Live Webinar December 19th, 2012 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour ea Credits: 1 Category C – Free PDUs
Presented by: Modern Analyst

No one is asking you to turn your company into a hippie commune, but the fact is that even your most senior executives can learn something from a new hire. Knowledge sharing without hierarchical boundaries will drive better results, increase sales, reduce costs, improve efficiencies and create leaders across your organization.

Creating a knowledge-sharing culture within your organization where individual contributions and peer-to-peer mentoring is rewarded will result in a rich history of tribal knowledge and heightened employee engagement. These benefits will directly impact your bottom line according to the National Business Research Institute.

Learn how to reap these rewards:

• Better results – create a two-way communication dialog that informs both ends of your chain of command
• Increase sales – arm your team with a means share effective techniques among themselves
• Reduce costs – install a knowledge sharing hub that houses everything in one place to eliminate searching
• Improved efficiencies – implement technology that reduces communication churn and repeated questions
• Create leaders – establish a culture that respects and honors its contributors and you will empower each member to lead

NOTE: Webinar attendees will each receive a free copy of Modern Analyst’s newest ebook: “Knowledge Sharing: The key to better results, increased sales, reduced costs, and improved efficiencies.”

Presenter: Kim Carlson has a background in program management, eLearning, and corporate training from companies such as United Airlines, Serengeti Trading Company, and LifeSize Communications. She has years of experience enabling cultures of knowledge sharing in order to reach business objectives.

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 Knowledge Explosion: How To Crank Up Productivity & Be A Dynamite Leader

Live Webinar December 19th, 2012, 8:00 am EDT or
Live Webinar December 19th<, 2012, 11:00 am EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

Each year, Gartner publishes a list of its best and most provocative predictions for the next few years.

These predictions will drive actions for enterprises and individuals preparing current and next-generation strategies.

Join this webinar for predictions that address the Nexus of Forces and the challenges faced by CIOs as they live in a world of consumerization and slow economic growth.

Discussion Topics:

• What key predictions will affect business and IT growth strategies?
• The Predictions that will shape CIO strategies in the Era of the Nexus?
• What predictions will highlight key market changes in IT adoption?

Presenter: Daryl C.Plummer, Managing VP & Gartner Fellow

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

• 4.1 Develop Project 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’

Click to register for Top Technology Predictions for 2013 and Beyond

Live Webinar – December 18th 2012, 9:30 am – 10:30 am EST
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.

Often we are required to have difficult conversations with colleagues or people who report to us. Many people are uncomfortable communicating assertively, which can cause them to avoid situations, or communicate in a way that either causes confusion or creates conflict.

In this 1 hour webinar Michelle Moore (LinkedIn profile) will discuss the basics of Assertive Communication and provide techniques to improve your ability to communicate effectively

Click to register for Assertive Communication Skills

Live Webinar December 19th, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU/CDU Category B – Free PDU/CDU
Presented by: IIBA And TechnoSolutions

TechnoSolutions will demonstrate the techniques that you can use to avoid the two problems that plague Business Analysis:

1. Missed Requirements and …
2. Misunderstood Requirements

You will see how Use Case text is automatically converted into Activity Diagrams, Screen Mockups are built and linked to Scenarios and Application Walkthroughs are conducted with Stakeholders to get high quality feedback.

Ashu Potnis and Jim Cochell of TechnoSolutions will also demonstrate how you can request Online Reviews and Approvals from stakeholders, and finally – Automatically generate Test Cases from Use Cases with Top Team Analyst.

PDU Category B documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

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

• 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
• 5.1 Collect Requirements
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 5.4 Verify Scope
• 5.5 Control Scope

As a Category B activity, remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

Click to register for IIBA: How to Visualize Requirements with Use Cases, User Stories & Screen Mockups

Live Webinar – December 20th, 2012 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Training Magazine
Duration: 1 Hour 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

During this one hour webinar you will be introduced to three interdependent aspects of performance improvement:

1. The systematic process
2. The consulting process, and
3. The building brand process.

All three aspects contribute to sustaining changes required for improving the performance of people, work teams, and organizations as a whole. You will gain insights and get three tools that you can use to explain performance improvement to others and guide your own development in the profession.

Objectives – Attendees will get:

1. A method for explaining what performance improvement is all about
2. A tool to judge their political prowess and increase their influence
3. A set of guidelines for building their their personal brand.

Presenter:Judith Hale is a past-president of the International Society of Performance and Improvement (ISPI) and was awarded “Outstanding Member of the Year” Judy taught graduate courses in management for 14 years for the Insurance School of Chicago and received the school’s “Outstanding Educator” award and she speaks regularly at international and national conferences on subjects related to implementation, evaluation, needs assessment, certification, and performance improvement.

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 Three Aspects of Performance Improvement

Live Webinar December 18th, 2012, 9:00 am – 10:00 am EDT or
Live Webinar December 18th, 2012, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast + Q & A – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

By 2014, almost every enterprise mobile employee will have a smartphone that supports email, Internet access and a variety of applications.

As enterprises look to support even more complex mobile devices, a growing challenge will be to manage the security, the costs and the applications.

This session will look at the key drivers for managing mobility inside the enterprise, and the key technologies, lead vendors and best practices for enterprise mobile device management as part of communications life cycle management.

Discussion Topics:

• Key trends in mobile device management
• The lead providers of mobile device management software or services
• How enterprises should adopt, implement and manage mobile device management software or services

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.1 Collect Requirements
• 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’

Presenter: Phillip Redman Research VP

Click to register for Best Practices in Mobile Device Management