News

• GET A DISCOUNT ON MEMBERSHIP - Tuesday, February 11 is ACMP's celebration of Global Change Management Day. Register today and get a discount on your membership! https://www.acmpglobal.org/page/globalcmday

• REGISTER NOW -  Change Makers Unplugged: Exploring Trends & Hot Topics for Tomorrow’s Success, a Virtual Buzz Session, will be held on February 18, 2025, 12pm-2pm ET. Participants will engage in roundtable sessions dissecting the latest in CM trends and hot topics, with the conversations consolidated into a white paper, of which participants will be named as contributors.

• REGISTER NOW - Change Chicago: Architects of Transformation, May 18-21, 2025, Hilton Chicago. Save through February 21!

• New Code of Ethics & Ethics Review Process: The Association of Change Management Professionals® (ACMP) is pleased to announce an updated Code of Ethics and a new formal Code of Ethics Complaint Review Process. 

• COMING SOON: ACMP Global Change Excellence Awards. ACMP is thrilled to introduce the upcoming inaugural Global Change Excellence Awards, celebrating extraordinary contributions to the field of change management.

• Call for Task Force Volunteers: ACMP’s Call for Task Force Volunteers is now open!

Are you looking for a volunteer opportunity to give back to the change management community? ACMP Hawaii is looking for board members to join our dynamic board and help us take the chapter to the next level! 

ACMP Hawaii Board Nomination Form

Nominations will be open until April 25, 2025

The current board will vote on nominations in the next board meeting after the deadline. If there are more nominations that slots available, the board will hold a vote among all chapter members for selection of new board members. 

Positions are:

• President
• Vice President
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Communication Chair
• At Large Representative

Current members are listed below:

• President, Ann Nagel
• Treasurer, Pete Garino
• Secretary/Communication Chair, Lisa Niles
• At Large Representative, Douglas Murata

For any ACMP members interested in gaining a Prosci Change Management Certification, Prosci is offering a series of virtual Change Management certification training events.  See link for details.  The training equates to 19.5 PDU's for those looking for PMI PDU's.  

Register through ACMP and get a discount!

Upcoming dates for Spring are:

Feb 18 - 20, 2025

Mar 18 - 20, 2025

Apr 29 - May 1, 2025

For any ACMP members interested in gaining a Prosci Change Management Certification, Prosci is offering a series of virtual Change Management certification training events.  See link for details.  The training equates to 19.5 PDU's for those looking for PMI PDU's.  

March 14-16:  https://store.prosci.com/p-acm-mar1423.html

March 28-30: https://store.prosci.com/p-acm-mar2823.html

April 11-13: https://store.prosci.com/p-acm-apr1123.htm

April 25-27: https://store.prosci.com/p-acm-apr2523.htmlM

Our local chapter gathered at Aloha Brewing company on January 30th to celebrate becoming an official chapter with the national ACMP organization.  We took that opportunity to announce our 2020 Vision and events planned for the year.  We hope to bring more awareness about the change management profession through training, collaborating and networking.  Mahalo to Senator Keohokalole for helping us celebrate and start our new year off well.  ACMP January Event

ACMP_About Us_Handout.pdf

This group of change management professionals are now Prosci certified change management professionals.   Join our local chapter of Change Management Professionals (ACMPHawaii.org) and learn about the exciting change management  professional development opportunities we have planned.

Hawaii Chapter of Association of Change Management Professionals Announced

HONOLULU, HI — (February 19, 2019) — A Hawaii chapter of the Association of Change Management Professionals® (ACMP®) has formed. This means professionals will have networking, seminar and certification opportunities in organizational change management in Hawaii.

Change management is the practice of applying a structured approach to transition an organization from a current state to a future state to achieve expected benefits.

“Hawaii is often at the forefront of change, but training opportunities are offshore,” said Ann Nagel, ACMP’s Hawaii Chapter board president. “A local chapter means Hawaii change management professionals will be able to advance their training and share their experiences with peers regularly.”

ACMP Board of Directors, Hawaii Chapter:

• Ann Nagel, associate, Booz Allen Hamilton 
• Kimo Zachariah senior project manager, Information Technology Department, Punahou School
• Barbra Pleadwell, partner,  Hastings & Pleadwell: A Communication Company
• Audrey Tompkins senior consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Matthew Hardy, senior associate, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Peter Garino, president, Advanced Management Consulting LLC
• Terry Allen, lead associate, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Sean Kelly, senior associate, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Regina Irwin, lead associate, Booz Allen Hamilton

Association of Change Management Professionals® (ACMP®) is a nonprofit professional association dedicated to advancing the discipline of change management. ACMP serves as an independent and trusted source of professional excellence, advocates for the discipline and creates a thriving change community. What began in 2009 as a small group of visionary change leaders from around the world, is now a global community of more than 3,000 change practitioners. ACMP offers its members the space to learn, share and cultivate professional change practices so they, and their organizations, can achieve intended outcomes and results.

Media Note: Photo of Hawaii Chapter founding members (caption: Pictured from left to right: Kimo Zachariah, Barbra Pleadwell,  Audrey Tompkins, Ann Nagel, Matthew Hardy, Peter Garino), photo and bio for Ann Nagel Hawaii Chapter president can be found at this link: www.acmphawaii.org.