Podcast appearances and mentions of heather abel

Host, Matthew Stoltz, VP of Marketing, and “Bucky” Jobe, VP of Operations at Moovila,  interview Heather Abel, project coordinator from Komatsu Mining Corporation, about Komatsu's $285 million manufacturing facility project and new headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They discuss how autonomous project management technology has helped Komatsu stay on track. Heather shares how she became the Project Coordinator for building the new corporate campus — the largest project in the history of Komatsu. She first prepared for and achieved the status of Certified Associate Project Manager (CAPM) from PMI. Next, she worked with “Bucky” Jobe on setting up the multiple workstreams of the construction and installation project in Moovila. Moovila developed new functionality for this Komatsu project. Listen in for the importance of using the right project management technology for the scope of your project.   Key Takeaways: Before this project, Heather was Executive Assistant to the President, with a focus on projects. This Project Coordinator role is a lifetime opportunity for her. Heather quickly got certified in CAPM. The project spans a 60-acre site. It includes a manufacturing plant, offices, robotics labs, a four-story parking garage, and a museum. Heather had about 25 workstreams running at any one time. She needed something robust to manage a team of 60 and their different project plans. The workstreams are not siloed but overlap. Komatsu needed software with visibility to make the experts and project managers accountable. Moovila offered a simple way to assign tasks and accept assignments without email or meetings. A workstream may have multiple projects. Heather tried Microsoft Project but it was not enough. “Bucky” tells of the partnership between Heather and Moovila. Heather was given no rules but was expected to show the results! “Bucky” was involved with the Komatsu project from Day 1 as part of Moovila's White Glove service to fully onboard its customers. Heather shows Matt and “Bucky” more details that involved 15,000 tasks. Heather lists some of the workstreams, such as spaces, furnishings, moving people to the new buildings, and overseeing the project team. Everyone can manage their project as it suits their team, and Heather can coordinate the teams to see that they all work together. Heather credits the Moovila team who helped her import data to the system from the different tools each team used to document their progress. Heather talks about taking an overview and looking at everyone's milestones. She showed Matt and “Bucky” her Moovila executive dashboard. Heather has meetings all day. Moovila allows assignments to be made without extra communication. The teams are aligned as efficiently as possible. Heather finds the reporting to be far superior to the reports she used to make from Excel. Moovila has visibility and tracking. Executives can go into Moovila and focus on one tiny corner. Is it on time? Is it done? Moovila is transparent. Heather likes the critical paths on the installation checklist and features such as batch editing. Heather can add or subtract managers and update the timeline. The status goes to the executives and the executives report to the top levels. What does Heather see as the most notable gains of using Moovila? There are quite a few million dollars of savings projected over the installation. There were some construction delays and COVID-19 paid a huge role in them. Heather shares how Moovila's transparency works for executives. They expect this installation not to impact customers in any way, and to stay within budget! This Komatsu project drove the development of Moovila's interproject dependency functionality and completely put it to the test! It works! From her executive dashboard, Heather can see the status of all projects and the story behind everything. Heather doesn't do charts or calculate anything. Heather's last thoughts: Managing an installation project of this scope with Moovilla is incredible! It is historic, it is substantial, and it is fascinating!   Brought to you by Moovila — Autonomous Project Management  Website: Moovila.com/thisprojectlife Email: thisprojectlife@moovila.comResources: Komatsu Mining Corporation Heather Abel Adison “Bucky” Jobe PMI CAPM Certification Microsoft Project Excel

Scott speaks with author and life-long friend Heather Abel about the sometimes circuitous path to arriving at one's creative practice.

Join us as we break down Heather Abel's The Optimistic Decade and discover why Utopian summer camps are probably the worst things to ever exist. Buy The Optimistic Decade : https://www.amazon.com/Optimistic-Decade-Heather-Abel/dp/1616206306 Check out the author's website: http://heatherabel.com/ KPRB website: https://kprbpod.com/

