Book Trailer - How to Plan Small Projects ('the content')

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A Book Trailer (The SlideShare Way) “what’s in the book”

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I have just published my first book - How to Plan Small Projects. I thought I'd create a Book Trailer to tell people about it. I ended up making two trailers: one about what's in the book (this one), and one about what the book is for (the other one). ...Geoff (www.performancepeople.com.au)

Transcript of Book Trailer - How to Plan Small Projects ('the content')

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A Book Trailer(The SlideShare Way)

“what’s in the book”

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Are you responsible for getting something done?

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Become an investment bankerSet up an online retail outletInvest in a new franchiseBuild doll’s housesHave Christmas at your houseFence your propertySetup a lemonade stallCreate an eBay™ businessGo to university (in a new city)Buy a new carGo on a camping tripPaint your house (inside & out)Hold a dinner partyOrganise a school campSell your old car on the InternetLaunch a new clothing rangeBuild a pergolaInstall solar panelsSell jewellery on the ???

Set up a hydro organic wheatPromote a businessBuild a garden shedPlan a 21st birthday partyGo on a camping holidayInstall new computer softwareFit out a home officeFrame a paintingRecord a music cdWrite a piece of softwareDevelop a business websiteTour your hometownSet up a bed & breakfastGo backpacking in TibetLandscape a new gardenWrite an iPhone™ applicationFacilitate a public meetingMove out of homeWrite a Facebook™ ad campaign

Such as…

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Are you responsible for getting something done?

Something that is so complex, important or expensive that you cannot afford to do it ‘by the seat of your pants’?

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Are you responsible for getting something done?

Something that is so complex, important or expensive that you cannot afford to do it ‘by the seat of your pants’?

If so, you have a project, and it needs to be planned.

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This book will help you to answer the BIG project management questions:

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1. What to call the project?

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1. What to call the project?

2. What do I want to achieve?

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1. What to call the project?

2. What do I want to achieve?

3. Why am I doing this?

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1. What to call the project?

2. What do I want to achieve?

3. Why am I doing this?

4. Who am I doing it for?

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1. What to call the project?

2. What do I want to achieve?

3. Why am I doing this?

4. Who am I doing it for?

5. How am I going to start?

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1. What to call the project?

2. What do I want to achieve?

3. Why am I doing this?

4. Who am I doing it for?

5. How am I going to start?

6. What will I do along the way?

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1. What to call the project?

2. What do I want to achieve?

3. Why am I doing this?

4. Who am I doing it for?

5. How am I going to start?

6. What will I do along the way?

7. How am I going to finish?

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1. What to call the project?

2. What do I want to achieve?

3. Why am I doing this?

4. Who am I doing it for?

5. How am I going to start?

6. What will I do along the way?

7. How am I going to finish?

8. Who else will be doing the project?

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1. What to call the project?

2. What do I want to achieve?

3. Why am I doing this?

4. Who am I doing it for?

5. How am I going to start?

6. What will I do along the way?

7. How am I going to finish?

8. Who else will be doing the project?

9. What should the project cost?

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10. How soon do I need to/expect to finish?

1. What to call the project?

2. What do I want to achieve?

3. Why am I doing this?

4. Who am I doing it for?

5. How am I going to start?

6. What will I do along the way?

7. How am I going to finish?

8. Who else will be doing the project?

9. What should the project cost?

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If you need to answer these questions…

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Dive in and get started – your project wont

wait!