Live Webinar March 2nd, 2012 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI LEAD CoP (REP #S004)
Presented by: Athens Kolias (LinkedIn profile)

Emotional Intelligence just could be the key to YOUR SUCCESS. It certainly has been for many other successful Project Managers.

• Learn how Emotional Intelligence in project management can reduce the chaos as the project progresses.
• Learn techniques to use in your projects that will increase your emotional awareness.

Note: You do have to be a PMI® member to register for this opportunity. The webinar will be broadcast using VoIP and teleconference. If any participants dial in via teleconference, you must initiate the teleconference as well. Webinar recordings will not work if participants dial in and the teleconference call is not initiated by the host.

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What is EQ & Why You Should Care

Downloadable Audio Course- Offered by Meloni Coaching Solutions
Duration 2.5 hours 2.5 Category C PDUs – $24.95 USD for 2.5 PDUs

Smart is Good, People Smart is Better!

Listen to the audio program What is EQ and Why You Should Care during your daily commute and learn why Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is important and how to create a more motivated team through your understanding of EQ.

Get through the day in Peace not in Pieces! – M Meloni

Emotional Intelligence helps you drive effective leadership on your projects! Unlike IQ, EQ can be learned and enhanced adding strong positive results to your projects.

1. Learn the elements of emotional intelligence and WHY THEY MATTER
2. Assess YOUR emotional intelligence
3. Receive tips and techniques to GROW YOUR emotional intelligence NOW

Note: This is a 100% downloadable AUDIO program. It is eligible for 2.5 (Category C self-study) PDUs.

Reading Margaret Meloni’s book Emotional Intelligence: Stories from the Workplace would earn you an additional Category CPDU. The Kindle version is ONLY $1.99 USD! – an excellent value! You can download a Kindle reader for your PC or phone for FREE.

Presenter: Margaret Meloni (LinkedIn profile, @MargaretMeloni) spent over 18 years in Corporate America observing how individuals who learned to cope with conflict succeeded and recognized their full potential, while others became road blocked.

Margaret acted on her vision by founding Meloni Coaching Solutions, Inc. As a former Information Technology Executive, Margaret always knew her preference was for the people behind the technology. Now Margaret brings those beliefs to individuals from many professional backgrounds.

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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Live Webinar – March 1st 2012, 1:00-2:00 PM EST
Duration: 1 Hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: Pillar Technology Group
NOTE: Use the link below to register as there may still be an issue with the link on the Pillar site

Can your team or stakeholders easily tell:

1. How your project is doing?
2. Will it be done on time?
3. What the pain points are?

Measuring the right things and displaying the measurements will communicate to the team and to stakeholders that these are the behaviors the organization wants to encourage.

Big Visible Charts (BVCs) can communicate information:

• Increasing team Effectiveness
• Provide required feedback to the team by making issues more visible
• Make status reporting more reliable And …
• Increase the confidence in the team as progress is shown

Telling people something is important is one thing “Measuring It” and “Displaying The Measurement” is another. – Matt VanVleet, Pillar

In this Webinar, Daryl will discuss the uses and benefits of Big Visible Charts (BVCs) when managing an agile project.

Presenter: Daryl Kulak (LinkedIn profile) author of Use Cases: Requirements in Context (2nd Edition). After a brief introduction to use cases and the Unified Modeling Language (UML), it explains how use cases reduce the incidence of duplicate and inconsistent requirements, and how they facilitate the documentation process and communication among stakeholders. The book also highlights numerous currently available tools, including use case name filters, the context matrix, user interface requirements, and Daryl’s own “hierarchy killer.”

Pillar Technology Group cares about the community. Individual training costs are “VERY Reasonable” and the proceeds of the training go to charity inspired by the “Agile Manifesto” and many other foundational works in the industry. Check out their training page.

As Angelo Mazzocco, President of Pillar explains “We live in an economy where access to “free” or not for profit is becoming a part of our every day lives. It is in this spirit that we would like to launch the Pillar Training Series. It is our passion that we should not profit from the distribution of knowledge. So our courses will be unique. All proceeds generated from a course will be donated to charity. All work done in the course will be for a charity.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 6 – Time 9 – Human Resources 10 – Communications

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 6.5 Develop Schedule
• 9.4 Manage Project Team
• 10.2 Plan Communications
• 10.3 Distribute Information
• 10.5 Report Performance

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 Managing an Agile Project: How to Build Better BVC’s

Live Webinar – February 28th, 2012 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour 1 Category B PDU – Free PDU
Presenter: Journyx Inc.

Strategic partnerships and alliances have existed as long as there have been businesses. They can be as simple as having a mentor to as complex as creating a joint venture. They operate internally between departments as well as externally.

Statistics show 60% fail but having one is critical to career and business success.

Handshake Strategyâ„¢ provides an effective process for finding, choosing, and managing the right type of alliance for your success.

Presenter: Jan Triplett, Ph.D. CEO, Business Success Center (BSC) The federal Small Business Administration (SBA) honored Jan and the BSC as one of three five-star national programs. She is the author of Thinking Big, Staying Small: Communication Practices of Small Organizations, and she has just released, Easy to Be Green: A Guide for Small Enterprises. She has been profiled in the Austin Business Journal and Austin Woman. She is a guest blogger for the Business Bank of Texas and maintains her own blog.

Click to register for Handshake Strategyâ„¢: How Strategic Alliances Can Grow Your Business

Online Webinar – Presented by: GoToMeeting Corporate
Duration: 1 Hour1 Category C PDU – FREE PDU
Recorded: October 2011

Ideas drive progress
Contrary to popular belief, great ideas don’t simply pop up
as light bulbs above your head.

Learn how you can be come up with the next great business idea.

Attendees will learn:

• Why ideas are a critical asset for every professional, not just “creative types”
• How to expand your capacity to find and develop winning business ideas
• Practical tips for mastering the everyday habits of an Idea Hunter
• ….. And more…

Speaker: Andy Boynton, author of the best seller The Idea Hunter: How to Find the Best Ideas and Make them Happen.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 11 – Risk

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 11.1 Plan Risk Management
• 11.2 Identify Risks
• 11.5 Plan Risk Responses

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 and view The Idea Hunter: Find the Best Ideas and Make Them Happen

Live Webinar March 1st, 2012, 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT or
Live Webinar March 1st, 2012, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast + Q & A – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

Applications and underlying business processes are changing at unprecedented speed. To keep up with the rate of change, organizations need to develop a Pace-Layered Application Strategy â„¢ that allows them to establish management and governance capabilities that can evolve rapidly.

Discussion Topics:

• How do you segment your application portfolio into pace layers?
• What technologies and governance strategies are needed in a pace-layered model?
• How does a Pace-Layered Application Strategy â„¢ help companies shift investment toward innovation?

Presenters:
Jim Shepherd, VP Distinguished Analyst
Bill Swanton, (LinkedIn profile) VP Distinguished Analyst

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources 11 – Risk

• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 11.2 Identify Risks
• 11.5 Plan Risk Responses

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 A New Application Strategy to Accelerate Innovation