PMFORUM Breaking News
Breaking News in the Project Management World
Monday, December 31, 2007
PM Story Tellers invited! Personal Stories from around the world of project management to be published in PM World Today
Every project manager or project management professional has at least one good personal story to tell. Some stories are about projects; others about career challenges and changes. Others may be about personal triumphs or frustrations.
Throughout the history of mankind story telling has been one of the most powerful means for sharing knowledge and information, for teaching and learning,. In an effort to expand the use of story telling by and among the global community of project managers, PMForum has introduced a “Personal Stories” section to the monthly PM World Today eJournal (www.pmworldtoday.net), beginning with the January 2008 edition.
According to Managing Editor David Pells, “I have always found the personal stories of colleagues to be fascinating, and often very entertaining. They are certainly educational, as stories usually include personal experiences dealing with project or career related challenges. As I have gotten older, I have found myself telling more stories as a way to share information or to describe personal experiences.”
Stories also bring a more personal perspective and touch to the discussion of just about any topic, including project management. It can be interesting and even comforting to learn how others have dealt with project or professional issues, career challenges, personal problems, opportunities or even other people.
Personal stories can be about fascinating projects, experiences related to project management, or experiences by project managers outside of PM. Stories can also be fiction, or fiction based on real life experiences. As PM continues to expand globally, and as multi-national and multi-cultural project teams become more common, personal stories might also be a good tool for improving interpersonal relations, team work and efficiency.
If you are an executive, project manager or PM professional with a good story to tell, consider publication of your story in PM World Today. Stories of interest to a global audience are especially invited. You don’t need to be an expert writer, just have an interesting story to share. Interested PM story tellers should contact editor@pmforum.org for more information, or just email the story! And just like all works submitted to PMForum, authors retain the copyrights.
"Editor's note: While PMForum does not plan to dictate or overly control the content of personal stories, we reserve the right to publish personal stories based on appropriateness and relevance of the subject to our readership. Stories containing inappropriate cultural, racial, personal or political content will not be accepted.
Throughout the history of mankind story telling has been one of the most powerful means for sharing knowledge and information, for teaching and learning,. In an effort to expand the use of story telling by and among the global community of project managers, PMForum has introduced a “Personal Stories” section to the monthly PM World Today eJournal (www.pmworldtoday.net), beginning with the January 2008 edition.
Stories also bring a more personal perspective and touch to the discussion of just about any topic, including project management. It can be interesting and even comforting to learn how others have dealt with project or professional issues, career challenges, personal problems, opportunities or even other people.
Personal stories can be about fascinating projects, experiences related to project management, or experiences by project managers outside of PM. Stories can also be fiction, or fiction based on real life experiences. As PM continues to expand globally, and as multi-national and multi-cultural project teams become more common, personal stories might also be a good tool for improving interpersonal relations, team work and efficiency.
If you are an executive, project manager or PM professional with a good story to tell, consider publication of your story in PM World Today. Stories of interest to a global audience are especially invited. You don’t need to be an expert writer, just have an interesting story to share. Interested PM story tellers should contact editor@pmforum.org for more information, or just email the story! And just like all works submitted to PMForum, authors retain the copyrights.
"Editor's note: While PMForum does not plan to dictate or overly control the content of personal stories, we reserve the right to publish personal stories based on appropriateness and relevance of the subject to our readership. Stories containing inappropriate cultural, racial, personal or political content will not be accepted.
