Live Webinar January 4th, 2012 – 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EST
Presented by the Corporate Education Group ( REP 1011 ) Course ID: MDW1253
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU

Delivering tough messages, giving critical performance feedback, saying “no” to a client or supervisor—these are just some of the challenging conversations we all face in the workplace; and, as a leader, you’re directly impacted by your ability to communicate effectively. The business results you produce, the strength of your internal collaborations, the effectiveness of your corporate strategy, and the retention of your key employee talent, all depend on the skills you bring to communication and relationship management.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• The three crucial elements of a conversation that will determine success or failure
• A systematic process to prepare for your most challenging conversations
• Four key skills for persuading and influencing others

About the presenter: Michele Gravelle, (LinkedIn profile) owner of Successful Conversations Now, has over 20 years experience working with internationally-acclaimed thought leaders in the fields of negotiation, relationship management, and communication. Michele currently travels across the world delivering corporate training focused on helping individuals within organizations cultivate their leadership capabilities through developing personal mastery of their communication skills; in addition to all of this, Michele is a contributing author to the recently published book,“Enlightened Power: How Women are Transforming the Practice of Leadership“ and holds a BS in International Business and an MA in Psychology.

Click to register for Communications Secrets for Challenging Conversations

Online Webinar – International Project Management Day 2011
Session Presented by: Anne F. Foley PMP, MBB, CSSBB Dir Lean Six Sigma, IIL
This session Duration 25 Min Credits: 0.25 PDU Category A
IPM Day 2011 Sponsored by: IIL and Partners (Rep# 1003)

The On-Demand Viewing Period Has Begun!
The free viewing period extends through:
5:00 p.m. ET on Friday, February 3, 2012.

During this presentation, participants will learn a few concepts of Lean Six Sigma that every manager should be using to achieve their goals.

Most managers know that variation is the enemy of quality and consistency is vital for efficiency.

• So how do you truly measure variation? And ….
• Why does it seem like efforts to reduce variation actually increase it?

Anne Foley will show you how and why, and she will also demonstrate the importance of managing by fact and identifying waste.

Although economic storms impact us all, world-class managers see this challenge as an opportunity to make major improvements – quickly.

Attend the virtual conference organized by IIL and its partners for International Project Management Day.

To Register the PDUs with PMI® ENSURE YOU RECORD the date you began viewing the webinars. You will need the start date & end date of your attendance to these presentations.

It is also a good idea to keep information on the dates that you watched each of the different presentations in your PMI® audit folder. For more information see our article on Building a PDU Plan – Running your re-certification as a documented process.

Registration for IIL’s Virtual Event gives you a chance to explore IIL’s virtual conference center, visit sponsor booths, view presentations and download collateral. Enjoy 21 different speakers’ programs and earn up to 12 free Category A PDUs for your participation until Feb 3rd 2011. For more information see our full article about the conference. The DVD of the conference is also available for sale for $375.00 USD.

Note: In order to view the webinars you must register with an account. Sign in on the left hand side or if you need to register with an account the Event Registration Link is located at the bottom of the middle column after the descriptive copy.

Click to enter the IPM Day 2011 site to view Lean Six Sigma Concepts Every Manager Should Be Using. Once you have signed in Choose the “Video Presentations” sign then Click on the word Presentations on the left hand side. You will now be able to choose your presentation.

To purchase your copy of the DVD send an email to learning@iil.com.

Online Webinar Presented by: NetObjectives (REP 3045)
Duration: 1 HourCredits: 1 PDU Category C- Free PDU
Given 12:00pm-1:00pm PDT. Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Note: Although the NetObjectives is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number Contact them for further information.

This webinar presents an introduction to a key methodology which allows Lean to connect Agile practices with delivery of business value to achieve end-to-end agility throughout the business.

This is essential with scaling of teams and enabling an Enterprise wide transition to Agile that can overcome many of the problems faced by teams attempting a bottom up approach.

What does LEAN mean to you?
Lean-thinking is the combination of applying known software development principles with lean-management and lean-learning work in order to speed time-to-market while improving quality and lowering costs. It provides insights from project initiation through development, deployment and consumption by the customer (internal in IT and external in product companies). Lean focuses on helping people improve the environment and systems in which they work.

NOTE: In order to view the NetObjectives presentation you must register and sign in to the NetObjectives website.

Presenter: Yuval Yeret (LinkedIn, @yuvalyeret) Yuval brings substantial Management and Leadership experience with focus on building new teams / groups and organizational optimization/changes to his clients. He coaches individuals and organizations in their path to Agility and Engineering excellence, focusing on Scrum, Lean, and Agile Engineering practices and has lead R&D organizations providing management and technology leadership. Yuval specializes in Scrum( CSM, CSP, CSPO) , Lean/Agile Development, QA/DEV Relationship and Optimization, Test Automation, Storage, Networking, Distributed Systems Architectures, Security, Project Management, Development Methodologies, Organizational Improvement, and Team Building.

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 register/login and view Intro to Lean Product Development Flow