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When you think of Project Management, do Marketing and Branding come to mind? Maybe they should. The marketing mindset can be useful to PMs, especially when it comes to communication. In order to survive, organizations need to stay connected and stay relevant. PMs are well positioned to pick up on indicators of the overall health of an organization. Given today's accelerated rate of change, project managers who know how to read the signs, and understand how to address them, are more valuable than ever.

Project management is a system designed by humans for humans. Over the course of a prescribed length of time, teams of humans work together to create a process or a product. The closer the process hones to a human operating system, the more efficient it will be. In this episode of PM Point of View, three experts in the areas of neuroscience and project management examine the tools and processes of project management through a neuroscientific lens. 

What’s different about managing projects in the Federal Government vs the private sector? For one thing, you have more stakeholders, more rules and restrictions. There is oversight from OMB and GAO, not to mention shifting mandates from Congress. Government projects often take the longer view, and extend over many years. In this episode - the third in a series of highlights from the University of MD's 2019 Project Management Symposium - we focus on Federal Programs.

Every day we hear about another cyber attack. Another virus that we have to guard against. Defending our digital infrastructure is an ongoing and top priority for every organization. It must also be incorporated into every project, from inception to close-out. In this episode, host, Kendall Lott, convenes a round table of experts to discuss best practices to safeguard your project from digital predators.

When managing millennials do the old rules still apply? (Think servant leader for starters.) What exactly is the science behind effective techniques for team motivation? Need some handy tips for conflict resolution or negotiation? Something you might want to try: approaching change management by first assessing what is actually good in the present state. These topics and more are covered in the second of our three episodes from the University of Maryland's 2019 Project Management Symposium. 

Do the members of your team communicate effectively? Do they trust one another? What exactly is feedback, and what is a "feedback culture"? What's the difference between observed behaviors and drivers? In this 2nd episode on Psychometrics, host Kendall Lott gathers experts to discuss the practical applications of psychometric tools. They use specific cases to illustrate which approach best suits a given circumstance, and explain why they chose the approach they did, as well as how to measure results.