Jami Yazdani is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 15 years of experience managing complex projects and planning initiatives. Jami founded Yazdani Consulting and Facilitation in 2018 to help mission-driven organizations solve management problems. She turned her passion for supporting the development of leaders at all levels and her experience in leading projects, teams, and training into a solutions-focused approach to project management and planning consulting. Jami holds a Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM) certification, a Master’s of Technology Management from the University of Maryland Global Campus, and a Master’s of Library and Information Science from Louisiana State.
Founded Yazdani Consulting and Facilitation in 2018 to help mission-driven organizations solve management problems
Over 15 years of experience managing complex projects and planning initiatives, leading technology innovations and process improvements, and guiding groups of diverse colleagues and stakeholders toward consensus and positive outcomes.
More than 10 years of leadership experience in libraries and public higher education, managing people, budgets, and projects.
Served on the boards of several nonprofits and professional associations, working in leadership, marketing, programming, and mentoring roles.
Currently serves on the board of the Triangle Organizational Development Network.
Master of Library and Information Science from Louisiana State University.
Master of Technology Management from the University of Maryland Global Campus.
4 Sessions scheduled for 60 minutes including question and answer period.Monday, October 30 - November 2, 2023; 2:30 PM Eastern
Project and leadership strategist Jami Yazdani will introduce you to project management basics, offering actionable strategies to help you successfully plan and deliver projects throughout 2023.
4 Sessions scheduled for 60 minutes including question and answer period.Tuesday, October 10 - Friday, October 13, 2023; 2:30 PM Eastern
Project and leadership strategist Jami Yazdani will introduce you to project management basics. You will learn actionable strategies that can help any nonprofit successfully plan and deliver projects. Your valuable certification will propel your career growth.
Project and leadership strategist Jami Yazdani will introduce you to the factors that encourage team trust, purpose, and engagement. You will learn actionable techniques that support effectiveness and success.
What You'll Learn
What three characteristics are shared by successful teams?
How can you encourage trust and vulnerability among team members?
What is the best process to improve team communication?
How can you deal with the challenges of open discussions?
How does defining the scope, deliverables, and timelines support collaboration?
What specific techniques should you employ for shared decision-making?
Project and planning strategist Jami Yazdani will share real-world strategies for including stakeholders in strategic planning without breaking your timeline and budget. You will learn a simple approach to planning and a few engagement strategies that you can use to create a more impactful strategic planning process for your organization.
What You'll Learn
How can you include a variety of stakeholders in the planning process?
What simple planning process can guide your approach?
What are the best strategies for gathering useful feedback?
How can you create shared accountability for plan success?
How should you deal with common challenges that derail planning efforts?
Project and planning strategist Jami Yazdani will share simple strategies for managing grant budgets. You will learn techniques to make managing your grant budgets more efficient and effective. You will receive example budget development and tracking spreadsheets.
What You'll Learn
How can you include a variety of stakeholders in the planning process?
What simple planning process can guide your approach?
What are the best strategies for gathering useful feedback?
How can you create shared accountability for plan success?
How should you deal with common challenges that derail planning efforts?
Project and planning strategist Jami Yazdani will share realistic strategies for implementing your strategic plan. You will learn techniques for infusing strategic priorities throughout all levels of your organization.
What You'll Learn
What factors affect your strategic plan’s impact?
How can you turn strategic goals into actionable, flexible objectives?
How can you incorporate strategic priorities into programs and projects?
What techniques will enable you to write clear and measurable objectives?
What stakeholder engagement strategies will create shared accountability?
Project and leadership strategist Jami Yazdani will introduce you to the basics of project management. You will learn how to use essential and actionable strategies to support successful outcomes.
What You'll Learn
What are the five essential elements of project management?
What project phases and lifecycles should you plan?
How can you integrate common areas of project planning?
How will scope, deliverables, and schedule create buy-in?
What are the best techniques to monitor progress and keep projects on track?
How can you improve project communication and team collaboration?
What everyday challenges derail projects? How can you overcome them?
Project and leadership strategist Jami Yazdani will introduce you to the basics of project management, offering essential and actionable strategies to help you plan for and successfully deliver a wide variety of projects.
What You'll Learn
What are the five essential elements of higher education project management?
What project phases and lifecycles should you follow?
How can you integrate common areas of project planning?
How should you use scope, deliverables, and schedule?
What techniques will enable you to improve communication and collaboration?
What everyday challenges that derail projects should you avoid?
Project management expert Jami Yazdani will introduce you to the ways ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools can help project managers generate ideas and save time. You will learn about the tools available and discover how to coax them to support your project management activities.
What You'll Learn
How can ChatGPT help project managers?
When should you use ChatGPT to support project planning?
How can you generate ideas across five elements of project management?
What are the limitations and risks of ChatGPT?
What additional artificial intelligence tools can help project managers?
How will AI affect the future of project management and your job?
