Online  Webinar  – Recorded March 16th, 2015
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A  – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI LEAD CoP (REP #S004)

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Project Managers:

• Are doers.
• Make things happen.
• Are some of the most valuable people in an organization.
• Know who’s doing what and when.
• Know what’s holding the company back (people, processes or technology).
• Have process improvement suggestions.
• Understand how to be efficient.
• Have industry knowledge.
• Understand many different business functions within an organization.
• Track information.
• Have insight and valuable knowledge geared to help company leaders achieve their vision through action.

Organizations that listen to their Effective Project Managers
Succeed in the marketplace.
It’s that simple!

This webinar will discuss how to be an effective Project Manager and focus on strategic assets such as the ability to manage yourself and manage others.

Michael Stratton, practicing project manager, will show you how to:

1. Iimprove productivity,
2. Think strategically through the use of mind maps,
3. Produce work that matters and ….
4. How to navigate the power personalities that exist within your organization.

Presenter:   Michael Stratton MS BS (LinkedIn profile) author of the The Effective Project Manager has 15 years of experience as a BA, PM and business owner. Michael is a strong advocate for the clear identification of problems, requirements and processes before the purchase and implementation of technology solutions.

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Live Webinar April 30th, 2015 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $20 USD PDU
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

This webinar is the secend in a two part series series on “Stakeholder Analysis” by Solutions Cube. Although this module is a part of the series – each module in the series can be taken individually.

It’s important to keep stakeholders aligned with the objectives of your project and obtain their support so that, ultimately, you can gain their acceptance of project deliverables and closure.

This is the second webinar in a 2 part series on Stakeholder Analysis. This webinar will discuss how to identify stakeholders that can significantly influence the project either positively or negatively and develop a strategy for obtaining and/or increasing support for the project.

Attend this 1 hour presentation to learn how to develop an approach for managing stakeholders, whether their perceptions about your project are negative or positive. Tips will be provided to help you retain and increase the support of influential stakeholders and to reduce or eliminate the impact of stakeholders who perceive your project negatively.

In this 1 hour in-depth webinar participants learn:

• Confirm which stakeholders can significantly influence the project either positively or negatively
• Consider key information about each stakeholder such as level of participation, area/s representing, and key relationships within the organization
• Develop a plan for increasing support and minimizing negative impacts, then implement the plan

EARN 1 PDU after viewing this webinar

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To resolve this issue simply click the “person” icon on the top of the course description page and either sign in or register.  You can then return to the course Description page and add the course to your cart.

Click to purchase How to Create a Stakeholder Management Strategy – Stakeholder Analysis Session 2 of 2

Online Course (video only) – Recorded
Free:  48 min video presentation only – .75 Category C Free PDU
Presented by: Finance Learning Academy
Dedicated to helping financial professionals advance their careers.

OR … Purchase the entire course from Proformative
for $199.USD USD and record it as 1.5 Category B PDUs
When purchased it qualifies as a “Category B Opportunity”

The Purchased Course Includes: All Presentations,  Knowledge Checks, Slides/Transcript  and the Strategic Advisory Toolkit

This course will give you the keys to developing your ability to advise your clients, internal or external, on their business strategies.

Instructor Blair Cook will discuss strategic management principles in a practical context for small- and medium-sized business application, and focus on the essentials you need to know to participate, facilitate, and converse with your clients about their strategy.

This is an outstanding opportunity
To add further value to your client relationships.

In this course Blair will  cover how to assess your client’s current and future strategy, strategy development, and performance management.

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize elements of your expertise that enable your client’s strategic management process
• Define elements of a good strategic planning process
• Identify how to advise your clients on developing and executing strategy

Throughout the course Blair will feature a case study to assist you in understanding and applying the principles taught.

Upon completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

• Gather information,
• Analyze data, and
• Provide value-added advice to your clients

With the purchase of the course you will also receive a turnkey strategic management toolkit that you can put to use right away with your clients, including the 20 key questions that all good strategies need to address.

