Online Webinar Recorded August 27th, 2012
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011)
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Both individual and team success depend upon clear and effective interpersonal communication.

Whether face to face or virtual, every interaction with another person influences how you are perceived and provides an opportunity to develop trust and build a positive relationship.

Whether presenting one-on-one or in front of an audience of 1,000, conveying information to a project team or delivering a difficult message, communicating effectively is one of the most powerful skills for achieving your objectives.

This webinar will teach you how to focus on your outcome, tune in to your audience, and develop your messages for clarity and impact.

Your ability to create an environment for open discussion and ongoing dialogue is crucial for communication success.

The communications skills covered can increase your ability to exercise choice and control for every type of conversation, influence without authority, and improve the quality of relationships and productivity.

Learning Objectives Include:

• A blueprint for designing any important communication
• Six principles to guide your interactions
• Emotional intelligence to manage challenging conversations
• Alignment of the four key components of communication to achieve your outcome

Presenter: Crystell Anthony, (LinkedIn profile) M.Ed., MBTI®, CAGS from Northeastern University, and a certified State Trainer for Massachusetts, is a Lead Consultant for Corporate Education Group and Principal and founder of her own consulting company, The Focus Group. Since 1979, Crystell’s training programs are known for containing simplified best practices for easy on-the-job applications and have been successfully installed in organizations across the globe.

Click to register and view Effective Communication Techniques to Steer and Influence Any Conversation

Online Webinar – Recorded December 2012
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: Capella University
Note: As this is a recorded presentation and Capella University does not have information on attendees to the recorded session – please list this as a category C opportunity with PMI®

Banish Stress & Clutter To Unleash Your Productivity

In this lively webinar, you’ll learn practical tips on getting organized, managing your time, and optimizing your energy throughout the day.

Presenter : Susan Lennox

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 view the presentation Slides For Managing Your Time & Energy: Get More Done With Less Time and Stress!

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Online Webinar – Recorded June 23 2011
Duration: 1 Hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU – 1 Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: Pillar Technology Group

Can You Accurately Budget Agile Development? – YES!

Waterfall projects are obviously much better at budgeting with all of the traditional up front design and planning, right?

Anyone who has been on a waterfall project
can see that this is a complete fallacy

How do agile projects accurately forecast their budget when they are typically just a bunch of hippies coding without requirements or documentation?

Good agile projects are typically very accurate with regards to budgeting. This session will explore some budgeting techniques for agile projects including leveraging a Sprint 0, developing Value Stories, and using technical Spikes.

Pillar will cover these topics with interactive examples and also identify where we think the industry needs to go with budgeting on agile projects.

Pillar Technology Group cares about the community. Individual training costs are “VERY Reasonable” and the proceeds of the training go to charity inspired by the “Agile Manifesto” and many other foundational works in the industry. Check out their training page.

As Angelo Mazzocco, President of Pillar explains “We live in an economy where access to “free” or not for profit is becoming a part of our every day lives. It is in this spirit that we would like to launch the Pillar Training Series. It is our passion that we should not profit from the distribution of knowledge. So our courses will be unique. All proceeds generated from a course will be donated to charity. All work done in the course will be for a charity.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 7 – Cost 12 – Procurement

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 7.1 Estimate Costs
• 7.2 Determine Budget
• 7.3 Control Costs
• 12.1 Plan Procurements
• 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.’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFR8LEHZ80o

OR Click to View Agile Budgeting and Contracting on the Pillar Technologies Site.

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