PMLL Episode 0009 “Manging Expectations"

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com conference call from 22Mar2007 is now available.

The conference call was on the theme of “Manging Expectations"

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0009
(if your computer doesn't support that link, this link may work)

Here are the notes from the Conference Call:

Panelists:
Henry Will, PMP - Host, Inventor, PM
Dina Scott, PMP - Host of the Controlling Chaos Podcast (controllingchaos.com)
David Radkovich, PMP - Host of our PMP Exam Study Group

Theme: “Manging Expectations"

Other items covered were:

Also joining us on the call was another pmlessonslearned.com member, Jeff Furman, PMP Instructor, who has authored an article, "What You Need To Know About The PMP," which would be very helpful to anyone wondering about the PMP exam. Jeff and the publisher have made these articles available to our group and they are in the “files” section of the yahoo group.

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Michael C. – He has voluntarily set up a Bulletin Board for discussions. The link is available at PMLessonsLearned.com and directly via: bbs.pmlessonslearned.com


Please join us for a future conference call. We currently have several calls a month.

Join our Yahoo group for details and reminders of the call and information to help you in your PM Career. Visit the website for details.

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JOB SHOP conference call this Thursday June 28 at 9pm Eastern

We will be having our first PMLessonsLearned.com JOB SHOP conference call on Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 9PM Eastern time!

Please forward this to others and invite them to join the call (and join our yahoo group via our pmlessonslearned.com homepage for more details as they are available)

Conference Dial-in: (605) 990-0700 Access Code: 635 505#

Goals of the call:

1. To connect Project Managers looking for positions to those who have
positions to fill

2. To build new relationships around PM job openings

Main Ingredients:

A. All Job Seekers, employees from companies with job openings, and Recruiters are invited to attend (note: we are inviting recruiters from various locations to join the call, you may invite people with job openings as well)

B. Job openings and Job seekers should all be in the areas of Project Management and Program Management

C. Those knowing of Project Management related openings may describe the openings available

D. Those job seekers who would like, can give a brief overview of themselves ("elevator speech")

E. Those in transition and those looking for positions may listen in
anonymously (or participate as above)

F. The call will be recorded (to allow people to listen later if they
miss the call)

This first call will be coordinated and hosted by our PMLessonsLearned.com member Linda Wortman

This first call will feature one of our recruiters members of our group, Maggie DaRonco, as Moderator.

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Did you miss one of our calls? You can listen in to the last one via phone

Did you miss our last call?

You can always listen in the to the last conference call via the phone line.

(641) 985-5108 Access Code: 635 505#

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And, if you want to mark your calendar, here is the current schedule for future calls:

• Special: June 28, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Job Shop - a new feature - trying to match recruiters and applicants to PM job openings! Host: Linda Wortman
• Episode 16. July 5,2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group confcall with Host David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: "Estimating" presented by Shelley Merrill
• Episode 17. July 19, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: T.B.D. (Risk Mangement or Selling yourself as a PM) presented by Frank Saladis, PMP (PMI Person of the Year 2006) who returns by popular demand! www.projectimaginers.com
  
• Episode 18. Aug. 2, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group confcall with Host David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: "PM Framework" presented by T.B.D.
• Episode 19. Aug. 16, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: "How to do Lessons Learned and How to Leverage them on the Next Project" presented by Jennifer White, PMP and IBM Certified PM.
• Episode 20. Sept. 5, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group confcall with Host David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: "Communications Management" presented by Rita Ramos
• Episode 21. Sept. 20, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons Learned confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: "How to Succeed in the Face of Volatility: Lessons Learned from eXtreme Project Management" presented by Doug DeCarlo www.dougdecarlo.com

Free Confcall on "Managing Virtual Teams" this Thursday

FREE conference call THIS THURSDAY June 21st at 9PM Eastern time.
Subject: "Managing Virtual Teams" presented by Tom Mattus of Successful Strategies International,Inc. www.ssi-learn.com

And another monthly call: The PMLL JOB SHOP call - A call to share job openings
Thursday, June 28th 9PM Eastern!

