Live Webinar April 21 2011 – 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm EDT
Presented by: PmCentersUSA (REP 1016)
Duration 30 Min Credits: 0.5 PDU Category A Free

This webinar explains the origin of projects, and how a project portfolio is created in alignment with an organizational vision. The portfolio should also created in relation to the future state of the organization and the corresponding organizational strategy.

This talk will also discuss the various reasons for doing projects and effective portfolio techniques to help ensure the right projects are selected. This webinar will also provide you with key questions that should be asked when starting a new project.

Subject Matter Expert: Joseph A. Lukas, PMP®, PE, CCE

Joe Lukas (LinkedIn profile) is Vice-President of PMCentersUSA.Joe has been involved in project management for over 30 years and has worked in engineering, manufacturing, construction, project controls, estimating and contracting, and has been a Program and Project Manager supporting world-wide programs.

Registration to the PMCentersUSA site is required.

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Online Webinar
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A Free

This session provides attendees with hands on techniques for determining the outcome of their projects before the project really gets rolling.

This session is about facts, and presents extensive research from IAG’s new Business Analysis Benchmark Study to help project managers build a predictive risk assessment model.This session puts the intake and requirements gathering process of the project lifecycle under the microscope to determine what actions Project Managers can take to more consistently achieve a successful outcome on their projects.

3 Learning Objectives:

1. Quantifying the impact of requirements quality on project time and cost
2. Assessment tool to identify the high risk projects
3. Proactive strategies for driving success when faced with odds stacked against you

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Online Webinar: Managing Stakeholder Expectations
Duration: 1 hour live webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category B Free
Presented by PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)

What does it really mean to manage expectations?

Stakeholders are demanding people and many times do not always have the same objectives.

How do you identify their needs and build communication mechanisms within Project Insight project management software for increased communication?

In this webinar we will identify ways for you to identify the expectations of each project and portfolio stakeholder and provide tools for you to manage differing expectations among stakeholders.

In order to claim a Category B PDU after watching this presentation contact PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc) and advise them of the Date and Time you watched this prerecorded event along with your information and request a Category B PDU Certificate.

Click here to view this opportunity – recorded 5/26/2010.

Online Webinar
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Cat A Free

Why should it take months to determine project scope and gather requirements?

Look at the underlying problems that impede the collection of business requirements and make projects less successful. Within this session, participants get new data from IAG’s research that quantifies the cost of poor requirements and shows the impact on companies of a strong, repeatable process.

You will see some of the techniques IAG uses in our methodology and proven successful on over 1,000 engagements. Finally, making quantum organization improvement is our specialty and this session will review the levers of change that IAG focuses on to deliver excellent results.

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Live Webinar April 20, 2011 – 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EDT
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011)
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Cat A PDU Free Course ID: MDW1261

Projects delivered in matrix organizations have unique criteria when it comes to how resources are assigned, decisions are made, and issues are resolved.

In this webinar, you’ll explore key characteristics of successful matrix organizations and the top skills required for project managers in them; in addition, you will review some of the tools used to balance the challenge of being proactive and collaborative in a matrix, while still acting as an independent project management expert.

Learning objectives include:

• The different types of matrix organizations
• The advantages and disadvantages of the matrix organization
• The top skills that project managers need to deliver projects in a matrix
• The impact the matrix organization has on project delivery and your career
• Exploration of project tools and templates for more efficient matrix project management

Presenter:

Star Dargin (LinkedIn profile), PCC, CPCC, instructor and consultant for Corporate Education Group, is founder of Star Leadership, a management consulting firm that offers coaching, training, and consulting services for businesses.

Star held leadership positions at several high-tech companies, in roles such as Director of Engineering, Director of Project Managers, and International Program Manager; additionally, Star is an adjunct professor at Boston University where she teaches graduate level courses on Leadership and Communication for Project Managers.

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Live Webinar – April 20, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU Free

‘How do we get to page 1 on Google?’

Proper Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & luck.

In its early stages, SEO was a bit of a mystery for most, which resulted in a lot of shady (Black Hat) practices. Today, there is a much greater understanding of the science behind proper (White Hat) SEO.

This means just about every one of your major competitors also knows the keys to proper SEO, and you have even stiffer competition for that top spot on page one. To be successful you need to exploit every possible facet of SEO to ensure you come out on top.

One key piece of SEO that most fail to properly tap into is social media. Through well planned out content creation and keyword focus, you can use social media as both a real-time tool to converse with you customers and as a major contributor to your SEO efforts.

Google now allows users to search strictly on social platforms, and recently announced that they would start incorporating social content into more of the top organic pages that are returned.

Presenters: Jeremy Smith (LinkedIn profile), ASPE-ROI Instructor and Social Media Authority, and JT Moore (LinkedIn profile), Director of Marketing will show you how to leverage social media in your search engine optimization (SEO) efforts.

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