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		<title>The Bigg Success Show:  Five tips for more effective status reports</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Holohan, MBA PMP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Subscribe to the comments for this post? Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Share this on LinkedIn Post on Google Buzz Email this via Gmail Add this to Google Reader Email this via Yahoo! Mail Recently I was interviewed on one of my favorite podcasts, The Bigg Success Show, and I provided George and Mary-Lynn with 2 Tips for More Effective Project Status Reports. Below I provide three additional tips for a total of five tips that will help you write status reports that people will actually read! Tip #1 &#8211; Know your audience! Ask yourself these questions: Who will be reading your status report?  Team members? Management? Your customer? What level of detail does your audience require?  Don&#8217;t make your audience dig through lots of details to get the information they really want. How frequently does your audience need updates &#8211; Daily, Weekly, Monthly? Tip #2 &#8211; Focus only on the exceptions! Look at just those issues that have changed since your previous report.  This will give your audience just the information that has changed since last report.  This will also help keep your report short and concise. Tip #3 &#8211; Make your report easy to read! Allow your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast episode 027:  12 steps to better team organization</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Holohan, MBA PMP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Subscribe to the comments for this post? Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Share this on LinkedIn Post on Google Buzz Email this via Gmail Add this to Google Reader Email this via Yahoo! Mail In today&#8217;s podcast we talk with Suzanne Babb of the Let&#8217;s Talk Organizing podcast to find out how project managers and their teams can become more organized. For over 20 years, Suzanne has been helping people organize their lives so that they can spend more time and energy doing the things that are most important to them&#8230;  Like listening to the pm411.org Project Management Podcast or mastering &#8220;Slow Ride&#8221; on Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock! As an organization consultant, public speaker and former radio talk show host, Suzanne has been fortunate enough to work with individuals and corporations throughout America, Canada and Scotland.  Suzanne has been running her Let&#8217;s Talk Organizing business for six years. Suzanne&#8217;s business focuses on organizing home-based to Fortune 500-sized businesses by looking at their systems and customizing the systems to the individual.  Let&#8217;s Talk Organizing goes beyond just implementing a set system for everyone.  Everybody is different:  Your thought process is most likely different than others, so Suzanne first [...]]]></description>
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