Do you have any questions on this subject that you'd like to send in advance? Do you have any issues in your work as a PM that you'd like answered on the call? We're here to help. Use the "Contact Us" link on the left navigation of our pmlessonslearned.com website)


Conference Dial-in: (605) 990-0700 Access Code: 635 505#

Join our FREE yahoo group for reminders of the calls, PM tidbits and PM Career tidbits:
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Here's the current schedule in the works for future calls:

• Episode 15. June 21, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: "Managing Virtual Project Teams" presented by Tom Mattus of Successful Strategies International,Inc. www.ssi-learn.com
• Special: June 28, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Job Shop - a new feature - trying to match recruiters and applicants to PM job openings!
• Episode 16. July 5,2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group confcall with Host David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: "Estimating" presented by Shelley Merrill
• Episode 17. July 19, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: T.B.D. (Risk Mangement or Selling yourself as a PM) presented by Frank Saladis, PMP (PMI Person of the Year 2006) returns by popular demand!
• Episode 18. Aug. 2, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group confcall with Host David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: "PM Framework" presented by T.B.D.
• Episode 19. Aug. 16, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: "How to do Lessons Learned and How to Leverage them on the Next Project" presented by Jennifer White, PMP and IBM Certified PM.
• Episode 20. Sept. 5, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group confcall with Host David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: "Communications Management" presented by Rita Ramos
• Episode 21. Sept. 20, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons Learned confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: T.B.D. (Tentative Doug Decarlo)

PMLL Episode 0008 "What We Love About Project Management" (in honor of Valentines day)

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com conference call from 15Feb2007 is now available.
The conference call was on the subject of "What We Love About Project Management" (in honor of Valentines day)"

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0008
(if your computer doesn't support that link, this link may work)

Here are the notes from the Conference Call:

Panelists:
Henry Will, PMP - Host, Inventor, PM
Mara Burns - PMO developer
Steve Blais, PMP - Founder of Parkson International and PM since 1969

Theme was “What We Love About Project Management" (in honor of Valentines day)

Other items covered were:

Cornelius Fichtner, PMP of thepmpodcast.com joined us to tell about the beginnings of his famous PM podcast.

We also had Shawn T. Futterer, PMP tell us about his http://projectmanagementlearningcenter.com ten step PM community website

Our panelists also discussed answers to a member who emailed a question which asked "How do I do planning when I manage a project that is always in a frenzied state?"

We announced our Bulletin Board available via the website. Thanks to member Michael C. for the work he did to set this up for us!

Allison Maltese (Professional Recruiter) provided a career minute answering questions about PM jobs. The questions discussed were:
- What about job requirements that ask for detailed technical specifications?
- What about book knowledge Vs Hands-on experience of Project Management

Please join us for a future conference call. We currently have several calls a month.
We're adding a new call on June 28th 2007 called our Job Shop call where we will share PM Job openings.

Join our Yahoo group for details and reminders of the call and information to help you in your PM Career. Visit the website for details.

PMLessonsLearned.com - It's all about PMs helping PMs and is open to all.

ANNOUNCING: New PMLessonsLearned JOB SHOP conference call!

We're Excited!

Today we are announcing another new conference call to be offered by
PMLessonsLearned.com!

We will be having our first PMLessonsLearned.com JOB SHOP conference
call on Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 9PM Eastern time!

Please forward this to others and invite them to join the call (and
join our yahoo group via our pmlessonslearned.com homepage for details
as they are available)

Goals of the call:

1. To connect Project Managers looking for positions to those who have
positions to fill
2. To build new relationships around PM job openings

Main Ingredients:

A. All Job Seekers, employees from companies with job openings, and
Recruiters are invited to attend (note: we are inviting recruiters
from various locations to join the call, you may invite people with
job openings as well)

B. Job openings and Job seekers should all be in the areas of Project
Management and Program Management

C. Those knowing of Project Management related openings may describe
the openings available (there will be a "ground rule" time limit for
each person to talk)

D. Those job seekers who would like, can give a brief overview of
themselves ("elevator speech") (there will be a "ground rule" time
limit for each person to talk)

E. Those in transition and those looking for positions may listen in
anonymously (or participate as above)

F. Those who speak should provide phone number contact information so
that people can get in touch with each other after the call (rather
than having detailed discussions during the call)

G. This will be a monthly conference call - as part of the
pmlessonslearned.com group - free to all (long distance charges may apply)

H. The call will be recorded (to allow people to listen later if they
miss the call) but will not appear in our podcasts.

This first call will be coordinated and moderated by our
PMLessonsLearned.com member Linda Wortman and one of the recruiters of
our group: Maggie DaRonco.

PMLessonsLearned.com - it's all about Project Managers helping Project
Managers!

Join our yahoo group at:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmlessonslearned

(To find the time in other time zones: timeanddate.com)

Next PMLessonsLearned call next Thursday 21Jun07 on "Managing Virtual Teams"

Wow!

We've got some exciting topics lined up for our calls!

