Training individuals is the first step – but how can you positively impact project management within your organization?
Join LINGOs Director of Capacity Building Solutions John Cropper and Eric Verzuh, founder and president of The Versatile Company, for a discussion of tools and best practices for implementing project management strategies at an organizational level.
About PMD Pro:
Project Management for Development Professionals (PMD Pro) is the first professional program and certification designed to address the needs of project managers in the international development sector.
In just five years, PMD Pro training has reached over 10,000 development and humanitarian relief project managers. The individuals certified in the basic program, PMD Pro 1, are valuable professionals in an industry that demands rigor, accountability, and increasingly, standardized professional qualifications.
For more on the PMD Pro webinar series, please visit projectservices.lingos.org/webinars.
Session Leaders:
Eric Verzuh
Eric is the bestselling author of The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management. He is the President and Founder of The Versatile Company, a firm that delivers training on project management topics to thousands of professionals every year.
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John Cropper
John has worked in the non-profit sector for over 20 years first with The British Council in Spain and Vietnam and then with Oxfam, where he was Regional Programme Manager for Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean for three years and went on to manage its project management systems. In his last job at Oxfam, he managed a global programme on gender and governance. John is passionate about project management and believes that good project management can make a massive contribution to reducing poverty and suffering.
He is Prince 2 Practitioner certified and a member of both the Project Management Institute and the Association of Project Management. He holds an MBA as well as an MA in Education. John helped develop PMD Pro and has facilitated courses in Europe, the US, Africa, Asia and Latin America. He also sits on the Board of PM4NGOs – the NGO that owns the PMD Pro standard. In addition, he is the VIce Chair of Anti-Slavery International.