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Val Eaton Scrum Master| Endava Harrisburg, Nc, United States
I am seeking to interview female, millennials (born 1980-1995) who also hold a PM position. Interview responses will be used for research with a focus on female, millennial PMs and the correlation between self-promotion and success.

If you are interested, please leave a comment below on how I can contact you or email me at [email protected]

Thank you in advance.
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Mayte Mata Sivera PMO Leader | Speaker | Author Ut, United States
I'm impressed! Am I the only "millenial" or "xelenial" here?
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Jun 23, 2018 2:23 PM
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You are the only to speak up! :)

I'm a millennial, which is part of my interest in this topic. I'll send you a private message
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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Jun 22, 2018 8:55 AM
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Thank you, Sante! I will surely reach out to them directly to seek their interest. I appreciate your advice.
You're welcome Val. Actually when I was managing projects overseas, theee issues was very prevalent. If you expand your research to include these countries (ie. Philippines), you will find the problem is a lot more difficult to deal with from their perspective.
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Eric Simms Senior Program Manager Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Jun 22, 2018 9:03 AM
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Thank you all for your responses. My interest in this research is based on norms and stereotypes...traditionally the norm for females is modesty and a stereotype for millennials is entitlement. However, for a millennial female to be modest and entitled in a bit confusing/misleading. In the past, most females do not self-promote for fear of negative feedback...being seen as aggressive. I'm interested, especially since I fall into the female millennial group, to see if this category promotes themselves, what their method is, and its effects. After research, I hope to propose a way this category can self-promote without backlash.
Self-promote without backlash? That won't happen. Consider that it is diehard misogynists who do the backlashing. Such males (I hesitate to call them 'men') want to feel superior to someone to bolster their poor self-esteem, so they select women as easy targets. This group has been lashing out at women since civilization began, and during most of this time women were exponentially more docile and obedient toward men than they are today. There is no way women can promote themselves that will be acceptable to this particular subset of guys. They will do whatever they can to keep women 'in their place', and labeling women as 'aggressive', 'unfeminine', and so forth is just one manipulative technique they use to do so.
I recommend that women promote themselves regardless of the criticism heaped against them. They should just roll over these narrow-minded anachronisms and send them reeling.
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Jun 23, 2018 2:20 PM
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Thank you for your insights. It's made me rethink my direction. I understand there are some people that will not evolve over time. My revision is to explore of how to healthfully self-promote while trying to reduce the potential for backlash. Additionally, I hope through my studies I will find millennials are more comfortable self-promoting than past generations.
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Val Eaton Scrum Master| Endava Harrisburg, Nc, United States
Jun 23, 2018 12:25 AM
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Self-promote without backlash? That won't happen. Consider that it is diehard misogynists who do the backlashing. Such males (I hesitate to call them 'men') want to feel superior to someone to bolster their poor self-esteem, so they select women as easy targets. This group has been lashing out at women since civilization began, and during most of this time women were exponentially more docile and obedient toward men than they are today. There is no way women can promote themselves that will be acceptable to this particular subset of guys. They will do whatever they can to keep women 'in their place', and labeling women as 'aggressive', 'unfeminine', and so forth is just one manipulative technique they use to do so.
I recommend that women promote themselves regardless of the criticism heaped against them. They should just roll over these narrow-minded anachronisms and send them reeling.
Thank you for your insights. It's made me rethink my direction. I understand there are some people that will not evolve over time. My revision is to explore of how to healthfully self-promote while trying to reduce the potential for backlash. Additionally, I hope through my studies I will find millennials are more comfortable self-promoting than past generations.
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Val Eaton Scrum Master| Endava Harrisburg, Nc, United States
Jun 22, 2018 3:45 PM
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I'm impressed! Am I the only "millenial" or "xelenial" here?
You are the only to speak up! :)

I'm a millennial, which is part of my interest in this topic. I'll send you a private message
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Kevin McCuen IT Project Manager - PMP| Georgia Gwinnet College Lawrenceville, Ga, United States
I'm a millennial as well. I'm currently doing research around millennials and Gen Z hoping to present at a PMI, or similar, event when I'm complete. I was inspired to do so by a presentation at the PMI Symposium in D.C. this month.

Val, if you aren't getting enough bites on here you should reach out to other industries where women perform PM processes in their job. An example would be store managers for retailers.
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Lenka Pincot Chief of Staff to the CEO| Project Management Institute Paris, France
I’m not millennial:( otherwise I would be happy to help you. You’re focusing on very interesting topic.
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