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Elizabeth Harrin

Business author, project manager, mentor

Hello!

I’m Elizabeth Harrin.

I’ve been blogging since 2006.

I’m a professional organiser. I organise work and other people for a living: I’m a project manager by trade.

Much of what I write is about project management, which is basically managing work. I realised that other bloggers were struggling with productivity and task organisation. Something I found came naturally because of my professional training as a project manager. What was I doing that other people could learn from?

Elizabeth mentoring

About me

I am the director of Otobos Consultants Ltd, a project communications consultancy specialising in copywriting for project management firms. I have over 20 years’ experience as a project and program manager, having spent eight years in financial services (including two based in Paris, France) and then over 12 years in healthcare. 

I have the PRINCE2, MSP and P3O certifications, and hold the ITIL Foundation certificate. I am a Fellow of the Association for Project Management and a member of PMI. I hold degrees from the University of York and Roehampton University.

I am the author of several books about project management:

  • Shortcuts to Success: Project Management in the Real World (which was a finalist in the Management Book of the Year Awards 2014 and now in its second edition)
  • Collaboration Tools for Project Managers
  • Communicating Change
  • Project Manager
  • Customer-Centric Project Management
  • Engaging Stakeholders of Projects.

I have also produced several ebooks and an online course on project reporting.

I am particularly interested in stakeholder engagement and team communications and offer support to mid-career project managers looking to improve their skills through my mentoring group program, Project Management Rebels.

I am the award-winning blogger behind A Girl’s Guide to Project Management, a specialist blog aimed at helping teams get work done. It won the Project Management category of the Computer Weekly IT Blog Awards in 2008, 2009 and 2010.

In 2010 I was also named Computer Weekly’s Blogger of the Year and in 2011 I was named Computer Weekly’s IT Professional Blogger of the Year.

I am widely published on project management topics and has contributed to numerous websites and magazines.

I teach other people how to organise their blogs. I can teach you, if you like. It’s pretty easy when you know how and my techniques will save you hours. Find out more about How to Organise Your Blog Content.

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