What pushes the boundaries? Professionalism or passion?
The report from the chapter's fourth annual conference, held on 10 November 2022, with six speakers and a closing workshop by Milan Smigic.

PMI N. Macedonia Chapter organized its fourth annual conference, with the topic “What pushes the boundaries? Professionalism or passion?”, on the 10th of November 2022.
We had speakers and presenters, professionals each in their own field, who shared experience, knowledge and views on the topic.
The participants had the chance to learn and share thoughts on professionalism and passion: what pushes each professional, professionalism or passion, and what is more contagious, especially in the project management profession. Each speaker, through their own experiences from different projects and their gained knowledge, communicated their thoughts on the important topics of professionalism and passion.
At the end there was a workshop by Mr Smigic that made each of the participants contribute with their ideas and thoughts on how to make positive, future-oriented change in an organization. The audience came to solutions to problems by following the process of determining a vision statement, pointing out the potential constraints and finally making suggestions on how to overcome the problems and obtain the settled goals through an example.
The speakers
A special thanks to the respected, inspirational speakers with their insightful presentations:
- Radojka Helman Denkovska, on “What pushes the boundaries?”
- Petar Dimovski, on “What is more contagious?”
- Aleksandar Kormushoski, on “Passion through professionalism”
- Toni Mandzukovski, on “Culture in Technique and Technique in Culture”
- Biljana Naumovska, on “Passion vs. Professionalism”
- Milan Smigic, a workshop and presentation on “How to make positive, future-oriented change in organization?”
A huge thanks to the PMI N. Macedonia board members, to the volunteers, and to all of the attendees who also shared valuable ideas and thoughts.
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