Archive for December 28th, 2011

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Online Webinar Offered by: ESI International (REP 1038)
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU

Increasingly, leadership skills, such as critical thinking, crucial communication and organisational change management, are becoming essential PM competencies to master.

Focused and continuous training, action learning, coaching and longer term mentoring sends all the correct signals to employees about your organisation. It is absolutely necessary to consider the ongoing development of the project managers.

Instead of asking “What if we train them and they leave?,” the more pertinent question is, “What if we don’t train them and they stay?”

ESI’s webinar will help you:

  • Develop a deeper understanding of what “competency” means
  • Understand 5 easy-to-adopt steps to success
  • Learn the benefits your organisation can achieve through PM competencies development

This webinar will share the ROI results of certain ESI clients as examples of the kind of success your organisation may be able to attain with the right competency framework.

*The Project Management Institute requires that a PMP®/PgMP® earn 60 Professional Development Units (PDUs)every threeyears in order to maintain certification.More Information on PDUs.

Note: Sound might be a bit low expect to raise your volume on this one 😉

Presenter: Ravi Sahi, PMP

Click to view Winning the War For Talent Developing & Maximizing Your PMs Competencies

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Online Webinar Presented by: Vital Learning
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Recorded: March 15, 2011

We try to remain productive in a tense workplaces.

  • Cynicism,
  • Irritability,
  • Anger,
  • Depression,
  • Incivility and hostility

Are on the rise. – So are our levels of:

  • Insecurity,
  • Exhaustion and
  • Stress

We all feel the effects of economic, social and environmental systems that are becoming increasingly strained. When increased stress levels are combined with time pressures, good people reach their limits of composure and civil behavior. Side-by-side problems solving can quickly devolve into toe-to-toe confrontations, turf wars and silent simmering.

In reality, most conflicts are the results of predictable, unintentional errors made by conscientious, well-intentioned people.

In this webinar, Vital Learning explores the real triggers of destructive conflict… some of them so common that most of us consider these behaviors normal, maybe even useful.

Learn not only how to resolve the destructive conflicts that currently exist but also how to eliminate the negative pressure of conflicts in the first place.

The good news is:

While it would be great if your entire organization embraced and implemented these techniques, you can dramatically decrease the levels of conflict and stress you personally experience in your own life even if you are the only one using them!

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 and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

Slides for Dealing with Conflicts…Without Feeling Depleted or Defeated (PowerPoint format ppt)

Click to view Dealing with Conflicts…Without Feeling Depleted or Defeated

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Live Webinar 2 Offerings
January 4, 2011 10:00 am – 11:00 am EST
January 4, 2011 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free

The iPad has created a transformational change in how persons interact with computers.

Multi-touch on the iPad and other media tablets and smartphones is becoming a de facto standard for consumer electronics.

As media tablets become more common-place, users will expect the convenience and simplicity of multi-touch user interfaces when they interact with other computing devices.

Other user interface technologies, such as speech, gesture and haptics, that complement multi-touch will enable new usages on tablets

Discussion Topics:

  • Design trends for consumer electronics and PCs
  • Usages enabled by emerging human-computer interfaces
  • Insight into new markets enabled by tablets

Hosted by:
David A. Willis, (LinkedIn profile) VP Distinguished Analyst
Angela McIntyre, (LinkedIn profile) Research Director

Note: In order to register for these sessions you will need to sign in to their site or register with the Gartner group with an account.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Initiating, Planning

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

  • 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
  • 5.1 Collect Requirements
  • 5.2 Define Scope

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 the 10 AM EDT Session of iPads and Beyond: What the Future of Computing Holds

Click to register for the 1PM EDT Session of iPads and Beyond: What the Future of Computing Holds

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Live Webinar January 5 2011 – 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Value Train
Duration 1 Hr Credits: 1 PDU Category C PDU – Free PDU

An overview and comparison of the three popular process improvement methodologies in use by companies today.

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 Lean, Six Sigma and TOC in Today’s Workplace