Live Webinar October 8th, 2014 – 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.

Inspiring Lessons For Leaders Everywhere

When Fortune announced its list of the World’s Greatest Leaders, the top spot was awarded — not to a captain of industry — but to the new pontiff.

• How did a man who spent his life laboring in slums far from the Vatican manage to do this and so quickly?

The answer lies in his humility
And the simple principles that spring from it.

Since Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis in March of 2012, he has shown the world a new way to lead. Not with bluster or bravado, but with humility and humanity.

Pope Francis has, without a doubt, been the most humble leader on the world stage of the modern era.  There isn’t even a close second.

As someone who has studied leaders and the topic of leadership for more than three decades, Jeffrey Krames has long believed that humility is the most under-rated of all leadership qualities.

In his newest book Lead with Humility: 12 Leadership Lessons from Pope Francis Jeffrey Krames explores how the incredible power of humility has healing powers for a fractured organization.

The webcast  digs deep to reveal the key business tenets that Pope Francis has exercised to create his own brand of  leadership and Pope Francis’s ability to inspire the world is unprecedented in modern times.

Examples include:

• Guard against insularity: Many heads of corporations and states fall prey to the “bubble” phenomenon, meaning that they feel imprisoned by the trappings of their positions. To make sure that Pope Francis did not lose his broad perspective, he put together a makeshift “board of directors.” Dubbed the Vatican-8, or V-8, these eight Archbishops from all over the globe serve as his consulting body. None of Francis’s 265 predecessors ever amassed such a consultative body.
• Live on the frontier: To “live on the frontier” is to push the envelope and live outside of your comfort zone.
• Run your organization like a field hospital: Francis feels very strongly that members of the clergy must go anywhere and everywhere, no matter the risk, to tend to their flocks. The same tenet works well in business. Instead of a reliance on email, Twitter, etc., what is needed are more face-to-face meetings.

Explore how Francis has combined humility with power to become the most fascinating pontiff in modern memory.

Join Jefrey as he explores the power of his methods and how anyone can take these lessons to lead with grace and greater authenticity.

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

Presenter: Jeffrey A. Krames has been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Financial Times, Chicago Tribune, and Los Angeles Times and been interviewed by Fox News, CNBC, MSNBC, CNN, A&E’s Biography, the BBC, and  the bestselling author of:

• What the Best CEOs Know: 7 Exceptional Leaders and Their Lessons for Transforming Any Business,
• The Unforced Error: Why Some Managers Get Promoted While Others Get Eliminated
• The Rumsfeld Way: Leadership Wisdom of a Battle-Hardened Maverick ,
• The Welch Way: 24 Lessons From The Worlds Greatest CEO ,
• Jack Welch and the 4 E’s of Leadership, Formula to Work in Your Organization
• Inside Drucker’s Brain
• and other popular business books including his latest – Lead with Humility: 12 Leadership Lessons from Pope Francis

Click to register for Lead with Humility: Lessons from Pope Francis

Live Webinar October 7th, 2014, 9:00 am – 10:00 am  EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

Large enterprises and smaller organizations dealing with security issues have more similarities than differences.

Since unlimited budget is not an option for anyone, it is crucial to understand where SMBs should prioritize their efforts.

Reviewing the recent challenges, technology trends and best practices of large enterprises can be used by organizations of every size to reboot, improve or fine-tune security practices.

Discussion Topics:

• The two key questions you should answer before tackling any security project
• How to fix the basics first, then take on more recent security challenges
• Budget optimization measures that don’t damage your security

Presenter: Jeremy D’Hoinne (LinkedIn profile) Research Director Gartner

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 8 – Quality 11 – Risk

• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 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”

Click to register for Cost-Effective Security for Small & Midsize Organizations

Live Webinar September 30th, 2014 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour  Credits: 1 PDU/CDU  Cat B – Free PDU/CDU
Presented by: IIBA

Most organizations aspire to implement outside-in, customer-focused, cross-functional processes that transform the culture of their organization and set it on the path toward continuous improvement.

They are on a journey — but while the long-term goal might be apparent, how to get there and the challenges on the immediate road ahead are usually far less clear.

Many of these challenges represent entrenched, thorny organizational issues that are difficult to tackle. Therefore, learning from other travellers who have been down the road before can help you avoid obstacles and chart a route that moves the organization forward.

This webinar sets out a body of research based on survey data from more than 500 organizational change programs. It will articulate a set of best practices, strategies, techniques, and engagement methods to support organizational transformation.

Key takeaways: :

1. Transformation goals and challenges evolve as maturity improves.
2. How mature organizations focus on customer-facing processes and working outside-in changes the engagement dynamic.
3. Debunking the change failure myth – how change programs in higher-maturity firms almost never fail.
4. Best practice methods to engage the organization in an outside-in customer transformation.

Click to register for IIBA: Focus On Customer Value To Grow Organizational Maturity

Live Webinar October 2nd, 2014 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 Dr. Thomas Juli (LinkedIn profile) PMP, CSM Trainer/Consultant for  IIL introduces a simple, yet very pragmatic approach to structure, plan and set-up a project in a matrix organization with strong line management and a weak project culture.

Thomas explains the need and value for developing a compelling project motivation, vision and objectives.

He outlines how to engage stakeholders in building a work package structure, outlining a project organization, implementing an early warning system for plan deviations, establishing risk analysis and management.

Last but not least, he elaborates on how to cultivate continuous learning in a matrix organization.

Click to register for Surving in a Matrix: Simple Techniques for Effective Project Management in a Matrix Organization

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Live Webinar – October 1st 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

The information and decision-making duties of project professionals and business analysts get more complex every day.

Data resources – and concerns – have become ubiquitous, and it’s critical to stay on top of them.

While BAs don’t need to suddenly transform into data scientists, they must understand the data resources currently available, what they offer, and how they’re being used.

Most importantly, every BA should understand how data can be leveraged to deliver business value and project solutions in their own work.

This one-hour open Q&A session gives you a chance to get answers to common real-world data challenges.

Join Chris Knotts, PMP (LinkedIn profile) of ASPE and Darrel Raynor, PMP  (LinkedIn profile) Founder and Managing Director, Data Analysis & Results, they answer all of your questions.

Darrel is a veteran project consultant and turnaround expert. He owns and runs www.dataanalysis.com and has provided consulting services to many dozens of Fortune and enterprise

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

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 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 Data Skills for Business Analysts: A Q&A Session

Live Webinar October 2nd, 2014 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly Webcasts

Success Breeds Success

This webcast showcases a case study in which innovative technology leader Philips Consumer Lifestyle capitalized on the heightened importance of mobile to its business, and the vital role of performance in driving success.

You will hear how the performance team at Philips improved the experience of their mobile website customers through:

• Identifying high-impact metrics with Marketing and Finance stakeholders
• Analyzing performance and business data together
• Understanding the dynamics of the mobile environment
• Benchmarking and applying best practice optimizations
• Using a business case mind-set to validate the benefits of performance optimization

And you’ll see how to lay the foundation for broader organizational buy-in using business context to demonstrate the impact of your performance initiatives.

Presenter: Hakim el Fartasi, (LinkedIn profile) as the Philips Electronic, Service Delivery Manager  Hakim has defined the Online monitoring service, made it a business priority and helped setup several online improvement projects. He also introduced Keynote mobile web performance monitoring into the organization. Setting up internal reporting services and related support processes.

PDU Category B (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 5 – Scope 6 – Time 10 – Communications

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management
• 10.2 Manage 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 The Philips Journey: Connecting Your Business to Web Performance