Live Webinar February 8th, 2012 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011)
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU

Making business decisions is your most important function as a leader-and your riskiest. Your personal brand is made or broken by the quality of your decisions. Are your decisions as solid as they could be?

In this webinar, you will learn how to apply strategic decision-making processes in order to reduce risk and choose the best course of action for the project, team, the organization, and you. You’ll learn the steps necessary in making strategic decisions align with business objectives as well as how to address a range of challenges that every leader encounters.

Learning objectives include:

• Distinguish between strategic thinking, planning and decision making and identify when to use each skill appropriately
• Develop insight into your individual decision-making style
• Utilize tools for solving problems and making sound decisions
• Systematically prepare for your most important decisions
• Determine the appropriate level of stakeholder involvement in your decision-making process

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.

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Live Webinar – February 7th, 2011 11:00 am-12:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour 1 Category B PDU – Free PDU
Presenter: Journyx Inc.

In this webinar you will learn the 10 essential steps to modifying Quickbooks to meet government contracting requirements and what is required to pass your DCAA accounting system review.

An accounting system (in Government terms) is much more than the software package. Thus, there are no “Government approved” accounting systems. The Government will review or audit the individual contractor’s accounting system. Any organization that chooses to contract with the Government must structure their accounting system to meet the defined criteria.

Webinar Outline:

• What and who defines an approved accounting system?
• Requirements and criteria for accounting systems
• What’s important to DCAA?
• The tools within Quickbooks used to adhere to these requirements and criteria
• Methods for implementing or modifying Quickbooks
• Timekeeping and labor audit trails
• Job Costing in Quickbooks
• The required reports from Quickbooks Pro
• Calculate Indirect rates
• Which version of Quickbooks do you need?

Presenter: Kevin Duncan, (LinkedIn profile) CPA MBA, Principal, K Duncan & Company Kevin is an accomplished and highly experienced CPA in the field of Government Cost Accounting, DCAA audit process, and the implementation of approved accounting systems. He presents in an understandable and entertaining fashion.

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Online Webinar – Presented by: Agile Journal
Duration: 1 Hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU

In good economic times, teams attempt bold experiments that promise to take them to new heights of productivity. In lean times like these, few have the appetite for such speculative ventures. Any new investment needs to address immediate pain and show immediate payback. But the pace of demands haven’t slowed, and the ever increasing need to do more continues.

For build and release teams, the demands come from all directions. The shorter cycle times of Agile means more builds, more deployments and more releases. The adoption of SOA means more complexity and more elements to juggle. The move to global round-the-clock, 24-hr development means more teams to service and less downtime.

In this economy, adding headcount is likely not an option. Instead, you’re told to get “lean and mean.” But how do you get to lean and mean without stretching too thin?

This need to keep costs fixed while adding capacity makes improving efficiency key. Instead of attempting a whole scale change to how you develop software, the focus is on reducing waste, which allows you to deliver more in the same time and for the same cost. Build and deployment automation offer fertile ground for dramatic productivity gains that will improve the efficiency of the entire team.

Learn how to develop and implement your own program to improve efficiency:

• Learn about the dramatic gains other organizations have achieved through build and deployment automation
• Discover investigation techniques for spotlighting inefficiency in the build and release cycle
• Hear about common build and deployment productivity blockers and the best practices for removing them

Presenter: Eric Minick (LinkedIn profile) is a technical evangelist and consultant at UrbanCode. He has nine years of automation experience throughout the application lifecycle as a developer, test automation engineer, and production support engineer. Keep up with Eric’s latest insights on the UrbanCode blog.

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.’

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Live Webinar February 7, 2012, 9:00 am – 10:00 am EST or
Live Webinar February 7, 2012, 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

With more than 80 percent of organizations skipping Vista, Windows 7 is a critical project that will touch every PC in almost every organization. Deciding what office product to deploy is another multimillion-dollar decision.

Deploying Windows 7 and Office 2010 correctly (or selecting an appropriate alternative) means saving money and being ready to support future business applications.

Presenter: Michael A.Silver, (LinkedIn profile) VP Distinguished Analyst

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution

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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