Since COVID-19, the role of the Project Management Office (PMO) and how people lead projects have evolved. How COVID-19 has affected the PMO Environment: IT projects have been canceled or put on hold Reduction in overall IT spend Additional strain on IT project resources due to layoffs, furloughs, and reductions in workforce Existing projects forced …

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ORGANIZATIONS OF ALL TYPES AND SIZES HAVE HAD TO SCRAMBLE TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK. The scope and nature of the pandemic means we have to expand our thinking about how we plan for business continuity. We’ve put together our thoughts and observations on some of the prominent issues that have arisen …

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Step 1: Grab a plastic bin Step 2: Gather up a variety of craft supplies. Here are some suggestions: colored paper, markers, colored pencils, glue, clothes pins (if you have them), tissue paper, pipe cleaners, scissors, cupcake liners, cotton balls, tissues, glitter, beads, string, paperclips, buttons, paint, Play-Doh – and anything else you might have lying around. …

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The time has come for businesses to start thinking about how they will reopen their operations in the new COVID-19 environment. Despite these rebound conversations, however, businesses will be opening up to a very different world. Getting operations back up and running will require strategy and some significant forethought. Here are four tips to keep …

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Actor and comedian Josh Gad, most famously known for being the voice of Olaf, the snowman, in Frozen and Frozen II, announced in March on social media that he would be doing a nightly, live story time. Reading times have varied, from as early as 6:45 p.m. to as late as 9 p.m., and we …

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Most organizations addressed two business imperatives at the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak: They developed a work from home strategy to ensure the safety of their employees, and they created a business continuity plan, formally or informally, to keep operations going as best as possible. Now is the time to be preparing for what happens …

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With the exception of a few, the COVID-19 outbreak has been unlike any other previous crisis any of us have ever lived through. These are, in fact, unprecedented times. As a result, companies are likely to have already seen: Substantial revenue disruption Liquidity concerns, despite the promise of funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic …

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Courtesy of Free Homeschool Deals, we recommend trying the 30-day LEGO challenge! Here are a handful of ways you can use the LEGO challenge calendar at home: Designate a specific time of day to have your children complete the LEGO challenge. If you have standing meetings and need your little ones to be preoccupied, consider setting …

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