Live Webinar December 1st, 2015 – 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EDT
Presented by:  Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Companies that support diversity as a strategic initiative benefit from an increase in new unique viewpoints, additional creative ideas and a higher level of employee job satisfaction.

According to a recent survey conducted by PeopleFluent, top strategic goals for companies working on diversity initiatives include creating an inclusive company culture, increasing employee engagement, fostering collaboration and becoming an employer of choice.

A variety of new tools and trends have emerged to help companies implement and improve diversity strategies.

In this webcast join  Jackye Clayton, (LinkedIn profile) Editor of RecruitingTools.com, as she takes a look back at the best of 2015 and shares thoughts on what’s coming up next year.

Jackye will explore the challenges of diversity recruiting, trends in the HR tech world aimed at facilitating greater communication in the workplace and ways to move beyond personal and group biases for more effective diversity recruiting.

You will learn:

1. How strategies for diversity recruiting, and recruiting in general, are changing
2. Ways that tools and technologies such as video interviewing can help diversity initiatives succeed
3. Strategies for facilitating better organizational communication around diversity and other strategic business initiatives

Presented by:

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

• 9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
• 9.2 Acquire Project Team
• 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”

Note: SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 Professional Development Credits (PDCs)

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Live Webinar November 25th, 2015 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Offered by IAG Consulting (REP 2858)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU 1 Category A – Free PDU

• Are you a Business Analyst trying to find your role in an Agile project?
• Are you looking for ways to ramp up your Agile team’s productivity?

There are a lot of misconceptions about Business Analysis in an Agile development environment, and sometimes Business Analysts find it hard to adapt to the short iterations, just-in-time planning and minimalist documentation that characterizes Agile development.

This webinar is a frank discussion about what Agile demands from a Business Analyst and how Business Analysts can succeed and ensure their team succeeds.

Learning Objectives:

1. Dispel common myths about Agile, including the belief that Business Analysts aren’t welcome in Agile
2. Explain why every development team needs excellent business analysis to be successful
3. Guide analysts in how to deliver the most value in Agile settings

Click to register for Three Ways Business Analysts Enable Agile Success

Online Webinar – Recorded July 29th 2015
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Hiring the right people is the most important thing a manager can do and a great business analyst can have a profound impact on your organization.

The challenge is in determining if a job candidate is a great BA or just someone who talks a good game.

After attending this webinar, you’ll understand how to attract the right talent to your organization and identify great business analysts.

You’ll find out how to separate great business analysts from mediocre ones and learn what to do after the offer is accepted to set your new hire up for success.

Presenter: Dave Saboe (LinkedIn profile)

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Live Webinar November 25th 2015, 8:00 am – 9:00 am  EST or
Live Webinar November 25th 2015, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Duration:1 hour Webcast – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

The digital workplace describes an inevitable transition to cloud, mobile, social and information that is transforming industries, value delivery and careers.

But all major transformations come with risk and challenges.

Addressing issues such as a loss of control, hidden threats and ethics are critical to your success.

Discussion Topics:

• How digital business strategies impact information security risk
• Challenges to some long-held conventions in security practice
• How to adapt your security program to deal with these new realities

Presenter: Tom Scholtz (LinkedIn profile),VP Distinguished Analyst

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 8 – Quality 11 – Risk

• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 11.2 Identify Risks
• 11.5 Plan Risk Responses

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 Information Security & The Dark Side Of The Digital Workplace

Online Webinar – Recorded April 25th 2013
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

You Get What You Measure

Metrics drive behavior and implementing the right metrics to measure the right things is imperative to support any improvement initiative.

The metrics used in traditional project management, such as % Complete for Requirements, Code and Test do not tell where we truly are in delivering business value.

The Only True Measure Of Progress Is Working Software

In this session, we will examine the fundamentals of Agile Metrics and how to implement them so that we can more accurately assess the impact that agile methods has on improving the software creation process and where and when we will be done with a project.

Presenter:Tom Wessel (LinkedIn profile)

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Live Webinar November 25th, 2015 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour  Credits: 1 PDU Category B  – Free PDU
Presented By: PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)
In Cooperation With: Core Performance Concepts (Rep #1399)

Note: Please record this as a Category B Presentation – You will receive a Category B certificate from PROJECTInsight

Giving people tasks that they “want to do” makes a huge difference in their performance, but a few things need to be in place first.

Building a great team starts with trust as the foundation building block.

Once you get your team to a point where they can manage their own conflict and make their own decisions, you will begin to see them be much more accountable and you will see measurable results.

Finally, wrap around this structure a commitment to use each resource in a way that gets them excited about what they are doing – NOW you have an engaged and effective organization.

This month explore what skills you need to have in order to move your team to the pinnacle of performance.

When your team performs at this level, think about how much easier your job will be.

Who should attend:

• Project managers, Portfolio managers,
• Project team members, Project Leads,
• Project sponsors & function/business unit managers,
• Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts, Scheduling Specialists and ….
• Other business stakeholders.

Benefits of this session:

• Learn how to form an engaged and productive organization
• Build trust and team cohesiveness to improve performance
• Establish accountability and effectiveness
• Earn 1 PDU

Click to register for How To Be That Person Everyone Wants On Their Team