Best Practices in Managing Project Expectations
Project managers hold a unique position in product, supply and service development. Not only are they responsible to the client in...
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Boost Midwest
- Jan 29, 2021
- 4 min
Organizing the Digital Office
The modern desktop is not one of wood or metal but lives inside the computer that the physical desk supports. Documents are increasingly...
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Boost Midwest
- Jan 18, 2021
- 3 min
Why You Need a Great Data Management Plan for Your Grant Proposal—and Beyond
Data management plans are an important piece of grant proposals. Most federal grants, in particular, require such a plan, as do some...
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Boost Midwest
- Dec 21, 2020
- 4 min
First Improve your Business Processes, then Automate
Automation may be key for improving productivity, efficiency and reducing or eliminating mistakes, thus lowering costs across your company’s
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Boost Midwest
- Dec 11, 2020
- 3 min
6 Standards of Evaluating Project Success and Why They Matter
One of the more valuable internal tools for mapping projects is the evaluation of those projects brought to completion. Boost Midwest has...
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Boost Midwest
- Nov 30, 2020
- 2 min
The Power of the Stand-up Meeting
Grant management can take a leaf from software developers’ playbook by implementing a Stand-up Meeting. These are short meetings lasting...
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Boost Midwest
- Nov 23, 2020
- 10 min
Boost Midwest Coffee Corner - November 2020
Conversations on Data Management Welcome to the Boost Coffee Corner! Every month we’ll highlight a member of our team to share with you...
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Boost Midwest
- Nov 4, 2020
- 4 min
Grants Management: 7 Reasons You Need a Team of Experts
You’ve put in the hard work in applying for a grant and it’s paid off: your organization has been awarded the grant. Now you’re ready to...
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Boost Midwest
- Oct 23, 2020
- 2 min
3 Big Ways Technology Can Move Your Business Forward
There’s no question that technology and its tools are integral to business and business operations. But knowing how to choose and ....
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Boost Midwest
- Oct 23, 2020
- 4 min
How to Lead a Successful Project: 9 Best Practices
Excellence in project management is like the glue that binds the pages of a book. Utilizing proven best practices to ...
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Boost Midwest
- Sep 30, 2020
- 3 min
Top Time Management Tips for Grants
For managing grant projects in particular, time is a valuable resource that can make or break the success of your grant. And while time ...
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Boost Midwest
- Sep 29, 2020
- 4 min
Open for Business: 5 Keys to a Successful Business Plan
Every new business venture starts with an idea. But how do you get from a solid business idea to opening day? The steps to success lie in...
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Boost Midwest
- Sep 28, 2020
- 2 min
5 Tips to Understanding Grant Requirements
Grant management can be an overlooked and underappreciated task—until a problem arises. At Boost Midwest, our team knows that...
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Boost Midwest
- Sep 25, 2020
- 4 min
14 Reasons to Hire a Project Manager
Project management—the planning, organizing and managing the effort to accomplish a successful project—calls for a special set of skills...
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Boost Midwest
- Sep 24, 2020
- 4 min
Successful Project Management: Begin with the End
To plan with the end in mind is to know where you are now in a project, identify what is going to be accomplished & from there, determine...
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Boost Midwest
- Sep 22, 2020
- 3 min
Channel the Power of Key Performance Indicators for Business Operations
There’s more to measuring business success than the bottom line. Using KPIs to analyze business operations lets you ...
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Boost Midwest
- Sep 19, 2020
- 4 min
5 Tips for Holding Effective Meetings (That Get Results)
A successful meeting ends with concrete results, while a poorly managed one equals wandering minds, and off-topic tangents. Avoid that by...
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Boost Midwest
- Sep 16, 2020
- 3 min
Grant Management: Building Stakeholder Engagement
To have buy-in from the local community for a grant project means bringing in individuals and organizations to engage in the project’s goals
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Boost Midwest
- Sep 7, 2020
- 3 min
Make it Count - How to Host a Productive Meeting
We’ve all been there. Sitting in a cold meeting room, staring at the clock, wondering “Why was this not just an email?” So how do we ...
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Boost Midwest
- Aug 31, 2020
- 3 min
Business as a Midfielder
Just a small reminder for yourself today as you lead your business: the highlight reels are what people love to share but ...
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