I learned about O'Reilly's Blogger Review Program through one of Scott Berkun's blog postings. He mentioned about getting a free copy of his book, Myths of Innovation through the Review Program and that got my full and undivided attention. I'm a sucker for anything that is free especially books!
How can you join this program? It's very simple actually.
1. First and foremost, you need to be a blogger of course! (Check!)
2. You like reviewing books or videos. (Double check!)
3. Once you are sure of 1 and 2, you can sign-up for your free account. (Done!)
After creating my O'Reilly account the other day, I received an email today informing me that my application for the program had been approved! Wow that was fast! I was so excited I immediately requested for a copy of ... The Myths of Innovation (of course!) for my first book review.
I had been an avid reader of O'Reilly's technical and business books. These books were instrumental to my growth as a programmer before and a project manager now. Now, I can get (I hope!) O'Reilly books for free and have a topic for my blog. Hitting two birds with one stone. How great is that!
Jan 31, 2011
Jan 1, 2011
Happy New Year!

It was awfully quiet in this blog for a good 8 months! Imagine, the last post I made was April 16 and I only made 4 posts for the whole year!
First and foremost, I must admit that for these past months, I have been experiencing what I call the "blogging block" for anything related to project management, photography and technology. I find it difficult to even complete a single paragraph in my planned posts. As a result, I have these numerous drafts queued in Blogger. On the other hand, even with this "block" still hanging heavily in my head, I write this short note to everybody.
A Happy New Year To All!
May this be a year of more health, prosperity, success, happiness and most especially blog posts! Cheers!
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Apr 16, 2010
ProjectManager.com: Tips for Running Project Meetings

Do you repeatedly have to attend Proposal Meetings? If you must, in that case skim through these suggested methods to find out how to implement them easily and without difficulty.
Guide for Initializing Proposal Meetings
Everybody hates meetings that take so long. So your work is to make it precised, highly motivated and to add a substance. If you organize this, then you'll increase group motivation and spirits. The following are 5 guides to help you...
Tip 1: Prepare carefully
To ensure you obtain the most out of your meetings, you should arrange them carefully. Ahead of every gathering, put in writing 3 goals that you need from the convention. The following are several examples:
- I need the group to perceive we're on schedule.
- I need several challenges or hindrances to be discussed.
- I need them to feel significant and encouraged.
Tip 2: Start and end carefully
Like in theatre, people largely recall the introduction and the end part the most. So start and end your talks mindfully. Once you initiate the discussion, impart to them what the target of the gathering is, what you need to make out of it and the reason it's focal. This gets their thoughts and prepares the field. As you end the discussion, ask them what has been agreed / achieved in the gathering and the next methods moving forward.
Tip 3: Structure the discussion
You should be in complete control of the conference at all times, to make sure that:
- The business meeting follows the schedule
- You don't get stumped on a single concern
- An individual doesn't take control it
- Each one has their voice
Tip 4: Park it and proceed
Often in meetings, a single subject matter can take the big part of the engagement schedule. If the subject is not associated to your definite discussion objective, then inform the group to park it and proceed. Take note the subject on a whiteboard or paper and attend to it with the appropriate group members independently after the gathering. This keeps your meetings brief and structured.
Tip 5: Keep it results oriented
Projects are all about getting the job completed. So ensure that where viable, all argument results in an action to be fulfilled. Concentrating on the proceedings that are necessary, is a significant way of reducing the time of meetings.
Jason Westland has been in the project management industry for the past 16 years.
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