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Category: The Art of PM book

The real life of books

Posted on September 18, 2006 in The Art of PM bookby Scott Berkun

I’m fascinated by what happens to books after they’re bought. Are they put on shelves, never even cracked open?…

If your name is Edward it’s your lucky day

Posted on July 18, 2006 in The Art of PM bookby Scott Berkun

In the unexplainable department: I have a copy of the artofpm in my office that’s already been personally signed…

Free book for startups: special offer

Posted on May 30, 2006 in The Art of PM bookby Scott Berkun

(This is offer is closed – thanks for playing) Are you, or is someone you know, currently working full…

ArtofPM on Business Week

Posted on April 3, 2006 in The Art of PM bookby Scott Berkun

Recent article about the Do-it-yourself MBA movement mentions The art of project management as a popular book among these…

A year in the life of a book: a summary

Posted on April 3, 2006 in The Art of PM book, Writing Wellby Scott Berkun

My first book was published almost a year ago – While no one can predict book sales, that hasn’t…

2006 JOLT Awards

Posted on January 24, 2006 in The Art of PM bookby Scott Berkun

The nominations are in: The art of project management is a finalist for the 2006 Jolt Awards, sponsored by…

Review of artofpm on slackermanager

Posted on January 10, 2006 in artofpm reviews, The Art of PM bookby Scott Berkun

SlackerManager has a fresh review of art of PM: This is a really great book and ought to have…

Artofpm reviews: B&A and MSDN

Posted on November 2, 2005 in artofpm reviews, The Art of PM bookby Scott Berkun

Still seeing some reviews come in which I’m grateful for, 5 months after the book has been out. Most…

Yesterday’s Artofpm Webcast now available

Posted on September 1, 2005 in On Tour, The Art of PM bookby Scott Berkun

Well, that was fast. The fine folks at CMP and Dr. Dobbs Journal have made this talk available online…

Thanks for watching

Posted on August 31, 2005 in On Tour, The Art of PM bookby Scott Berkun

Just wanted to thank everyone that watched the broadcast online – thanks for tuning in. I had fun and…

Leadership for startups (Podcast part 2)

Posted on August 26, 2005 in On Tour, The Art of PM bookby Scott Berkun

John Furrier of the infotalk podcast series just posted segment 2 of our interview. This one is about managing…

Interview at Lifehack.org

Posted on August 25, 2005 in The Art of PM bookby Scott Berkun

Leon from Lifehacker.org interviewed me about the book, my career, mistakes and leadership. Check it out.

Reminder: Live webcast next week

Posted on August 24, 2005 in On Tour, The Art of PM bookby Scott Berkun

Dr. Dobbs Journal Magazine will be broadcasting a live netcast by yours truly on the art of project management.…

Book Tour: Part 2?

Posted on August 11, 2005 in On Tour, The Art of PM bookby Scott Berkun

I’m planning part 2 of the book tour for the Art of project management for early this fall –…

More reviews in for the art of PM

Posted on August 4, 2005 in artofpm reviews, The Art of PM bookby Scott Berkun

Great to see that these are still coming in: Lifehacker The text is light on theory and full of…

The Personal MBA: learn business on your own time

Posted on August 4, 2005 in The Art of PM bookby Scott Berkun

I’ve had a half dozen people point me to the personal mba website in the last week. It’s a…

Mark the date: Free webcast on the art of project management

Posted on August 3, 2005 in Management, On Tour, Software/Web development, The Art of PM bookby Scott Berkun

Dr. Dobbs Journal Magazine will be broadcasting a live netcast by yours truly on the art of project management.…

at OSCON this week

Posted on August 2, 2005 in On Tour, The Art of PM bookby Scott Berkun

I’ll be at OSCON tommorow (Wed) – If anyone’s around and want’s to meet up, comment here. I will…

Berkun Live: Podcast on leadership and management

Posted on July 25, 2005 in Management, On Tour, The Art of PM bookby Scott Berkun

Which one of these doesn’t belong: George Gilder, Mark Cuban, John Markoff (NYTimes), David Hills (Looksmart CEO), Chris Andersion…

ArtofPM #2 on Amazon.com best seller list

Posted on July 6, 2005 in The Art of PM book, Writing Wellby Scott Berkun

Update: ArtofPM, the book described below, was released in an updated edition called Making Things Happen that you should buy…

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