Social media for project managers

Gamification in project management

October 24, 2012

Last year, it was all about social media. This year’s hot new trend is gamification. What’s that, I hear you ask? It’s such a new word that my spellchecker flags it up as an error. Gamification has been around for a while. It’s the art of making work seem less like, well, work. It’s about [...]

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Get started with Social Business! How to encourage the use of a new social collaboration tool

September 21, 2012

This is a guest post by Matilda Jernevad, Market Analyst at Projectplace International. Ever heard of Social Business? Well, if you haven’t it’s about time. Several analytics firms have stated that becoming a social organisation is vital to be competitive in the future. What then, is a social organisation? One definition is that a social [...]

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Welcome to Software September 2012!

September 3, 2012

Welcome to the annual Software September feature. This month I have a mixed bag of project management software related things for you including: A roundup of the latest news from the project management software vendors An article about the latest trend to hit our IT departments: Bring Your Own Device (that’s on Friday) Software reviews [...]

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What project managers can learn on Twitter: Interview with Robert Kelly of #PMChat

December 12, 2011

Robert Kelly and Rob Prinzo have started using Twitter to connect project managers in an unusual way. I spoke to Robert about how they are bringing project managers together online (and even better, how you can earn PDUs for hanging about on Twitter!). Robert, you use Twitter to coordinate conversations between project managers through a [...]

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Video Diary: PMI LIM, 21 October 2011

October 23, 2011

This video shows what happened on my first day at the PMI Leadership Institute Meeting in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. Typically, just when I’m talking about there not being any pedestrians, one walks by. I have also found out about why there are so many Christmas decorations already up: the convention centre is preparing for it’s [...]

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Using social media tools for communication: a case study

June 29, 2011

One of the questions I’m asked frequently is: “How do I use social media tools for communication?” I addressed this during my presentation at the PMI Leadership Institute Meeting in Dublin, and one of the organisations I drew on to illustrate how other people are doing it was the Chartered Management Institute. The CMI makes [...]

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SharePoint for Project Management: A case study

May 2, 2011

Two weeks ago I told you about my trip to Paris to speak at PMI’s Ile de France chapter. The other speaker that evening was Christophe Campana, one of the founders of consulting company Campana & Schott. He told me how his company was changing its recruitment adverts in an effort to attract more female [...]

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Social Media in a Project Environment: 2011 Survey results now in!

April 27, 2011
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Over 75% of you feel that social media tools provide the opportunity to improve the way you manage projects, according to this year’s Social Media in a Project Environment survey. The 2011 results show how project managers around the world are using social media tools to manage projects and lead teams. There was lots of [...]

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Video diary: Visiting the Ile-de-France PMI Chapter in Paris

April 18, 2011

Here’s my video diary of my recent trip to Paris. I was invited to speak about social media for project managers at the Ile-de-France PMI Chapter, but I took the opportunity to see the city and some friends as well. As you’ll hear from the video, my pronounciation of cannelles* and quennelles** are identically awful. [...]

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25% off Get Started Using Social Media on Your Projects

March 21, 2011

If completing the social media survey has made you think about how you could be using social media tools on your projects, then Get Started Using Social Media on Your Projects is for you. This 16-page ebook is a complete introduction to what you need to consider to get a social media initiative off the [...]

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