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In our last PM Podcast Listener Survey you (the listeners) told me that you would also like to hear book reviews on the podcast.

So we teamed up with The PMI Los Angeles Chapter's Book Club and in Episode 151 we brought you the first 2 book review.

Today, we continue with 2 more books.

1.  “Lean Project Management” by Laurence Leach, reviewed by Mark Layton
2. Silos, Politics and Turf Wars” by Patric Lencioni reviewed by Sani Abdul-Jabbar

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When I interviewed Elizabeth Harrin on her new book "Social Media for Project Managers" my first question was the skeptics view. I basically asked her "why should I bother with social media on my project because after all... I have to deliver results and not waste my time of Facebook."

Well... we decided that the proof is in the pudding, or rather the proof that social media works on projects is in the case studies.

So in this, the second interview on Social Media and Project Management with Elizabeth Harrin, we are going to present a number of case studies that illustrate nicely, that social media tools can indeed provide value on projects if you apply them appropriately.

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Social Media is one of the hot topics these days. As a project manager you are bombarded with articles and podcasts that talk about social media and how you as a project manager should embrace these tools.

Really?

Isn't social media just another way of communicating? Do we really need and believe in all this hoopla and hype? To discuss this a bit more in detail we met up with Elizabeth Harrin who is the author of the book called "Social Media for Project Managers". We discuss how social media is transforming project management these days, how we need to adapt, how social media will drive efficiencies in our work, the "7 C's of social media" and much more. Project manager coaching and mentoring doesn't often address this topic, so I'm delighted to be bringing you something that is at the forefront of the way we work.

As always, when we have an author on the program we are giving away two copies of the book. One is reserved to our premium listeners and the other is up for grabs for everyone. To participate, please go to our Facebook Fan Page, look for the note where we mention this giveaway and add a comment. Oh... and click the "like" button too.

Before the interview with Elizabeth we also had the announcement from Terry Doerscher for all those among you who work in a PMO and who would like to participate in an upcoming webcast held by him and Mark Perry. [Updated: the The web page is no longer available so we removed the link so has been removed.]

One thing that is worth mentioning is that social media as a way to communicate is relevant to all project approaches. Whether you are trying to stay in touch with your waterfall team, or you work in the role of project manager in SAFe agile environment, or any other type of iterative or even hybrid project delivery context, then this episode is relevant to you. After all, we all need to talk to each other, right? Social media is just one more tool for the toolbox. Let's get into the interview now.

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As a recap...: Earlier this year PMI announced that CEO Gregory Balestrero was going to step down. Later on it was further announced that COO Mark Langley had been named as his successor.

At the 2010 PMI® North American Congress in Washington D.C. the members of PMI's New Media Council, which I am a part of, had the opportunity to sit down with Greg and Mark to discuss the past and the future. I brought my recording equipment and today you'll hear part 1 of this interview. Part 2 will come your way next week.

And just for your information, the members of the New Media Council that you'll hear asking questions are Josh Nankivel, Dave Garret, Bas deBaar, Chalyce Nollsch and Cornelius Fichtner.

Part 2 of the interview picks up with Greg recounting a story showing how project management has come a long way in the past 9 years...