Live Webinar – January 29th, 2015 – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Offered by BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP 1811)
Duration 1 Hr 1 Cat A PDU/CDUs – Free  PDU / CDU

Discover the secrets to  virtual meetings!

Angela will discuss tools and techniques that will show us how to stop the multi-tasking and make virtual meetings more effective.

Yes, there are things you can do to stop others from multi-tasking, and make those virtual meetings a great use of everyone’s time!

Virtual meetings are here to stay and are a part of our work – But …

• Why are they so painful?
• Why is everyone multi-tasking?
• How do we get everyone to participate, even quiet personalities, across borders, and between timezones?
• How can we neutralize strong personalities and bring out the quiet ones?
• How can we engage and collaborate better with virtual tools?

If you are asking these questions, come discover the tools and techniques that will change how you facilitate conference calls.

Course Learning Objectives Include:

• Learn the secrets to why people multi-task on calls
• Learn what tools and techniques will get them to stop
• Learn about tools to innovate and kick your virtual meetings up a notch

With the Course You Will Receive:

• Access to the Live and Recorded Version of Webinar
• Personalized Certificate of Attendance
• Copy of Presentation Slides

Presenter: Angela Wick (LinkedIn profile) After more than 15 years of consulting, mentoring and teaching, Angela knows that great BAs transform organizations. Angela encourages BAs to be agents of change. She helps BAs develop the skills they need to inspire collaboration, creativity and innovation. Get free BA tips and trends by following Angela on Twitter @WickAng or by visiting http://www.angelawick.com/.

Click to register for Virtual Requirements Meetings: Kick ’em Up A Notch!

Live Webinar January 28th, 2015 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST
By: Corporate Education Group ( REP 1011 ) Course Id: BAW1302
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

When it comes to running a requirements workshop, the business analyst is in a bit of a tough situation; it’s hard to facilitate a group and to get the requirements at the same time.

Meetings drag on and on, users change their minds, they can’t agree amongst themselves, or the scope keeps changing.

In this webinar, you’ll learn some key facilitation techniques to make your working sessions with users more effective.

Learning objectives include:

• A simple and straight forward technique to plan an effective requirements gathering session
• What to do before the workshop to make the session successful
• How to keep the workshop focused and moving
• Tips and techniques for dealing with difficult situations like the non-stop talker, the dominator, and the quiet one and the group that can’t agree on anything

About the presenter: Phil Vincent (LinkedIn profile), PMP®, CBAP®, Certified ScrumMaster, and Certified Rational Solution Designer, is a professional coach and consultant to business analysis and project management professionals in organizations all across the United States and Canada. Phil also teaches business analysis programs to professionals, and will draw on these experiences to provide you with proven techniques for effectively collaborating with your project stakeholders to elicit accurate requirements.

Click to register for Business Analyst and Facilitator: Yes, You Can Be Both!

Live Webinar January 28th 2015, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU

Requirements Planning adds incredible value to the requirements process.

More than simply creating another “work breakdown structure” document, this is an opportunity to address risks proactively and gain better stakeholder participation.

This session demonstrates how every component of a requirements plan adds value.

Learning Objectives:

1. Illustrate the pitfalls of traditional approaches to Requirements Planning
2. Deliver guidelines for making Requirements Planning a value-add activity
3. Know what material must be present in a high quality requirements planning document

Click to register for 5 Things You Must Know About Requirements Planning

Live Webinar – January 29th 2015, 12:00-1:00 PM EST
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

We are becoming a knowledge economy driven by knowledge workers.

• Knowledge workers do not have a set task list or specific functions they must do every day.
• They create work and build value by creating new products, services and solutions.

In order to become a knowledge worker, you must have a specific expertise that is relevant to what your organization does or needs and you must have the skills to function in a highly complex matrix of dependencies.

A “highly complex matrix of dependencies” sounds like business speak 101, yet this is reality.

As organizations flatten, getting things done can become even more political and ambiguous.

Being “T” shaped means you have the deep technical skills needed to provide value for the organization (bottom of the “T”) but you also have the skill needed to walk unscathed through the minefield that is organizational culture and process .

Some of those skills include conflict management, negotiation, communication and presentation to name a few.

In this web seminar you will learn:

• Why knowledge workers must be well-rounded, complete human beings
• How becoming “T” shaped drives productivity and decision making
• How the fate of companies and individuals hinges on driving “T” shaped development
• Why “T” shaped employees are the exception not the rule and how you can fix that

Presenter: David Mantica (LinkedIn profile) – David Mantica has more than 16 years of experience in business to business continuing education in executive, product management, marketing, and operations capacities. He has product managed the initiation, development and delivery of more than 300 instructor-led and live, online training courses, in software development life cycle, IT, telecommunications, finance, healthcare IT, and marketing industries.

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 Becoming Invaluable: The “T” Shaped Professional