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Project Management for the Administrative Professional - 13-week course

Were you given your first project to complete but don’t know where to start?  Have you managed projects in the past and would like to enhance your skills before the next project?  Are you working on a project now and know you need some insight on how to improve the project’s planning and team functioning?

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Business and Administrative Skills Expert, Jenelle Alexander, will take you on an in-depth 13-week journey to learn the skills every Administrative Professional should have to successfully manage and implement projects.

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This is a bundle of 13 classes that makes up the entire course.  The bundle prices is offered at a discounted rate.  Alternatively, you can purchase each class individually.

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Benefits:

  • Enhance your Project Management skills

  • Become more valuable to your management team

  • Use these skill to throughout your career

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​Each week we will cover an essential topic in Project Management:

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  1. Introduction to Project Management

  2. Change:  How to Handle the Unpredictable Yet Inevitable in a Project

  3. Leadership and Motivation:  How to Lead Your Team to Project Success

  4. Communication:  How to Create Effective Communication Exchange for the Project

  5. Teams:  How Team Dynamics Determines Your Project’s Outcome

  6. Diversity:  How Team Diversity Leads to Project Success

  7. Setting Goals & Securing Commitment:  How to Create a Road Map to Project Success

  8. Scheduling:   How to Create a Feasible and Executable Schedule - Part 1

  9. Duration estimation:  How to Create a Feasible and Executable Schedule - Part 2

  10.  Resource Management: How to Accomplish Our Goals with What We Have

  11.  Project Control - How to Administer a Successful Project - Part 1

  12.  Project Control - How to Administer a Successful Project - Part 2 [Techniques]

  13.  PM Technology - An Overview of Current Project Management Technology

Afternoon Course
Online - Zoom
February 16 - May 11, 2022
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Central time

Evening Course
Online - Zoom
February 16 - May 11, 2022
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, Central time

Individual Training Classes, (typically 90-minutes long each)

Introduction to Project Management for the Administrative Professional

Wondering if you really need project management training? Could project management skills really impact your daily operations?  Need to know the benefits of completing a project management course?

 

Join us for an introductory look into Project Management, an overview of its concepts and its objectives; and the terminology used in the practice of project management.

Afternoon Class
Online - Zoom
February 16, 2022
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Central time

Evening Class
Online - Zoom
February 16, 2022
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, Central time

How to Handle Change During a Project

The company just merged with another company.  My manager of 15 years is retiring.  The project budget was reduced by 20%.  The project due date was moved up by two months.

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There are many examples of changes that impact a project, the project team, and the project manager.  Change happens – whether it is expected or unexpected.

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Learn how to manage change in a project.

Afternoon Class
Online - Zoom
February 23, 2022
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Central time

Evening Class
Online - Zoom
February 23, 2022
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, Central time

Lead Your Project Team to Success

Are you an accidental project manager?  Does your team consist of people who do not directly report to you?

 

Do your team members seem uninterested about being on the team?

 

This classes addresses the issues that arise from a team of people with varying levels of commitment and enthusiasm for the project.

Afternoon Class
Online - Zoom
March 2, 2022
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Central time

Evening Class
Online - Zoom
March 2, 2022
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, Central time

Effective Communication Exchange in Project Management

Do some of the team members seem out of the loop?   Does everyone in the meeting seem to remember the outcomes slightly differently?  Are the project reports lean on details?

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This class will address the challenges of communication during project planning and implementation.

Afternoon Class
Online - Zoom
March 9, 2022
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Central time

Evening Class
Online - Zoom
March 9, 2022
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, Central time

Team Dynamics Determines the Project's Outcome

Does the team seem to discuss the same issue at every meeting?   Is the team’s performance lackluster? Do meetings regularly continue well past the targeted end time? 

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In the class we will explore the unconscious forces that influence a team’s performance.

Afternoon Class
Online - Zoom
March 16, 2022
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Central time

Evening Class
Online - Zoom
March 16, 2022
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, Central time

How Team Diversity Leads to Project Success

Stop me if you heard this saying, “ta priest, a rabbi and a Baptist minister were asked to plan a community picnic…”.  What are their similarities and differences? What preconceptions would they need to overcome to succeed in their project?

 

Diversity is the norm for our world.  People come from different demographic populations.

 

Learn how to glean the best from your team by being aware and respectful of the uniqueness of each team member.

Afternoon Class
Online - Zoom
March 23, 2022
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Central time

Evening Class
Online - Zoom
March 23, 2022
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, Central time

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