organizational learning, participants will examine the conditions that enable sustainable progress and resilience. The session offers perspectives on fostering engagement, strengthening cross-functional partnerships, and creating an environment where people and teams can thrive amid change.
April 2026
From Chaos to Clarity: Implementing Effective Project Management Processes for Distributed Instructional Design Teams
Presenter: Jacob Feldman, SUNY Empire
Distributed instructional design teams often struggle with fragmented workflows and unclear communication. This presentation outlines a scalable approach to managing high-volume course development and revision projects at SUNY Empire State University through structured processes, centralized project intake, and a single source of truth.
The session highlights how relational databases, standardized workflows, and intentional use of asynchronous communication improve transparency, coordination, and efficiency. Attendees will see how dashboards, shared views, and automations support collaboration and streamline project tracking across roles. This approach demonstrates how thoughtful system design and communication practices can reduce complexity and enable distributed teams to work more effectively at scale.
February 2026
AI Tools for Project Management: Top 10 Ways to Boost Results
This month’s session focused on PMI’s guidance for using AI to enhance project management, based on key takeaways from a 7‑minute PMI video. Participants explored 10 practical insights and discussed how these ideas can be applied—or are already being applied—in day‑to‑day project work.
Participants were encouraged to watch the video in advance and share notes and ideas in a collaborative Word document. That document was shared following the session so everyone can reference the collective insights and begin implementing the ideas that are most useful to their work.
January 2026
In January, participants gathered for a collaborative, book club–style discussion of David Allen’s The Art of Getting Things Done, sharing insights on productivity, stress reduction, and practical applications for project management. The session fostered open discussion and peer learning around how the book’s principles can be applied to real‑world workflows and team dynamics. To support candid conversation, only the introductory portion of the webinar was recorded; the remainder of the session was intentionally not recorded to respect participant privacy.
October 2025
Leveraging Microsoft Planner & Teams Across SUNY
Join us for an engaging roundtable discussion featuring project management professionals from four SUNY campuses as they share practical strategies for using Microsoft Planner and Teams to manage projects more effectively.
This session spotlighted real-life examples, creative workflows, and lessons learned—highlighting how these tools are being used to streamline collaboration, organize tasks, and keep projects on track across the SUNY system. Whether it’s a clever Planner setup or a Teams channel that’s improved communication, you’ll walk away with actionable ideas you can apply in your own work.
The roundtable format included time for Q&A.
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