Project Management: A Skill Employers Are Looking For Today

Friday, January 20

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Class of 1930s Room, Rockefeller Center

Just Google the phrase “project management,” and you’ll see that it is a popular topic.  Employers today are looking for candidates who have the demonstrated ability to manage projects effectively.  In this 90-minute workshop, you will be provided with information and tools on two key concepts of Project Management: 1) backwards planning and 2) Gantt charts.  The workshop includes a simulated activity that will allow you sufficient practice to apply the concepts to your own projects, including those you may be currently involved in on- or off-campus, and thereby to add a key skill to your resume: “demonstrated ability to apply Project Management techniques and successfully execute a project.”  This workshop will focus on experential learning and practical application of the techniques discussed.  

**This workshop is highly recommended for students applying for internships**

Karen Liot Hill serves an at-large (city-wide) City Councilor in the City of Lebanon, NH, focusing on issues of sustainability, transparency, and improving communication between city government and the people it serves. Currently in her fourth term on the Council, Karen was appointed by her colleagues to serve as Lebanon’s youngest Mayor in 2008-09, during which time she signed onto the US Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement on behalf of the people of Lebanon. She currently chairs the City’s Westboro Yard Committee, whose charge is to redevelop an environmentally contaminated former railyard in the heart of downtown West Lebanon, as well as the Community Access TV Board, which broadcasts government meetings and other citizen-driven programming throughout the Upper Valley. Karen also serves on the board of the Local Government Center, the municipal league for New Hampshire cities and towns, WISE, which supports victims of domestic and sexual violence, and Vital Communities, a nonprofit that seeks to develop solutions to regional challenges in the Upper Valley. One of the founders of the Rockefeller Center’s Civic Skills Training, Karen serves as a communications and training consultant, working with political candidates, high school and college students, elected officials, and community leaders. She was the first recipient of the NH Young Democrats “Ted Kennedy Young Elected Official of the Year” prize in 2009 and was named one of New Hampshire’s “Top 40 Under 40” in 2010 by the Union Leader newspaper. She is a Dartmouth ’00, where she graduated with Honors in Government.

This is a special workshop hosted by the Rockefeller Center's Management & Leadership Development Program (MLDP).  This workshop is open all students - including first year students.  

You do not need to be enrolled in MLDP to attend this workshop.  If are an MLDP participant, this workshop will be counted as a part of the program requirements.