Project management consulting and training for social change organisations.
I spent the afternoon today with Kat Dodds, founder of Good Company Communications, talking about her involvement in the upcoming Habitat Jam, her plans for the redesign of Hello Cool World, the suite of products and services Good Company offers and/or has plans to offer, and the important role project management will play in making it all happen. Kat's great because even though she's had huge successes with projects like The Corporation, The Take, and, most recently, Scared Sacred, she still actively solicits input and advice from friends and colleagues.
You rock, Kat!
Back in August, I delivered a three-part training in Microsoft Project to the staff of the Allocations and Health Promotion Department of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (CBCF) here in Toronto. Since then, they've hired new staff (dedicated to the management of special projects), and I've been asked back this week to provide additional training to these new employees, onsite at the Ontario Chapter.
While there, I'll have the chance to visit with the participants from the training in August, check in on how their planning has progressed, and help them troubleshoot any issues they may have come up against. Should be a great day :)
I met Phillip Djwa of Djwa Strategies at Web of Change this year — we got to know each other a little bit, he attended the workshop I delivered with Rolf and Shannon, and we got to talking about the possibility putting on a project management workshop for not-for-profits in Vancouver at some point after the conference. I'm very excited to report that this workshop is now officially a go — the date has been set for December 8 (9:30am — 4:00pm), the location is SFU Harbour Centre (515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver), it will be part of a larger lecture series designed for not-for-profits, and the rest of the details are to follow shortly :)
Phillip and the good people at Dwja Strategies plan to have a site up promoting the event/series in the next few days or so — as soon as it's live, I'll let you know :)
UPDATE: the site is live; register now at The Knowledge Green.
The third session of LEF's Project Management for Foreign-Trained IT Professionals is now underway. I've been asked to continue supporting program participants and LEF staff for this session, which I'm very happy to do :)
The last session was a huge success — of the 23 students who completed the program, 2 have received PMP certification through the Project Management Institute (and several more are currently studying for the exam), and 50% have since found jobs in their fields. Congratulations, people!
