Live Webinar September 23rd, 2012 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 75 Minutes Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: Human Resource CoP (REP #S045)

If you want to succeed as a project leader, you must learn how to connect with people.

While it may seem like some people are just born with it, the fact is anyone can learn how to make every communication an opportunity for a powerful connection.

Connecting with others—one-on-one or in teams — improves your sense of community, increases your ability to create teamwork and skyrockets your influence.

Project leaders who connect with others have better relationships, experience less conflict, and get more things done than those who cannot connect.

The leaders who have learned the art of connection are able to communicate their ideas persuasively, establishing buy-in and attracting followers.

To be an effective and successful project leader, you need to learn to communicate in a way that connects with others. Join us and learn how to identify with people and relate to others in a way that increases your influence with them.

Presenter:  Michael Charles PMP (LinkedIn profile) is a John Maxwell Certified Speaker, Trainer and Coach who speaks on leadership and team development.  Michael did a great webinar for the PMI LEAD CoP (REP #S004) called Communicating to Connect (which is worth 1 Category A PDU).  Michael has led several teams as a Project Manager founded the “Light The World Foundation“, a charity founded in 2009 to educate children in Haiti.  Their 4th Annual Charity Concert will be July 12th, 2014.

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

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Live Webinar September 23rd, 2014 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Organizational Project Management CoP (REP #S043)

This high energy session introduces a ground-breaking approach to thinking about communication as an organizational design parameter to support the effective use of core organizational enablers.

Successful program delivery is critical. High performing programs, successfully delivered, power efficient day-to-day operations and drive long term, strategic growth.

High performing program organizational environments deliver needed solutions that drive competitive advantage. However, even the most mature enterprise can fail to execute high performing programs, impacting operations, strategy and long-term success, particularly in competitive environments.

This presentation is focused on the underlying principals at work within organizations that deliver high performing programs and a revolutionary new way to understand and utilize the power of communication to create an organizational environment using the core organizational enablers which ensures long-term success and the delivery of competitive advantage.

Learning Goals:

1. An enhanced awareness of the importance of communication as an organizational design element to support the core organizational enablers and determine program outcomes.
2. Case studies from U.S. Defense programs, UK civil works and global projects where effective communication design across all stakeholders led to successful delivery.
3. Case studies where ineffective communication within the organization team led to disastrous outcomes.
4. Introduction of a new, robust method for using communication to support the effective use of core organizational enablers to design, lead and manage organizations that deliver high performing programs.

Presenter: Mark Phillips (LinkedIn profile) is an accomplished CEO and the author of Reinventing Communication: How to Design, Lead and Manage High Performing Projects, a book about project management, system design and complexity.  Mark has written articles for the APM Community Blog including Having no plan beats a bad plan and Be a better leader by picking the metrics.

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

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Live Webinar – Sept 24th, 2014 11:00 am – 12:00 pm CEST or…
Live Webinar – Sept 24th, 2014 5:00 am – 6:00 am EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PEX  – The Process Excellence Network

• Finding it difficult to realize the true benefits of your Lean transformation?
• Or maybe you’re finding it hard to sustain results?

Either way, you want to anchor

Lean as a sustainable way-of-working that delivers real value to you and your customers and this webinar is here to help you get there.

Join this webinar to come away with powerful and practical ideas on:

1. How to move beyond training and tools to achieve measurable results
2. The optimal sequence of activities to introduce lean thinking at all levels
3. New ways to anchor lean as a sustainable way-of-working

Join the experts from Hitachi Consulting, Mark Hughes Vice President (LinkedIn profile), Jonathan Gray Vice President (LinkedIn profile), and Darragh MacNeill Director, EMEA Operational Excellence Lead (LinkedIn profile) for this informative session.

In this engaging session you’ll find out the common reasons that companies fail to achieve measurable results from Lean and what you can do to avoid them.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 6 – Time

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.6 Control Scope
• 6.7 Control Schedule
• 7.4 Control Costs
• 8.3 Control Quality

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 – September 23rd, 2014 2:00 pm  – 3:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Eclipse Project Portfolio Management
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDUs Credits: Category C 1 PDU- Free PDU

Risks exist on projects because by definition, projects possess uncertainty. Organizations that ignore risks experience reduced project success rates due to the wasted effort and delays that result from dealing with issues.

Risk management methodologies address this challenge but tend to be too theoretical or require significant process discipline or historical data to be practical.

During this webinar you will learn practical, lightweight best practices for managing risks throughout a project’s lifecycle.

Benefits of managing risks through this approach include:

• Improved project predictability
• Improved ROI for your overall portfolio
• Quantification of cost & schedule contingencies
• Reduced effort spent resolving project issues

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: Initiating  & Executing, Planning
Knowledge Areas: 11 – Risk

• 11.1  Plan Risk Management
• 11.2  Identify Risks
• 11.5  Plan Risk Responses

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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