Live Webinar – October 25th, 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

Microsoft Project and Project Server capture lots and lots of information about your project schedule, resources, and tasks.

But how do you turn that data into actionable information that provides decision support for executives and other stakeholders in your organization?

SharePoint Business Intelligence Center is the answer.

In this edition of Project Talk Matt Davis (LinkedIn profile) and John Riopel (LinkedIn profile) will show you how to take advantage of this powerful reporting capability to analyze your project server information and deliver browser-based interactive reports that will provide new insights into your project and portfolio data.

Project Talk is an interactive ‘radio show’ and web-session with real-time demonstrations of common project management and scheduling issues and how to address them using Microsoft Project and other tools. Participate in the show, ask a question or offer a comment, join the conversation! Anyone who participates live on the show will receive a stylish MPUG T-Shirt or other great prize!

Click to register for ‘Smarten Up With Business Intelligence!’ – Getting the Most From Your Project Server Data

Live Webinar – October 23th 2012, 8:00 am – 9:00 am EDT
Offered by: Global Knowledge UK (REP 1999)
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU

Note: Although Global Knowledge is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number Contact Global Knowledge for further information.

Do you have an enterprise-ready communications platform?

In this webinar Rob Edwards (LinkedIn profile) will discuss Microsoft® Lync® 2013; an enterprise-ready unified communications platform that connects people everywhere, at work, between organizations and now with Skype users.

Attendees will learn about the integration with other platforms, Android, Apple etc, including Windows 8.

The Lync client provides a consistent, single client experience for presence, instant messaging, voice, video and meetings. Lync 2013 now supports multiparty HD video conferencing and support for H.264 video.

The webinar will include the following elements:

• What’s new with the Lync Client
• Integration across platforms
• Changes to Video conferencing
• Hybrid voice

Click to register for Lync 2013®: A New Exciting & Innovative Way To Communicate

Live Webinar – October 25th 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

SharePoint 2013 is a significant release with a ton of new features to talk about! In this webinar, we’ll show you the new look of SharePoint 2013 and demo some of our favorite new features listed below. J

Join this webinar to learn about SharePoint 2013, how to implement within your organization, and some of the great new features you can start taking advantage of

SharePoint 2013 The 10 New Features You’ll Love

1. Search Engine Optimization – is TONS better. Much of this is due to Analytics moving into search. This will make Analytics Processing Component in SharePoint Server 2013 Preview runs different analytics jobs to analyze content in the search index and user actions that were performed on a site to identify items that users perceive as more relevant than others.
2. My Documents — My “SkyDrive for Work” – Storing all your documents in the cloud via your MySites was always a good idea – but a bit clunky. SharePoint 2013 greatly improves the MySites capabilities and defaults to saving to SkyDrive. You’ll love the ability to save and sync documents directly to SkyDrive.
3. Rich Workflows – If workflows were a sore point, they’ve gotten a lot better and seem much more able to handle more complex activities including looping and working with webservices (anyone thinking orchestration?).
4. App Store – Microsoft is introducing the new App Store model to SharePoint! Users will find dozens and hundreds of pre-built applications you can easily add to SharePoint.
5. Social Enterprise – Micro blogs, activity feeds, community sites, Following, Likes, and Reputations are some of the new social features being added. The ability to follow users or content will be especially helpful.
6. Mobility – Microsoft has recognized the importance of mobile optimized views for SharePoint. You will see greatly enhanced mobile capabilities.
7. Site Permissions – SharePoint 2013 offers a simplified sharing-based model for site permissions management. This will give users easier ways to manage site security.
8. Themes – SharePoint 2013 brings much richer theme functionality and the ability to add background images.
9. Content Search Webpart – A really cool webpart. This can be thought of as the next generation of Content Query webpart. Content Search Web Part displays content that was crawled and added to the search index via a query. This query is automatically issued, and it returns results from the search index when users browse to a page that contains the Content Search Web Part.
10. Metro Interface – The new metro interface sports a much cleaner and concise look. Less clutter. And optimized for touch devices.

Presenter: Bryon Brewer (LinkedIn profile)

Click to register for SharePoint 2013: 10 New Features You’ll Love

Live Webinar October 24th 2012 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Presented by: Metavis

The social features of SharePoint are one of the main investment areas in SharePoint 2013 and Office365, but research by industry analysts suggest that 75% of social computing initiatives will fail.

In this session we will explore the key social features of SharePoint 2013 and discuss how they can be used to deliver business value.

Presenter: Symon Garfield (LinkedIn profile) is the Head of Business Consulting for Foundation SP, Microsoft’s worldwide Portals and Collaboration Partner of the Year 2012, and works with Microsoft as a Virtual Technology Solutions Professional. He is an international speaker at Microsoft and SharePoint events, a co-author of The SharePoint 2010 Handbook: A Collection of Short Chapters for Delivering Successful SharePoint Projects, author of The Art Of SharePoint Success: Delivering Business Value From SharePoint Investments, and a regular columnist for CMSWire. He also leads the London branch of the SharePoint User Group.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 10 – Communications

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 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 The Executives Guide To SharePoint 2013: Communities and Networks

Live Webinar 2 Offerings
October 24th, 2012 10:00 am – 10:30 am EDT
October 24th, 2012 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Duration: 30 Minutes Credits: 0.50 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: Competitive Solutions Inc.

Employee Accountability has become a high priority for many leading organizations today.

This recent focus on measuring accountability levels and getting people more engaged has created a variety of issues for leaders. Although studies show that 90% of leaders say engagement directly impacts their organization’s success, only 25% of those leaders actually have a strategy in place to create a highly engaged workforce.

What You’ll Learn in this Webinar:

• How to define Accountability for your employees
• How to set goals and track Accountability levels
• Processes to foster and encourage high levels of Engagement
• How to create a culture of “doing” through deliberate and demonstrative behaviors
• What tools you can provide to your peers for both Empowerment and Engagement

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 the October 24th, 2012 10:00 am session of Employee Accountability: Empowerment in Action

Click to register for the October 24th, 2012 1:00 pm session of Employee Accountability: Empowerment in Action