This month our issue is devoted to energy independence and risk management – a combination that works well together. And it also ties in nicely with this year’s keynote address by T. Boone Pickens at PMI’s^® Global Congress, Oct. 10 – 13, where he’s talking about decreasing America’s reliance on imported oil. I’ll be listening to him, as well as giving my own keynote at the Gov SIG meeting on Oct. 10, from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Be sure to stop by the Cheetah booth if you’re at the Global Congress, booth #515, to say hello and enter our drawing for a $300 gas card. But before you head down to Orlando for the Global Congress, be sure to read this month’s Know How Network article and this issue’s first article Do You Manage Risk or Does It Just Happen? to learn more about our October hot topics. You’ll not only enjoy the information in our second article, The Cost of Energy, but you’ll probably have fun checking out how much what you do – and don’t do – in terms of electrical appliances costs you each month. Be sure to take a few minutes to check out my podcast at http://podcast.cheetahlearning.com/podcastgen/, and don’t forget to find out more about our Project Energy Professional certification in this month’s PDU Corner. Hope to see you in Orlando!

 Michelle LaBrosse, PMP, Chief Cheetah

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