Live Webinar August 10 2011 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Sponsored by American Management Association (REP 1294)
Presented by: Tom Kendrick
Although the AMA is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number Contact the AMA for further information.

A Clear Road Map for Launching Sustainable Projects

Whether you are working to broaden internal support for a sustainability strategy or championing a specific environmental project, you are certain to face skepticism. In an age of scarce corporate resources, top management expects you to provide details on how a “green” proposal advances core business goals.

Developing a clear and concise business case is critical.

This Webcast provides a number of recommendations and tools specific to the unique challenges you’ll face when in building a business case involving eco-related costs and benefits.

What You Will Learn:

Using examples and case studies, this program explores a practical approach for developing your green initiative, including:

• Tips for getting your initiative started
• Four core elements of “Eco-Advantage” that need to be established for every initiative
• Steps for outlining your business case including risks and opportunities
• Tips for “sharpening your pencil” to develop tangible benefit/cost analysis

About the Presenter: P. J. Simmons (LinkedIn profile) is chairman of the Corporate Eco Forum (www.ecoforum.com), a preeminent network of senior Global 500 executives focused on sharing best and “next” practice in corporate sustainability and driving “Ecoinnovation”. He is founder of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars’ Environmental Change and Security Program and was deputy chair for climate and energy at the Clinton Global Initiative. Simmons is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the coauthor of The Green to Gold Business Playbook: How to Implement Sustainability Practices for Bottom-Line Results in Every Business Function.

While attending this program is FREE, reservations are required.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Initiating Planning

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 10 – Communications

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 10.1 Identify Stakeholders

As a Category C, ‘Self Directed Learning’, activity remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder.’

Click to register for How to Make the Internal Business Case for Green Initiatives

Live Webinar August 10, 2011 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour live webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category B Free
Presented by PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)

Risks and issues are a part of every project. Managing them well can improve your chances of success.

In this webinar, we discuss the difference between risks and issues, how to easily identify and prioritize risks that need attention, and share strategies for managing risks during your project.

Click to register for Project Risk Management: Creating and managing a Risk Register & Issues Log

Live Webinar – August 10, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU Free
This is a 1 hour seminar and attendees will be awarded 1 PDU for participating.

QR codes have been spreading across marketing campaigns and popping up all around us, so much so that even the USPS is offering a discount for using them in direct mail pieces.

With the emergence of the “Now Generation” and the rapidly growing use of smart phones and tablets, QR codes are bridging the chasm between traditional and electronic marketing offering a unique, fast and easy way to access information at your fingertips.

Providing instant gratification to the consumer with little effort, QR codes are effectively changing how consumers interact with companies. Gone are the days of marketers placing URLs on direct marketing pieces with the hope that even a minimal number of consumers take the time to go to a PC, type in the address, and visit their website, Facebook page, etc. No matter where you are or what you’re doing, with a smartphone you can instantly go from looking at a poster or piece of mail straight to a web page, or even dialing a number when a QR code is scanned.

In this web seminar, you will learn:

• What a QR code is and how it works
• How to create a QR code
• Benefits of using QR codes
• Examples of QR codes in marketing campaigns
• Tracking the use of your QR codes
• What is the USPS QR code discount
• Best Practices for using QR codes

You will leave this web seminar knowing what a QR code is and how to effectively integrate QR codes into your marketing campaigns.

Presenter: Katie Cothran

Click to register for Integrating QR Codes Into Your Marketing Campaigns

One day Conference October 18th – Houston Texas
Registration By August 15th 2011 – Free
Registration After August 15th 2011 – $195 USD
Presented by : Acumen
Duration: up to 6 session Hours Credits: Up to 6 PDU Category C
NOTE: This is now a Category B activity
A Certificate will be provided to Attendees Indicating the sessions they attend

Summit Details: October 18, 2011
Hotel Sorella, 800 Sorella Court, Houston, TX

Our Keynote Speaker Dr. Dan Patterson, PMP is the founder and CEO of Acumen and is a recognized thought leader within the project management industry. Dan is also responsible for developing a now widely accepted integrated qualitative/quantitative approach to risk analysis through facilitated risk workshops. His depth of knowledge extends well beyond risk into schedule analytics and project optimization.

Come Early and join our Networking Breakfast and/or stay for our Wrap Up Cocktail Reception. We look forward to seeing you at some of our more popular presentations including – Cost Risk Analysis Method – Getting Beyond Compliance and into Real EVM Data Analysis Register early while space is still available.

Join Acumen for their first annual summit and project management conference! They are very excited to bring together the best and the brightest in project management for networking, learning, and discussion on improving planning quality and execution performance through project schedule, cost, risk and performance analytics.

Who Should Attend

• Current and prospective Fuse users
• Project managers
• Planners
• Schedulers
• Risk Analysts
• Cost Analysts
• Project Controls Managers

Key Summit Topics

• Acumen’s S1<S5 Schedule Maturity: Learn more about how our schedule maturity framework is transforms projects
• Gain insight into schedule, cost, risk, and earned value best practices
• Understand schedule compliance standards and methods for ensuring your projects are correctly prepared for review
• Learn new methods for cost and schedule integration techniques and the importance behind joining the two
• Hear how other Primavera, Microsoft Project, and Deltek users are benefiting from Fuse
• Attend the official launch of Fuse 360, the next generation for project analysis software from Acumen

Click to see the PDF of the Conference Summary & Summit Overview

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Initiating, Planning

Knowledge Areas: 6 – Time 7 – Cost 11 – Risk 12 – Procurement

• 6.5 Develop Schedule
• 7.3 Control Costs
• 11.4 Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
• 12.3 Administer Procurements

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

Click to register for Acumen’s First Annual Project Management Summit