Live Webinar December 17th, 2014 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Government CoP (REP #S007)

This webinar will speak to best practices in how you can be a “Trailblazer” or a Champion for Project Management in your Government Organization and taking your project management career to the next level.

Key Takeaways:

• Navigating Politics and Gaining Executive Support
• Networking for Success and Career Development
• Developing Your Project Management “Brand”
• How to Take your career to the next level through “Volunteerism” (How do I get involved in ProjectManagement.com, my Local Chapter and Communities?)

Presenters:

• Winnie Liem, (LinkedIn profile) PMP Community Manager
• Joseph Fernandes, (LinkedIn profile) PMP Community Involvement Lead
• Dr. William (Bill) Brantley, (LinkedIn profile) PMP, Knowledge Management Lead
• Fred Fanning, (LinkedIn profile) PMP, Communications Lead

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

Click to register for Becoming A Project Management Trailblazer In Government

Live Webinar – December 18th, 2014 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Presented by: Eclipse Project Portfolio Management
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDUs Credits: Category C 1 PDU- Free PDU

Organization structures in most companies today make resource management a daunting task. A lack of visibility into resource allocation and capacity, consistent prioritization and validation of actual work versus planned, contribute to this challenge.

Over 50% of IT organizations surveyed use their “best guess” when determining what capacity IT has to perform projects in a given period.

This webinar presents the fundamentals for creating and implementing a Resource Management Model using people, process and technology. A Resource Management Model is a set of processes that provide visibility, decision support and structure to effectively manage people in an organization.

Allocating resources based on availability and fit, supported by standard processes, will improve the success and predictability of projects across your organization.

Who should attend this webinar?

COO’s, CIOs, Department VPs and Managers, PMs, Resource 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

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
• 9.2 Acquire 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 Resource Capacity Management

Live Webinar February 18th, 2014 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly Webcasts

NOTE: At the time of this post the registration page states this webinar is on December 17th 2014 but the session has been moved to February 18th 2015.

Rebels at Work: A Handbook for Leading Change from Within challenges the assumption that leadership comes from a position of power or authority.

With practical advice and guidance, authors Lois Kelly and Carmen Medina—rebels in their own right—will help empower you by transforming the way you present your ideas and engage your coworkers and bosses.

Attendees will learn:

• The difference between good and bad rebels at work.
• Common fears about pushing for change and how to manage them.
• Do this first: understanding how things work at work.
• Creating a rebel alliance, avoiding hero worship.
• Positioning and communicating ideas so people pay attention (and maybe even help you.
• Using conflict and controversy productively.
• Tips for staying sane and resilient.
•  And …When to quit.

Carmen thinks most organizations don’t have a good way of determining when it’s time to transform and/or “sell” their current business model.

Heretics, mavericks, and rebels at work can provide organizations with the important early warning system they so desperately need.

Presenters:

Lois Kelly (LinkedIn profile, O’Reilly bio) co-author of Rebels at Work and the award winning Beyond Buzz: The Next Generation of Word-of-Mouth Marketing is a student of change and has been a creative rebel throughout her career.She helps companiesd create new ways to launch products, communicate complicated issues, deal with crises, go public, adopt innovative business practices, and occasionally try to move mountains.

Carmen Medina  (LinkedIn profile, O’Reilly bio) co-author of Rebels at Work spent 32 years as a heretic at the Central Intelligence Agency. Despite this, she held several senior positions at the Agency, including serving on the executive team that led the CIA’s analytic directorate.  Since retiring from CIA in 2010, Carmen writes and speaks about Rebels at Work, analysis and strategic warning, the emergence of new global norms in the 21st century, the future culture of work, and cognitive diversity.

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

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 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 Rebels with a Cause: Creating Positive Change at Work

Live Webinar December 17th, 2014 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Fissure Corporation (Rep 1026)

Relevant and practical tips for communicating as a leader are hard to find. So it’s no wonder we, as leaders, screw up communication so badly, and so frequently.

The truth is, communication is key to effective leadership. In fact, successful leadership and effective communication are inextricably linked: it’s all about the transfer of information and the accurate understanding of that information.

In this information-packed webinar, we’ll investigate why communication efforts fail and provide actionable tips and nifty ideas to improve your leadership communication skills.

In this session, Fissure will help you dial in to:

• Intent versus action–How perceptions and viewpoints differ
• The real skill of active listening. If it’s easy, you’re doing it wrong…
• For Pete’s sake, pick up the phone!
• Skills, tips, techniques. Take notes

Click to register for You Talking to Me? Effective Communication for Leaders

Live Webinar December 18th, 2014 – 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Requirements Management CoP (REP #S055)

This webinar addresses top project and requirement management challenges and the seven keys to requirements management success.

This webinar, a repeat performance of a presentation of the same name at the PMI 2014 NA Congress in Phoenix reveals the top requirements management tips as collected by your RqM Council leaders Beth Ouellette (LinkedIn profile) and Mike Frenette (LinkedIn profile) using experiences gained during two years of monthly webinars delivered to the Community and results from a survey sent to you – the over 18,000 Community subscribers.

Deliver project success more frequently by managing requirements smarter and tighter.

Focus on some of the seven Success Keys to improve project performance, yield higher business value through involving the right people, setting the right expectations, increasing quality, managing change and building in timely approvals.

If you can focus on just a couple of the seven Success Keys, your project is sure to improve. Let’s manage requirements a little bit smarter, tighter, and deliver project success more frequently.

Cheers to Better Requirements!

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

Click to register for Requirements Management Top Tips

Live Webinar December 17th, 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, you will learn which three interpersonal skills are the most critical to a project manager’s success.

You will understand how being socially aware will help you manage stakeholder relationships and also help to realize where you have the ability to influence, no matter your position within organizational hierarchy.

Deborah will also discuss how behavioral science is important in understanding communication styles and workplace values, motivators and behaviors and why the art of project management contributes to 80% of project and organizational success.

Presenter: Deborah Herting (LinkedIn profile)  MPA, MSOD, PMP, CPVA, CPBA Founder and CEO at The Deborah Group is the author of The Power of Interpersonal Skills in Project Management.

Click to register for The Socially Emerging Project Manager: High Impact Interpersonal Skills, Their Attributes & Using Them To Achieve Success

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