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Vancity Digital Project Managers x Kickass PM x Louder Than Ten presents...

It’s been six months since we’ve all been sent home to deal with our global anxiety, set up our home offices, and pretend that projects are fine, and we’re all fine, too. But, how are you really? When you peel back your organization’s processes and see the guts of how your projects, teams, and mental health have been impacted over the year, we realize that there is a series of vital signs that can tell you how sustainable things really are. It’s called benchmarking and part of this process involves comparing your norm, whether it be project norm, your workplace norm or project management norms to industry standards.

As project managers, we can only solve problems that we have identified; and these benchmarking practises allow for the critical evaluation and qualitative conversations with the right people in the room. Even more so, they tell us if we’re burning out, if our organizations will last, and what trends to watch for in the future so we can feel okay in the midst of chaos.

This October, we’ll be diving with Rachel Gertz, CEO and PM Trainer of Louder Than Ten, an apprenticeship training for project leads, to explore this very timely topic to distinguish between our project health, organizational health and our mental health. Rachel will pull both from her plethora of experience with LT10 and sprinkle in some learnings from the recently-released Pattern Report. You’ll learn how to quantify these areas of focus, and how to move the needle in a positive direction.

What you’ll take away:

  • Learn the important metrics that tell you how healthy your people, projects, and processes are (and where your org sits within the larger pool)
  • Learn where most problems tend to creep up in the project lifecycle and how to measure them
  • Learn when to push harder, when to stop and re-calibrate, and when it’s time to walk away

You can learn more about The Pattern Report here: https://patternreport.com/

Meet your Speaker
Rachel Gertz is CEO and Dig­i­tal PM Train­er at Loud­er Than Ten. She teaches coordinators, freelancers, and project managers how to improve the lives of digital workers by helping people make their organizations more profitable, sustainable, and democratic. LT10 does this by providing in-depth training and coaching with a more humane and ethical approach to project management and operations.Rachel’s mission is to restore power to project leaders and elevate the project management discipline.

Meet our partner, Kickass PM (Austin, TX)
We partnered with this rad group Kickass PM because like us, they've been hosting events to support Digital Project Managers since before the Internet, or whether folks are looking to make a career shift into Project Management. They pride ourselves on offering a casual, professional atmosphere where you can learn the best way to manage your team, perfect your process, and reach those milestones on your personal GANTT chart.
Learn more about their online events at:

Agenda (Pacific Time)
5:30 – 5:45 pm: Introductions & Housekeeping
5:45 – 6:15 pm: Interactive Presentation on Project Health
6:15 – 6:45: Exercises & Breakout Rooms
6:45 – 7:00: Wrap up & depart!

Event password is "benchmark" !
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The event is FREE - but, we'll have a donation option available to Pay What You Can to help keep our meetup running and growing!

To donate, use this link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=PR3754ZDJM7MS&source=url

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