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September / October
I've never combined months before... but work has picked up so I haven't been putting much time into this site lately. Thanks for those of you who are hanging in there. Let's take a look at September and October, shall we?
MEMBERSHIP
It looks like we had a 2.7% increase in membership over the last tw… Continue
Added by Chris Hall on November 2, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments
Agile Project Management
I've been part of an Agile Project Management team for the past month and change and it has been a tremendous learning experience. We have set up our sprints on a weekly basis, so every week we're prioritizing requirements and checking code to see what we've built.
Here are some observations to date:
P… Continue
Added by Chris Hall on September 15, 2009 at 9:51pm — No Comments
August
Although I wasn't able to get everything done in August that I would have liked to have gotten done, I think that it was one of our most successful months in terms of progress on the site and in the community. Here's the breakdown of what went down:
MEMBERSHIP
An increase in membership nearly double… Continue
Added by Chris Hall on August 31, 2009 at 9:43pm — No Comments
LinkedIn Group
I noticed that I have about 100 extra Louisville based project management contacts on LinkedIn, than have signed up for LouisvillePM. So I went ahead and created a LinkedIn Group last night and invited all of my contacts
If you didn't get an invite, you can check out the group… Continue
Added by Chris Hall on August 10, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments
July
A lot of behind the scenes work went down in the month of July, and I think that it was a pretty productive month for LouisvillePM. Here's the breakdown of what went down:
MEMBERSHIP
Membership crept up 1.4% to 289 members. I know that it's been said before, but I'm thinking… Continue
Added by Chris Hall on August 2, 2009 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment
3 New Job Postings and 9 Resume Tips
Hey everybody, I'm really excited to announce that we have three new job postings on the job board and they are all quality. Whether you're looking for a job because yo… Continue
Added by Chris Hall on July 27, 2009 at 11:00pm — 3 Comments
Networking Events Teaser...
I had a great telephone conversation with my friend Chad this morning and he really got me energized to get off my duff.
Thank you Chad. :)
So we're going to try to start churning out a Free PDU event per month, at lea… Continue
Added by Chris Hall on July 23, 2009 at 11:30pm — 2 Comments
Job Candidate Pet Peeves
Yahoo came out with a great article that looks at flaws to avoid in the interview process. I know that I've sat through my fair share of interviews throughout th… Continue
Added by Chris Hall on July 20, 2009 at 12:00am — No Comments
JOBS
I have changed the job forum format so that I am now the keeper of the job listings on LouisvillePM. If you have a listing and would like it posted you can either send… Continue
Added by Chris Hall on July 12, 2009 at 9:49pm — No Comments
June
June has come and gone, and what a month it was... Let's check out a recap, shall we? Here's a breakdown of what went down:
MEMBERSHIP
Membership increased 1.8% to 285 members. I have yet to really focus on another significant membership drive, but may put a Facebook experim… Continue
Added by Chris Hall on July 5, 2009 at 11:59pm — No Comments
How do you use LinkedIn?
If you didn't attend the Social Media Club Louisville last Tuesday then you really missed out. Lewis Howes talked about LinkedIn and how he uses it to benefit him in his professional life. I w… Continue
Added by Chris Hall on June 21, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments
I'm a PMP, Now What?
If you've recently passed the PMP exam and are wondering what's next in your career, I wanted to relay a cool newsletter I just found about today on twitter from my friend Josh Nankivel over at The pmStudent.
You ju… Continue
Added by Chris Hall on June 14, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments
Soul Crushing Meetings
It was one of those days today. I had to sit through a one hour soul crushing meeting and it was brutal. The kind of meeting where stakeholders argue over ridiculously minute details with themselves out loud. Working out baggage while holding the group at large hostage.
You know the… Continue
Added by Chris Hall on June 4, 2009 at 11:20pm — No Comments
May
Another month is in the record books as we approach LouisvillePM's first full year of existence. Work really picked up for me, leaving me unavailable to put the time I wanted to into the site throughout May. Here's a breakdown of what went down:
MEMBERSHIP
Membership increased 2.2% to 28… Continue
Added by Chris Hall on June 1, 2009 at 12:31am — No Comments
Social Media Club Louisville Event
The Social Media Club Louisville is bringing in Lewis Howes, author of LinkedWorking, to discuss the virtues of LinkedIn as… Continue
Added by Chris Hall on May 25, 2009 at 12:30am — No Comments
Seven Great Tips for LinkedIn
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Added by Chris Hall on May 19, 2009 at 11:00pm — 2 Comments
Chris Brogan @ SMC Louisville Tuesday May 19th
It just dawned on me to pass this along but Chris Brogan - President of New Marketing Labs, a new media marketing agency, as well as the home of the Inbound Marketing Summit conferences and Inbound Marketing Bootcamp educational events - wil… Continue
Added by Chris Hall on May 17, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments
SPAM
Added by Chris Hall on May 15, 2009 at 12:00am — No Comments
Managing Up
I wanted to jot some notes down about working with superiors to achieve business results and get your take... I ran across this great .pdf today entitled: The Art of Managing Up, by Wayne Turk and think its a solid res… Continue
Added by Chris Hall on May 5, 2009 at 11:06pm — 2 Comments
Have you heard of Prezi?
I've been working with a cool free new tool that I wanted to share with everyone here, and its called Prezi. If you've heard of it, you know how awesome it is... If you haven't heard of it, think of PowerPoint on steroids and angel dust because this presentation t… Continue
Added by Chris Hall on May 4, 2009 at 11:39pm — 2 Comments
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