Jeff Plumblee of Moovila: PM-Mastery Podcast Interview This Project Life

Walt Sparling, Host of the PM-Mastery podcast, interviews Jeff Plumblee of Moovila, a project manager, program manager, and fellow podcast host in the project management industry, the This Project Life podcast. This episode appears on both podcasts. The discussion begins with Jeff’s education, his work, what initially interested him about Moovila, and what he learns from the podcast This Project Life. Jeff explains the purpose of The Community of Practice episodes of the podcast. Jeff set himself a challenge to post daily on LinkedIn for 10 weeks and he talks about how he is meeting the challenge. Jeff also learns from online courses, such as Udemy. Jeff lists the tools he uses daily, and explains more about This Project Life.

Listen in for a delightful conversation about the field of project management.

Key Takeaways:
Jeff is a Senior Program Officer at a non-profit and a Senior Program Manager at Moovila and he hosts a podcast with a monthly Community of Practice. He also does project management consulting. His background is in sustainable development. At Clemson, Jeff built a rural Haiti water system that is still going. For years, Jeff taught project management to undergrads and graduate students at The Citadel. The disparity between theory and field practice is Jeff’s inspiration for working at Moovila. The podcast Jeff runs with Moovila discusses what happens when people get “punched in the mouth.” It builds a community network Jeff describes his Community of Practice. Project managers from different fields see similar problems; they discuss solutions that may translate to other fields. Jeff talks about the PMP certification and what it teaches about processes. Jeff learns each week from podcasting, posting daily on LinkedIn, and online courses. Jeff taught project management using Microsoft Project. Now he uses Moovila; It’s very accessible to users. Jeff explains how it works and what he likes about it. Jeff lists the other tools he uses, Slack and Zoom, and Google online products. Walt tells why he uses Google Keep and copies his notes to OneNote. Jeff describes the podcast, This Project Life, and the guests he interviews on it from the world of project management practice. Walt includes a couple of his favorite episodes. Jeff gets cool guests with fascinating stories from major companies. Walt mentions some of his guests on PM-Mastery.  
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Website: Moovila.com/thisprojectlife
Email: thisprojectlife@moovila.com

Resources:
Moovila.com
PM-Mastery
Walt Sparling
Jeff Plumblee
This Project Life
“Community of Practice Live Event: Part 2: Retrospectives and Communications”
“Hassan Osman of Cisco: Kickoff Meetings, Project Closures, & Hybrid Work”
Pickleball
Clemson University
Rural Haiti
The Citadel
Mike Tyson
PMP
PMI
Joseph Phillips
Udemy
Microsoft Project
Slack
Zoom
Teams
Microsoft 365
Sharepoint
OneNote
Excel
Google Keep
Google Tasks
Google Calendar
Google Sheets
Google Docs
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