Disarm with charm
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 2. February 2010
In a previous blog post, we have written about communication skills and that bad communication could be a warning sign to failing projects.
So if communication is so important in project management, what would a PM provoke by walking cold into a meeting? Cold reactions, at the very least. Keith Ferrazzi, an expert in relationship development and author of the books Never Eat Alone or Who’s Got Your Back, mentions in his blog the importance of generosity and spreading goodwill to anyone that we meet as a first step towards a warm relationship.
Tags: Communication, PM
Personal branding: video Interview with Dave Prior
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 5. January 2010
Our friend Dave Prior already gave us an interview in the past. In case you would like to see and hear him, we recommend the episode of Project Shrink podcast by Bas de Baar about Project Managers and Personal Branding. Enjoy 
The video interview is split into two parts.
The first part is about personal branding…
In the second part Dave Prior talks about techniques/steps to start a personal brand…
Tags: Communication, Dave Prior, Personal branding
Hello 2010, bye bye 2009!
Frank Blome on 4. January 2010
One lays a bit longer in bed at Christmas, and finds the new year already in full swing when awaking. But wait. Our hibernation was not that deep, we simply granted ourselves a short break. 2009 was after all the most active year in our young history.
Directly on its begin, January 2009, we were in the Macworld and presented Merlin iPhone to the interested visitors.
In February 2009 the beta test of Merlin 2.7 started containing the new version of Merlin Web. A Merlin Twitter presence was also created, with over 750 followers meanwhile.
Tags: App Store, Communication, Merlin, Merlin iPhone, Merlin Server, Merlin Web, Snow Leopard, Story, Team
Is Over-Communication a Problem in Project Management?
John Kranz on 11. June 2009
Pawel Brodzinski hosts a blog on software development lifecycle and poses this question: “Is over-communication a problem in project management?” Some interesting initial comments have come in via his blog and twitter.
Tags: Communication
Twitter Alternative for Project Managers
John Kranz on 3. June 2009
For those who read German, our CEO has already weighed in on what he thinks of Twitter when it comes to serving as a useful tool for project managers. One obvious concern with Twitter is that the communications is open, so others can easily follow the tweets. The solution to this dilemma in ensuring privacy for the enterprise comes in the form of a twitter-alternative known as Yammer.
Tags: Communication, Twitter, Yammer
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