Alan C Harper FAPM

I'm mostly over on LinkedIn nowadays, but I'd hate to leave anyone out. So, Merry Christmas, everybody.

Spending a bit of time down in Manchester, so naturally I’ll be making use of the fantastic resource that is Manchester Central Library. I’ve even got my own membership card now. @MancLibraries @BIPC @macinnes_neil

@AndyOrd Rather belated, but I hope you had a nice day back on St Andrew’s day. I didn't see your tweet until now so I hope you have a fantastic Christmas 🎅 🎄

Happy Saint Andrew’s Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@FSBHisashiK If I ever get branded clothing, I’m getting the logo on the back - anytime I’m in a photo, I’m always facing the other way 😂. Apart from that, it was a fantastic event - well done, all concerned 👏

We are at Lanarkshire Business Partnership festive networking event at @NCLanarkshire Coatbridge campus this afternoon! Great to see so many small businesses and self employed people from Lanarkshire and beyond getting together to make new connections 👍

For those celebrating across Renfrewshire, have a great Paisley Fair Monday🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥳 #PaisleyFair

A spot of Microsoft Project hints & tips editing whilst out in Paisley and making use of the wonderful newly built Paisley Central Library 🙏 @onerenculture

This is an excellent article and as stated in point three, there is no one right way to network - we all network differently. I’ve certainly benefited from the Scottish regional group and APM conference events over the years. My top tip - join the coffee queue when it’s busy - what else are you going to do but talk to the person next to you in the queue.

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@FSBHisashiK I'm already booked up and looking forward to this boot camp. The fsb is a marvellous resource for small businesses and this is a perfect example of this. @FSB_Scotland

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I do like my keyboard shortcuts, but in some instances Drag and Drop win's the day. So, in this video I've shown how you can use Drag and Drop to connect tasks in Microsoft Project. #Howto #MSProject #MicrosoftProject #Alchichaze youtu.be/jZwzfhDeq7Q

Just back from a very helpful session on copyright delivered by the British Intellectual Property Centre in Glasgow. And now I know, for example, that the image I took of the building I was in is (c) Alan C Harper 2024 @BIPC @bipcglasgow

Today is International PMO Day. For those working in PMO, do have a great day. I'll be joining @houseofpmo ( the owners of those fantastic cushions ), where the discussion will revolve around communities of practice. Details from the House of PMO event page - houseofpmo.com/event/internat… #IntlPMOday

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The ‘that’s not strictly true’ part of me disagrees that I’ve been 12 years with X, instead preferring 11 years with Twitter and one with X. But I guess they don’t have a graphic for that! Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

@NickBlairMurray Thanks for sharing this, Nick. We do tend to automatically go with the brand names we’re familiar with which isn’t always the best option.

One of the many reasons @LumaHQ is better than Eventbrite is that when you sign up to an event is adds it right to your email calendar With Eventbrite you need to go to your email, open the email, download the calendar invite, click it, ensure the correct calendar opens & add it

@NickBlairMurray …and yet, I’m commenting on your tweet and my algorithm is improved - so perhaps it’s all meant to be 🙏.

I watched one Tony Robbins video and now my YouTube algorithm is screwed

Over on LinkedIn, I've written an article on how to get round those embarrassing or commercially sensitive filenames appearing on the recent files list of Microsoft Project. #MSProject #HintsAndTips linkedin.com/pulse/you-didn…

@FSBHisashiK @HSBC_UK Thanks, Hisashi & fsb for arranging this networking event and to the HSBC in Buchanan Street for hosting it. A great morning networking ✔️

Great networking session this morning in partnership with @HSBC_UK in Glasgow! Great to see regular FSB event goers and HSBC clients mingling and making new connections 👍 check our events programme if you want to come along to our popular events fsb.org.uk/event-calendar…

@macinnes_neil The first thing on any list should be ‘Make a list’. Then you can tick that first item off your list ✔️

I’ve started …

@pmosigUK Oh, you are a tease, @pmosigUK 😄

BIG news coming soon! 😃😃😃#pmot #pmo

@macinnes_neil A clear desk policy is clearly being adhered to.

Ending the day in my old office