It’s Here!
I have some good news. The new and fully-updated 5th Edition of The PMP Exam: How To Pass On Your First Try is hitting the streets right now! In addition to being updated to the new PMBOK Guide, this book contains: – Every process, input, tool, and output covered on the PMP exam. – Entire [...]
A History Lesson For Me
Today I was honored to give the keynote address at the PMI Westchester Professional Development Day in New York. I always enjoy speaking at PDDs and similar events, but the highlight of my day was to spend time with PMI founder Jim Snyder, who talked about his experience in creating the PMI in 1969 and [...]
Velociteach Wins US Chamber Award
Velociteach was honored today by the the US Chamber of Commerce as one of the top 100 small businesses in the USA for 2013. The criteria were revenue growth, job creation, and a record of overcoming adversity. We will be attending the US Small Business Summit in Washington, DC on April 30, where the top [...]
Where to Begin?
I recently began managing a project for an Atlanta-based charity, 21st Century Leaders. Actually, the team is made up of very smart, very talented volunteers, so “coordinating” would be more accurate than “managing” in this case. Most of us have experienced that moment when a group of people looks to the project manager and asks [...]
Happy 10th Birthday, Velociteach!
This week (technically September 30) marks Velociteach’s 10th birthday. It was on a Monday morning ten years ago that I began working on a business model and pro forma for a new kind management training and services company. When I founded Velociteach, I sensed an opportunity to bring together things I loved (project management, writing, [...]
Collaboration Tools for PMs
I will admit something: I was a big fan of the ill-fated Google Wave. It was a great way for teams to collaborate on documents and deliverables. It kept track of the evolving conversation right alongside of the deliverable. If someone came into the project after it had already started, you could send him back [...]
The Good News About Bad News
During my last two years of college, I worked as a co-op with IBM. My boss, a straightforward and serious individual, cut straight out of a bolt of IBM-blue cloth, used to tell those of us in his department “bad news does not get better with age.” It took a while for that advice to [...]
Leading and Managing Volunteers
The more I manage and work with organizations, the more the subject of leadership becomes interesting to me. There is only so much an individual can accomplish, but leading a team or an organization multiplies that ability greatly. More than that, it fascinates me to watch strong leaders in action (particularly because they are few [...]
Velociteach Awarded with Small Business of the Year
This morning, Velociteach was recognized with the 2012 Small Business of the Year by the Cobb County Chamber of Commerce. We are truly humbled by this honor. This is our 10th year in business, and that makes it all the sweeter for us. Missing from this photo are our instructors, who are the real [...]
Plans Are Nothing
Dwight D. Eisenhower once voiced one of my favorite quotes: “Plans are nothing. Planning is everything.” He went on to explain that when planning for an emergency, the very definition of “emergency” means that we weren’t expecting it. It is very likely that things won’t go according to plan. But planning keeps us focused on [...]
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