Live Webinar August 13th, 2013 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Government CoP (REP #S007)

The Government Community in collaboration with the International Development Community are pleased to present a joint webinar for our subscribers on Agile Methodology applied for Government Projects: A Case Study from from the State of Minas Gerais Brazil.

Join Rogerio in exploring how the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil applied Agile/Scrum on projects and achieved a more citizen focused government through promoting transparency, clear priorities, crowdsourcing and focus on collaboration.

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

Presenter: Rogerio Ribeiro (LinkedIn profile) is a Project Manager in the Ombudsman’s office for the Government Secretariat for the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil. Rogerio works as an ITC consultant for World Bank and Interamerican Development Bank (IADB) where the last 10 yrs he has managed government projects in various Ministries (e.g. Culture, Construction, Justice, Financial) with budgets over $400M.

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Live Webinar August 14th, 2013 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Presented by PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)

What is the number one job of the project manager? Communicate! Communicate! Communicate!

Everyone says it’s important and yet good communication can be hard to come by. What can you do to avoid communication pitfalls and keep everyone in the loop?

Webinar Objectives:

1. Identify symptoms of poor communication
2. Use the communication model to assess breakdowns
3. Describe steps to improve project communications
4. Define best practices to implement within Project Insight

Who should attend:

• Project managers
• Project team members
• Project sponsors & function/business unit managers,
• Portfolio managers,
• Project Leads,
• Subject Matter Experts
• Business Analysts,
• Scheduling Specialists and ….
• Other business stakeholders.

Click to register for Avoiding Communication Pitfalls

Live Webinar August 15th, 2013, 9:00 am – 10:00 am EDT or
Live Webinar August 15th, 2013, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

The dramatic, rapid convergence of communications, collaboration and social media, accompanied by new cloud delivery models, poses a critical challenge for CIOs and planners.

Significant opportunities and risks exist as Cisco, Microsoft, IBM, Google and Avaya all compete. Enterprises must rethink their strategic vendor relations and business models.

Discussion Topics:

• What will be the key unified communications and collaboration (UCC) technology trends through 2013?
• Which solutions will deliver the greatest value to enterprises?
• How should enterprises develop their UCC road map?

Presenter:

• BernElliot, (LinkedIn profile) VP Distinguished Analyst

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 10 – Communications

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 10.2 Manage Communications
• 10.3 Control Communications

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’

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Live Webinar August 14th, 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.

Stiletto Networks are already changing the world.

A movement has begun. In numbers never seen before, ambitious women are joining forces in every major American city, forming salons, dinner groups, and networking circles—collaborating to achieve clout and success.

• Why shouldn’t more women back each other?
• Why shouldn’t they be banding together and tipping the scales?

Girls’ networks are alive are changing all of the old rules about how power is allocated and business practiced.

It doesn’t matter if you’re a public company CEO, a middle manager, an entrepreneur, or a freelancer. You don’t need to be famous or fabulous to create a Stiletto Network, and you need not begin with major connections.

You can do this.

In this webcast, Pamela Ryckman explains that while each Stiletto Network is as unique as the women it convenes, these groups do have common characteristics.

You’ll hear how these groups mine their collective wisdom to realize their dreams or champion a cause, how they lift up their friends and push them forward, ensuring that each woman gets what she needs—be it information, an introduction, a recommendation, a partnership or a landmark deal.

And you’ll discover lessons and tips to help you build your own Stiletto Network.

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.

Presenter: Pamela Ryckman is a freelance journalist and author of Stiletto Network: Inside the Women’s Power Circles That Are Changing the Face of Business, published by AMACOM.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
• 9.2 Acquire Project Team
• 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 Stiletto Networks: How Women Build Power Circles for Career Success