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PM News Round-up for April

April 25, 2012

Now the beginning of the year slump is out the way and it’s properly Spring, the project management world is buzzing with news. Here’s a summary of what I have found interesting this month. APM conference speakers focus on the Olympics APM have announced another senior speaker in the Olympic learning legacy stream at the [...]

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February: News round up

February 13, 2012

Here’s the round up of news from the world of project management this month. New Major Projects Leadership Academy Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford will design and deliver a new Major Projects Leadership Academy (MPLA) for the UK public sector. The MPLA is designed to develop a cadre of world-class major project [...]

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Overcoming Imposter Syndrome contest winner

January 20, 2012

At the end of last year I ran a contest to giveaway a pile of books worth about £65 to one of the people who bought Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: Ten Steps to Stop Feeling Like a Fraud at Work when it was first launched. The winner was… Lucy from Milton Keynes, UK. Congratulations, Lucy! You [...]

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Holidays!

December 21, 2011

I’m taking a two-week break over Christmas to enjoy the holidays. A Girl’s Guide to Project Management returns on 4 January, 2012. In the meantime, I thought this video would cheer up the gloomy December days – Gina Schreck showed it at her presentation at the PMI Leadership Institute Meeting earlier this year. Enjoy!

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A shopping guide for a project management Christmas

December 9, 2011

How are you doing with your Christmas shopping? If your Christmas project planning has gone a bit awry and you still have gifts to buy, here is my list of what to get the project managers in your life. Or you could suggest that people buy these things for you! Anyone who saw me at [...]

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Thank you! I’m IT Professional Blogger of the Year

November 30, 2011

It was the Computer Weekly Social Media Awards 2011 last night, and I was nominated in two categories. I won IT Professional Blogger of the Year, which was fabulous! Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to vote for me. Project management was poorly represented in the awards (we didn’t have our [...]

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The PMI Leadership Institute Meeting and Global Congress North America Roundup

November 25, 2011

There was a lot of online activity at this year’s PMI Leadership Institute Meeting and Global Congress this year, more than I’ve seen before. Here’s my round up of the best articles and commentary about the events. Blog posts Michael Moss writes about Congress Day 2, including the key note speakers and the contest to [...]

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Please vote in the Computer Weekly Social Media Awards!

November 21, 2011

It’s the 4th Annual Computer Weekly Social Media Awards, and I am delighted to say that this year I have been nominated in two categories: Best Use of Social Media – Individual (under my name, Elizabeth Harrin) and IT Professional Blogger of the Year (for A Girl’s Guide to Project Management). There isn’t a project [...]

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Synergy 2011

November 7, 2011

Last Thursday was International Project Management Day, and, along with 800 other project managers, I attended Synergy, a ‘day of celebration’ in London. None of us really knew what to expect. It had never been billed as a traditional conference and it was held at the IndigO2, part of the O2 arena which mainly hosts [...]

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Introducing…the Cleland PM Literature Award winners

October 28, 2011

A Girl’s Guide to Project Management celebrates project management literature and writing in all forms. You’ll find project management book reviews, interviews with authors (like this one, and this one) and project management writing is what my company does. So it was a great honour to be invited to join the winners of the PMI [...]

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