Live Webinar – July 31st, 2013 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 Free!

Using his typical humorous and engaging presentation style, Dale Howard will reveal a series of tips, tricks, and best practices for using the Microsoft Project 2010 and 2013 desktop applications.

Dale’s lively presentation may include any or all of the following topics:

• Add the word Cancelled to the right of the Gantt bar for a cancelled task,
• Apply conditional cell background formatting for new tasks added through change control,
• Create a custom Group to display the project name and WBS in the Resource Usage view of a master project,
• Add the Indent Name command to the Quick Access Toolbar to show/hide outlining in the project, and
• When lowering the Max. Units Value for a resource, rapidly reset the Assignment Units value for a resource.

All of these topics apply to both the 2010 and 2013 versions of Microsoft Project.

As a special bonus, Dale will demonstrate how to effectively use some of the new features in Microsoft Project 2013, including the new filters, the new Task Path feature, and the new functionality of the Inactivate Task feature.

Presenter:  Dale Howard (LinkedIn profile)  MVP, MCT, MCTS, CTT, MCITP, MVP, MCT, MCTS, CTT, MCITP Director of Education at Sensei Project Solutions.  Dale manages educational services and is an enterprise project management trainer/consultant with more than 15 years of training experience. Dale volunteers many hours each week answering user questions in the various Project news groups in the Microsoft Communities. Dale received the prestigious Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award in 2004 for his expertise with the software and for his contributions to the user communities.

Dale is an author of many great MS Project books including:

• Ultimate Study Guide: Foundations Microsoft Project 2013
• What’s New Microsoft Project 2013
• Implementing and Administering Microsoft Project Server 2010 | Second Edition
• Ultimate Study Guide: Foundations Microsoft Project 2010 (Exam 70-178)

If you are NOT ALREADY a member JOIN MPUG!

This event is for members only BUT…. Even if you only take the 3 session 6 hour MPUG Project Portfolio Management Masterclass (6 Category A PDUs) the$129 Per Year Membership Fee is a terrific value to get the PPM MPUG Certificate and add it to your resume.

MPUG Membership also includes:

1. MPUG’s Project Server and SharePoint certificated courses available to members
2. Over 30 other virtual PDU events per year
3. You can network with other MPUG (Microsoft Project Users Group) members at in person meetings and events.
4. Work with Microsoft MVPs in MS Project Project Server & SharePoint
5. And so much more …….

Seriously consider joining MPUG if you work with SharePoint or Project & earn all the PDUs you will need as a member of MPUG!

Click to register for Learn From An MVP – Even More Tips, Tricks, & Best Practices Using Microsoft Project 2010 & 2013

Live Webinar – July 31st, 2013 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Cat A Free

So you’ve been assigned a complex, poorly defined project concept… now what?

Nothing is worse (or better) for a senior project manager or analyst than being handed a project that is: strategic, very large, and way outside your comfort zone in complexity. These projects will sometimes roll around the halls of big companies for months while they struggle to gain sufficient momentum and clarity to really move forward with a sense of purpose and direction.

Let’s say one of these career-bruisers/builders is yours?

What do you do next?

This session is about the tactics of early-stage project intake and clarification – getting clarity efficiently.

Learning objectives:

1. Inside the project intake process – why is intake so dysfunctional?
2. The action plan – simple steps that drive project clarity and milestones that deliver benefit.
3. Targeted result – time tested deliverables that work

Click To Register for Fast Tracking Project Concepts

Live Webinar August 2nd, 2013 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI LEAD CoP (REP #S004)

Further information on this session should be posted shortly. Click the link below to check the description .

Note: You do have to be a PMI® member to register for this opportunity.

Click to register for Outliers: The Story of Success

Live Webinar July 31st, 2013 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
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.

Does This Sound Familiar?
If there weren’t people involved, my project would have been delivered on time and under budget!

Unfortunately, the reality is that people are involved in the execution of every project and not even the most sophisticated software or project template can change that fundamental truth.

Communication, interpersonal skills, and an understanding of team dynamics are a project manager’s greatest asset for driving optimal project performance, and the MBTI® tool can fast forward that competence exponentially.

This webcast will present an overview of personality type and how the different types can be leveraged to form a team that harnesses the best of all of them.

What You Will Learn:

• How Project managers can use personality type to drive project team performance
• The four MBTI(R) dichotomies and how they relate to project management
• How knowledge of the MBTI assessment can help you realize outstanding project results when you have no formal authority
• Personality type and its role in managing multi-cultural project teams

While attending this program is FREE, reservations are required – However most AMA webinars are recorded for later viewing.

We encourage you to register even if you are unable to attend live; you’ll receive replay information following the event.

Presenters:

Linda Kirby, Ph.D. (LinkedIn profile) is a consultant, trainer, and writer. She consults with organizations, designs training programs, develops training materials, and delivers training for organizations, with a focus on organizational change, leadership development, and team effectiveness. She is a certified Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® practitioner, applying the MBTI® instrument nationally and internationally. She has written and edited a number of book chapters, including The Challenge of Change in Organizations: Helping Employees Thrive in the New Frontier, Developing the Leaders Around You: How to Help Others Reach Their Full Potential, and Introduction to Type: A Guide to Understanding Your Results on the MBTI Instrument . In addition, she is coauthor of Type and Culture: Using the Mbti Instrument in International Applications (Type Practioner Series) .

Robert Smith is the director of Canadian Operations of Gershenson & Associates, Inc., a management consulting firm. He has more than 20 years of experience with information systems, technical consulting, training and staff development and project management.

PDU Category C documentation details

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 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 Keys to Improving Project Team Performance Using the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI®)

Live Webinar August 2nd, 2013 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hr Credits: 1 PDU/CDU Category C – Free PDU/CDU
Presented by: Watermark Learning (REP 1025)

NOTE: Although Watermark Learning is an REP they have chosen to have participants record their sessions as a Category C Activity. For more information contact Watermark Learning or see their “Self Reporting” page.

Watermark Learning is having an IIBA Certification Chat. This will be a chat session featuring written questions and live answers by an experienced CBAP Business Analysis.

Click to register for IIBA Certification Chat