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”

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Live Webinar September 30th, 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)

Cognitive scientists tell us that we are more productive and happier when our behavior matches our brain’s hardwiring—when what we do and why we do it matches the way we have evolved to survive over tens of thousands of years.

One problematic behavior humans have is that we are hardwired to instantly decide who we trust. And we generally aren’t aware of these decisions—it just happens. In this webinar, Linda Rising explains that this hardwired “trust evaluation” can get in the way of working well with others.

Pairing, the daily stand-up, and close communication with the customer and others outside the team go a long way to overcome our instant evaluation of others.

Linda Rising (LinkedIn profile) will help you gain a better understanding of this mechanism in your behavior and what agile processes can do to help, you are more likely to build better interpersonal relationships and create successful products.

Click to register for Who Do You Trust? Beware Of Your Brain

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Live Webinar September 30th, 2014 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: Leadership in PM CoP (REP #S051)

In the beginning of his career as a PM (in his early 30s) Emmanuel had to manage multinational Research & Development projects in “advanced materials”. Indicatively, a project had to do with the development of a technique to produce nano-powders for very hard scrap, another created bio-materials for implants, another created coatings for new generation turbine blades etc.

The project team members (were each managed his own team) where highly acknowledged senior (50+) scientists – giants – from different countries around the globe e.g. EU, Armenia, Russia, India etc. Quite a few of these very intelligent people did not acknowledge the need for project management especially when the research was confidential.

The presentation will have to do with how can you survive and lead these projects were you have to deal with giants.

What are the essential skills, techniques and how PMP tools (PMBOK©) support you in difficult situations.

Presenter:  Emmanuel (Manos) Sofianopoulos (LinkedIn profile) BEng, MPhil, PMP® is a materials engineer with 14 years of experience in managing multicultural teams.  Since 1988 he has been managing multinational projects (some with up to 11 country partners).    He is an acknowledged expert of the European Commission contracted to provide support services to Nano-material research projects and to promote Innovative Management Techniques in small enterprises. He has also managed projects on policy and employment issues.

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

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Live Webinar – September 30th, 2014 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by:  Training Magazine
Duration: 1 Hour 1  Category C  PDU – Free PDU

It’s estimated that unengaged workers cost the US $350 billion/year and that US businesses lose $11 billion annually as a result of employee turnover.

Clearly engagement is a key priority for all organizations:

• So why is it so low?   And more importantly…..
•  What can be done – quickly – to get it right?

Join us as Mahan Tavakoli Regional Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer for Dale Carnegie, shares best practices and action steps you can take immediately to start improving employee engagement.

Take-aways include:

• Why organizations have largely failed to turn engagement around despite all the buzz
• Latest research into the drivers of employee engagement
• Actions individuals can take – immediately – to start boosting employee morale

Speakers:  Mahan Tavakoli (LinkedIn profile) is Regional Vice President for Dale Carnegie & Associates, Inc., with offices in over 90 countries. Over the past ten years Mr. Tavakoli has lead the expansion of Dale Carnegie to new markets in Asia, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Latin America helping start the fastest growing operations worldwide in countries as diverse as India, Egypt, Romania and Colombia. For the past four years he has been responsible for Dale Carnegie Training’s operations in Latin America.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 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’

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Live Webinar Sept 30th, 2014, 9:00 am – 10:00 am  EDT or
Live Webinar Sept 30th, 2014, 12:00 pm – :00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

Organizations are implementing ways to protect mobile devices and mobile applications residing on these devices.

Enabling applications on corporate- or employee-owned devices is a major security issue.

In this webinar,  Dionisio Zumerle (Gartner bio) Principal Research Analyst for Gartner will  talk about the major trends in mobile application security, and the most effective solutions to adopt.

Discussion Topics:

• From what risks enterprises need to protect mobile apps
• What strategies to adopt when protecting mobile apps
• How the tools that protect mobile apps work

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

• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 8.1 Plan Quality
• 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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Live Webinar September 25th, 2014 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Requirements Management CoP (REP #S055)

No one likes working on misguided projects, or efforts that don’t meet business needs, or projects doomed for failure.

Through this presentation, you will learn a repeatable process for creating a bulletproof business case that increases the odds of project support and success. Help contribute to your organization’s bottom line with bulletproof business cases!

Attendees will be able to:

• Describe the essential components of an effective business case
• Plan a business case effort using an approach that helps you function as a trusted advisor to your organization
• Select appropriate techniques for determining root causes of business problems or the main drivers of opportunities
• Avoid common pitfalls when recommending or justifying projects
• Name the essential factors to analyze when exploring the feasibility of a business case
• List the four most important cost-benefit analysis measures and what they are used for.

Presenter: – Richard Larson, PMP, CBAP President and Founder of Watermark Learning, Richard Larson has over 30 years of experience in business analysis, project management, training, and consulting. Rich is a frequent speaker at Business Analysis and Project Management conferences and author of CBAP Certification Study Guide (2nd Edition). He was the Review Chair for the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge version 2.0 and co-lead for the Collect Requirements chapter of the Project Management Body of Knowledge, 4th edition.

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

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