Live Webinar October 29th, 2011 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Is Your Team Engaged?

Employee engagement is mission critical to every organization. However, it’s a constant struggle to keep employees excited and focused on the job.

If your employees aren’t engaged at work and in their work, they’re not only costing the company money but also damaging the company culture.

Putting a knowledge base tool front and center in your engagement program provides critical benefits to individual employees and the entire organization alike. How can you get your employees reconnected and back on the bandwagon?

The webinar will answer these questions:

1. What is a knowledge base? What are the most important things I should look for in a knowledge base?
2. What measurable benefits do knowledge base tools bring to an organization?
3. Exactly how can a knowledge base improve employee engagement?
4. How do I get executive sponsorship and team members excited about yet another thing to do?

Presented by:

Heidi Farris, (LinkedIn profile) VP Marketing, Bloomfire

Kim Carlson, (LinkedIn profile) Ambassador, Bloomfire Kim 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: 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 Using Tribal Knowledge to Drive Engagement

Live Webinar October 24th, 2013 – 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EDT
By: Corporate Education Group (REP 1011) Course ID: MDW1289
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

“How do we motivate people?”

While someone may possess the knowledge, skills, and desire to do great work, he or she needs the opportunity –and the proper environment and support — to do so.

This webinar explores the nature of motivation as a means of unleashing potential and driving organizational success. Casey will discuss external and internal motivation and how each impacts performance.

You will learn how to identify what drives an individual to want to do their best work and acquire tools and strategies to create and sustain an environment that fosters highly motivated and engaged employees.

This webinar will help you:

• Discover approaches to motivation that support the complex nature of work today
• Explore the nature of external rewards and their effect on performance.
• Identify key motivation factors; the internal drivers that move people to action
• Create the conditions necessary for people to use their full potential.

Presenter: Casey Mitchell, (LinkedIn profile) is Founder and Principal of Waybridge Associates, Inc. with her primary focus being on management learning and development. Casey works with new managers who want to make a successful transition, and with existing managers who want to move into leadership roles. She has eighteen years experience in the training field and a wealth of management experience, which helps her relate to her clients’ needs.

Click to register for Motivation: Driving Potential and Performance

Live Webinar October 24th, 2013 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

In this webinar, you will learn a low impact, cost effective approach for centralizing an estimating function in your organization around a series of estimating best practices.

Click to register for Establishing an Estimating Center of Excellence

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Live Webinar October 23rd, 2013 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly® Webcasts

From Google to AirBnB, companies are using storyboards (or comics) to effectively explain and market their vision and products.

In this webcast by Kevin Cheng, author of “See What I Mean: How to Communicate Ideas With Comics“” will talk about how to get someone to pay attention to your ideas—no illustration skills are needed.

From this webcast you will learn:

• Why storyboards are a “trojan horse” of information, teaching your audience without them knowing
• Get basic tools for creating your own storyboards—even if you think you can’t draw
• Establish a repeatable process in your organization.
• How to sell this method to stakeholders
• How companies like Adobe, Google, eBay, and the US Postal Service, created storyboards for customer support, internal processes, and marketing

Presenter: Kevin Cheng(LinkedIn profile, @k) is the CEO and Founder of Incredible Labs, a company that is working on the predictive intelligent agent Donna. Previously, a product manager at Twitter, he co-founded the UX web comic OK/Cancel, was the Director of Product Strategy and User Experience at social gaming startup Raptr, and designed Yahoo! Pipes. Kevin is the author of the Rosenfeld Media book “See What I Mean: How to Communicate Ideas With Comics“ and has spoken at numerous conferences on the topic. He holds a master’s degree in human-computer interaction and ergonomics and can be reached at @k on Twitter.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 10 – Communications

• 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’

Click to register for How to Get Your Ideas Noticed With Storyboards

Live Webinar – October 24th, 2013 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Eclipse Project Portfolio Management
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDUs Credits: Category C 1 PDU- Free PDU

During the project intake process all projects are considered critical, all others never get approved. So how do you decide which “critical” projects are most critical? These decisions are typically made politically, emotionally or without consistency.

The Impact:

• Poor resource utilization
• Frustrated resources
• Projects not aligned with strategic objectives
• Higher risk and lower ROI

Solution Q invites you to attend a webinar demonstrating a balanced approach to prioritizing initiatives. Projects affect many aspects of your business; all factors should be considered when taking on a new project. Learn the prioritization secrets of successful companies using a Project Portfolio Management mentality.

The Result:

• Decreased risk
• Higher ROI
• Optimized resource utilization
• Maximum aggregate value of projects

Who should attend this webinar?
Managers/Directors of PMOs, Project Managers

NOTE: You may have to hit the MORE… link to register for this session on the registration page.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

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 How to Prioritize Projects When Each One is Critical

Live Webinar – October 23 2013, 8:00 am – 9:00 am EDT
Live Webinar – October 23 2013, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm GMT
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.

As organization look for ways to reduce costs and better leverage scarce resources, the matrix structure is becoming increasingly popular.

The challenge is that to or work effectively in a matrix environment, leaders and individual contributors needs different skills and knowledge.

In this complimentary 1 hour webinar Michelle Moore,(LinkedIn profile) the Director of Leadership and Business Skills will discuss the challenges of working in a matrix environment and the skills and knowledge required for success.

The webinar will include the following elements:

• Benefits of a Matrix Organization
• Common Matrix Challenges
• The Matrix Mind-Set – Competencies Required for Success

Click to register for Maximizing Performance in a Matrix Organization