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Renovating Your Home? Think Like a Project Manager to Stay in Budget

Success

Whether you’re hiring contractors to renovate your home or just doing some weekend DIY projects, learning how to think like a project manager and get the best out of your team is a skill you can improve to help ensure your project goes as smoothly as possible. What is a project manager? Stay organized.

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How to Use Work Samples When Everything You Do Is Confidential

All Things Admin

Work samples are one of the most important components of your professional portfolio. But what if you don’t have access to old samples, projects, or other things you’ve worked on? If you really want to demonstrate a specific skill, you can recreate some samples. I have done this with spreadsheet samples, as well.

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Orion Brown, Creator of BlackTravelBox®, Is Changing Self-Care for Travelers of Color

Success

She had led brand and marketing at the likes of Kraft, Hasbro and Oracle—and her eclectic experience in internal consulting, project management, process improvement and consumer packaged goods helped give her the tools to strike out on her own as an entrepreneur. Travel can be so, so powerful,” she says.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

Allwork

And the key to good management — freelance or otherwise — is communication. Clear communication up front, and continuing conversation through regular check-ins and transparent project management helps streamline workflows and prevent confusion. Ask for referrals (and work samples).

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Resources And Tips To Harness The Power Of Interior Design For Environmental Impact — And Employee Retention

Allwork

Melissa Cooksey, Senior Interior Project Manager at Perkins&Will’s Dallas office, wants to push the sector to break free from these perceived limitations. Interior Project Manager, Principal, Perkins&Will’s Dallas studio. But is it really lacking? And if so, what can designers do to catch up?

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How to Hold a Successful Project Debrief

Jen Lawrence

A key component of a successful Project Debrief meeting is keeping the agenda tight and streamlined. Below is a sample agenda for a Project Debrief: Review Objectives and Goals Review Responses “What went well and contributed to the success of the project?” Review Responses “What hindered the project workflows?”

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Artificial Intelligence at Work: How Office Professionals Can Build A.I. Skills for the Future

Eat Your Career

Please help me write a professional email to my boss, the senior managing partner, to ask for funds to attend the Project Management Learning Lab in September. This is a full-day interactive virtual training program designed to help non-project managers understand the methodology to lead projects from concept to completion.

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