Live Webinar August 23, 2012, 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm EDT
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Presented by: Linkage’s Institute for Leading Diversity & Inclusionâ„¢ series

Our unconscious bias can often dictate our perceptions and how we Manage Our Relationships

It also can often be the source of our most intransient conflicts because it makes it difficult for us to know what we are really upset by. By gaining a deeper understanding of the biases that influence our perceptions, we can better manage relationships and resolve conflict.

In this free webinar, you will learn:

• How to recognize unconscious bias in your day to day interactions
• How to manage bias in order to drive more fruitful, positive interactions
• Recognize bias driven conflict and techniques for resolving for positive outcomes

Presented by: Howard Ross (LinkedIn profile) Author of Reinventing Diversity: Transforming Organizational Community to Strengthen People, Purpose, and Performance.

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’

Click to register for Why Are We Arguing? How the Unconscious Mind Feeds Conflict in Our Lives

Live Webinar August 23, 2012 – 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Requirements Management CoP (REP #S055)

Have you seen companies struggle to verify whether or not all software requirements for a project were implemented in the finished product or not?

The main reasons for this are:

1. Lack of formal documentation and approval of requirements and …
2. Not enough and proactive planning for testing and verification.

In this webinar NK will present the process of developing and using production readiness scorecard to meet this challenge, and achieve higher levels of customer satisfaction.
At the end of the webinar attendees will:

1. Become more aware of the root causes of this challenge, and …
2. Learn what a production readiness scorecard is and how vendors and customers can use it for requirement verification.

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

Presenter: NK Shrivastava, PMP, RMP, (LinkedIn profile) is CEO at RefineM, a project management consulting company. NK has over 20 years of experience in managing projects and mentoring/coaching/training project managers. He is a board member of PMI SWMO Chapter and an experienced speaker on project management topics.

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Live Webinar August 23rd, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $15 USD PDU
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

The Project Manager is responsible for managing all facets of a project, end-to-end, including the build of the product or service being developed as a result of the project, the testing of the product or service, and finally the implementation of the product or service into the production environment.

View this 1 hour live webinar to learn the steps the Project Manager must follow to ensure the success of the Build, Test, and Implementation phases of a project.

In this 1 hour in-depth webinar participants learn:

• Recommended steps for building the project solution
• Recommended steps for testing the project solution
• Things to consider for the implementation phase of the project.

EARN 1 PDU after viewing this webinar

Click to purchase Managing the Build, Test & Implementation Phases of Your Project: Role of the PM Series 4 of 4

Live Webinar August 23rd,2012 12:00 – 12:30 pm EDT
Offered by PmCentersUSA (REP 1016)
Duration 30 Min Credits: 0.5 PDU or 0.5 CDU Cat A – Free PDU

This webinar will describe practical quality tools both PM’s and BA’s can utilize to better manage projects.

Specific techniques with examples that will be discussed include controls charts, cause & effect diagrams and Pareto charts.

Attend this webinar and learn how a focus on quality management can improve the success of your projects.

Presenter: Joseph A. Lukas, PMP, PE, CCE (LinkedIn profile), is Vice-President of PMCentersUSA, Joe has been involved in project management for over 30 years and has worked in engineering, manufacturing, construction, project controls, estimating and contracting, and has been a Program and Project Manager supporting world-wide programs.

Click to register for 7 Basic Tools for Quality Management

Live Webinar August 23rd, 2012 12:30pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Webinar Duration 1 Hour – 1 Category C Free PDUs
Earn up to 13.5 PDUs For the entire Conference 13.5 PDUs Free
Presented by: HR.com

Note : This session is a part of the Integrated Talent Management Conference You may have to scroll down the page to see this webinar Webinar registration is free and is available for 14 sessions over 2 days (August 22nd and 23) All Sessions would Qualify for Category C PDUs – Earn up to 13.5 PDUs For the entire Conference 13.5 PDUs Free

If you have the time I highly recommend the Entire Integrated Talent Management Conference by HR.com – EdmontonPM

American Idol – the Fox TV series that employs a panel of judges and the viewing public to identify the next pop sensation – represents the grandest, most public, and most fashionable performance evaluation process ever seen. American Idol’s popularity.

What separates it from similar shows of the past such as The Gong Show and Star Search- and what separates it from similar shows of the past such as The Gong Show and Star Search rests in part on its ability to integrate and simplify the six basic elements of a successful performance appraisal process:

1. Standards,
2. Auditions,
3. Critiques,
4. Developmental suggestions,
5. Advisors, and …
6. Advertisements

In the language of Human Resource professionals would be referred to as:

1. Criteria,
2. Performance,
3. Ratings,
4. Feedback,
5. Mentors, and …
6. Communication (respectively).

Through the final twelve weeks, as the competition intensifies, the performance of both the singers and the show frequently improves thanks to an ongoing commitment to these six elements.

Although the show’s producers have streamlined and packaged these elements to make contestants’ growth and progress appear smooth and relatively effortless, the analogy reflects what many organizations fail to understand: all six elements must be developed and integrated to achieve current and future success.

This virtual session will focus on how to leverage the performance appraisal elements embodied by this smash hit to drive performance at individual, team, and organizational levels.

Specifically, they will discuss:

1. Various criteria used to evaluate performance, including structure, format, and content;
2. The importance of opportunities to display as well as observe performance;
3. How ratings can be used to propel performance;
4. Linking evaluations to feedback, action planning, and developmental resources;
5. The relationship between mentoring and performance; and …
6. The significance of communication to program success.

These sessions will fill up fast Register Today!

Register then view the slides to some of the upcoming sessions.

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’

Click to register for What HR Can Learn from American Idol to Improve Individual, Team, and Organizational Performance

Live Webinar August 23rd, 2012 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI LEAD CoP (REP #S004)
Presented by: Sally Elatta

Take a walk through ‘A Day in the Life’ of an Agile team.

Starting with Iteration planning through to the final review/demo and retrospective, Sally will cover the various meetings and processes, what the various roles are doing, and we will be sharing many real world tips and techniques used by teams to stay on track and deliver value.

Even if you’ve already been doing Agile/Scrum, we promise you will still walk away with one or two new real world tips for improvement!

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

Presenter: Sally Elatta, (LinkedIn profile) one of PMIs® LEAD Experts, is a dynamic Coach, Trainer and Public Speaker who is passionate about transforming individuals, teams and organizations into improving their project management and software development practices and delivering business value early and often. She is a certified ScrumMaster, Scrum Practitioner, Certified by IBM, Microsoft and Sun.

Click to register for A Day in the Life of an Agile Team Webinar