Its been another amazing year … The website went live Jan 1 2011 with PDU opportunities and since then we have set up our Bonjour memberships, Created our eLearning Resources area, and suggested over 2300 PDU opportunities.

BUT it is our AMAZING READERS that are following us on twitter, watching our RSS feed, and checking out the site regularly that are the reason that this venture is such a joy for me.

I genuinely want to thank all of our readers and our volunteers who make this site possible! I know that you are of many diverse backgrounds and faiths and I wanted to find a way to best express my thanks and best wishes. The lyrics of this song express my thoughts and my prayers to all of you so much better than I can express.

YOU ALL make this possible! Blessings to you all!

– Martin Chernenkoff Editor pdu Of The Day

My Christmas Card To You

Written by Tony Romeo Sung by: David Cassidy Discography

To you and all your family, your neighbors and your friends
May all your days be happy with a joy that never ends
May peace and love surround you
at Christmas time and all the whole year through

I’m looking out my window at the softly falling snow
that dances in the early morning light
I got my guitar right before me, strummin’ a beautiful sound
watching it a-comin’ down, all around
on the fields and the farms and the road to town

And I’m thinkin’ up a letter that I’m writin’ in my head
a Christmas card to all the folks I love
Instead of lettin’ the postman bring it, I decided I’d rather sing it
especially for you, for you

To you and all your family, your neighbors and your friends
May all your days be happy with a joy that never ends
May peace and love surround you
at Christmas time and all the whole year through

May your life be filled with sunshine, may your every wish come true
May you find the sweet fulfillment in everything you do
May your days be blessed with the very very best
both now and the whole year through
it says so in my Christmas card to …

You and all your family, your neighbors and your friends
May all your days be happy with a joy that never ends
May peace and love surround you
at Christmas time and all the whole year through
at Christmas time and all the whole year through

Online Webinar Recorded: April 30, 2008
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by American Management Association (REP 1294)
Although the AMA is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number Contact the AMA for further information.

• Do you ever just stop, look around and wish you could read the “thought bubbles” over the heads of your employees?
• Do you sense that the flurry created by the busy employees running about may not be indicative of work that is aligned with your strategic objectives?

If so, you’re not alone.

According to AstroWix, most corporate-initiated projects are seeking to achieve “Mission Critical” business and financial goals. Each year, an estimated $10 trillion is spent on projects around the world and almost 50% of them fail.

Why?

In many instances, the project was running over budget, missing deadlines, and often deemed unimportant or unrelated to the big picture goals.

So what does this have to do with project management?

Simply stated, a lot. Project management, when viewed as a discipline and supported in an organization from the top down and throughout, empowers people, improves communications, assures that projects are prioritized and resources—both financial and human capital—are on path with the organization’s strategic goals.

Senior executives in organizations around the world are focused on developing employees, products and services that will make their shareholders and customers loyal to their organizations. They seek innovation to remain competitive, and they must maintain a competitive lead in order to not drop backwards.

As a member of the management team, you can learn how to bring the field of project management into your organizational environment and lay the foundation for growth and innovation.

What You Will Learn:

• Distinguish between program, project and portfolio, management needs and deployment
• Become a high-performance organization by utilizing the principles of project management
• Measure the success of project management
• Use project, program and portfolio management to create an environment primed for innovation
• Improve the flow and accuracy of knowledge that is critical to making important financial, operational and talent development decisions

Take advantage of this opportunity to learn how to achieve performance excellence through project management and reach your strategic objectives.

Presenter: Larry Bull is Director, Organization Products with the Project Management Institute (PMI). He is an industrial engineer whose corporate career includes senior leadership roles as Director of Information Services and Chief Financial Planning Officer for CSX Transportation, a national rail transportation company, and Chief Financial Planning Officer for NovaCare, a national healthCare provider. He now directs all organizational product management activities for PMI.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
• 5.2 Define Scope

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 View Optimizing Organizational Performance: Harnessing the Power of Project Management

Online Webinar – Recorded 8/17/2010
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Presented by: Linkage

• What impact could you have on your employees or colleagues, if you decided to unleash your TRUE charisma?
• How would it feel to be in command of such influence?
• Can you imagine just how much this would enhance your leadership influence and even your life?

As an applied behavioral scientist and human relationships expert, Tony Alessandra has spent his career studying the different ways people interact with each other. His research revealed several specific qualities that all charismatic people demonstrate.

These magical qualities are present in everyone. Even you. The people you think have a lot of charisma have just developed their qualities to a higher degree than most.

Tony has used this research to create a simple, yet powerful, system to help you strengthen your charisma and will share it with you in this webinar.

Presented by: Tony Alessandra(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 How to Develop Your Charisma as a Leader