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		<title>&#8220;Finding Meaning In Your Projects&#8221; Presentation in New York City 28 September 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Explored the area between project management and spirituality with the Project Management Institute New York City (PMI NYC) Chapter today.
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Much thanks to the great audience from PMI NYC. We had some good discussions at the event.
At the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanks to Gary Heerkens and Claudia Pak on Strategic Project Managers LinkedIn Group</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to send a big &#8220;thank you&#8221; 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.

About Strategic Project Managers LinkedIn Group

A group of project managers working on strategic goals for their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;So You Want to Be an Independent Consultant&#8221; Speech Recording</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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.



Thinking of Becoming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Introducing Project Management In Your Organization&#8221; Recorded Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.

The main speech:
Follow-up discussion the following day:
Video of the whole speech, including discussion the following day:



Press “play” to begin. The speech will start after the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Strategic Project Management&#8221; Speech Recording</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.




Press “play” to begin. The speech will start after the introduction. If you want to hear the introduction, click [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Project Charters Bridge Cultures&#8221; Speech Recording</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strategic Project Managers LinkedIn Group</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Your Projects to Meet Strategic Goals</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer (Tharp) Russell and Alex Brown</dc:creator>
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Introduction
Project management and organizational strategy should be natural partners in any business. Project managers can and should play a strong role in executing organizational strategy. They also should provide critical information to the executives who set organizational strategy. Unfortunately, many project managers still do not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strategic Risk Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Risk management is a truly universal tool. It protects individuals, corporations, and investments from harm every day. Managing projects to meet strategic, organizational goals requires a broader view of risk management. Looking at project risk is not enough. Inventing new &#8220;project portfolio risk management&#8221; methods is not enough. Strategic views of risk require integrating risk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Strategic Project Management&#8221; Available as an On-Line Speech and Class</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Strategic Project Management&#8221; was presented to a packed lecture hall on October 24, 2006 at the PMI North America Congress. The presentation was selected as one of the top presentations of the Congress, and an encore presentation was made the following day.
Many at the Congress were unable to get into the room and hear the [...]]]></description>
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