Live Webinar December 1, 12:00 – 12:30 pm EST
Offered by PmCentersUSA (REP 1016)
Duration 30 Min Credits: 0.5 PDU or 0.5 CDU Cat A – Free PDU

Implementing a standard methodology for business analysis and project management is the ‘suspension bridge’ to successful projects.

Procedures are equivalent to the bridge towers:

1. The guidelines on how to do the work of the project; they are the foundation supporting the bridge.
2. The bridge deck is the project process, which is the road to successful projects once the bridge is crossed.
3. The templates and forms are the suspender cables holding up the project process.

A suspension bridge, and successful projects, only works if all elements are in place! This webinar is based on work done by the presenter implementing business analysis and project management methodology at many major companies.

This presentation will discuss the lessons learned in implementing a methodology, along with best practices including training of project personnel, typical challenges encountered during implementation and some of the initial benefits normally achieved.

Some bridges do fail, and this webinar will end with specific examples of what can happen that leads to an incomplete (and unusable) bridge, or a bridge that is not maintained and quickly fails.

Don’t Let Your Bridge Fail Register today!

Subject Matter Expert: Joseph A. Lukas, PMP, PE, CCE
Joe Lukas (LinkedIn profile), is Vice-President of PMCentersUSA, and leads a team of instructors and consultants in delivering solutions in project management, business analysis and business process improvement.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.

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Live Webinar – November 29, 2011 2:00 pm -2:30 pm EST
Presenter: Journyx Inc.
Duration: 1 Hour 1 Category B PDU – Free PDU

This webinar covers the fundamentals of Federal Contract Cost Accounting as it applies to QuickBooks.

Journyx demonstrates how QuickBooks should be configured to accommodate these cost principles so as to pass a DCAA Accounting System Review.

This webinar goes beyond the limits of QuickBooks, however, because QuickBooks by itself cannot handle some of the required elements necessary for a compliant system. Consequently, we will discuss policies and procedures related to topics such as indirect cost allocation, time keeping, and allowability of costs.

We will also show alternative ways how indirect rates can be computed and indirect costs can be allocated to final cost objectives, using add-on systems.

Topics covered in this webinar include:

• Organizing the Chart of Accounts into Cost Pools
• Job Costing
• Timekeeping and Labor Distribution
• Computing Indirect Rates and Indirect Cost Allocations
• Fully Loaded Job Cost Reporting
• Managing Unallowable Costs

Presenter: Sarah Glass, President, AimSourcing, Inc. – AimSourcing offers over 25 years of experience in outsourced accounting and information management services. They provide consulting and outsourcing services in all areas of accounting, HR, tax, and information systems and specialize in project accounting systems and federal government contracting.

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Live Webinar November 30, 2011 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Sponsored by American Management Association (REP 1294)
Presented by: Daniel Goleman
Although the AMA is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number Contact the AMA for further information.

This webcast gives you a comprehensive overview of how emotional intelligence drives effective leadership. It explains, in a concise way, the brain-basis of leading yourself and others. The emphasis is on information that can be applied by any leader at any level.

Distinct leadership styles will be discussed, along with their effects on the climate of a business.

You will learn how to develop and implement emotional intelligence competencies in yourself and others, and how to manage emotions for optimal performance.

What You Will Learn

• IQ vs. EI – The Brain Basis of Emotional Intelligence
• Optimal Neural Performance
• Emotion/Cognition Interaction
• The Social Brain
• Creativity
• Emotional Intelligence Framework
• Self-Awareness, Self-Management and Social Awareness
• Leadership Styles
• Enhancing Emotional Intelligence

Presenter: Daniel Goleman is an internationally known psychologistand lecturer. Working as a science journalist, Goleman reported on the brain and behavioral sciences for the New York Times for many years. His book, Emotional Intelligence: 10th Anniversary Edition; Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, was on the New York Times bestseller list for a year-and-a-half and was named one of the 25 “Most Influential Business Management Books” by TIME Magazine. He is also the author of Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everythingand The Brain and Emotional Intelligence: New Insights, His most recent book is Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence,

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.4 Manage Project Team

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

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Live Webinar November 30, 2011 – 2:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by Citrix Online – GoToMeeting Corporate

Learn how to overcome the challenges of collaboration between dispersed teams.

Attendees will learn:

• Techniques that can transform communication practices into a competitive advantage
• Specific metrics for tracking the impact of collaboration practices
• How video conferencing and screen sharing enhance productivity and build relationships
• And more…

Speakers:

James Ware (LinkedIn profile), with Future of Work, unlimited provides insights on how the nature of work has changed to include mobile and remote employees – and the challenges this creates for managers. He’ll then offer some tactics to help you effectively manage people you can’t see.
Jessica Eastman (LinkedIn profile), from Citrix Online will also share real-life stories of how companies are using web conferencing tools like GoToMeeting to enable remote workers to actively collaborate with their colleagues
James Hilliard (LinkedIn profile), Hilly Productions

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
• 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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