Whether you're trying to get buy-in for your project from the board, your staff, the public or even the media, these resources will help you clearly articulate your "why" and get everyone on the same team.
From the October 2020 talk at the CSDA Board Secretary Conference:
How to Lead (Just About) Any Project - Successfully
Slide deck (PDF) | Recording (YouTube)
The exercises listed at right are all covered in the presentation, and those resources are designed to help you get stakeholder buy-in to your project, and get team members on the same page.
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These are most powerful when done with your project team, or the stakeholders who will be approving your project.
To begin, watch the Simon Sinek TED Talk:
Start with Why (the Origin one is good too!)
Next, complete the following exercises:
Your Noble Purpose
Your Project Why and User Stories
Dedicate a meeting with your team to share what you wrote with each other.
Some of the articles and other resources we used to help us develop these materials
Project Manager vs Project Leader - What's the Difference?
The Four Essentials of Project Team Leadership
And even though Project Leadership is different than Project Management, there are some great PM tools out there:
Trello, Asana, and Basecamp have free versions
Teamwork and Monday.com are inexpensive
Or just google "cloud based project management tools"
Brainstorming is a process with rules, believe it or not... and it also requires right brain thinking. Without them, true creativity is hard to find! Here are some of our favorite resources:
IDEO on Brainstorming
(IDEO is the world leader in design thinking)
Article and Live talk (YouTube)
Brainstorm resource page
Books that informed this presentation
Start with Why by Simon Sinek
A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink
Beyond Bullet Points by Cliff Atkinson
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