Live Webinar April 18th, 2011 – 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EDT
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011) Course ID: MDW1262
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Learn the process of change, and what is required to build commitment to change amongst your peers, direct reports, and organization.

In this webinar, you will focus on how manage change effectively and become a more skillful change agent

Learning Topics Include:

• The ability to understand the cycle of change
• An understanding of why people resist change and how to overcome that resistance in yourself and others
• How to structure communications to facilitate change
• Applying knowledge to your own changing situations

About the presenter: Stuart Simon, LICSW, has over 30 years experience as a consultant, trainer, and coach, and for the past 25 years, he has been a senior partner, consultant and trainer for Management Support Services, Inc. His areas of focus include negotiation skills, communication skills, change management, stress management, and conflict resolution.

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Live Webinar – April 18th, 2012 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU
There is also a previously recorded version of this webinar available.

Why should it take months to determine project scope and gather requirements?

In this live webinar, participants will get new data from IAG’s Business Analyst Benchmark to:

• Quantify the impact of business requirements on project outcome;and,
• Describe a path for successful projects and requirements as documented in research and proven out on engagements.

To show how to optimize requirements discovery, we’ll look at the source of typical failures in the requirements discovery process, and describe some of the techniques IAG has proven effective in over 1,000 engagements.In requirements, the devil is in the details.We’ll describe strategies used by IAG in the field to get to the right level of detail for clear, accurate and complete requirements.

Finally, making quantum organization improvement in requirements discovery and management is our specialty.We’ll review the proven levers of change used for successful transforming of requirements discovery capabilities at organizations.

Register now to look at the underlying problems that impede the collection of business requirements, and take away an action list that is proven to improve performance.

Register now to look at the underlying problems that impede the collection of business requirements, and take away an action list that is proven to improve performance.

Click to view a previously recorded version of this opportunity.

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Live Webinar – April 19th, 2012 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm EDT
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.

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Live Webinar April 18th, 2012, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT or
Live Webinar April 19th, 2012, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm EDT
Presenter: Change Management Learning Center
Duration:1 hour Webcast + Q & A – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Prosci specializes in change management processes. With a strong developed expertise in change management processes they produce high quality informative presentations and seminars

In 2012, Prosci will release the seventh edition of the benchmarking report Best Practices in Change Management.

The seventh edition combines findings from the latest round of research with 650 participants with findings from the previous studies to create the most comprehensive body of knowledge available on managing the people side of change.

This webinar presents the new topics and pioneering research contained in the 2012 report, including first-time-ever data on change management budget, change management measurement, use of social media in communications, change management job descriptions and more.

Agenda:

1. Research foundation
2. Question formulation
3. New topics and first-time findings

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 10 – Communications

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage 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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Live Webinar – April 19th, 2012 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Training Magazine
Duration: 1 Hour 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

• When rolling out virtual training to your workforce, how can you ensure it goes smoothly?
• What steps do you follow to get facilitators ready and participants on board?

Whether you have a blended program for a large global audience or a single synchronous session, proper preparation ensures success.

Join Cindy Huggett, author and CPLP, as she shares proven practical tips for implementing virtual training in your organization.

Attend this interactive webinar to learn:

• 3 things you must do in advance of a virtual training rollout
• Best practices for preparing participants and facilitators
• Action plans for your next virtual training implementation

Presenter : Cindy Huggett (LinkedIn profile) is the author of Virtual Training Basics, and coauthor of two ASTD Press Infolines, Simple, Effective Online Training (Infoline) (Infoline ASTD) and Designing for the Virtual Classroom (Infoline ASTD). Cindy was one of the first training professionals to earn the Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP) designation. She serves on the national ASTD Board of Directors, and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
• 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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Live Webinar April 17th, 2011 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI INPD CoP (REP #S011)
Presented by: Jesse Fewell, PMP

With Agile project management growing in popularity, everyday project managers are wondering “what about me?”

We hear new approaches to product development involving self-organized teams and process automation, which lead us to wonder “where do I fit in?”

The reality is projects still need leaders with hard skills and soft skills.

Join the Innovation & New Product Development Community Of Practice in this illuminating webinar, where international agile expert Jesse Fewell will shed light on how much agile success relies on process alone, and how much relies on you the project manager.

Note: You do have to be a PMI® member to register for this opportunity.

Presenter: Jesse Fewell, PMP (LinkedIn Profile) is a leader in the advancement of management practices and he is the founder of the PMI Agile Community of Practice, PMI’s component dedicated to Agile Project Management. He helped design the PMI-ACP agile certification program and speaks at Agile, Scrum, and PMI conferences. Currently the Managing Director for offshore agile projects at RippleRock India, he is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, a certified PMP, a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST), and Innovation Games Qualified Instructor (IGQI).

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