Live Webinar October 13th, 2015 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly

This session is based on the book eers Inc: How People and Platforms Are Inventing the Collaborative Economy and Reinventing Capitalism  by Robin Chase

Before Uber and Airbnb, there was Zipcar. Robin Chase, the founder of Zipcar; has been studying the peer economy ever since.

If you want to understand the fundamental drivers of success that connect Uber, AirBnb, and other on demand companies to social media platforms, crowdsourcing, and crowdfunding.

Robin calls it Peers Inc. where she has developed a general theory of how peer production platforms succeed.

In this webcast Robin will cover how to build a Peers Inc company, from inception through maturity, sharing power according to developmental phase in order to maximize the likelihood of success and produce a long-lasting and sustainable company.

Presenter: Robin Chase (LinkedIn profile, @rmchase  robinchase.org) is a transportation entrepreneur. She is co-founder and former CEO of Zipcar; Buzzcar, (now merged with Drivy) an online ridesharing community. Author of Peers Inc: How People and Platforms Are Inventing the Collaborative Economy and Reinventing Capitalism,  and is also co-founder and Executive Chairman of Veniam, a vehicle communications company building the networking fabric for the IoMT. She has served on several boards including Governmental & Systems Program Advisory Committees and she lectures widely.  She has received many awards including Time 100 Most Influential People, Fast Company Fast 50 Innovators, and BusinessWeek Top 10 Designers. Robin graduated from Wellesley College and MIT’s, and was a Harvard University Loeb Fellow.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Initiating, 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’

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