Live Webinar September 30th, 2014 – 8:00 am – 9:00 am EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI International Development CoP (REP #S034)

Leading a high-performing team is every Project Managers dream. With a high performing team, projects get delivered on time, on budget and to client’s specifications and the project leader and the team members are not stressed out and do not lose much sleep over it. Join us for this FREE pre-conference webinar series and…

1. Understand the barriers to high performance teams
2. Learn the drivers and four dimensions of a high performing team
3. Learn practical tips on how to start developing your own high performance project team

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.

Visit Michael’s site “The PM Leadership Coach” and Read his “Leading With Intent” blog

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

Click to register for The 4 Dimensions of High Performance Teams

Live Webinar – September 30th 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

Each month Chris Knotts (LinkedIn profile) picks a valuable, substantive business book we think will benefit you as a professional.

Some are new; some are classics. Either way, we do the reading, and then use one of our free web seminars to deliver a one-hour “book report.”

This month’s book pick is The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win by Gene Kim, George Spafford, and Kevin Behr.

This best-selling novel about IT Operations in a fictional Fortune manufacturing/retail company came out last year, and is a business fable that everyone involved in technology projects or operations should read.

Enterprise tech visionary Gene Kim (LinkedIn profile), along with longtime IT Manager Kevin Behr (LinkedIn profile) and Gartner Research Director George Spafford (Linkedin profile, Gartner bio) have written a compelling and illuminating book about the longtime pain points experienced by people in IT and what they can begin to do about it.

Bottlenecks, choke points, legacy systems, cumbersome security policies, overworked SysAdmins, developers who don’t save any testing time for Operations…these are perennial difficulties that will sound familiar to anyone who has ever had to deploy code that hasn’t been managed well across the organization.

Join Chris for this one-hour review of The Phoenix Project to learn how Bill, a frustrated but savvy IT Manager copes with these challenges and more.

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

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 4.4 Monitor and Control Project Work
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 6.2 Define Activities

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 The Phoenix Project: A Business Book Report About IT, DevOps, & Helping Your Business Win

Live Webinar –  September 30th, 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

Establishing a PMO (Project/Program/Portfolio Management Office) is considered to be a best practice approach to improving the value an organization can receive from its project investments.

Why is it then, that a study, conducted in 2005, of 750 organizations worldwide indicated that over 75% of organizations that set up a PMO shut it down within three years because it did not demonstrate any added value?

Solution Q invites you to attend a webinar where you will learn key reasons why so many PMOs fail, and gain some valuable knowledge of the critical success factors required to ensure the survival of your PMO.

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: Executing, Monitoring & Controlling
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 7 – Cost

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 5.6 Control Scope
• 6.7 Control Schedule
• 7.4 Control Costs

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  Setting Up a PMO is Not for the Faint Hearted!

Live Webinar October 1st, 2014 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by:  Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Gen Z – People born Between 1994 & 2010

Gen Z represents 23 million Americans born between 1994 and 2010. Having grown up post 9/11, in the wake of the great recession, Gen Z is an emerging group that your entire company needs to understand, from HR to marketing.

This digitally native generation has never known a world without the internet.

Soon this generation will start to seize entry-level positions at companies worldwide and have different behaviors, needs and work styles than older generations.

Dan Schawbel has spent the past year learning about Gen Z through a global research study which spanned across the world, from America to China to South Africa.

The first of its kind, the study sought to understand the implications of this generation from both a workplace and consumer perspective.

Dan found that while Gen Y is more optimistic, Gen Z is realistic and has a strong sense of career management, philanthropy and entrepreneurship.

This self-sufficient and tech savvy generation also pose new threats and opportunities for managers, marketers and HR professionals.

Presenter: Dan Schawbel (LinkedIn profile) is a Managing Partner of Millennial Branding, a Gen Y research/consulting firm and author of the #1 international bestselling book, Me 2.0. this webinar is based on his latest book Promote Yourself: The New Rules For Career Success. He is a columnist at both TIME and Forbes, and has been featured in numerous publications and magazines.

PDU Category C 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 Generation Z: Understanding The Next Generation of Worker