Funny, of all the vital roles people can find work, one of them I have attempted to teach people is project management. It is a universal skill & sorely needed in activism & program building. It pays & it is useful. I wonder why it is so challenging to get that point out there.
Situational awareness is a vital PM skill. Being alert and acting as a canary in the coalmine is a skill and responsibility of a good PM. Never burying their heads in the sand or checking out are key project manager traits required to ensure risks are managed & dealt with.
You can see how these skills would be useful for an activist or an activist organization. Checking out is a sure fire way to lose every single time.
A PM knows the inputs outputs tools & techniques required for any initiative. They may not know how to use the tool themselves, but that's ok, a PM knows where their resources are & know where to find information about any subject. They are resourceful. They never cop out. Ever.
A PM is inconstant communication to ensure all stakeholders are aware of the progress of an initiative. They manage timelines and budgets. They are the assigned quarterback of an initiative. They solve problems. Clear roadblocks. They are the eyes and ears of any initiative.
You can see how this would be a revolutionary skill for an organization presuming to teach and educate on revolutionary ideas and economics. Without these skills people will have you spinning around just doing nonsense that doesn't work
Volunteers have limited time. So w/ that, their efforts should be towards high value, impact tasks whenever possible. This is where a PM becomes a bit more like a volunteer coordinator to achieve the ends of the organizations initiatives. Failure to plan is planning to fail.
So remember when people don't embrace project management it can prevent an organization from ever reaching it's goals.
We definitely need people willing to learn to manage media, activism, organization building and social media projects including IT and media platform initiatives. If you are interested let me know.
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