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How to Manage Your Higher Education Projects

How to Manage Your Higher Education Projects
FormatSelf-Paced | On-Demand
Sessions3
Per session60 Minutes
CertificateIncluded

Turn Project Pressure Into Success: Master the Art of Project Management and Lead Your Educational Initiatives to Excellence!

Our course, "How to Manage Your Higher Education Projects," equips you with the essential skills to exceed expectations. From defining the project's scope to managing risks and fostering effective communication across diverse stakeholder groups, you'll develop the confidence to tackle your first project and any subsequent ones with success. Advanced project management training will benefit both you and your institution. 

Gain invaluable insights from Jami Yazdani, PMP, DASM, an experienced project manager and our expert instructor, as she teaches you the latest in project management techniques. With her guidance, you'll learn to deliver your projects not just on time, but with exceptional quality. This thorough training is designed to propel both your career and your institution forward.

What You'll Receive:

✔️ Access to the format you select - attend a live session on your chosen date (on-demand access after the event included) or on-demand access only.
✔️ PDF slides + any bonus materials from our expert speakers
✔️ Certificate of attendance


What We'll Cover

Course Outline

  • How to successfully manage higher education projects
  • Review the fundamental elements and steps to managing projects in higher education environments
  • How to overcome common academia-specific challenges
  • An integrative approach to project planning
  • Leveraging scope, deliverables, and schedule for optimal results
  • How to create buy-in and sustain engagement utilizing collaborative communication techniques

Meet the Expert

Jami Yazdani

Jami Yazdani

Jami Yazdani understands that the biggest challenge leaders face isn't a lack of skill, but a lack of clarity. With over 20 years of experience leading teams in higher education, libraries, nonprofits, and corporate spaces, she has seen firsthand how clear, collaborative plans can transform projects. Overwhelm turns into calm focus, hesitation gives way to confident ownership, and teams don’t just finish projects—they grow stronger together.

This belief is the foundation of her work and the reason she founded Yazdani Consulting and Facilitation. As a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and creator of the Clarity to Action Framework, Jami gives leaders the tools to guide with steadiness and teams the structure to thrive. Her approach moves beyond simple task management to focus on leadership, ownership, and calm, empowering mission-driven organizations to solve their most pressing management problems.

Who Should Attend?

  • Deans and Directors
  • Administrators
  • Faculty union representatives 
  • Department chairs
  • Program directors
  • Community engagement professionals
  • Faculty
  • Learning strategists
  • Teaching assistants
  • Paraprofessionals
  • Student services directors
  • Counselors

Training Includes

The How to Manage Your Higher Education Projects course includes the following:

Two Year Course Access

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  • Course access for 2 full years
  • All live sessions include access to the on-demand recording post live session

Class Experience

Live sessions are small and focused to support questions and discussion. Self-paced on-demand courses allow you to move through the material on your own schedule.

Resources

Downloadable course materials to support learning

Attendance Certificate

All sessions include an Attendance Certificate

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