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I am incredibly excited and proud to announce that all Project Management Institute New York City Chapter (PMI NYC) members now get free access to the whole Real-Life Projects Web Seminar series.

I wanted to send a big “thank you” to Gary Heerkens and Claudia Pak for their help with the Strategic Project Managers LinkedIn Group. Both have posted some very thoughtful information there, and are now helping to moderate the group.

Communication is widely recognized as a critical skill for project managers. Our work depends on accurate, clear communication.

Project managers tend to be practical, fact-oriented people. When we speak, write, read, and listen, we focus on facts.

Every communication has an emotional context, though. Are you aware of that context? Are you intentionally using that context to create an emotional response in your audience?

The story of the first project management spam campaign.

It is hard to get an independent consultant to be frank and forthcoming about their business. During this one-hour recording, you will get an insider’s view of what it is like to go from being an employee to an independent consultant. The audience had hard-hitting, personal questions, and they got full, open answers.

Introducing project management to an organization is hard work. By appealing to the strategists and the senior executives in your organization, it is possible to make project management grow and flourish.

Hear one of my first speeches to put together strategic planning and project management. Hear the story of how a real company was able to implement its strategy through projects, and the unexpected benefits the company gained.

This speech was delivered and recorded live for the PMI North America Congress on September 12, 2005. The entire 54-minute speech will play below, with slides synchronized to the audio, and it is also available as an audio or video podcast from this site.

Available as a four-contact hour, four PDU [...]

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. The presentation will include templates and overviews of the processes established.
This speech was delivered and recorded live for the PMI New [...]

The Strategic Project Managers LinkedIn Group is a group of project managers working on strategic goals for their organizations. We realize that cost, time, and budget are all important, but sometimes strategy is much more important than any tactical project goals.
Members of this group promise to

Think and act strategically
Cooperate with and help other strategic thinkers [...]