Where is all of the literary love for Queens? It’s right here at LIC Reading Series. Join them each week for stories, readings, and discussions with acclaimed writers, recorded with a live audience in the cozy carriage house of a classic pub in Long Island City, Queens, New York, and hosted by founder Catherine LaSota. This week, the podcast features the reading and panel discussion from the LIC Reading Series event on November 13, 2018, with Heather Abel (The Optimistic Decade), Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond (Powder Necklace), and Ariel Schrag. About the Readers: Heather Abel’s debut novel, The Optimistic Decade, was published in May 2018. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, the Los Angeles Times, and the online Paris Review, among other places. She worked as a reporter and editor for the San Francisco Bay Guardian and High Country News, during which time she talked to gold miners, fossil hounds, Native American environmental activists, and really bored teens in rural Utah. She received an MFA in fiction writing from the New School University, and she’s taught writing at the New School, UMass Amherst, and Smith College. Raised in Santa Monica, she now lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, with her husband and two daughters, and she dreams of the Colorado high desert. Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond has written for AOL, Parenting Magazine, the Village Voice, Metro, and Trace Magazine. Her short story “Bush Girl” was published in the May 2008 issues of African Writing and her poem, “The Whinings of a Seven Sister Cum Laude Graduate Working Board as an Assistant,” was published in 2006’s Growing up Girl Anthology. A cum laude graduate of Vassar College, she attended secondary school in Ghana. Powder Necklace is loosely based on the experience. Ariel Schrag was born in Berkeley, California. She is the author of the novel Adam, and the graphic memoirs Awkward, Definition, Potential, Likewise, and Part of It. Potential was nominated for an Eisner Award and Likewise was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award. Schrag was a writer for the USA series Dare Me, based on the Megan Abbott novel, the HBO series Vinyl and How To Make It In America, and for the Showtime series The L Word. She has written comics and articles for The New York Times Book Review, Cosmopolitan, New York magazine, USA Today, and more. Her original art has showed in galleries across North America and Europe. Schrag graduated from Columbia University with a degree in English Literature. She teaches the course Graphic Novel Workshop in the writing department at The New School and has also taught classes at Brown University, New York University, Butler University, and Williams College. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. * This event was made possible in part by the Queens Council on the Arts, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where is all of the literary love for Queens? It’s right here at LIC Reading Series. Join them each week for stories, readings, and discussions with acclaimed writers, recorded with a live audience in the cozy carriage house of a classic pub in Long Island City, Queens, New York, and hosted by founder Catherine LaSota. This week, the podcast features the reading and panel discussion from the LIC Reading Series event on November 13, 2018, with Heather Abel (The Optimistic Decade), Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond (Powder Necklace), and Ariel Schrag. Check back Thursday for the discussion! About the Readers: Heather Abel’s debut novel, The Optimistic Decade, was published in May 2018. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, the Los Angeles Times, and the online Paris Review, among other places. She worked as a reporter and editor for the San Francisco Bay Guardian and High Country News, during which time she talked to gold miners, fossil hounds, Native American environmental activists, and really bored teens in rural Utah. She received an MFA in fiction writing from the New School University, and she’s taught writing at the New School, UMass Amherst, and Smith College. Raised in Santa Monica, she now lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, with her husband and two daughters, and she dreams of the Colorado high desert. Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond has written for AOL, Parenting Magazine, the Village Voice, Metro, and Trace Magazine. Her short story “Bush Girl” was published in the May 2008 issues of African Writing and her poem, “The Whinings of a Seven Sister Cum Laude Graduate Working Board as an Assistant,” was published in 2006’s Growing up Girl Anthology. A cum laude graduate of Vassar College, she attended secondary school in Ghana. Powder Necklace is loosely based on the experience. Ariel Schrag was born in Berkeley, California. She is the author of the novel Adam, and the graphic memoirs Awkward, Definition, Potential, Likewise, and Part of It. Potential was nominated for an Eisner Award and Likewise was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award. Schrag was a writer for the USA series Dare Me, based on the Megan Abbott novel, the HBO series Vinyl and How To Make It In America, and for the Showtime series The L Word. She has written comics and articles for The New York Times Book Review, Cosmopolitan, New York magazine, USA Today, and more. Her original art has showed in galleries across North America and Europe. Schrag graduated from Columbia University with a degree in English Literature. She teaches the course Graphic Novel Workshop in the writing department at The New School and has also taught classes at Brown University, New York University, Butler University, and Williams College. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. * This event was made possible in part by the Queens Council on the Arts, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Though SOUTHERNMOST, the story of preacher Asher Sharp, took a while to take shape, it's a tale Silas House was born to tell. He and James discuss writing about LGBTQ issues, finding the right angle for a novel, putting characters in trouble, working with your reader, and grieving the loss of conversation. Plus, a great talk with Algonquin Books executive editor Kathy Pories.    - Silas House: https://www.silas-house.com/ Silas and James discuss:  Thomas Hardy  Willa Cather  JONAH'S GOURD VINE by Zora Neale Hurston WINTER LIGHT dir by Ingmar Bergman  Tom Petty  Mamas & the Papas  Jim James  "Rain" by Patty Griffin  Joni Mitchell  Celia Cruz  Jason Isbell  My Morning Jacket  Dolly Parton -  Kathy Pories, Algonquin Books: https://www.algonquin.com/ Kathy and James discuss:  Sewanee Writers' Conference  Wyatt Prunty  Philipp Meyer Ron Rash  Mary Robison Alexander Chee  Newtonville Books  Christine Schutt  Jill McCorkle  Workman Publishing  LIKE WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Sara Gruen  Anne Winslow  THE OPTIMISTIC DECADE by Heather Abel  OTHER PEOPLE'S LOVE AFFAIRS by D. Wystan Owen  -  http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

This week, Liberty discusses The ABC Murders, The Gun, and more great older books. This week's episode was sponsored by The Optimistic Decade by Heather Abel.

