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PROGRAM 2: PROJECT MANAGEMENT PAGE!

If you are new to learning about the Growing Capacity Project, please read this project overview before continuing.

Spring 2024 survey results and community feedback suggest project management mentorship is needed by nonprofit museums, library archives, and other museum-like cultural organizations in Hawai'i. This will be the focus of our second mentoring and training program in the Growing Capacity Project (GCP).

The six-week, online program ran weekly October 9 thru November 20, 2024. Live cohort meetings  were held on Zoom.

The application window was open from Wednesday, August 14, 2024 - Sunday, September 8, 2024.

Each week, participants met with the program facilitators and guest presenters to explore aspects of Project Management (PM) relevant in Hawai'i. Nonprofit GrowthGen offered insights, tools, and templates they have developed in their work to help with managing workflows, communicating effectively, and maintaining accountability. From that foundation, participants and featured community members added their own resources, insights, and materials to explore practices while engaging with one another in problem-solving our collective challenges and needs. Our hope is the resources and relationships connected during the program will continue to grow capacity among participating organizations well beyond the program.

The following topics were highlighted in the six-week program: 

• Exploring Diverse Project Management Practices
  Understand and analyze the variety of PM practices utilized by the project team and cohort.
• Critical Pre-Launch Considerations
  Reflect on essential questions to ask yourself before initiating a project.
• Balancing Multiple Projects Simultaneously
  Learn strategies for effectively juggling multiple projects at once.
• Long-Term Management of Large-Scale Projects
  Gain insights into managing and sustaining massive projects over extended periods.
• Collaborative Project Work and Decision-Making
  Enhance collaboration with team members and strengthen decision-making processes at various levels.
• Maintaining Individual Project Responsibilities
  Focus on techniques for sustaining and managing projects as an individual.
• Exploring New Project Management Tools
  Discover and implement new physical and digital tools for effective project management.
• Integrating Project Management with Self-Care
  Explore the intersection of project management practices and personal well-being.

Participants in this program received study-ahead materials to help them prepare for each live class session. This included reading articles, watching videos, and reviewing other resources. Then, in class, NPGG facilitators invited our Hawai'i-based guest speakers to explore those topics more deeply through class conversation, break out rooms, and other connection points.

To see see shareable content from the Project Management program, we welcome you to explore this YouTube Playlist with recordings from class topics and discussions.