Live Webinar – September 26th, 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
Offered by MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Duration 1 hour + Q & A 1 PDU / 1 CDU – Free PDU
Mpug Member Free – Guest – Free
Registration Closes Sept 25,2011

This session introduces the user to updating the plan during the execution phase of the project. Users often don’t perform this basic function because it is often misunderstood, so within this session we will demystify the updating process.

Content Guide:

• Simple updates
• % complete, % work complete, % physical complete
• Tracking actual time
• Showing variances
• Automatic vs manual calculation

Products Used for Demo:

• Microsoft Project 2007
• Microsoft Project 2010 (Will be shown at end to highlight any impovements)

Speaker: Ben Howard has over 20 years experience of implementing enterprise solutions such as MRPII, ERP, and latterly Microsoft’s EPM (Project and Project Server) solution. During that time he’s worked for IBM, DELL, and Microsoft, as well as several smaller organisations. He now runs his own EPM consultancy (Applepark Ltd), providing Project Server implementation and training services. His current Microsoft TechNet webcast (User Controlled Scheduling in Project 2010) is ranked in the top 10! He is a regular contributor to the Project Server newsgroups, and publishes a blog based on Project Server scenarios. He has recently been awarded the prestigious Microsoft MVP award for Project Server.

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Live Webinar September 28, 2011 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

• Have you ever been surprised by something of significance in your business?
• Have you ever gotten inconsistent information from your organization?
• How does one address these challenges?
• How does one acquire visibility, control, and optimization across all IT departments?

In this webinar, Dave Smith (LinkedIn profile) will share some of the challenges he has faced in IT over the last 25 years and will discuss a method for controlling and automating the flow of IT information so that it can be made available to teams, managers, and executives.

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Live Webinar September 27, 2011 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: The Project Management Bookstore

Topic: Just Enough PM to Rock Your Projects – Become a Project Management Minimalist

“Project management (PM) is not rocket science! And, despite what

many PM experts would like you to believe, it’s fairly easy for anyone to learn to use a few basic PM tools and processes to assure that projects are well-organized and completed on time, on budget, and with excellent results.”

@Michael Greer

In this webinar, from Project Management Minimalist Michael Greer, you will learn how to use the PM Minimalist Quick Start Guide (including a lean, one-page checklist) to plan and manage any project. Michael will examine 10 PM Minimalist Values you can use as a framework to tighten up your project management practices. Mr. Greer will also provide an overview of 10 Steps to Project Management Success, as described in his book, The Project Management Minimalist: Just Enough PM to Rock Your Projects!
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In addition, he’ll further examine these 10 Steps to help you understand how to keep your project team focused and complete the project as quickly and easily as possible.

These Steps include:

• Step 1: Define the project concept, get support and approval.
• Step 2: Get your team together and start the project.
• Step 3: Define the exact finished work products.
• Step 4: Identify tasks and phases for the work products.
• Step 5: Estimate time, effort, and resources.
• Step 6: Build a schedule.
• Step 7: Estimate the costs.
• Step 8: Keep the project moving.
• Step 9: Handle scope changes.
• Step 10: Close out phases, close out the project.

If you need a lean, common sense introduction to project management or are a veteran project manager who needs to simplify your project approach this webinar is designed for you!

Presenter:

For nearly three decades, Michael Greer has been helping new project managers become more effective. Through his books, articles, workshops, and public speaking appearances, he has sought to demystify the field of project management (PM) and make it accessible to new and part-time project managers.

Michael’s step-by-step PM texts have been adopted by many universities and are used in businesses as diverse as AT&T, Apple Computer, The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Boeing Defense and Space Group, American Airlines, The American Red Cross, Xerox Corp, The Southern Company, Apria Healthcare, and many, many others.

Visit Michael Greer’s Website.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 9 – Human Resources

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 4.4 Monitor and Control Project Work
• 4.6 Close Project or Phase

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’

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Live Webinar – September 28, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
This is a 1 hour seminar and attendees will be awarded 1 PDU for participating

So you’ve installed Google Analytics, but what does all of this data mean.

• What the *&^# is a Bounce Rate?
• Why is it so high?
• What is Direct Traffic?
• How are people getting to the website?
• What are they searching?

In this web seminar, ASPE will discuss the basics of Google Analytics and help get you started making decisions based off of the data. We’ll explain the high-level data in Google Analytics, and show you how you can take your first steps towards slicing that data even finer to get even more out of Google Analytics.

Also you will learn how to assess the quality of your current website, how to look for the common red flags, and how to utilize the campaign and keyword data to get a better understanding of how people are getting to your site and what they are doing once they are there.

In this web seminar, you will learn:

• Google Analytics Basics
• What Data Is Available
• What It Means
• Common Pitfalls
• What Metrics to Focus On
• How to Analyze the Data

You will leave this web seminar ready to start analyzing the data inside your Google Analytics account.

Presenter: JT Moore (LinkedIn profile), Director of Marketing

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Live Webinar – September 22, 2011 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Training Magazine
Duration: 1 Hour 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

The transition from buzz word to trend to standard can sometimes happen in a blink of an eye. With more companies and organizations recognizing the value of social learning, we are fast on our way to a major shift in learning.

The emergence of social media has enabled us to capture what we do quite naturally, LEARN. With technology, this dynamic leaves a digital footprint that makes learning viral positively infecting performance and ultimately increasing ROI.

Unfortunately buying a social learning platform, although an important first step, doesn’t ensure success of this learning approach. The Roadmap to Social Learning is a guide to connecting the people, technology, and goals to a social learning strategy.

During this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Discover the career implications of a social learning culture
• Evaluate the value of a social learning strategy within their organization.
• Navigate steps to creating a social learning culture
• Forecast obstacles in the organizational culture that block social learning
• Fuel engagement within the framework of a social learning culture.

Presenter: Terrence Wing, the founder of LIQUID LEARN, specializes in Social Learning Implementation, blended training design, delivery and evaluation, and augmentation of instruction with learning technology. Terrence writes a monthly column for Learning Solutions Magazine which focuses on social learning technology. He speaks on Social Learning, Instructional Design, and eLearning topics. Terrence also cohosts eLearnchat, a weekly live streamed talk show on eLearning.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 9.4 Manage Project Team

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’

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