Live Webinar February 1st, 2012 – 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EST
Presented by the Corporate Education Group ( REP 1011 ) Course Id: MDW1256
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU

Many new managers find the transition from individual contributor to manager to be exhilarating and yet challenging. Sometimes promoted without formal training, they must learn how to manage people by trial and error. More experienced managers seek ways to further develop their skills so they can stay on track now and prepare for leadership roles in the future.

This webinar covers the basics of what new managers need to succeed in their transition and what existing managers need to expand their skill set.

This session will help you:

• Understand and make the most of the various personality styles on your team
• Examine three core communications skills needed to manage successfully: speaking assertively, listening effectively, and asking great questions
• Discover strategies for managing group conflict and resolving interpersonal conflict
• Explore the essentials of performance management: goal setting, analyzing performance problems, providing effective feedback
• Identify what it takes to motivate people to do their best work

About the presenter:
Casey Mitchell (LinkedIn profile), is founder and principal of Waybridge Associates, Inc., a consulting practice devoted to helping people achieve peak performance. Her primary focus is on management learning and development. She works with new managers who want to make a successful transition, and with existing managers who want to move into leadership roles. She has eighteen years experience in the training field and a wealth of management experience, which helps her relate to her clients’ needs.

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Live Webinar February 1st, 2012 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST
Presented by: The Training Magazine Network
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Program managers of coaching initiatives report an 18% increase in the number of coaching programs evaluated to ROI over the past five years – and the numbers are growing.

No longer is it acceptable to spend vast amounts of money of coaching programs and initiatives. Executives at all levels want to see results – including the financial ROI.

This webinar will describe how you can evaluate coaching using the ROI Methodology. During the webinar you will learn the five levels of evaluation, six types of data generated by the ROI Methodology, ten steps in the ROI process, and the 12 guiding principles. You will also be presented a case study describing the application of the ROI Methodology.

About the presenters:

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Live Webinar February 2, 2012 -12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: Cisco Webex Hosted By: Jim Atwood, Ken Blanchard Companies

There is no one best leadership style. It all depends on the task and the developmental level of the employee. In this webinar you will learn how taking a situational approach to leadership yields the best results.

Jim Atwood, The Ken Blanchard Companies’ Director for Government Solutions will show you how Situational Leadership® II (SLII®) one of the world’s most comprehensive, up-to-date, and practical methods improves your ability to effectively manage and develop your people.

You’ll learn how increasing the frequency and quality of conversations between leaders and the people they work with increases competence, commitment, and retention of your most talented individuals.

You’ll learn how to:

• Create a communication model for all levels of an agency that supports cultural change and a move toward a high performance organization
• Increase individual and organizational accountability by linking goals and planned intentions to agency objectives and by creating action plans to accomplish those goals
• Increase the frequency and quality of conversations about performance and development between leaders and their direct reports
• Diagnose specifically what an individual needs to succeed on any given task (Development level)
• Recognize and be able to apply the pattern of behaviors (Leadership Style) that meets the needs of any given development level to help individuals succeed on tasks and goals

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how a situational approach to leadership can improve overall performance, effectiveness, and efficiency.

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Live Webinar – January 31st 2012, 12:00-1:00 PM EST
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
This is a 1 hour seminar and attendees will be awarded 1 PDU for participating

More and more successful project managers are utilizing SharePoint Server to drive their projects and operational initiatives.

Out of the box, SharePoint Server offers many features that enable effective project management. Lists and libraries allow you to consolidate and manage project information in a central place. While business intelligence features allow you to report on that information in real-time. By utilizing

SharePoint along with other business tools such as the Microsoft Office suite of applications, organizations can create a customized Project Management Information System (PMIS) to assist with the daily management of enterprise projects.

During this web seminar Aspe will discuss the many benefits of using SharePoint Server as a Project Management Information system, including:

• Using SharePoint to manage project data
• Consolidating project data using SharePoint libraries
• Reporting on project data using SharePoint’s business intelligence
• Automating project tasks with SharePoint workflows
• Options to extending SharePoint’s project management capabilities

Presenter: Mark Weinstein MCT (LinkedIn profile) has more than 25 years in the technology industry, and is a consultant specializing in collaborative technologies, focused upon Microsoft’s Exchange and SharePoint servers. Mark consults on several high-end projects for enterprise companies with thousands of users. His forte is building and teaching courseware that makes hands-on material practical and usable in a real-world environment, while keeping the general information on the subject easy to retain.

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Live Webinar – February 1st 2012, 12:00 am – 1:00 am EST
Offered by: Global Knowledge (REP 1999)
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU

Your business has been hacked, leaving you with a persistent bot; now what?

In this hour-long webinar, security expert David Willson (LinkedIn profile) will discuss ways you can eliminate the threat in an act of self-defense or defense of property.

As new laws are explored, old ones amended, and solutions sought, you’ll take a look at thinking outside the box to give the good guys the advantage—or at least a fighting chance.

You will explore:

• A Losing Battle: Defending Against the Botnet
• Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
• Hacking: Is It Legal? Should It Be?

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Online Webinar – Offered by Daptiv
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Daptiv Customer Series: Evolution of the Enterprise Project Office at Sisters of Mercy Health System is an excellent session that has yet to be noticed by the Project Management Community. The Session was Posted on YouTube November 21st, 2011.

Learn how Sisters of Mercy Health System has achieved success with its Enterprise Project Office in today’s challenging environment.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

• 4.1 Develop Project Management Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan

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’

To view Daptiv Customer Series: Evolution of the Enterprise Project Office at Sisters of Mercy Health System Either:

1. Hover Over the link to view & leave your mouse in the window OR ….
2. Ifyou wish to view the presentation on YouTube instead
   Click Daptiv Customer Series: Evolution of the Enterprise Project Office at Sisters of Mercy Health System

About Daptiv:

Founded in 1997, Daptiv’s PPM solution has over 80,000 subscribers. Daptiv has helped thousands of companies improve their strategic planning and business execution by offering flexible PPM solutions and expert professional services.

Daptive provides industry-leading PPM functionality, but unlike vendors that force you to change your processes to fit their tools, they have designed their solution with you and your team in mind. Daptiv is flexible and easily configured so that you can introduce powerful new PPM capabilities – when and where your organization is ready for them. Daptiv’s customers include world-class organizations such as BASF, Chase Paymentech, Harvard University, Honeywell, La Poste and Virgin Blue