How to Help PMI Chapters & Members  After speaking with a few
PMI Chapters, I see them (at least the ones I spoke to)
suffering from one major issue.  How to they grow their
membership?   Because PMI has created an ecosystem where people
pay serious money to prepare for certification exams and then
continue to pay good money for Professional Development Units
(PDU)s to maintain those certifications, why don’t the Chapters
capitalize on that?  The PMI Chapter is much more than a monthly
opportunity to exchange business cards.  They are a conduit to
continued education.  PMI Chapters are trying to provide value
to and grow their memberships.  If the membership drops too low,
clearly there can be a problem. With the average annual dues for
a PMI Chapter (in the United States) at $25, what value can they
provide as an incentive to join the Chapter? Additionally,
without collecting enough membership dues, PMI Chapters have to
find other forms of revenue to sustain themselves.  I believe
the solution to growing PMI