Live Webinar – March 25th 2014, 10:30 am – 11:30 am EDT
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.

Research has shown that (depending on role) people can spend up to 80% of their time in meetings.

Meetings are necessary activities required to communicate, collaborate and make decisions about important business processes, projects and objectives. It is estimated that employees spend up to 50% of their time in meetings.

The challenge is—many meetings are unnecessary, include the wrong people, or are not managed in a way to maximize productivity.

In the Leading Effective Meetings webinar Michelle Moore will explore how to get the most of meetings you need to lead.

The webinar will include the following elements:

• When to meet
• Planning your meeting
• Making the most of your meeting time
• Meeting follow-up

In this 1 hour webinar Michelle Moore will provide actionable ideas to improve the effectiveness of both face to face and online meetings.

Presenter: Michelle Moore LinkedIn profile) is a learning and development professional with in-depth knowledge and experience in Sales, Leadership and Communication Skills. Michelle facilitates Global Knowledge Leadership and Business workshops on a world-wide basis and is responsible for development and promotion of the Global Knowledge EMEA Leadership and Business Skills portfolio.

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Live Webinar March 25th, 2014 – 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm EDT
Duration: 75 Minutes webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: Global Diversity CoP (REP #S018)

Most people consider project teams that contain members with different cultural and skill-set backgrounds to be a challenging undertaking, but we will show you how to apply the Power of Difference to one’s advantage.

As is often the case on the ‘road less travelled’, there are some hurdles that need to be overcome.

In this presentation, we will list those obstacles and what tasks need to be ventured by both the group as well as each individual within the team to make the Power of Difference work for you.

Discussion Topics:

• Appreciation of where differences in teams are to be found, and how they are being overcome.
• Present a model concentrating on the ‚Power of Difference’.
• What hurdles do we have with such an approach?
• What the group needs to do.
• What you need to do.

Presenter: Michael Boyle (LinkedIn profile) Michael’s professional dealings have been throughout Europe with numerous global projects throughout the years. Currently, Michael is the Managing Director of Procurro Solutions, specializing on all elements tied to Project Management, Business Analysis and Product Management.

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

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Live Webinar – March 26th 2014, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Note: Although ASPE is an REP presentations may have to be recorded as a Cat C PDU Event – Contact Traci Lester Marketing Specialist at ASPE for more information

At its core, big data centers on a few basic principles. The first and possibly the most important is, changing the mindset in its entirety of how we “do” marketing.

Ultimately, this helps us propel value and improve the customer experience by relying on the facts that the data presents, versus a subjective or knee-jerk reaction. It also allows us to give the customer exactly what they are looking for, in the precise moment they are looking for it.

A somewhat simplistic approach is often clouded by too much data to consume, inconclusive decisions on core business metrics and just not knowing where to start.

Learning Objectives:

• What is big data and how to use it in your marketing department
• Where to start with big data and what it will mean to you
• Understanding the goals of big data and data driven marketing

If you have no understanding about big data or just don’t know where to start, this web seminar is for you. Get the facts about big data and learn the secrets to successfully using big data in your marketing endeavors.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 13.1 Identify Stakeholders

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 – March 26th 2014, 12:00-1:00 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.

Learn How to Manage Your Emotions

Almost all of us work in a business environment that is intense and unrelenting.

Resilience simply refers to one’s ability to adapt to stressful situations or crises. More resilient managers are able to accept life changes and adapt to adversity without lasting difficulties, while less resilient managers have a much harder time handling stress and change.

Managing emotions is a fundamental part of resilience. This can mean managing the emotions that you experience or managing the emotions of those around you. Good emotional resilience enables you to increase productivity, improve morale, reduce absenteeism, retain your best people and improved team relations.

When you understand the role of emotions in resilience, you will have the ability to understand when they can drain resilience and when they can facilitate or enhance resilience.

So what do these emotions mean?

Emotions are not about being soft and fluffy. Rather, they are vital in helping you make hard, direct management decisions.

There is intelligence in emotions and intelligence can be brought to emotions.

This webcast explains the role of emotions in management and explores how and why managing your emotions can help make you a better leader. You’ll see real examples and get loads of practical hints that you can use straight away.

What You Will Learn:

• What resilience is and why it is so difficult to measure
• The role of emotions in managing situations that may cause anxiety and stress
• The emotions that drain and the emotions that facilitate or enhance resilience
• How to interpret and use the information that emotions provide
• What happens when you have too much emotional resilience?
• Eight ways to develop emotional resilience with useful hints and tips to help.

Join Robin Hills to discover how better understanding your emotions and those of others can improve individual well-being and organizational effectiveness.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) 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’

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

For More Resources on Emotional Resiliency see:

• Emotional Resilience: Simple Truths for Dealing with the Unfinished Business of Your Past David Viscott M.D.
• The Resilience Factor: 7 Keys to Finding Your Inner Strength and Overcoming Life’s Hurdles Karen Reivich

Presenter: Robin Hills (LinkedIn profile) is founder of Ei4Change delivering leadership interventions on resilience & emotional intelligence worldwWide. He has designed a unique coaching intervention to support the development of emotional resilience, which combines images, metaphors, NLP techniques and clean language to explore what resilience means contextually for individuals and teams at deep, personal levels.

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