Online Webinar Offered by: ESI International (REP 1038)
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU

Listen to PPM subject matter expert, Michael Martin, PMP (LinkedIn profile) as he addresses the key challenges and benefits of building a more effective portfolio management framework and as he calls on his vast experiencesharing best practices and insights with ESI’s Mark Bashrum (LinkedIn profile)

During this one-on-one interview about key characteristics to successful PPM he introduces the Project Portfolio Alignment Model which, when implemented, can guide organizations in achieving mutual alignment of the project portfolio to the organizational strategies while ensuring long term viability and success.

Key learning points:

• Benefits of effective PPM
• Identify criteria used to prioritize your portfolio
• Techniques to analyze and balance resource capacity
• Root causes for lack of alignment between strategy and execution and how to avoid them

Click to View Building an Effective Project Portfolio Management Framework

Online Webcast – Published May 2, 2012
Webinar Duration 1 Hour – 1 Category C Free PDUs
Presented by: Selena Rezvani & AMA (REP 1294)
Although the AMA is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number Contact the AMA for further information.

Tips for Negotiating with Confidence

Another Great PDU Opportunity with Selena Rezvani

Professionals negotiate nearly every day, often without realizing they’re even in a bargaining situation. Whether the negotiation is a small, everyday matter, or a bigger, more structured deal, making the most of these conversations is imperative.

Leveraging tips from her brand new book,Pushback: How Smart Women Ask–and Stand Up–for What They Want, Selena Rezvani will teach you the critical pitfalls to avoid and the often “untalked about” pointers that lead to negotiating success. Selena will also be sharing some of the Negotiating Ninja results–from the survey run earlier this month–specific to LinkedIn employees.

Don’t forget to also check out her powerful book The Next Generation of Women Leaders: What You Need to Lead but Won’t Learn in Business School,

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope 8 – Quality

• 5.5 Control Scope
• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 10.4 Manage Stakeholders Expectations
• 12.2 Conduct Procurements

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’

Presenter: Selena Rezvani is a recognized authority on women and leadership and is a leading author, speaker, and consultant regarding women and the workplace. She Assists companies to elevate women into leadership through assessment, the design of gender-inclusive policies, and coaching. She writes columns on women and leadership for the Washington Post and Forbes, she is the author ofThe Next Generation of Women Leaders: What You Need to Lead but Won’t Learn in Business School, andPushback: How Smart Women Ask–and Stand Up–for What They Want.

Click to watch Negotiating With Confidence on YouTube

Online Webinar – Recorded June 30th, 2011
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Presented by: Linkage

Do you have a Project Management Navy Seal Team?

The Navy SEALs always operate as a high performance team. Understanding how they accomplish their goals can teach you how to deliver consistently superior results. The Seals are disciplined, focused, and always clear about objectives.

They are driven by an outcome and ready to extend themselves to meet all contingencies. Extend yourself to complete your own life’s mission, have impact and make a difference.

Learn:

• Clarity of goals – The SEAL Team conceptual approach to a mission.
• How members of high performing teams support each other
• Leveraging Diversity: unique qualities in teams
• Overcoming Psychological Barriers

During this session Julius will review and discuss a recent SEAL mission to better understand what the Navy means by being “willing to extend themselves to complete the mission.”

Presented by: Julius Pryor III (LinkedIn profile)

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 Extending Yourself to Complete the Mission – Lessons from the Navy