Date & time
Thursday, October 23, 2025
10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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Leading projects: Flexible tools for creative minds (GradProSkills workshop)
Speaker(s)
Lina Moreno
Cost
This event is free.
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Where
Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex
1515 Ste-Catherine St. W.
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This training is offered by GradProSkills. It is only open to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.
Advance registration is required.
Learning alternative ways to plan and coordinate projects is an essential professional skill, especially in the arts and humanities, where projects are often emergent and hard to map out.
This workshop introduces flexible project planning frameworks as supportive tools to foster iteration, collaboration, and efficiency beyond traditional productivity culture. The first part of the session will introduce different planning frameworks, exploring how they can be tailored to suit different projects and adapted to address specific needs. We will introduce visual planning tools and provide an overview of free online project management apps. Attendees will also walk away with a template to plan and pitch projects.
Note: This workshop is intended for creative and community-based projects that need flexible planning, and is ideal for attendees in the arts and humanities fields. You will make the most of this workshop if you bring a project you are working on or want to start.
Through activities and discussion, participants will learn to:
- Identify project management frameworks that best suit their projects, allowing them to select effective tools for planning and executing their ideas.
- Gain awareness of agile project planning, enabling them to start implementing their projects in iterative cycles, preventing them from getting stuck in long planning phases, and allowing them to adapt plans in real time.
- Develop skills in adapting existing tools to their specific projects, enabling them to address challenges and customize their planning processes over time.