Nonprofit Project Management Tips and Tools 23@4 : October 2012

Nonprofit Project Management Tips and Tools

23@4: October 2012

Paul Clarke

Nonprofit

Resource Center

Lettice Haver-Torres

About the 23@4

0 Brief

0 Fast

0 Not subject matter experts

0 Resources for further study

Today’s Objectives

0 Overview of Project Management

0 Basic understanding of key parts of cycle

0 Tips and tools

0 Resources for further study

Emerging Leader attendance: 72Nonprofit attendance (individuals): 81Nonprofit participation (organizations): 79Programs: 13

Get on Board

Project Management History

0 Since

0 1969– PMI

0 PMBOK

0 PMP

The National Archives UK on flickr

Project Management Lifecycle

Image by Ivan Walsh via Flickr

Define Phase

0Community need Goals What do we do?

0Why you? Why me?

0What does success look like?

0How are decisions made?

0What are our filters?

Defining to Planning0scope0time0cost0human resources

0procurement 0quality 0communication 0 integration

By J’Roo on Flickr

Implementation

0Feedback loop

0Define phase shows!

0Communicate clearly

0Track progress

0Rule your emotionsBy Pennstatealive on Flickr

Tips

0 Emotional needs and motivations

0 Collaboration invites conflict

0 Projects bring change

0 Celebrate success!

By hasmil on Flickr

A Little EQ in the Afternoon0 To be competent, and respected as such0 To belong to something larger than self

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4 Questions0 Do I have something to

contribute?

0 Is this project important to me?

0 Are we making progress?

0 How will this project support/threaten my core needs or interests?

By Clarkston SCAMP on flickr

What does EQ have to do with Project Management?

- recorded webinar by Lou Russell

0 “4 Hour Hangover”

0 Recognize Triggers

By anitafrances on flickr

Tools0File sharing

0 Google Docs0 Dropbox

0Training

0 Jing0 YouTube/Vimeo By Eva Funderburgh on flickr

https://www.dropbox.com/

http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html

More Tools0 Project Management0Basecamp0Big Picture0Trello

0Communication0Webex0Skype0Wordpress, etc. By Nick Johnson on flickr

http://basecamp.com/

http://www.thebigpic.org/

https://trello.com/tour

Project Management Games0Task Dependencies to begin plan – Lou Russell0From Discover to Shape to Prioritize to Act:

http://innovationgames.com/

http://pcnrc.org/2011/03/30/collaboration-tools-and-resources/

http://vimeo.com/43928319

Russellmartin.ning.com

http://www.pmi-neic.org/web/index.php

Thank you!

Fensterbme on flickr