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The Five Phases of Project Planning

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Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap The Five Phases of Project Planning Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on August 11, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Allen goes on to this is an ideal model for planning projects. Brainstorming – Brainstorming generates the ideas for moving the project to completion.

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Another Christmas Planning Checklist

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Here’s a simple checklist to help you organize your Christmas holiday celebrations. Prepare budget and plan projects: Figure out how much you are able to spend. Once you know what you can spend, determine what you can give in the way of gifts, what kind of entertaining you can do, etc.

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What Not to Forget During the Holidays

Men With Pens

The holidays are here. Many of you will be welcoming kids home from school, rushing about doing last-minute gift shopping, preparing to receive guests or making travel plans to visit family. During the holidays, most freelancers let their business fall off the priority list. Too many other projects on the go.

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AZVAs the Podcast Episode 10: Creating a Business in the Practical Arts

Loosely Speaking

December 2010 Podcast Program Notes– Tara’s and my holiday bonus episode. Contents of this episode: Discussion/Announcements: Tara and Katie discuss copyright infringement issues faced by writers and creatives. Copyright laws can be confusing. NOTE: if you see a “warning at the top of this post, please ignore.

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8 Tips to Help You Clean Off Your Desk

Ian's Messy Desk

Use the right tools: Set a timer for the length of time you have decided to work on this project. Make an appointment - Don’t just hope you find the time to clean up, set a calendar entry and stick to it. Boxes or storage containers to use for sorting. Garbage/recycling bags or box for shredding.

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10 Sites for Quotations

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Tom Peters’ “Top 41″ quotes and other free stuff – the Top 41 quotes are a project from 2006 that are compiled in a PDF and offered —along with a load of other free Tom Peters’ material— for download. World’s best quotes in 1-10 words – 10 quotes that are less than 10 words.

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How to Improve Your Public Speaking

Ian's Messy Desk

It could be giving a project update at a staff meeting, selling your product to investors, or speaking to the board of directors. What you do is see yourself as being in a dream and all the “other people&# there are just projections of your own mind that you’re creating and then that allows you to totally relax.

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