Live Webinar – November 7th 2014, 12:00-1:00 PM EST
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
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Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2013 (SPD) is a free software tool from Microsoft for creating and modifying SharePoint sites, pages, and workflow.

SPD is a Power User tool for managing SharePoint from the “backend”. Capabilities in the SharePoint UI are also available in the SharePoint Designer tool. But SharePoint Designer also provides for the managing and editing of Master Pages as well as custom workflow development.

Because of its power to not only create, but to also really compromise SharePoint due to its powerful capabilities, it’s important to consider SharePoint Designer implementation decisions in Governance.

This webinar will introduce you to SharePoint Designer and its capabilities and will discuss governance considerations.

There will also be a few demos on how to use SharePoint Designer to build and manage sites as well as creation of a sample workflow.

Presenter: Andy Huneycutt

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 10 – Communications 13 – Stakeholder

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.1 Collect Requirements
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 5.5 Validate Scope

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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Online Webinar – Recorded – January 23, 2013
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C  – Free PDU
Presented by Cisco Webex Online

All good performance starts with clear goals. Clarifying goals involves making sure that people understand two things: first, what they are being asked to do—their areas of accountability—and second, what good performance looks like—the performance standards by which they will be evaluated.

Yet few managers invest the time necessary to connect the dots between an individual’s work and the overall goals of the team or department. As a result, countless hours of effort are spent reviewing tasks and redoing work.

In this webinar, performance expert and Senior Consulting Partner John Hester (LinkedIn profile) will show you how to avoid the common managerial pitfalls that drain team performance, create accountability issues, and lead to stress and rework throughout the year.

You’ll learn how to:

• Set clear goals for each of your employees. This is the foundation that has to be in place. Clear goals create performance expectations. They also set the stage for future discussions about progress, autonomy, and necessary resources.
• Become more aware of your goal-setting habits. Have you optimized the challenge inherent in each person’s goals or tasks, or have you fallen into the habit of overusing and under-challenging your best people? Many managers develop lazy goal setting habits that don’t really challenge their best people.
• Connect the dots. Everyone needs to know that their work is meaningful with clear alignment between what they do and what the organization is trying to accomplish. If you can’t point to a key departmental objective and how an employee’s work is impacting it, you do not have the alignment that should be in place.
• Build in some variety. A well defined job includes some routine, and some challenging, tasks. If a job is structured properly, some tasks will be very achievable with present skills while others will be more of a stretch that cannot be accomplished with an employee’s current skill set and resources. This mix is an essential component of a satisfying job that also encourages career growth.
• Properly diagnose development level. For tasks where an employee is self sufficient, autonomy is deserved and should be established. For tasks that are beyond an employee’s current skill level and immediate resources, an agreement for direction and support is needed. Determining an employee’s development level is the key managerial skill

Using a combination of proven performance management techniques combined with the latest advancements in motivation research, you’ll discover how to get everyone on your team moving in the same direction, with clear, engaging priorities.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to set your people up for success.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 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 Performance Planning: 5 Ways To Set Your People Up For Success

Live Webinar November 5th, 2014 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Information Systems CoP (REP #S010)

• Are executives and other business managers supporting your projects adequately?
• Has upper management been proactively involved in motivating stakeholders, making timely decisions and preventing major issues and risks?

If not, you’re not alone!

Most project managers put effective executive support at the top of their project wish list. No wonder!

Lack of management support has long been one of the top reasons for project failure.

Diana Rogero  wanted to find out the causes and solutions for the business-manager disconnect. She examined her experiences during the last 40 years as a manager, PM Coach and IS process improvement consultant.

What she found was very different from the “common knowledge” about executive participation in projects.

This presentation reveals the break-through secrets for effective business manager involvement. It describes the 3 Big Barriers to effective executive involvement and introduces the 3 Big Project Questions that every business manager needs to ask proactively, throughout the project.

This presentation challenges project managers to look at their projects through a different, executive perspective.

Participants take away practical insights and ready-to-use methods that they can share with executives and business managers across their organizations.

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

Click to register for Breakthrough Secrets To Excellent Project Executive Support

Live Webinar November 6th, 2014 – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI® IT & Telecom CoP (REP #S009)

In today’s day and age, Project Managers are required to constantly adapt to keep up with or get ahead.

Access to information and mobility are key to the modern project manager and as such traditional project management processes and/or services need to be enhanced to facilitate this.

That being said, some traditional project management methods should still be kept intact to ensure good governance.

This webinar will aim to supply you with an overview of how cloud services will enable the PMO to virtualize and operate more efficiently.

Presenter: Anita Potgieter BCom MCT  specializes in,  PM, Project Server  and requirement/process analysis.  She has an extensive background in successful enterprise project management implementations and processes within numerous high-profile companies, across a range of sectors, including retail, manufacturing as well as ICT and telecommunications.

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

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Live Webinar November 5th, 2014 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

Stuxnet, a worm in Iran’s nuclear plant control system, was the beginning.

We are now seeing foreign cyber penetration into the North American power grid, water plants, chemical plants and other critical infrastructure facilities.

Mistakes in cyber space mean adversaries can penetrate networks not at the speed of people, but at the speed of the network.

Cyber experts believe the cyber domain is the most vulnerable point for US defenses and that the US is not yet ready for cyber war.

Click to register for Cyber (Asymmetric) Warfare

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Live Webinar November 7th, 2014 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly Webcasts

In this webcast, Laura Busche (LinkedIn profile, Workspiration) author of Lean Branding, and  My Bold, Inspiring and Powerful Brand Manifesto will share 15 tactics to build your very own high-converting, dynamic brand.

Trying to market a product or service with a limited budget and little or no time? – Then this webcast is for you!

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 10 – Communications 13 – Stakeholder

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 10.2 Manage Communications
• 13.1 Identify Stakeholders
• 13.4 Control Stakeholder Engagement

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 Lean Branding: 15 Hacks to Create, Communicate & Sell Your Startup’s Brand