Online Webinar Presented by: CollabNet
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU

Teams that shape the future will be innovative, and not just productive.

It turns out significant ideas have emerged from collaboration rather than the mythical lone genius.But not all teams do well, even with Scrum or related approaches.This session explains research from outside the world of software development that would benefit anyone working with small teams.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 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.’

Click to view on YouTube Harnessing Team Ingenuity: Lessons from Aviation, Psychology, & Jazz

Live Webinar – January 10th, 2011 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by: The Training Magazine Network
Duration: 1 Hour 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Based on empirical research, Dr. Robert Epstein, one of the world’s leading experts on creativity and innovation, will summarize 10 practical techniques for spurring creativity and innovation in an organization on an ongoing basis, such as using a “shifting” technique for teams and making sure that all assignments and goals are stated in an “open-ended” fashion.

He stresses the importance of “embedding” such techniques into the policies and procedures of an organization and of establishing an “innovation net” to evaluate suggestions as they occur.

Key learning objectives:

• To learn specific and measurable competencies for boosting creativity and innovation in an organization.
• To learn the concept of “embedding” – that is, altering policies and procedures so that creativity and innovation flow on an ongoing basis.
• To learn specific ways to make creativity and innovation flow at a higher rate during times of crisis.
• To learn specific techniques for using creativity and innovation to produce new revenues and cut costs non-invasively.

Presenter : Dr. Robert Epstein is the former editor-in-chief of PSYCHOLOGY TODAY, the author of 15 books, including:

1. The Big Book of Creativity Games: Quick, Fun Acitivities for Jumpstarting Innovation
2. The Big Book of Motivation Games
3. The Big Book of Stress Relief Games: Quick, Fun Activities for Feeling Better
4. Creativity Games for Trainers: A Handbook of Group Activities for Jumpstarting Workplace Creativity (McGraw-Hill Training Series)
5. Stress-Management and Relaxation Activities for Trainers
6. and many more psychological books such as Self-Help Without the Hype

He is one of the world’s leading experts on creativity and innovation, and has spoken extensively on Creativity, Motivation and Stress Relief. His research and practical techniques for boosting creativity and innovation have been featured on CNBC and in magazines and newspapers around the world. Dr. Epstein has taught “Innovation and Leadership” at the University of California and is the CEO of a consulting and training company called Creativity International.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources 11 – Risk

• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 11.2 Identify Risks
• 11.5 Plan Risk Responses

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 Guarantee that Creativity & Innovation Flows Year Round in Your Organization

Online Webinar Presented by: Commlab India
Duration: 45 Min Credits: 0.75 PDU Category C – Free PDU

There are many variables that determine the learning strategies you adopt for product trainings.

The design will differ depending on the nature of the product – whether it is a software product, a tangible physical product such as a piece of equipment or a higher-end electronic gadget, or whether the product is ‘non-material’ and intangible in nature, such as an insurance service.

The type off audience will also affect the strategy you use – your end user product training will call for a different approach from product training for your sales force. In this webinar, we will focus on using appropriate design strategies for feature-based product trainings, where the target audience is sales professionals.

In this session, Commlab will look at the following:

• What are the various factors that need to be considered when designing product trainings?
• When is it ideal to use eLearning for product trainings? How do you overcome the limitations of the medium to provide an experience that is as close to hands-on sessions as possible?
• What are a few effective instructional design strategies for developing eLearning courses for product training?

This course is presented by Commlab an Indian provider of eLearning solutions for 50 organizations in 7 countries. The course gives some interesting insight from the perspective of the individual receiving the training and solutions to create a better strategy for creating product training and learning design.

Note: To view this session register and you will receive an email with log in information (user name and Password) along with a link to the presentation.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources 10 – Communications

• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 10.3 Distribute Information

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 Learning Design Strategies for Product Training

Live Webinar January 6 2011 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Value Train
Duration 1 Hr Credits: 1 PDU Category C PDU – Free PDU

High level overview of a methodology for designing perfect software, business processes or products. It is an MIT developed technique that is powerful but not very well known.

Value Train provides training for professionals. We provide certification training for Six Sigma Green Belt, Six Sigma Black Belt, Minitab, Quantitative Methods, PMP Exam review and Lean Enterprise. Headquartered near Atlanta, Georgia, We hold classes in Gerogia, Dallas, Philadelphia, Princeton, Morristown, NYC, Jersey City, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Raleigh, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati. Our Six Sigma and Lean courses meet Georgia State Board of Accountancy CPE requirements and may also in other states. – Bill Bentley (LinkedIn profile), Owner/President Value-Train

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 6 – Time

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 6.5 Develop Schedule

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 Design Robust Products and Processes with Axiomatic Design

Live Webinar January 5, 2011, 9:00 am – 10:00 am EST or
Live Webinar January 5, 2011, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration:1 hour Webcast + Q & A – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

Board Directors have made known their top priority is maintaining competitive advantage. Competitive advantage needs a fresh look.

While not a new subject, Gartner has found that the term ‘competitive advantage’ is used in ways which diminish its meaning.

In this webinar, you will learn how to define competitive advantage in a way that resonates with your board of directors, look at different technologies and capabilities that will get you there, and understand and make effective the enormous impact that corporate culture has on competitive performance.

Discussion Topics

• What is competitive advantage, why does the Board of Directors set it as their top priority?
• A review of different actions that IT can take with the business
• A look at ‘Big Culture Technologies’ and how they provide massive competitive advantage

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 6.5 Develop Schedule

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 Seizing Competitive Advantage: New Opportunities in IT

Online Webinar Presented by: Cisco Webex
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Hosted By: Randy Conley, Trust Practice Leader, Ken Blanchard Companies

Trust continues to be identified as a missing ingredient in today’s workplace.

Surveys show only a small percentage of today’s workers strongly agree that they trust their leaders. To ensure high levels of organizational performance, leaders need to tackle trust head-on. The key is to demonstrate the behaviors people most associate with trust.

In this webinar, Blanchard Trust Practice Leader Randy Conley (LinkedIn profile) will show you how leaders can improve the levels of trust in their organization by identifying potential gaps that trip up even the best of leaders.

Participants learn how to:

• Recognize the warning signs that people lack trust in you and your leadership
• Purposefully engage in the four trust-building behaviors
• Create strong, long lasting, trust-based relationships

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to raise the level of trust in your organization by increasing the “trust-ability” of your leaders.

Note: You will need to fill in a registration form to view this session

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’

Click to view Four Leadership Behaviors that Build or Destroy Trust