Online Webinar – Recorded
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Cat A PDU – $12.95 USD
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

This webinar is the first in a 2 part series on Critical Role Of Change Agents by Solutions Cube.  Although this module is a part of the series – each module in the series can be taken individually.

Projects create unique products, services, or results. Thus, the inevitability of change is an inescapable factor resulting from every project.

Every project creates opportunities that must be seized or forever lost. Without attention to organizational change, these products, services, and results may never be used.

Attend this 1 hour presentation to learn how to increase your awareness and start to acquire the skills to manage resistance to organizational change resulting from your projects.

In this 1 hour in-depth webinar participants learn:

• Concepts of organizational change management and the differences in change versus transition
• Typical responsibilities of change agents
• How change disrupts expectations
• Reasons for and causes of resistance and how to manage resistance
• The importance of respecting differing frames of reference
• Emotional responses to change

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EARN 1 PDU after viewing this webinar

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Live Webinar January 6th, 2016 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Fissure Corporation (Rep 1026)

Futuring, or “foresight” as it is becoming known, is the disciplined study of the future. It utilizes some techniques that are different from those used in normal business forecasting and strategy development and planning.

In this session Stephen will describe a few of the unique foresight methodologies and tools, and discuss how the techniques are used in practice.

Leave with knowledge that you can apply!

Presenter: Stephen Troutman (LinkedIn profile) is a Futurist, Keynote Speaker, Facilitator, and Community Volunteer.

• As a Futurist, since 1999, he is on regular speaker and member of both the Minnesota Futurists and the World Future Society.
• At IBM for 33 years, Steve held a number of management and professional positions in transformation consulting, organization change, process leadership, and sales.
• As a US Naval Reservist for 23 years, he was the Commanding Officer of four units, and attained the rank of Captain.
• As a keynote speaker and facilitator he shares his depth of knowledgeable in consulting methodologies, change management, process improvement, team facilitation, and managing remote teams.
• As a community volunteer he serves on the Boards of Director of four organizations, including his current role as President of the Board of the Rochester Art Center, a world class, a contemporary art museum.

Steve is the co-author of the book: Remote Control: A Practitioner’s Guide to Managing Virtual Teams and has a BS in Management and an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Venture Management both from the University of Southern California

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Live Webinar January 6th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am  EST or
Live Webinar January 6th, 2016, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Duration:1 hour Webcast – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the heart of the digital business.

It is the marriage of operational and information technology necessary to create a business advantage.

Discussion Topics:

• What IoT is, and which are the major vendors
• Practical advice on how to build IoT solutions
• What an IoT reference architecture looks like

Presenter: Drue Reeves (LinkedIn profile) Managing VP

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

• 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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