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This webinar will introduce best practices in setting up and managing your projects to ensure success. Learn how to leverage tools for tracking key activities, establish team structures, and monitoring project targets in this fourth webinar in the Horticulture for Development Professional Series, hosted by the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture.

This webinar will begin online at 11 a.m. EDT, Aug. 15. Registration is free and required.

​​​​​​This project management webinar will provide an overview of the key competencies, skills and tools that development professionals can use for effective project management. Tools discussed will include problem/solution trees, scope and risk management/analysis, and stakeholder and resource mapping. This will be led by Maureen MacCarthy, founding partner at Mission Critical Development Inc. MacCarthy has over 25 years' experience developing and leading trainings working with NGOs in both international and domestic development. Join the Twitter discussion about this webinar series with the hashtag #Hort4Dev.

More details about this project management webinar are available on the Horticulture for Development Professional Series webpage.

About the Horticulture for Development Professional Series

The Horticulture Innovation Lab is hosting a series of nine webinars focused on professional development for researchers, students, practitioners, and others interested in the intersections between horticulture and international development.

Webinars are scheduled for Thursdays, starting at 11 a.m. EDT and will last approximately 90 minutes.

Webinar participants are invited to select individual sessions of interest. Participants who actively join all nine live webinars will earn a Horticulture for Development Professional Series certificate.

Find more information on the Horticulture for Development Professional Series webpage, including upcoming webinar topics, registration links, and previous webinar recordings. For questions, please contact [email protected].

The Horticulture Innovation Lab is a global research network that advances fruit and vegetable innovations, empowering smallholder farmers to earn more income while better nourishing their communities. The program is led by UC Davis, with funding from USAID as part of the U.S. government’s global Feed the Future initiative.