View the videos below:

• Lesson 1 – Strategic Advisory: Services
• Lesson 2 – Strategic Advisory: Defining Strategy
• Lesson 3 – Strategic Advisory: Mission Vision and Values
• Lesson 4 – Strategic Advisory: Assessing Current State
• Lesson 5 – Strategic Advisory: Strategy Development
• Lesson 6 -Strategic Advisory: Performance Management
• Lesson 7 – Strategic Advisory: Using the Strategy Toolkit

Lesson 1 – Strategic Advisory Services

Lesson 2 – Defining Strategy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7ZkHDP0fEo

Lesson 3 – Mission Vision and Values

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiOlOzUjdQI

Lesson 4 – Assessing The Current State

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTrbsT5Kpzk

Lesson 5 – Strategy Development

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fzx4kee6gQ

Lesson 6 – Performance Management

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFP6CnbCdow

Lesson 7 – Using The Strategic Advisory Tookit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6_ncm5zTig

Presenter:  Blair Cook CA, CPA, MBA  (LinkedIn profile @BlairCookCACPA) is  a many-time CFO, corporate director, a sought after keynote speaker on business financials, and a passionate educator working with dozens of public/private companies; and professional bodies/post-secondary institutions across Canada. His career is divided between academic endeavors, such as developing the new certification program for CPA Canada, and supporting the corporate world at the highest levels.

Blair is a life-long learner who encourages continuing professional development.  He observes and experiments with various financial and management theories in real world contexts and shares  lessons learned to others who share a passion for developing financial leadership competency. If you can take the opportunity to hear Blair – Take it!

Catch Blair Speaking at:

• CFO Dimensions Conference:
  • October 19-20, 2015 -New York, New York USA

Or contact the Finance Learning Academy
For more information on this presentation

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define 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’

Click to obtain “Category B Certification 1.5 PDUs”  Purchase Adding Strategic Advisory To Your Client Relationships from Proformative

OR … Claim .75 Category C PDUs For Watching The Complete Presentation on YouTube:

• Lesson 1  – Strategic Advisory: Services  
• Lesson 2 – Strategic Advisory: Defining Strategy
• Lesson 3 – Strategic Advisory: Mission Vision and Values
• Lesson 4 – Strategic Advisory: Assessing Current State
• Lesson 5 – Strategic Advisory: Strategy Development
  
• Lesson 6 – Strategic Advisory: Performance Management
  
• Lesson 7 – Strategic Advisory: Using the Strategy Toolkit
  

Live Webinar – April 30th, 2015 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by:  Training Magazine
Duration: 1 Hour 1  Category C  PDU – Free PDU

Coaching is a powerful and underutilized technique for improving human performance.

Every manager can coach others to achieve mutual goals. Coaching serves different purposes including building competence, encouraging teamwork, securing trust, setting expectations, and measuring success.

Different contexts can benefit from different approaches to coaching.

In this interactive workshop, Thiagi and Tracy will use LOLAs (Live Online Learning Activities) to coach you through proven guidelines for improving your coaching performance.

Among other things, they will explore some little-known (but extremely effective) approaches to coaching from the fields of positive psychology and creativity.

Presenters:

Sivasailam “Thiagi” Thiagarajan, Ph.D. (LinkedIn profile) is Resident Mad Scientist at the Thiagi Group, a Bloomington, Indiana-based organization with the mission of helping people improve their performance effectively and enjoyably. Thiagarajan has published forty books, including Thiagi’s 100 Favorite Games (Pfeiffer Essential Resources for Training and HR Professionals) and Teamwork and Teamplay: Games and Activities for Building and Training Teams, as well as numerous games, simulations, and articles.

Tracy Tagliati, CPLP (LinkedIn profile) is a Senior Associate at the Thiagi Group, where she specializes in designing and delivering training to international clients. Prior to working with the Thiagi Group, Tracy was a corporate trainer for Mercury Insurance Group and Mindset development, a franchise of Crestcom

Also – Check out their book on “Engagement”:

Jolts! Activities to Wake Up and Engage Your Participants

“Only Thiagi and his co-author, Tracy, could have devised a list of 50 magical learning moments that are concise and certain to JOLT learners into new perspectives and profound insights. If you facilitate group learning or change management, you won’t want to miss this one!”

– Elaine Biech, author of
The Business of Consulting: The Basics and Beyond
And Training for Dummies

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 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 Coaching For Performance