ArbCamp – WebSite Conversions

Some sketchy notes I took on the Website conversions session given by Ross Johnson
1. Website goals – most sell something

Anytime you’re creating a website you’re creating a domain name

Your website’s calling card
Should be able to remember it after saying it 2 to 3 times
Simple, unique, easy to remember
Dot com is preferred [...]

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ArbCamp – Social Networking 101 – 2 pm Session

Notes I took on Social Networking 101 session given by Derek Mehraban
1. Get on twitter -

CNN breaking news on Twitter
businesses use this for customers – deals
plug-in to integrate twitter into your blog
very searchable – optimized
use your profile space for keywords you want to be found for
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ArbCamp – Search Optimization – 1 pm session

Notes from the Search Optimization Session at 1pm
Ross Johnson – speaker
Why using search vs Yellow book or asking a friend?
Easy way to find answer to question ← key!
1. Must provide relevant results – search engine goals

How to make yours the most relevant?

No way to trick your way to the top [...]

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Project Ignition

The Next 2 Days of Your Project will either contribute to its success or its failure.
Your team’s first impression of the project is critical to a common understanding of what is being accomplished.
Over two thirds of all projects either fail or are seriously challenged, according to the 2006 Chaos Report from the Standish Group. [...]

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Magnificient Obsession

Having just seen the 1954 movie ‘Magnificient Obsession’ with Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman, my husband and I had a chance to be so tested the other night. We were out on our usual long neighborhood walk enjoying the weather and scenery when we noticed a car pass us twice, and stop at a cross [...]

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Passion

My passion is to help companies get organized with their projects and get their work done. Companies looking to adopt an Agile methodology hold a particular interest for me since I’m quite fond of doing more of what works and less of what doesn’t and producing deliverables quickly and iteratively.
If any of this sounds interesting to you, [...]

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Absence of Trust and Project Management

If you have ever been interested to delve into the inner-workings of project management or to consider how trust plays a role in full-functioning teams then you may be interested to attend the February 19, 2007 Huron Valley PMI Chapter meeting. I am presenting on the ‘Absence of Trust, the First Dysfunction’. This is taken [...]

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Hand in Hand

With team members across continents and languages, how do you make Global Project Teams effective? Find out in the August 2003 issue of PM Network. A PDF* version of the document is below.
Click here to download Hand in Hand
PMI members can access the article under the Members section of http://www.pmi.org.
*The PDF article requires Acrobat reader. [...]

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In the News

December 2003
Do you know the 4 most common pitfalls in Software Project Management? Check the December edition of the Great Lakes IT Report – Technology and the Law edition to compare your answers. You might be surprised to see how common the pitfalls are!
September 2003
Life after Pfizer. Find out how the founder, and former [...]

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The 12 Elements of Great Managing and the Maslow Needs Hierarchy

Do You Need a Project Manager?

The Maslow needs hierarchy’s and the 12 Elements of Great Managing by Wanger & Harter share a very common theme. Maslow’s basic tenent of the successive satisfying of a person’s basic needs will lead to self-actualization is exemplified in the 12 Elements of Great Managing. The elements start with the [...]

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