Live Webinar – August 22nd 2012, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
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

Learn the economic principles essential to navigating the oil complex. Delve into the detailed economics of oil, from the wellhead to the final consumption points around the world.

Explore answers to these questions:

• How will the Middle East turmoil impact supply and pricing?
• How will the growing global Brent crude benchmark effect WTI in U.S. markets?
• What are the economic drivers for price?
• What is the short-term and long-term outlook for pricing?

Presenter: Scott Susich has more than 30 years of experience working in the energy industry. He ran the award-winning OPIS Energy Group providing market intelligence and price benchmarking services to the downstream sector. Susich served as an expert witness in an MTBE litigation against the major oil companies and supplied testimony to the Federal Highway Adminisration regarding fuel tax evasion. Currently, Susich runs the Energy Management Institute.

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Live Webinar – August 23rd, 2012 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Eclipse Project Portfolio Management
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDUs Credits: Category C 1 PDU- Free PDU

Project Portfolio Management (PPM) initiatives are expected to provide significant benefit to multiple roles within an organization.

Intuitively, most staff can understand the potential value in the organization, process and technology changes involved with a PPM initiative. However, the lack of change management practices through a PPM initiative’s implementation is one of the most common reasons for their failure. Symptoms of this issue can include poor executive commitment, resistance or political pressure from functional management and compliance issues with project teams.

Eclipse will review common misconceptions about PPM initiative implementations, provide some guiding principles for successful change and detail the steps and key communication messages necessary to gain buy-in from executive and functional management as well as from project teams.

This webinar will also provide tips that can be incorporated into the initiation and planning of your PPM initiative to increase your odds of success.

Who should attend this webinar?
C-Level Management, IT Directors and Managers or Directors of PMOs

NOTE: You may have to hit the MORE… link to register for this session on the registration page.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

• 4.1 Develop Project Management Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan

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 – August 22nd 2012, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Hosted By: Systemation

Dan Treadwell is a perfectionist – He’s picky about what he teaches. He demands the best of himself and the teams he works alongside. Such passion and dedication to excellence makes him a priceless asset to his project sponsors.

Dan thrives on helping individuals increase their effectiveness as project managers. By designing customized solutions for specific clients through the years, he has been able to pinpoint core principles focusing on leadership and communication skill acquisition and refinement. Dan will share these core competencies that have benefited countless clients.

Better performance can be just a workshop away when Dan is facilitating. His expertise in project team formation, leadership, dynamics and conflict resolution makes for time well spent. He believes strongly in protecting the learning environment so that the participants can gain full value from their classroom experience.

Presenter: Dan Treadwell – (LinkedIn profile) Dan is the author of the book Money Isn’t All That Matters – Strategies for Attracting & Retaining Technical Professionals.

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Live Webinar August 22nd, 2012 11:00 – 12:00 pm EDT
Offered by QuantumPM (REP #1264 )
Duration 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU or 1 CDU Cat A – Free PDU

Learn how many companies are using the power of SharePoint and Project Server to help them capture and build upon the good ideas of their people. Leverage the power of social networking within your corporation to identify the best ideas. Take these ideas from concept to reality using state-of-the-art technology.

Instead of creating long lists of ideas that are difficult to manage, use Innovation Director to quickly find and capitalize on the ideas that rise to the top. Innovation is driving much of our current work load so we would like to share with you some of the ways in which we are using Microsoft SharePoint and Project Server to help our customers leverage their resources.

Recommended Audience: IT Managers, IT Professionals, Project Managers, IT Directors, Solution Architects, Product Managers, Software Developers, Developers, Architects

Please Note: In order to attend the webinar series attendees will need to have a Windows Live ID. A link to set up this ID is located on the registration site. Please do this prior to the session

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Live Webinar August 22nd, 2011 – 12:00 pm to 11:00 pm EDT
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011) Course ID: MDW1275
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

The ability to successfully resolve conflict is a key skill for business success and professional development.

This webinar is designed for professionals at all levels and in all functional areas who would like to acquire the necessary concepts, skills, and techniques to prepare for and resolve conflicts of all types.

Learning objectives of this webinar include:

• Define what we mean by conflict
• Examine the positives and negatives of conflict
• Consider two different approaches to conflict resolution
• Review a 4-part model for resolving conflict

About the presenter: Stuart Simon, LICSW, is an Instructor and Consultant for Corporate Education Group. Stuart 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. Stuart has provided training, consultation and coaching to professionals across the globe in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

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Live Webinar August 22nd, 2012 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour live webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Presented by PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)

To accomplish our jobs we need to influence others.

We can influence using positive approaches or negative strategies. In this session, participants will assess and identify the influence and negotiation strategies they tend to use most.

A model for influence planning will be introduced and participants will use it to prepare for an upcoming situation where they need to influence someone.

Participants will leave the workshop with a tool kit of strategies for influencing as well as a plan of action for becoming a better influencer and negotiator.

Session Objectives:

• Define power and influence
• Examine the styles and behaviors associated with influencing
• Use a strategies self-assessment instrument
• Define the stages of negotiation
• Create a personal action plan to become more effective at negotiating and influencing

Who should attend:

• Project managers, Portfolio managers,
• Project team members, Project Leads,
• Project sponsors & function/business unit managers,
• Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts, Scheduling Specialists and ….
• Other business stakeholders.

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