Weekend Reading & Tidbits

December 7, 2013

After a week knocked off my feet by the flu, I’ve had lots of reading to catch up on. Here are a few of my favorite links from the Thanksgiving break as well as this past week: Writing with Experts by Kate Kiefer Lee: This, this this! I happened upon this link from a friend’s tweet and this is one of the best pieces about writing I’ve read lately. I really struggle with writing and can relate to the people Kate talks about working with. I love her take on managing writers and how she proofs work and deals with voice and tone. Frank Chimero’s Writing Advice: I appreciated the simplicity of this! Your Process Isn’t Sacred by Cap Watkins:…

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dpm2013 – The Project Management Community

November 3, 2013

A few weeks ago something called the Digital PM Summit took place in Philadelphia, the first conference for managers of digital projects. I read about it too late to physically be there, but I’ve followed all of the coverage leading up to the conference, during the conference, and now all of the great roundups being posted by PMs who participated in this event (in person or remotely!). The goal of the Summit was to foster and celebrate a group of people who have been traditionally underserved in support of their profession. It seems like this was the push the PM community needed to form just that – a community. The #dpm2013 tag on Twitter seems to still be going strong…

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