Graduate Toolkit Mastery

Planning, Monitoring, and Project Management for Success

Hey everyone! I'm excited to tell you about a new workshop series I'm organizing this summer called Graduate Toolkit Mastery: Planning, Monitoring, and Project Management for Success. It's designed to help us all streamline our grad school experience with some really practical tools and strategies.

-Damian Romero, PhD Student

Workshop 1: Planning & Evaluation

July 3rd

In this session, I'll show you the tools I use to plan, monitor, and evaluate my academic journey. We'll cover:

• Why planning and evaluation are essential
• Key tools like the Theory of Change and Logic Models
• My project management stack

Get ready to enhance your planning skills!

Workshop 2: Monitoring & Evaluation

July 10th

This workshop focuses on program monitoring and evaluation (M&E) strategies. We'll discuss:

• Planning your graduate journey
• Basics of M&E
• Setting and sharing objectives
• Creating Theory of Change and Logic Models

See the big picture and achieve your academic and research goals effectively.

Workshop 3: Hands-On Practice

July 17th

Our final session is a hands-on practice with project management tools. We'll dive into:

• Managing your grad journey with Obsidian, GitHub, and ChatGPT
• Integrating these tools into your planning models
• Setting up GitHub and utilizing GitHub Projects for academic tasks

Learn how to practically apply these tools to your workflow.

Enhance Your Workflow

By the end of these workshops, you'll have practical skills to enhance your academic workflow and project management.

Hope to see you there!

Thank you!