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Work Smart: Overcoming Consensus

How do you make everyone happy in a creative project with multiple constituencies?READ»

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What The Bin Laden Raid Teaches About (Project) Execution

The Navy SEAL raid on Osama bin Laden's compound was the ultimate lesson in project management. Here are four relevant lessons in planning, executing, and shifting on a dime. READ»

Work Smart: Overcoming The Addiction To "Insecurity Work"

To create what will be, you must remove yourself from the constant concern for what already is.READ»

Word of the Day: "EVANGELIST"

"Be the change you want to see in the world," said Mahatma Gandhi. Yes, how true. How true. READ»

Is There a Way to Improve Project Planning?

Most project planning tools are so "20th century" and fail to deliver real value. Fast companies need better solutions to manage projects and improve business execution. Here's an introduction to a firm that offers the potential to add real value to your company.READ»

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Work Smart: Three Ways to Use Google Wave in Your Business

Google Wave is an exciting new tool that combines the best features from email, instant messenger, forums, and wiki’s into a single interface. In Wave, a group of people can simultaneously edit the same document in their web ...READ»

Project Management: Moving at the Speed of Backwards

You’ve received a mandate from your boss and you’re raring to go. But instead of bursting out of the gate, you’re left spinning your wheels; you’re at the mercy of variables that are often beyond your control. Although there ...READ»

Online Marketing Benefits for the Industrial Channel

Social networks are not only useful for consumer-focused online marketing programs, but are increasingly being leveraged by industrial channel marketing teams to generate opportunities their businesses.  From manufacturers of ...READ»

Top Benefits of a Virtual Project Management Office

A virtual project management office is an online location where professionals and business associates can meet to have private discussions, coordinate project details, and otherwise share and collaborate without having to be in the ...READ»

Project Coordinators Benefit from Improving Project Management Skills

Project coordinators who consistently work to improve their organizational skills will find the skills can lead to promotions, expanded employee benefits, perks and increases in pay.  Productivity software can be used to improve ...READ»

Tap Into Old-School Project Management Technique with Virtual Workspaces

The active-adult and senior generations are becoming ever more serious about all things technology related, and companies are connecting with these seasoned pros through private virtual workspaces to collect the information, skills, ...READ»

Virtual Reality for Business with Virtual Project Management Software

Virtually anyone who has a basic understanding of virtual reality can understand the concept of workspace virtualization. Virtual project management software allows businesses to create and use a digital workspace, something like a ...READ»

Project Tracking Software for Project Management Communication

Broken and fragmented communication over project details between team members, contractors and project supervisors can leave a project in shambles.  Effective project management communication is a process that relies on a ...READ»

Effective Project Management Techniques for the Project Coordinator

A project coordinator who dedicates time to understand and develop effective project management techniques, like how to track and monitor project benchmarks and how to prepare effective summary reports, will make their own jobs easier ...READ»

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Check your Project Checklist Twice Before Posting New Year’s Greetings

If you plan on sending a quick happy new year greeting out to your thousand or so closest online contacts this year, take heed of some seasonal advice and check your project checklist twice before you start sending holiday cheer out ...READ»

Web Project Scheduling Software Supports Small Business Sales Efforts

Small businesses are relying on a new type of web project scheduling software that allows co-workers and business associates to keep track of sales and customer correspondence in a virtual online environment.READ»

Web Based Project Management Software for Small and Medium Business

Web based project management software allows small business teams to keep projects on track, monitor budgets and share files and other information with co-workers from anywhere in the world where online access is available.READ»

Know Thy Partner: Three Client Types and How to Work With Them

One of the most important things to figure out at the start of a design project is what kind of client you're working with. It can also be one of the most difficult things to discern if you're working with a client for the first ...READ»

The Virtual Company

Advances in technology and an uncertain economy have helped fuel the rise in virtual companies - small busineses with team members working all over the globe. READ»