Live Webinar October 24th, 2014 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI New Practitioner CoP (REP #S036)

By attending this high-energy session, participants will learn how to address the emerging shift in focus from “left brain” to “right brain” in projects.

The presentation will explore new ways to manage projects and lead people – emphasizing communications, team contracts, understanding stakeholders’ needs and navigating through organizational culture and politics.

Presenter: Ori Schibi (LinkedIn profile) president of PmKonnectors is a visionary leader, communicator, connector and author of  “Managing Stakeholder Expectations for Project Success”.   Ori offers practical new ways of managing and dealing with projects, programs, business analysis and PMOs  including driving process efficiencies, software implementations, Agile Transformations, and project recoveries.

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

Click to register for The Expectations Management: The New PM

Live Webinar Oct 20th 2014, 10:00 am to 12:00 am EDT
Presented by: The Gabriel Institute
Duration: Total of 2 Hours -2 Category B PDUs – Free PDU

Teamability^®:
The Ability To Connect With Others
To Form A Productive Team

Individual strengths can lead to a personal triumph,
But a team is greater than the sum of its parts.

Rich Karlgaard, Publisher of Forbes Magazine, recently wrote an article entitled “Teams Matter. Talent is Not Enough.”

In essence, it is a challenge for executives to find and exploit the ‘magic’ of team synergy.

The metrics of teaming now exist! Even the most extraordinary individual effort is no substitute for great teamwork. Teaming metrics are key to improving selection, increasing engagement, and vastly reducing new-hire turnover, all with measurable business value.

With TGI Teamabilityâ„¢
PMs will be able to create extremely strong teams.

In this introduction you will learn:

• A completely new technology will help you understand why talented, experienced people do not always ‘team’ well with others.
• How to reduce the costs and risks associated with errors in hiring and promoting,
  • Metrics and methods that measure and predict ‘teaming’ behaviors.
  • How to effectively analyze and solve team performance problems.
• How to deliver significant business value by matching people to the functional mission of their team
  • The ‘who fits where’ and the ‘why’ of winning teams
  • Behaviors that impact quality of team interaction and ‘fit’ to job responsibilities
• How it possible to reliably select high quality team players, and to match their job responsibilities to the way they envision themselves serving their team (their ‘Role’).

This is a MUST TAKE opportunity to help you understand the strengths of your team members placing them in the roles that will make your projects even more successful!

Edmonton PM

This program has been approved for 2 General recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification. PMPs can earn two Cat B credits for this two hour course. In addition, you will be offered the opportunity to have your own Teamability® experience!

Click to register for An Introduction To Teamability? Understanding the Natural Roles that Your Team Members Best Fill with a Role Based Approach

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Live Webinar – October 23rd 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

Do You Have A Project In Trouble?

Projects fall behind, run over budget, or simply fail all the time.

Changing market conditions, reduced budgets and staff levels, long working hours, increased available metrics, high turnover, and other influences all demand our continued efforts to manage “out-of-control” processes, projects, and results.

This one-hour presentation by veteran project rescue specialist Darrel Raynor is a dive into how we can do it in the real world.

Implementing an effective Project Rescue/Recovery methodology focuses on value measured by Return on Investment (ROI). This lens forces us to see both our projects and each step of our processes according to that measure, so we can begin to get projects back on track.

These methods can deliver value at any phase of a project, including areas that are seldom analyzed.

Darryl will touch on:

• Discover the 5 Project Recovery techniques that should be used on any and all projects and operations.
• Learn the common language and terms of Project Recovery learning areas, projects, and professionals.
• Learn the basics of DMAIC: Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control methodology.
• Assess if Project Recovery and Lean processes are a fit for your organization.

Presenter: Presenter: Darrel Raynor (LinkedIn profile) Founder and Managing Director, Data Analysis & Results 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: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 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 Project Rescue and Recovery: A Real-World Overview

Live Webinar – October 21st 2014, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Offered by: Global Knowledge UK  (REP 1999)
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU

Note: Although Global Knowledge is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number and may need to be recorded as a Category C PDU. Contact Global Knowledge for further information.

The bad guys just keep getting better!

No matter how much patching and tweaking we do, the bad guys’ constantly changing tactics and techniques continue harming our networks, stealing and damaging data, and just generally screw things up.

• What motivates someone to do such terrible things in the first place?
• How have these hackers changed and improved?
• What kinds of attacks are popular now and why?

In this hour-long webinar, security expert, former hacker and Global Knowledge instructor Phillip D. Shade will provide insight into understanding the latest hacking techniques, what the current threat landscape looks like, and suggested countermeasures to mitigate threats.

Phillip will include specific examples of the current threat landscape, including data mining, social engineering cyber threat terminology, man-in-the- middle attacks and Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.

Outline

• What is a Hacker? An Introduction to the Dark Side of the Internet
• Meet the Hacker’s Best Friend: You! (Social Engineering 101)
• Current Threat Landscape: What’s Old is New Again and the Return of the Old Favorites
• Man-in-the-Middle
• Phishing
• Drive-by Downloads
• Cyber Survival 101: Forget Preventing Attacks. Learn How to Best Defend Against and Repair Things Once the Damage Has Been Done

Presenter:  Phillip D. Shade, CNX-E, CWNA, PASTech, WNAX-Forensics, (eForensicsMagazine bio, LinkedIn profile) is the founder of Merlion’s Keep Consulting, a company specializing in network and forensics analysis. An internationally recognized network security and forensics expert with more than 30 years of experience, Phillip is a member of FBI InfraGard, Computer Security Institute and the IEEE, and he is a volunteer at the Cyber Warfare Forum Initiative.

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”

Click to register for What You Don’t Know About Cybersecurity CAN Hurt You