

The Digital Project Manager
Galen Low and Kelsey Alpaio
The Digital Project Manager is the home of digital project management inspiration, how-to guides, tips, tricks, tools, funnies, and jobs. We provide project management guidance for the digital wild west where demanding stakeholders, tiny budgets and stupid deadlines reign supreme.
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Sep 1, 2021 • 1h 4min
Making Your Value Visible As An Agency Project Manager (with Pam Butkowski from Hero Digital)
Galen Low is joined by Pam Butkowski, VP of Delivery Management at Hero Digital. She’s spent the majority of her career in client-facing organizations leading digital project management teams at organizations including The Nerdery, Wunderman Thompson, and AIM Consulting. Listen to learn how to make your value visible as an agency project manager.

Aug 3, 2021 • 1h 4min
How To Make Content Creation A Mandatory Part Of Everyone's Job (with Alexa Alfonso from Crema)
Galen Low is joined by Alexa Alfonso, DPM Expert and Manager of Client Engagement at The Nerdery. In her previous role as Director of Growth at Crema, Alexa made content creation a mandatory part of everyone's job. Listen to how she did it, what challenges she faced, and what impact it’s had on the team.

Jul 20, 2021 • 58min
How To Leverage People Data To Run High-Performance Project Teams (with Bentzy Goldman from Perflo)
Galen Low is joined by Bentzy Goldman, Founder, and CEO of Perflo, an innovative and fully distributed startup that helps project teams and their leaders stay aligned and collectively find ways of continuously improving team performance. Listen to learn how to leverage people data to run high-performance project teams.

Jun 30, 2021 • 1h 11min
How To Create A Psychologically Safe Team Environment And Why It Matters (with Samantha Schak from PM with Purpose)
Galen Low is joined by Samantha Schak, founder of PM with Purpose which helps individuals and companies empower their project managers to unlock their full potential. As for side projects, Samantha produces a mental health podcast, But Have You Considered Therapy? Listen to learn how to create a psychologically safe team environment and why it matters.

Jun 23, 2021 • 53min
How To Get The Raise Or Promotion You Know You’ve Earned (with Sally Shaughnessy from Aten Design Group)
Galen Low is joined by Sally Shaughnessy, Director of Project Management at Aten Design Group, a digital agency based in Denver, Colorado, delivering full-service web projects for the public sector and non-profit clients. Listen to learn how to get the raise or promotion you know you’ve earned.

May 18, 2021 • 1h
Managing Stakeholder Dynamics: Why Meeting Strategy Matters (with Laura Lussier from 10up)
Galen Low is joined by Laura Lussier, a lead technical project manager at 10up where she leveraged scrum agile methodologies to deliver large-scale digital content management projects. Listen as they share some meeting strategies and tips on how to navigate complex and politicized stakeholder environments.

May 10, 2021 • 55min
How To Keep Bad Meetings From Stalling Good Projects (with John Furneaux from Hive)
Galen Low is joined by John Furneaux, CEO and co-founder of Hive to discuss John's recent article on how to keep meetings productive, collaborative, and clear so that you move the ball forward on your project every time. Here's a link to John's article on The Digital Project Manager: https://thedigitalprojectmanager.com/bad-meetings-kill-good-projects-survivor-guide/

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Apr 19, 2021 • 42min
Do Project Management Certifications Matter In Digital? (with Candice Wyatt from Red Door Interactive)
Galen Low is joined by Candice Wyatt, director of project management at Red Door Interactive. Candice is a veteran delivery leader in both digital solution development and omnichannel brand communications. She has worked with brands including WD 40, Titleist, Bosch, Intuit, and Asics. In her spare time, she's also a writer and a proud supporter of girls in tech.Tune in as they discuss whether project management certifications are still valuable and how you can leverage them to get your maximum return on investments.

Apr 12, 2021 • 1h 8min
Using Enterprise Data To Communicate Impact & Celebrate Wins (with Agile Delivery Champion, Bill Moroz)
Galen Low is joined by Agile delivery champion, Bill Moroz where they break down how to leverage enterprise data, to celebrate the success of your project and build long-lasting trust with your stakeholders and your team.

Mar 31, 2021 • 58min
How To Build A Culture Of Data-Driven Estimation (with Marcel Petitpas from Parakeeto)
Galen Low chats with Marcel Petitpas, CEO of Parakeeto, a tool that makes sense of historical data to help produce estimates for agencies and in-house teams alike. Tune in to learn about the qualitative side of data-driven estimation and how you can build a culture of data-driven estimation to avoid unique snowflake situations.