Shea Furey-King

Shea Furey-King

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  • March 16, 2023

    Bookmark this Resource List for PMP prep

    If you’re planning to go for your PMP or you know someone who is but doesn’t know where to start, I’m sharing the list of valuable learning materials that I used to prepare for and pass the PMP exam. Quick update! Last month I achieved a project management milestone – sat for and passed the…

    personal milestone, program management
    goals, project management
  • October 21, 2022

    Reflections on my last 6 months in program management

    You don’t have to scroll back far to see how in 2021 I was deep into learning and professional development, specifically in Agile, project management, and Scrum. I had started my last role in February 2020 (a boomerang employee!), brought on to launch a series of pilot programs, and on a small team quickly had…

    program management
    agile, career journey, project management
  • October 21, 2021

    Finisher!

    Kicked off October by finishing my first Olympic triathlon! I love a daunting challenge and this was perfect considering I couldn’t run a city block at the start of 2021. My longest run in the summer was a 5k, and then week by week was able to work up to a 10k after hours of…

    personal milestone
    exercise, goals, triathlon
  • August 26, 2021

    Let’s try that again! Training for Tri #2

    Since May, I’ve been training for my second-ever triathlon 😅 My first triathlon was back in October 2019. I loved it! A month or so later, I signed up for two more in the upcoming year to give it another try: the Philadelphia Women’s Tri & the Jersey Girl Tri. The only thing I love…

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    exercise, goals, triathlon
  • July 26, 2021

    Google Project Management Cert Achieved! 🚀

    Earlier this month I completed Google’s Project Management Certificate hosted on Coursera. The program consisted of 6 courses, including one capstone project. This was my first experience working through a Coursera program, and I wanted share some highlights for anyone considering it. The Sweet 🍬 The Time Commitment Google says it can be completed in…

    personal milestone
    goals, professional development, project management
  • May 25, 2021

    Goals: Making 2021 an agile year

    When 2021 started, I wanted to learn. Learn as in go in depth into a subject matter, acquire a new skill, refine existing skills, reengage. After a year of changing every plan and spending an enormous amount of cognitive energy on worrying about loved ones, trying to stay healthy, and digesting dozens of news articles…

    personal milestone
    goals
  • December 6, 2019

    Reading List: November 2019

    Here are some pieces I read in November that stuck with me. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro – This is a novel about relationships. Period. And destiny. Ishiguro asks his readers to think about how much of our lives is mapped out for us before we are even born. The circumstances in which…

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    reading list
  • November 18, 2019

    Why did I choose to do a triathlon?

    This is a continuation of my last update about completing my first triathlon. Here I get into why I chose to do it in the first place and how I got started preparing for it. It started with a shattered pint glass. Or rather, that was the tipping point that got me to commit to myself,…

    personal milestone
    exercise, goals, triathlon
  • November 14, 2019

    🏊‍♀️ 🚴‍♀️ 🏃🏽‍♀️ I’m a Triathlete

    Hey Readers, I am so excited to share a milestone. After several months of training, on October 6, 2019 I completed my first triathlon, a sprint race in Belmar, NJ. I am officially a triathlete! I have tons of notes on why I decided to take on this specific challenge as well as what I…

    personal milestone
    exercise, goals, triathlon
  • May 14, 2018

    Robocalls – What Works?

    I was momentarily comforted to know that I am not alone in receiving a ridiculous amount of automated calls each day. No one called yesterday — maybe they were busy celebrating their mothers before starting up again on Monday. The Problem My phone receives between 7-10 calls per day. I’ve had enough! The Unlikely Solution I…

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