Lindsay Scott of Arras People was featured in the April edition of Project magazine as one of the UK's most influential personalities in project management.

Lindsay Scott, co-Director of Arras People, the project management recruitment people, was honoured in the April 2010 issue of Project magazine as one of the 10 “most influential figures in project management” this week. In a profile article titled “Social Climbing”, Lindsay’s prowess in the social media marketing field was lauded by Project “for blazing a trail in social media, working with project managers online to share knowledge and promote professionalism.”

Lindsay, who has spent nearly the entirety of her professional career in and around projects since being hired by Hewlett-Packard 12 years ago out of university, has since gone on to build a unique social media profile using popular tools including Twitter, LinkedIn and blogs in such an effective manner as to inspire a re-think about how social media can influence PPM professionals in a positive manner.

“Outlets like LinkedIn, Twitter, blogging and online resources are very important for us as a business,” Lindsay told Project. “We’re project managers first and its to our advantage to enhance the professionalism of the industry in any way we can. Social media is another great tool to push the message. We work with like-minded project managers to spread the message and share knowledge of how to go about it the right way.”

“When we learn, hear or observe things through other project managers in our networks, and that includes social media, that we deem to have integrity, we want to share that with the wider project management community. We use our own social media platform to enable project professions to share their experiences through things like blogging and newsletters.”

In addition to the possibilities for marketing and knowledge sharing, Lindsay senses great opportunities for better collaboration in project teams through improvements in online and social media communication tools.

“Project managers and their project teams should really look closer at the tools and software which allow for better collaboration. There’s a bounty of tools (which just keep getting better and better) for project professionals to pick up and use to drive better communication in a project setting. It’s what many projects have been waiting for really, something that helps improve that key element of successful project delivery – communication.”

The Project article on Lindsay is available primarily to subscribers, but those wishing to read the original article in its entirety can do so through the Arras People PM Industry Notes webpage. Further details on Lindsay Scott are available on About Arras People’s Directors page. You can collaborate with Lindsay via social media portals including Twitter (twitter.com/projectmgmt), the How to Manage a Camel blog and LinkedIn.

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