Live Webinar -March 14th, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Offered by MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Duration 1 hour + Q & A 1 PDU / 1 CDU
Mpug Member Free – Guest $15.00 USD + $1.37 USD Fee

Interested in learning how to use MS Project 2010 more efficiently?

Join MPUG for this complimentary webcast where you will learn 8 steps to help minimize the time you spend in MS Project while maximizing the benefits you get from it.

In this webcast, MS Project Now!’s, Cindy Goehring, will walk you through the Best Practices for entering dependencies, managing resources, updating the schedule and much more.

Presenter : Cindy Goehring, MCTS, (LinkedIn profile) is the Director of Training Programs at MS PROJECT NOW! For the last ten years Cindy has worked with client organizations to improve their Enterprise Project Management systems by implementing project management practices and configuring Microsoft Project Server. In addition to consulting, Cindy has also trained more than a thousand people on the use of Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project Server to create and track project schedules.

Click to register for 8 Steps for Scheduling Success with Project 2010

Live Webinar March 14th, 2012, 8:00 am – 9:00 am EDT or
Live Webinar March 14th, 2012, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast + Q & A – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

Dealing with the bloated and aging application portfolio demands a clear understanding of the current state and a strong will to overcome obstacles. This presentation summarizes three years of Gartner research into the topic of application overhaul.

Discussion Topics:

• What is application overhaul and what are the drivers for an enterprise to adopt it?
• What are the nine critical success factors for business value through application overhaul?
• How can an organization get started on application overhaul?

Presenter: Andy Kyte, (LinkedIn profile) VP & Gartner Fellow

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

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

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Live Webinar March 14th, 2012 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by American Management Association (REP 1294)
Although the AMA is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number Contact the AMA for further information.

Everyday Actions That Drive Employee Engagement and Performance

Leaders face a formidable challenge in keeping employees engaged in their work—deeply involved and fully committed. Traditional motivators, like incentive systems, can get people to show up and do the work. But it takes something more to spark the passion that leads to the highest levels of creative productivity.

Recent research discovered that “something more”—progress in meaningful work, even “small wins.”

This webcast unravels the secrets of inner work life—the usually hidden emotions, perceptions, and motivations that arise as people react to events in their work day. You’ll discover how what you say and do every day can drive positive inner work life throughout your organization and fuel great performance for the long term. In addition, you find out ways to avoid the traps that can undermine inner work life and performance.

Learn:

• What inner work life is and why it matters to people and their organizations
• How inner work life drives performance on four dimensions:
  • Creativity
  • Productivity
  • Commitment to the work
  • Commitment to colleagues
• How even incremental progress in meaningful work can lead to great inner work life
• What you can do at the start of each project to make the work meaningful
• How you can boost consistent progress by strategic use of “catalysts”—such as learning-oriented reactions to setbacks
• How you can support healthy inner work life through “nourishers”—such as building camaraderie
• How you can avoid the negativity traps of meaningless work, inhibitors to progress, and toxins that poison inner work life

Join us as we delve into the real-life diaries of people doing innovative work, to explore how small steps can lead to superior long-term performance.

While attending this program is FREE, reservations are required.

We encourage you to register even if you are unable to attend live; you’ll receive replay information following the event.

Presenters:

Teresa Amabile (LinkedIn profile) is a professor and director of research at Harvard Business School. She has published articles on motivation, creativity, and everyday work life and is the author of several books including The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, & Creativity at Work, Creativity In Context: Update To The Social Psychology Of Creativity, and Harvard Business Review on Breakthrough Thinking.

Steven Kramer is a developmental psychologist and independent researcher who writes extensively for the Harvard Business Review. He is also the coauthor of The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, & Creativity at Work,.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 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’

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Note: ITMPI charges a fee to obtain individual PDU codes. This fee ONLY needs to be paid if you ask the provider for the code – This code should be able to be obtained from the PMI.ORG site for free. An ITMPI Membership entitles you to receive all ITMPI PDU Codes and recordings.

Live Webinar March 13, 2012 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

This webinar with Tandy Gold will define a model of applied ethics in the context of offshore outsourcing, and explore the current best practices as represented by certifications and other sources.

Note: ITMPI is now charging a $2.99 convenience fee to obtain the PDU code. This fee ONLY needs to be paid if you ask the provider for the code – This code can be obtained from the PMI.ORG site for free. Search the Rep # (it is in our listing) The courses are listed alphabetically use the arrow keys to move to the correct place in the alphabet and search the list on that page for the course that you attended – the code should be listed. (setting the set the dropdown box to show 100 per page will make your search easier).

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Live Webinar March 14th, 2012 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour live webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Presented by PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)

How much will the project cost?

Sometimes the fundamentals of creating a budget are murky business to those who haven’t had much experience in developing cost estimates or budgets.

Objectives:

• Define the components of a cost estimate and budget
• Identify techniques for estimating cost
• Review a budget buildup
• Define best practices to implement within Project Insight

Learn to use the language of finance and explore what it takes to create a usable budget.

Who should attend: Project managers, project schedulers, subject matter experts, project team members, business analysts, technical specialists, systems analysts, project sponsors.

Click to register for Cost: Estimating Project Costs

Live Webinar – February 14th, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
Offered by: Roeder Consulting ( REP 2453)
Duration: 1 hour 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU &/or
Earn Up to 6 Category C PDUs for Reading the Book
A Sixth Sense for Project Management®

One year after publishing his Amazon best-seller, A Sixth Sense for Project Management®, Tres Roeder, MBA, PMP will discuss the state of project management and recent developments on the human side of change.

Charles Dickens began his famous novel, A Tale of Two Cities, by writing “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness …”

And so it is with project management.

The number of people sitting for the PMP test remains very high; Agile certification is hot; and many organizations are adding Project Management Offices and deepening their investment in project management.

At the same time, many project managers are looking for work, some organizations are reducing or even eliminating project management staff, and other people and organizations are stagnant in their antiquated approach to project management.

One year after writing his book on the state of the project management profession and a call for a more balanced approach, Mr. Roeder shares recent developments in the profession and his expert perspective on how to be a part of the future.

Presenter: Tres Roeder (LinkedIn profile) is recognized as a global expert on project management. He regularly speaks at global project management events, including, the Project Management Institute’s Global Congresses. Mr. Roeder educates project managers how to achieve project success by deploying a balanced approach with a particular emphasis on people. Tres is often quoted in books & articles (MSN Money, Microsoft Press, and the Project Management Institute), and released his best-selling book “A Sixth Sense for Project Management®â€ on the 10th anniversary of the founding of Roeder Consulting in 2011

Click to register for A Sixth Sense for Project Management® – One Year Later

Earn Up to 6 Category C PDUs for Reading the Book
A Sixth Sense for Project Management®

In the book A Sixth Sense for Project Management® Tres Roeder lays out a system to help you succeed not only in your projects, but in any interpersonal relationship that requires a change in behavior. In this book, Mr. Roeder lays out how he succeeds by using a balanced approach of technical project management skills, business acumen and sixth sense people skills. Sixth sense people skills are unlike any people skills guidance you have ever received. Read this book and forever change the way to manage people and projects.

This book is 148 pages. Reading this book would qualify for up to 6 Category C Self Directed Learning PDUs (formerly Category 2 SDL PDUs).

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 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’