Episode Forty Eight Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Join our Goodreads Group! Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page.Check out the 100 books listed in The Great American Read from PBS.See the Lambda Literary Award information here.– Currently Reading/Listening –The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders – Stuart Kells (CW) The Overstory – Richard Powers (EF) Chicago Manual of Style – University of Chicago Press (CW)Alternate Side – Anna Quindlen (EF) – Just Read – Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding Courage to Lead – Cecile Richards (EF) DNF’d: The Swarm – Frank Schätzing (CW) read about her time with the book on her blogBite by Bite – Geneen Roth (EF) (audio)Dream More – Dolly Parton (CW) (audio)This Messy Magnificent Life: A Field Guide – Geneen Roth (EF) Chicago Poems – Carl Sandburg (CW) – Biblio Adventures – Independent Bookstore Day – Chris went with Laura who was at Bookclub Bookstore & More with Mastering the Art of Self-Expression, workbook. Chris participated in Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon Emily saw Meg Wolitzer discuss her book The Female Persuasion at RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison, CTMay 4-5 – Booktopia at Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, VTAriel Lawhon – I Was Anastasia: A NovelBianca Marais – Hum If You Don't Know the WordsHeather Abel – The Optimistic DecadeJonathan Miles – Anatomy of a MiraclePamela Paul – My Life With Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot EnsuesPeter Swanson – All the Beautiful LiesRobin Oliveira – Winter SistersStephen McCauley – My Ex-LifeChris and Emily stopped at Williams College newly opened bookstore. On the way home Chris and Emily went to Saratoga Springs, NY to visit the other Northshire BookstoreEmily went to Brooklyn and visited Books are Magic and McNally JacksonChris went to a local cemetery in Guilford to see Fitz-Greene Halleck’s gravesite. – Upcoming Jaunts –Chris is going to see an Encore Series show in NYC at the Encore Series.Coming up at RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT:May 15, 2018 – Chandra Prasad with her book DamselflyMay 16, 2018 – Heather Abel with her book The Optimistic DecadeComing up at Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore:May 25, 2018 – Lisa Ko with her book The LeaversMay 26, 2018 –Mark your calendar for World Dracula Day– Upcoming Reads –Bimini Twist (Jane Bunker Mystery #4) – Linda Greenlaw (CW) release date June 26, 2018Hum If You Don’t Know the Words – Bianca Marais (CW) In the Dark (Jenny Aron #1) – Andreas Pfluger (CW)Bitter Orange – Claire Fuller (CW) release date October 9, 2018The Other Woman – Sandie Jones (CW) release date August 21, 2018Something in the Water – Catherine Stedman (CW) release date July 24, 2018 Black Chamber – S.M. Stirling (CW) release date July 3, 2018Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro – Rachel Slade (CW)Dot Journaling: A Practical Guide: How to Start and Keep the Planner, To-Do List, and Diary That’ll Actually Help You Get Your Life Together – Rachel Wilkerson Miller (CW) Not That Bad: Dispatches From Rape Culture – edited by Roxane Gay (EF)The Thorn Necklace: Healing Through Writing and the Creative Process – Francesca Lia Block (EF)Sunburn – Laura Lippman (EF)Little Women – Louisa May Alcott (EF) – Also Mentioned –Dolly Parton’s foundation: Imagination LibraryLeaves of Grass – Walt WhitmanThe Wife – Meg WolitzerThe Interestings – Meg WolitzerModern Lovers – Emma StraubThe Vacationers – Emma StraubJesmyn WardThe Duplass BrothersDelicious MagazineEmma VisickBook Nook with Vick MickunasThe Echo Maker – Richard PowersAmerican Rust – Philipp MeyerThe Son – Philip Meyer

Host Cyd Oppenheimer talks with author Heather Abel about idealism and disillusionment, booms and busts, and why stories matter; guest readers Kristopher Jansma and Brad Ridky join Oppenheimer to discuss power and privilege, masculinity and mythmaking, and the invention of identity.

Spring is in the air, which means pollen is in our sinuses, but Chris and Annie are here for your curated and almost week-by-week guide through some of this season's exciting new releases. Also, it occurs to me that many of you probably don't listen all the way to the end of the episode... You might enjoy what you find back there--and for the past 30 or so episodes. :) Featured books: + Tangerine by Christine Mangan (on sale now) + The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer (on sale April 3) + The Optimistic Decade by Heather Abel (on sale May 1) + That Kind of Mother by Rumaan Alam (on sale May 8) + The Ensemble by Aja Gabel (on sale May 15) + Social Creature by Tara Isabella Burton (on sale June 5) + The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir (on sale June 12) Thanks, as always, to Forlorn Strangers for the use of our theme music. Learn and listen more here. Listen to a full back catalogue of our show here, and, if you're interested in some exclusive content like Spotify playlists, consider supporting us on Patreon here.