Online Webinar – Recorded December 11th 2013
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Note: Although ASPE is an REP presentations this presentations needs to be recorded as a Cat C PDU Event – Contact Traci Lester Marketing Specialist at ASPE for more information

Creativity Doesn’t Always Come Naturally

Sometimes our brainstorms feel more like overcast brain days and when you’re building a small business from the ground up, creativity is essential.

Leveraging the SmartStorming technique, this one-hour session will walk you through how to brainstorm ideas for your business’ key roles, rules, and a few tricks for your next company discussion.

For more information on SmartStorming see SmartStorming: The Game Changing Process for Generating Bigger, Better Ideas

Presenter: Kate Stonich, (LinkedIn profile) Director of Global Education – Kenshoo

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning
Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources 11 – Risk

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 9.3 Develop 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 Brainstorming Your Brand: How to Break Out of the Whiteboarding Box

Online Webinar – Recorded September 11th 2013
Presented by: Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Are You Happy In Your Leadership Position?

For leaders today, success isn’t just about being a great businessperson….

It’s about performing well in all aspects of life.

Based on decades of his research and practical application around the world, Stew Friedman teaches in this webinar how to achieve what he calls “our-way wins” as a leader, improving performance and results in all four domains of life … by finding mutual value among them.

1. Work,
2. Home,
3. Community and
4. Self (mind, body, spirit)

Gaining an understanding of the Total Leadership approach and how toapply it to your situationm

Participants will take away valuable tools to:

1. Assess the alignment of their actions and value
2. Grasp what it means for them to lead with impact in all domains of their lives
3. Generate actionable plans for creating real sustainable change
4. Use peer-to-peer coaching for accountability and support for taking action
5. Build commitment for their leadership visions in those who matter most to them

NOTE: You will need to register with a free account to view.

Presented by: Stew Friedman (LinkedIn profile) is the author of Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life and Baby Bust: New Choices for Men and Women in Work and Family.  Stew is at the Wharton School of Business, where he is the Practice Professor of Management. In 1991 Steve founded both the Wharton Leadership Program, and the Wharton Work/Life Integration Project. Stew served for five years in the mental health field before earning his PhD in organizational psychology from the University of Michigan.

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’

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Online Webinar  – Recorded October 28th, 2015
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C  – Free PDU
Presented by American Management Association (REP 1294)

Note:  Although the AMA is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number Contact the AMA for further information.

The Inside Story of How to Drive Strategic Initiatives

It’s sometimes said that there is no constant but change.

With smart phones, apps for everything, and self-driving cars on the horizon, the business world seems to be changing faster than ever.

For most organizations, this is a scary time. It seems certain that your industry will be disrupted, although it’s hard to know how or when.

With all this change on the outside, however, change from the inside seems harder than ever.

People cling to habits and routines, and even when the wolf is at the door, it seems that people resist change, even when everyone knows it’s necessary.

It’s hard enough to instigate change from the top, but what if you’re not the CEO? What if you’re somewhere in the middle? What can you do?

It turns out there’s a lot you can do. Dave Gray will show you how to navigate the complex underlying social dynamics in organizations, so you can find the doorways that will lead to truly meaningful change.

Learn:

• Why people argue about things that seem obvious
• Four illusions that keep people stuck in their current mindset
• Why you can never be objective about your role in change
• Why behavior is the last thing you should focus on changing
• How to find the doorways that will lead to real, meaningful chang

Presenter: Dave Gray (LinkedIn profile) Founder of XPLANE, is a management consultant, focused on innovation and change, and is also a founding member of VizThink, an international community of Visual Thinkers. He is coauthor of Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers, and The Connected Company. For more information, follow Daves Blog.

Click to register for Be A Connected Leader: Working Up, Down & Across The Organization To Advance Your Initiatives

Online Webinar – Recorded January 31, 2011
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Like an author experiencing writer’s block, the underlying competency of Creative Thinking (or lack thereof) can stop the best of us in our tracks.

Learn what Creative Thinking is and discover opportunities to blow away your paradigms and move your analysis forward.

Then enhance your BA value by defining ways to complement that recharged creativity with Critical and Strategic Thinking skills.

Presented by: Bonnie Baldus, PMP, (LinkedIn profile) has 20+ years of experience in project management, leadership, and business analysis training and business analysis. As an alumni of Iowa State University  BSc degree and  advanced studies in Technical Communication, Bonnie is a member of both PMI®, the Project Management Institute, and ASTD, the American Society of Training and Development.

Click to register for Critical And Creative Thinking: How To Recharge Your BA Skills

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

This webinar is the First in a 4 part series series on Managing Risk by Solutions Cube.  Although this module is a part of the series – each module in the series can be taken individually.

Uncertainty Is Not The Same As Risk

As with many things in life, all projects are subject to uncertainty, however uncertainty is not the same as “risk”. Because all projects are initiated to produce change in the current environment, risk during the project lifecycle is a natural occurrence.

Project Risks can be negative “threats” to be minimized as well as positive “opportunities” to be exploited during the life of a project.

Effective Project Risk Management recognizes both types of risks and is the key contributor to “project success”, but effective Risk Management doesn’t just happen – it is orchestrated and managed throughout the project lifecycle.

The Risk Management Series of in depth webinars will introduce participants to techniques for defining a Risk Management Process and using this process to progressively build a Risk Register.

The Risk Register will include:

• Identifying risks using a Risk Meta-Language,
• Assessing Risks with quantitative techniques,
• Understanding the 8 risk responses and  selecting the appropriate Risk Response for the project risks
• Monitoring risks throughout the project.

In this 1 hour in-depth webinar participants learn:

• The difference between Project Risk and Uncertainty
• The value of including Opportunities and Threats in the scope of risk management
• How to recognize the characteristics of a successful risk management effort
• How to avoid factors that lead to failed risk management activities
• The steps for preparing to run a successful risk management effort

Solutions Cube Group’s Preparing for the Successful Risk Management Effort will help your project teams understand the characteristics of a successful risk management effort.

The sessions will share techniques that can be used on every risk management effort to understand the risk culture of an organization and achieve a more effective risk management effort that balances the impacts of project uncertainties with the effort needed to prevent or encourage the uncertain events.

EARN 1 PDU after viewing this webinar

PLEASE NOTE:  If you are on the Solutions Group Site and receive a message that your cart is empty when you go to check out – this is because you are not yet signed in to your account on their site – or you have not registered for a free account on their site.

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 Preparing for Successful Risk Management: Risk Series 1 of 4

Online Webinar – Recorded May 13th, 2015
Presented by:  Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

How Well Do You Mange Your Time Between Meetings?

It’s scarce and it’s important. It’s one of the most valuable resources a leader has.

It’s called “White Space,” and it’s the available time between meetings and other tasks.

Join Skillsoft Vice President & Executive Producer Taavo Godtfredsen  (LinkedIn profile) in this leadership webinar as he shows you how the way you use white space can be the difference between success and failure.

You will  learn:

• The difference between a development “program” and a development “process.”
• How to direct white space to maximize effectiveness.
• How to create real impact on leadership development application.

Refocusing your white space starts with this webinar. View this webinar today!

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 9.3 Develop 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 Direct the White Space: How Successful Leaders Manage The Available Time Between Meetings