From the monthly archives:

October 2008

At the APM conference

October 30, 2008

I spoke at the Association for Project Management (APM) conference in London yesterday.  My presentation was on equipping project managers to work in ways that reflect the challenges faced by modern businesses: the credit crunch, outsourcing and offshoring and the role new technology has to play in 21st century ways of working.
I arrived just at [...]

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Video diary: PMI Global Congress

October 22, 2008
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Wordle

October 19, 2008
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PMI’s New Media Council launched

October 15, 2008

PMI has decided that it needs a New Media Council and I’m one of seven “influential voices” (yes, they really called us that!) in the world of online project management that they have brought together for this.  It’s good to see that a professional body is moving to embrace new media and Web 2.0 – [...]

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APM Conference

October 12, 2008

I’ll be speaking at the Association for Project Management conference in London later this month.  I’m on the agenda for the first day, Wednesday 29 October, as part of the ‘Right Projects, Right People’ strand.  I’ll be talking about what project managers need to do to make sure they have the skills to keep up [...]

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Giveaway winners!

October 9, 2008

And the names are out of the hat.
The winners are:

Samantha from Essex
Stephen from Cheshire
Veronica from Johannesburg
Isobel from Leeds
Jessica from Aurora

Congratulations to you all!  Your books will be in the post shortly.

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Updated: Project Management in the Real World

October 8, 2008

I have finally put together a page of information about my book, Project Management in the Real World.  So now if you click the picture of the cover in the sidebar, you’ll see a whole host of information.  You can:

download an extract (if you missed out on the opportunity in August)
download a copy of the [...]

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Laura reaches Level A

October 6, 2008

Laura Magahy is Managing Director of MCO Projects Ltd, which she established in 2000 together with a colleague.  MCO is a project management, architecture and environmental engineering company, specialising in 4D planning, healthcare and sustainable development in the public and private sectors.
She’s also the first woman in Ireland to hold the IPMA Level A certification [...]

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Launch in the city

October 1, 2008

Remember the new London women’s networking group, WeAreTheCity?  Their launch event was a huge success:  hundreds of women queuing around the Monument branch of House of Fraser, all anticipating a free makeover, champagne, a fashion show and a prize draw with some excellent gifts.
Two glasses of champagne and two fairy cakes later (the main trays [...]

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