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May 24, 2010

Back in 2007, a group of NGO’s met in Baltimore.  They realised that their projects were over or under spent and ineffective.  “Because we are positive people we saw this as an opportunity,” said John Cropper, Global Programme Co-ordinator for Oxfam’s Raising Her Voice programme.  They wanted to do something “by the sector for the [...]

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Keeping up to date: the value of training

June 24, 2009

This month in the Office Goddess series, I’m talking about training.
I meet a lot of dynamic, switched on women doing what I do. After all, most people who attend conferences and networking events, or who get in touch with me through this blog, are people who are already aware that it takes a bit [...]

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PRINCE2 for Girls!

February 27, 2009

It was at the BPUG Congress last year that I started talking to the training company Maven about their idea for a PRINCE2 course for women only.  Their team had been inspired by this blog and thought that an all-female training environment would make a unique and enriching learning opportunity.
I agree.  Girls typically do better [...]

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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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PRINCE2 is now an IT course!

March 7, 2008

Yes, I am still on holiday. Yes, normal service resumes on Monday.
But I had to share this with you: an article from thelondonpaper, which, if you are quick, you can read online before today’s edition is posted. It’s page 30.
The article is entitled ‘IT is no longer just for nerds’ and it’s in [...]

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Learn project management in 2 days

April 19, 2007

Glad to see The University of Edinburgh preparing PhD students for the world of work with this two-day crash course in project management which will be “particularly valuable to students interested in … including project management as part of their career.”
And there was me thinking it was a proper management discipline.

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