alexsbrown.com News: January 2007

Date: January 14th 2007

Some news from alexsbrown.com:

Happy New Year!

Hear and See the Full Presentation of "Project Charters Bridge Cultures"

Learn how project charters successfully bridged cultural gaps when making decisions among a community of Japanese and U.S. executives. Establishing a clear chartering process was the key to project management's success at the company. Includes details about a working approval system for a Japanese-US company.

The full 52-minute recording is available on-line. Delivered before the PMI New Jersey Chapter on International Project Management Day, November 2, 2006.

Special Offer for the First Ten Respondents -- Turn "Project Charters Bridge Cultures" into a Free Course!

I plan to offer "Project Charters Bridge Cultures" as a credit-earning course, but before I can, I need a few students to help give me some feedback. If you want to earn credit for completing a project management course, reply to this e-mail. The first ten respondents will get a free registration.

To complete the class, you will need to do more than just listen to the lecture. You will also be assigned a three- to ten-page paper to write. You will get personal guidance and feedback from me while writing and at the end of the assignment. This first group of students will need to track how long their homework assignment takes, to help me set the credit value for the course.

At the end of the course, you will get a transcript from me, verifying that you attended the one-hour lecture and completed the paper for the course. I will document the time spent completing the homework, and for continuing education systems, such as PMI PDUs, you can claim one credit for each hour spent working. For Professional Development Units to keep your PMP current, I would recommend filing under Category 4. I will provide a letter documenting your completion of the course.

Volunteer, help me, and get the chance to take a real PM course for free! After I get good information about how many hours this course typically takes to complete, it will be offered only as a paid course. The lecture will remain free and available on the web site, but not the paper assignment.

Support alexsbrown.com for 2007!

Many people make contributions and renew memberships at the New Year. Although there is no formal membership cost for alexsbrown.com, please consider making a donation for 2007.

The best way to support the site is to refer possible project management teaching, consulting, or speaking engagements to me for Real-Life Projects, Inc. I will continue to accept donations at alexsbrown.com as well. Contact me with ideas or leads for a speech, class, or consulting arrangement to help me keep this site growing.

Marketing and Trademark Books Recommended

I have found two books that I highly recommend to anyone interested in the topics of marketing and trademarks. Robert Middleton's InfoGuru Marketing manual can help you "attract more clients than you can handle." James Huggin's Trademark is Not a Verb provides the key information about trademarks that general business people need to know. Both are highly recommended, and purchasing either through these links will help support this site.

Feel free to e-mail me with any requests for material to add to the site.

Thanks,
Alex S. Brown, PMP