How to do you get your Project Sponsor to become more cooperative, more interested,
more involved and more active in ensuring your project’s success.

Ideally, you can persuade your project sponsor to come to www.beingaprojectsponsor.com and sign up for the full Project Sponsor Education and Support Program. Click here for reasons why they should sign up.

But, in many cases they don’t know what they don’t know, so you’ll have to help them.

That’s why we’re here - to provide you with tools and information that you can use to lift the capability of your sponsor.

Value 
Your goal should be to progressively alert them to the benefits and opportunities their role provides them - if they do it right. To make them a positive force for your project. And it is not difficult, and the payoff is rewarding for you and your sponsor.

Project Managers consistently confirm that an educated, informed Sponsor makes your life as a project manager much easier. You now have someone powerful in the business working for the success of your (and their) project.

And it is inexpensive. If our Program reduces your project’s duration by just one day it will have paid for itself many times over!

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Dear friend,

Working with a non-involved, ineffective Sponsor is a pain.
It is also a liability - as you’ll end up with the blame for their non-performance!

So, helping your Sponsor perform is not an act of charity, but an act of self-preservation. They control too many of the vital elements of a project for them to be allowed to not perform. So we’ve put together a proven Project Sponsorship system for you.

You can drip-feed it your Sponsor to create awareness, understanding and then knowledge. This can be over months or just weeks. Or you can present them with the whole package. Your call.

But don’t wait for their permission.

Often Sponsors pooh-pooh the idea of being trained or needing help in the role as they haven’t seen others trained. So, by giving them information to help them in the role you can help them build their competence secretly, in private. You’ll be amazed at the difference.

We have a set of six products you can use - progressively or as you see fit.

These products are described below in the sequence we recommend they’re introduced. You can pick and choose, change the sequence or buy the whole Program at once and make it available as circumstances dictate.

Guarantee           
All of our products come with an unconditional guarantee, making them wholly risk-free purchases. If for any reason you are not satisfied with any of our products simply return it to us and we’ll happily refund your order costs in full.

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The Summary Guide to Project Governance
	US$29 | Buy Now This helps them to understand what project governance is. A short, focused guide to the 24 essential dimensions of Project Governance so that they can, in 10 minutes or so, understand how effective governance contributes to project success and, importantly, how ineffective governance can destroy projects. This handy guide gives them a quick overview of the length, breadth and depth of project governance and the impact of the non-performance of their role. Click here to see an excerpt  (first 6 pages)
The Project Sponsor Charter
	US$9.97 | Buy Now This helps them to know what to focus on. A summary definition of their roles and accountabilities - so that they can understand what is expected of them - PLUS the Project Sponsor Continuous Checklist - a very handy list of over 40 questions they should always know the answers to.
The Sponsor Quick Reference Guide
	US$9.97 | Buy Now This explains the changing context of their role. A summary guide to their changing areas of focus, questions to ask and documents to expect at each of the four main stages of a project - set-up, planning, execution and close-down.          This simple document makes clear how their role and focus changes as the project progresses. It is also a useful ready reference on key issues such as the ‘leading indicators of failure’ and project closure pre-requisites.
The Essential Governance Guide to Controlling Systems Cost
	US$197.00 | Buy Now This puts accountability for the total operating costs of the systems in business hands. How to control the development and ongoing total cost of ownership of systems by making 12 key decisions that control most of the systems-related costs. Discussed in business trade-off terms, this Guide puts the accountability for making these decisions squarely in the hands of the Project Sponsor. You can take them through the 12 dimensions, record their decisions and ensure your project then delivers to these parameters. This allows you and your Sponsor to set the framework for the systems solution in business terms.
The Complete Project Sponsor Handbook
US$997.00 | Buy Now This gives them a ‘bible’ to refer to. A comprehensive reference guide covering over 80 topics and FAQs, each addressed in one or two pages - short, sharp, relevant information. It provides them with the information and guidance they need to perform their role. Click here to see the table of contents and some examples from the handbook.  An essential reference book once that, once in hand, many Sponsors treat it as their bible and even keep on their desks! Everyone who sees it says it should be selling for at least US$2500-US$3000!
The Excellence Governance Newsletter
FREE!!! This gives them ongoing support and insights. Sign them up (and yourself) to receive these regular newsletters. They provide ongoing information and insight on key governance dimensions, their role and its execution. Example topics include “Seeing Red” (how to deal with items rated ‘red’ on the progress reports), “Vanilla Fudge” (the real issues surrounding adopting systems ‘vanilla’) and “Benefits focused projects” (the characteristics of projects that will deliver their expected benefits and value). If you both get copies you can discuss the issues raised and insights given to increase your mutual rapport and trust. The other product in our Project Sponsor Program -Private Sponsor Education - is part of the Complete Project Sponsor Education and Support Program, a 6-month education program that progressively raises their skills and knowledge and provides them with the tools to do the job. Click here to learn more about this education program.