Live Webinar February 23rd, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Watermark Learning (REP 1025)

The Business Analyst (BA) role has become essential in today’s workplace as a vital component of a successful project.

This presentation gives an overview of Business Process Management (BPM) from a business analysis and project management perspective.

1. It explains why and how business analysts (BAs) and project managers (PMs) can exploit a process mindset to help their organizations “see and think” differently.
2. It walks through the definition and components of a BPM program, highlighting the role of business analysis and project management in every step.
3. It defines a BPM program consisting of the discipline, daily practices, and tools to establish and maintain a persistent, intensive focus to help organizations improve their processes, save money, and increase control.

Software tools for BPM such as automated workflow, simulation, and process monitoring are not enough.

Tools can help to automate, track, and monitor processes, but humans must still apply the hard work of analyzing and managing them. When implemented correctly, BPM is the missing or magic ingredient to make all organizations more competitive and financially healthy in tough economic times.

BPM relies on close integration with project management and business analysis to be most effective. How BAs and PMs can help increase that integration is also an important part of this presentation.

Presenter: – Sara Braziller, ,CIRM, CPIM is a consultant with over 27 years of successfully leading/managing projects, establishing high performing organizations, and problem solving. Sara helps companies improve utilization of people and assets (i.e., business processes and systems). Sara is also a faculty member for Watermark Learning and at several local Universities where she has designed and teaches graduate courses in Lean, Six Sigma and Enterprise Information Systems. Her practical approach and fun style of learning has resulted in a large network of satisfied attendees and knowledgeable followers.

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Live Webinar – February 21st, 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

In this presentation David Mantica will look at the past roles of the PM and BA and discuss how the IIBA view of BA work has significantly changed industry prospective on what a BA does and how this change has impacted PM / BA interaction. He will also discuss how, as economic instability grew, the outsourcing trend, the continued mainstreaming of Agile methods, where the BA / PM fit into these changes. Finally he will discuss potential future outcomes and the skills and tools both BAs and PMs need to consider for 2012 and beyond.

Information for this presentation was gained through three years of salary surveys done by ASPE-SDLC on both the PM and BA roles, multiple customer interviews related to training and skills development, discussions with thought leaders, and reviewing trends in training courses requested and taken.

This presentation is not a technical deep dive, but a detailed and research analysis of direction of the PM and BA role based on industry requirements and economic realities.

Presenter: David Mantica (LinkedIn profile)  has more than 16 years of experience in business to business continuing education in executive, product management, marketing, and operations capacities. He has product managed the initiation, development and delivery of more than 300 instructor-led and live, online training courses, in software development life cycle, IT, telecommunications, finance, healthcare IT, and marketing industries. David was instrumental in the development and delivery of the training industry’s first voice over IP (VOIP)-enabled live, instructor-led training course for public consumption.

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Live Webinar
February 21, 2012 10:30 am – 11:30 am AEST (Austrailia)
February 20, 2012 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Presented by: Anzi Coaching

Megan from ANZI Coaching interviews Accredited Master Coach Natalie Ashdown, (LinkedIn profile) who shares her coaching journey.

You may recognize the name ‘Natalie Ashdown’ from her recent webinars titled ‘Leaderships Series’ in which she interviewed some of the top Coaches in this industry. ANZI Coaching now turns the spotlight back to Natalie, an inspirational Coach herself who will share her story with you.

Natalie Ashdown founded her company, The Open Door Coaching Group in 2003. Over the years, Natalie has been at the forefront of product development, industry development and of course, the growth and leadership of Open Door as a leading provider of coaching and coach training.

Natalie is a champion of implementing coaching culture within organizations and her vision for Australian organizations is that coaching “becomes the way we do things around here”. She is an experienced coach and leader within the Australian coaching community who currently coaches executives, senior management and teams from Australia’s leading corporations, along with private business clients.

Natalie has developed and written the innovative coaching programs delivered by Open Door which were the first programs in Australia to achieve government accreditation. Her first book Bring Out Their Best – Inspiring a Coaching Culture in the Workplace (with the forward by Sir John Whitmore) is the leading guide to corporate coaching containing inspirational Australian business stories.

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Live Webinar February 22nd, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by American Management Association (REP 1294)
Note: Although the AMA is an REP  (REP 1294) this opportunity may not have a course number Contact the AMA for further information.

Presence is the corporate “it” factor. It’s directly linked to your ability to get noticed, forge trusting relationships, and get others on board with your agenda. In increasingly distributed companies, managers are often left alone to translate a vision and galvanize cross-functional teams.

Influence is the primary means for getting work done.

The Wall Street Journal recently weighed in, stating that “presence plays an increasingly important role as companies grapple with a weak recovery and fewer management layers.”

Presence is an amorphous concept with a defined impact in our success. We’re experts at reading others’ presence, but it’s remarkably hard to understand and shape our own without the right approach.

The good news is that anyone can strengthen their presence in a way that’s authentic, natural, and influential whether they’re an introvert, extrovert, aspiring or seasoned leader.

Discover what skills are needed to inspire and motivate by focusing on the three core aspects of presence:

1. Intentional: Determine the type of presence you want and the values you want to convey, and how they match up with the way people currently perceive you.
2. Individual: Understand how to build relationships that foster trust, and that drive business, loyalty, and career success.
3. Inspirational: Learn what the master communicators do to inspire others, including using powerful language, motivating through change, and presenting to audiences effectively.

Presenter: Kristi Hedges (LinkedIn profile) is an executive coach, leadership development consultant, and author of The Power of Presence: Unlock Your Potential to Influence and Engage Others. Her proprietary presence coaching model has been utilized by clients spanning Fortune 500 corporations, global professional services firms, entrepreneurial businesses, national associations, and governments. She’s a leadership contributor to Forbes.com and Entrepreneur.com, and a speaker for Vistage International and The Founder Institute. She writes about leadership atkristihedges.com and tweets @kristihedges.

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 (include the weblinks) and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

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