10 Feb 2010
Project management training for your ears
The audio book is now available.
Check out the product page and see if it’s for you. As always, you can email me anytime with questions.
http://wbscoach.com/audio/
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This is awesome!
I’m happy to announce that my friend Travis Anderson who is a frequent contributor to this site recently had an article he wrote published in the PMI College of Performance Management’s quarterly “Measureable News” newsletter.
It’s a great article on…
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So you want to be an IT project manager, huh?
Let me help you unpack this a bit. I see many people who are in other roles who have become very interested in ‘IT’…
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Dog Food and Project Management Training
As I walked through the pet store the other day I was thinking about how much of an investment I had made in my own professional development during 2009. When I arrived at the shelf where Snicker’s dog food lay in wait for me, I took a look at the price sticker.
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Calling All New And Aspiring Project Managers!
Calling out to you! - photo by Rego - twitter.com/w3bdesign via Flickr
I am collaborating with an MBA student on the following short survey on your project management training needs. The results will allow me to better serve your needs, and the MBA student will be doing statistical analysis on the data for me.
After you submit the survey, you’ll be given an option to enter your name and email. This is optional, and I won’t be passing any of this personally identifiable information to the MBA student or anyone else. Only the anonymous results will be analyzed.
Please take a few moments to complete this survey, and share with a friend if they are in a similar position. Thank you!
15 Oct 2009
5 Project Management Training Opportunities For You
I was contacted by several companies who are putting on free webinars and/or virtual conferences on project management and related topics. I learned about a few others talking with Dave Garrett of gantthead.com while in Orlando for the PMI Global Congress so I added those as well.
Learning Revolution - by Wesley Fryer via Flickr
This is a great way to get free training and earn some PDUs if you have a certification to maintain through continuing education.
Take a look at what they offer and try to stick to things that look like they aren’t too much above your current level. If you are a brand new project manager or just getting interested in this kind of role, then an advanced presentation is going to assume you have a basic level of knowledge you might not possess. It’s OK if you get lost and can’t follow the presentation…don’t get discouraged. Just realize you need some more basic training before you can delve into advanced topics. Feel free to leave the presentation early if you’re not following it or getting value from it.
1) ESI Virtual Event: IMPACT 2009
Oct 21, 8 a.m. EDT – Oct 22, 8 a.m. EDT
PDUs are Category 3
2) gantthead.com: Business Driven PMOs: Dashboarding – What executives really want
Thursday, October 22, 2009, 2 p.m. ET
3) IBM Webcast:Delivering Effective Results with CMMI in Agile Systems and Embedded Software Development
Date: Thursday October 29, 2009
Time: 2:00 PM EDT
Duration: 60 minutes
4) IIL: International Project Management Day 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 8:00 p.m. EST – 11:30 p.m. EST
OR
Thursday, November 5, 2009 11:00 a.m. EST – 2:30 p.m. EST
5) gantthead.com: PMXPO 2009
Already happened, but presentations are available for viewing on-demand. Just register for free access
04 Dec 2008
PM Lectures – Project Management Training
I recently went through a course from PMLectures called “Dealing with Difficult People” by Margaret Meloni. I’m earning some PDU’s with it but I also learned a lot of techniques to help me deal better with people I work with every day.
In short, the video presentation goes through
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