Maintaining My Credential - Publish or Perish?

 

I was eating lunch when I realized that the year is almost 1/3 over and I still don't have an outline done for my book.

Did I mention I am writing a book?

What is it about?  Project Management, of course, but I don't want to spoil anything.  I still haven't finalized my vision for it, yet, so any details I give out would be subject to change.

I've let major projects at work get in the way of my writing and I need to get back on track.  My goal is to get published next year.  I have over 40 PDUs right now, at less than $10 a PDU, and plan to have close to 60 by the end of this year WITHOUT being published.  I don't want to depend on getting published to maintain my certification - the process may take too long.  But I do want to get published in time to exceed 60 PDUs so that I can roll them over.  I have until December 2011, so the goal is in sight and attainable!

Just a quick recap of how I have gotten to over 40 PDUs in just over a year at less than $10 a PDU:

• Free 1PDU webinars during my lunch break
• Self study
• Chapter events (these raise the average cost, but the networking is worth it); some are only 1 PDU, but there is also an annual event worth 8 PDUs
• Low cost training - it can be hard to find, but it is out there

If I can get my schedule under control, there are local teaching opportunities I hope to take advantage of, but it is getting published that I think will push me over the top.  I am working on taking the "Perish" out fo the equation, and if I don't publish in time to roll the PDUs over, I will just earn them at the beginning of the next cycle.