Our next call is next Thursday June 21st on the subject of "Managing
Virtual Teams"

Do you have any questions on this subject that you'd like to send in
advance? Do you have any issues in your work as a PM that you'd like
answered on the call? We're here to help. Email us with your question
(use the "Contact Us" link on our pmlessonslearned.com website)

Here's the schedule for the next bunch of calls:

June 21, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned confcall with Host
Henry Will, PMP - Topic: "Managing Virtual Project Teams" presented by
Tom Matus of Successful Strategies International,Inc. www.ssi-learn.com

July 5,2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group confcall with Host
David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: "Estimating" presented by Shelley Merrill

July 19, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned confcall with Host
Henry Will, PMP - Topic: T.B.D. (Risk Mangement or Selling yourself as
a PM) presented by Frank Saladis, PMP (PMI Person of the Year 2006)
returns by popular demand!

Aug. 2, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group confcall with Host
David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: "PM Framework" presented by T.B.D.

Aug. 16, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned confcall with Host
Henry Will, PMP - Topic: "How to do Lessons Learned and How to
Leverage them on the Next Project" presented by Jennifer White, PMP
and IBM Certified PM.

Sept. 5, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group confcall with Host
David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: T.B.D. ("Communications Management"?)
presented by T.B.D.

Sept. 20, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons Learned confcall with
Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: T.B.D.

Conference Dial-in: (605) 990-0700 Access Code: 635 505#
(if you miss a call, the recording is available until the next call,
see pmlessonslearned.com left navigation for details)

And don't forget to join our yahoo group for reminders - it's FREE!
You'll receive reminders of the calls, information on Project
Management, and career information. See the link on our home page

http://www.pmlessonslearned.com - It's all about Project Managers
helping Project Managers!

PMLL Episode 0007 Tips from a PM who's also an ex-executive: How to talk with executives about the value of PM practices

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com conference call from 16Nov2006 is now available.
The conference call was on the subject of "Tips from a PM who's also an ex-executive: How to talk with executives about the value of PM practices"

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0007

(if your computer doesn't support that link, this link may work)


Here are the notes from the Conference Call:

Panelists:

* Henry Will, PMP - Host, Inventor, PM
* Mara Burns - PMO developer
* Steve Blais, PMP - Founder of Parkson International and PM since 1969

Guest Panelist: Diana Lindstrom, PMP (shipwreckedproject.com)

Lessons Learned Topic - "Tips from a PM who's also an ex-executive: How to talk with executives about the value of PM practices"

File: Our Yahoo Group has a file (provided by Linda) in the file section that contains information related to the topic.

Career segment : Henry presented the career segment From Rod Colon's etpnetwork.com yahoo group: Rod referenced an article in CNNMoney.com (see Rod's email of November 10, 2006:4:05 PM EST).
It's important to be well-liked. At least that's the finding of a recent survey by NFI Research, which found that managers at small businesses are more likely to make hiring and promotion decisions based on personality than on such insignificant factors as, oh, skill level.
When hiring and/or promoting in your business, which of the following do you rely on?
Personality/Likeability: 64.8%
Skills: 58.6%
Track Record: 53.9%
Knowledge of your organization: 18.8%
Diversity: 14.1%
Remember: Effective Networking leads to a strong "Personality/Likeability" quotient

The new PMLessonsLearned.com logo was donated by a member, Chris, who's business is available for your corporate branding, website, and business graphic needs. Just contact us and we'll connect you to him.

PMLessonsLearned.com is all about PMs helping PMs and is open to all. Visit the website for details.

Join our Yahoo group for details and reminders of the call and information to help you in your PM Career. Details at PMLessonsLearned.com

Diana Lindstrom, PMP, CTACC
Los Lobos Consulting, LLC http://www.ShipwreckedProject.com Preventing shipwrecked projects!
blog at http://www.shipwreckedproject.blogspot.com THE blog for project management!
Certified Project Manager since 1999 - Actual Project Manager since 1975
Electrical engineer since 1985
Paralegal, Executive Coach, US Navy veteran (1975 - 1979), Wife, Author, Teacher, Animal lover
PM'd in nuclear power industry, electrical generation and transmission industry, facility design and construction, facility management, electrical safety programs, scientific R&D, procurement profession, start-ups
Coaching executives, project managers, and corporate attorneys
Moderating SdB+PM Forum, since almost the first day, with Serge de Bock, founder of the forum (http://www.sdbpluspm.com/index.php)

PMLessonsLearned PMP EXAM Study Group Confcall - Risk Management

Date: Thursday June 7, 2007
Time: 9:00 pm - 10:15 pm Eastern Time
Location: (605) 990-0700 Access Code: 635 505#

Topic: Risk Management
Conference Dial-in Number: (605) 990-0700 Access Code: 635 505#

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