for better future performance
July 2026 PMI Dallas Chapter Newsletter
REPORT
By Blake Hampton
VP Communications
PMI Dallas Chapter
North Texas, USA
“A project can meet every delivery metric and still fail the future!” If we truly had to break down a month into a theme. June was about sustainability. Reminding the chapter that what this is about is the stakeholders that we affect.
Happy Hour and Breakfast events have been successful in bringing professionals from the surrounding area together. From new members, taking a look at what the chapter has to offer. To members who haven’t been to an event in decades. We see that success and know we can do even better.
The theme for July will become how we learn from our failure. Taking from what our next virtual dinner meeting. How can the chapter govern in this new age. We hope to show the community that we can learn from our events to make them better.
We look forward to learning from speaker Dushyant Sengar as he shares his decades long experience in creating policies for the future. This session will share with everyone who joins a toolkit for the AI of today and the future.
We look forward to this month’s Lunch & Learn. With Sabrina Poteat author of “Building PMOs That Work”. Her expertise will teach the group how the PMO can be better organized. How it can learn and build from mistakes.
The month will carry on as the chapter reminds everyone that the NTPM conference is this September. It’s the second time that this annual event will occur. It is full of skilled speakers. All prepared to share how they’ve taken their lessons learned and applied it to the topics that they’ll present. It’s also a chance for the chapter to apply everything that was great about last year’s conference and improve it for the attendees.
Finally, we take a look at our Volunteer of the Month Nida Sabeel. If we just looked straight ahead this volunteer and July’s theme would make no sense. That isn’t the case. She is setting the example for our volunteers. The Communications Team in rebuilding itself to be a sustainable pillar for the chapter. The team learned from it’s failings and found a Visual Design Director with professionalism and knowledge to learn with what works in our organization and how it can be improved on a month to month basis.
This report is submitted to the PM World Journal as part of the PMI Dallas Chapter’s ongoing commitment to sharing its community’s work, growth, and professional impact with the global project management profession.
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How to cite this work: PMI Dallas Chapter (2026). PMI Dallas Chapter Newsletter – July 2026, PM World Journal, Vol. XV, Issue VII, July. Available online at https://pmworldjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/PMIDallasNewsletterJuly2026published.pdf
About the Author
Blake Hampton, PMP
North Texas, USA
Blake Hampton, PMP is a Project Manager with over a decade long experience in leading Audio Visual projects. From live events to permanent installations, he finds the best in his teams to bring the best results for all stakeholders. As VP of Communications for the PMI Dallas Chapter, he is focused on creating sustainability. With projects that work with his team’s amazing skill sets. He wants to share what PMI Dallas can bring to professionals everywhere.
He can be contacted at vpcommunications@pmidallas.org
About the PMI Dallas Chapter
Established in 1984 and now with more than 5,000 members, the PMI Dallas Chapter is one of the largest chapters in the Project Management Institute network, serving project professionals across the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan region in the U.S.. The chapter provides professional development, certification support, networking, and volunteer leadership opportunities to advance the practice of project management and strengthen the local project community. For more, visit https://pmidallas.starchapter.com/
