#46(ish) Using Social Media. Two Years Later

Points to Bas

Editing the new episode of Project Potion. Points to @projectshrink (Bas de Baar) for coming up with a reason to actually use Flipbook - to catch up on recent tweets into a specific hash tag.

The new episode includes a look back at how our use (as project leaders) of social media tools has evolved over the past 12-14 months. It should be up in a day or so.

Agile and Project Management Talks at SXSW 2012 Last year I attended SXSW for the first time. While I had intended to spend my days basking in the onslaught of music and film that it is known for, what I actually spent my time doing was focusing mostly on the talks that centered on Agile and Project Management. Each of the presentations on PM and Agile were very well attended. In some cases there was a line waiting to get in, so there is a definite hunger for information at the event. Unfortunately, with the exception of one talk (given by Brett Harned and Pamela Villacorta) the content presented in most of the PM and Agile talks was disappointing. SXSW 2012 is right around the corner and they’ve opened the area where people can vote on proposed topics. If you’ve got a few minutes, follow the links below to become an SXSW 2012 Panel Picker, search for Agile and PM presentations vote Thumbs Up for the ones you think look interesting.  This Spring, there will be another crowd of PMs in Austin who are interested in learning about project management and how to do it better.  Help make sure the talks they get to choose from are going to help them raise their game. Who knows… you may end up working with some of them someday. SXSW 2012 Interactive Panel Picker  http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/index/10 SXSW 2012 Music Panel Picker http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/index/12 SXSW 2012 Film Panel Picker http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/index/11 And while you’re voting, you may want to consider… Project Leadership Through Personal Branding (ProjectShrink Bas de Baar and Dave Prior) http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/10995 Developing Music and Software Across a Distance (Dave Prior with Panda Transport’s Kathy Compton and Thierry Holweck) http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/12133

Potion 21 - Dave Goes to Macworld... Again

ProjectPotion 19 - The Year of the iPad

ProjectPotion 18 - Dave Goes to Øredev

Project Potion 17 - Death of the Phone Call

Project Potion 16 - The Yeti

Project Potion 15 - Cloud Workers

Project Potion #14 - Vuvuzela

Breaking Radio Silence

I have lots of excuses... but, they are only excuses. However, I am very happy to report that I am now working for ProjectWizards heading up their new US company. I'll be writing more about this later both here and in another blog I'm doing on the PW site (link will be forthcoming).


In the meantime, this is something I stumbled upon recently that I think is very cool:
The Tao of PM Blog

And, I have a few Project Potion videos below. I'll be keeping up with these regularly from now on.

Project Potion Episode 11 - The Unpronouncable Volcano

Project Potion Episode 12 - iPads and Ashclouds

Project Potion Episode 13 - The Episode Without a Name