Live Webinar February 17th, 2016 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST
By: The Corporate Education Group (REP 1011) Course
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Projects are the mechanism to realize business strategy, create competitive advantage and achieve organizational transformation.

Important stuff, but most often, projects are being done in addition to ongoing business operations with constrained resources.

Therefore success is dependent on getting the right resources, spending your budget wisely, and keeping people focused and motivated to execute.

Warning signs that a project is headed to failure include missed deadlines, confusion, conflict and churning. All this can contribute to project manager and team burnout.

Effective project managers look for these early warning signs of failure and burnout so they can take corrective actions, but more importantly, they proactively work to avoid them.

In this webinar you will learn tips and techniques to:

• Cultivate a healthy environment for your project, your team, and yourself
• Create best practices you can rely on to drive the project forward
• Leverage relationships to support and motivate

About the Presenter: Bonnie Cooper (LinkedIn profile), PMP®, Instructor and Consultant for Corporate Education Group, is a twenty-year information technology professional. In her current role as the Program Director for the Massachusetts Medical Society™(MMS) Corporate IT Program Office, Bonnie is responsible for coordinating the efforts of project teams, overseeing the implementation of project standards, managing the corporate IT strategic plan, and leading the program to re-engineer the membership platform for MMS.

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How To Avoid Project Failure & Burnout

Live Webinar – February 23rd, 2016 10:00 am – 11:00 am EST
Offered by MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Duration 1 hour + Q & A 1 PDU / 1 CDU
Mpug Member Free – Members only event

This power-packing hour covers Project Online reporting, Power BI, Business Intelligence, and more.

You have seen many reporting sessions, but this is one that you will not want to miss.

Together, Scott and Jacques bring over 50 years reporting experience and will leave you with the understanding of how easy Microsoft has made Project Online reporting.

There is not a report that we have seen that we can’t build.

Presenters:

Jacques Goupil (LinkedIn profile) PMP, MCP, MCTS, Managing Director at PPM Works has over 13 years of professional experience in software design, implementation, and development in the Project Management area. He is an active member of the Project Management community serving as a board member of the Boston Chapter of the Microsoft Project User Group (MPUG).

Scott Clausen MBA PMP MCP (LinkedIn profile) Managing Director, Delivery at PPM Works, is an expert at envisioning and delivering solutions that leverage full capabilities of Project Server, SharePoint and SQL Server Business Intelligence platforms. Having launched 40+ Project Server environments, Scott is well versed at architecture design, upgrade planning, requirements gathering, configuration best practices, test plans, training, workflows, PSI, C#, SharePoint solutions, SQL reports and troubleshooting issues.

If you are NOT ALREADY a member JOIN MPUG!

This event is for members only BUT… You can take one of the MPUG Certificated Masterclass (Usually 6 Category A PDUs) Or over 30 other Category A PDUs for free each year.  The $129 Per Year Membership Fee is a terrific value!

MPUG Membership includes:

1. MPUG’s Project Server and SharePoint certificated courses available to members
2. Over 30 other virtual PDU events per year
3. You can network with other MPUG (Microsoft Project Users Group) members at in person meetings and events.
4. Work with Microsoft MVPs in MS Project Project Server & SharePoint
5. And so much more …

Seriously consider joining MPUG if you work with SharePoint or Project & earn all the PDUs you will need as a member of MPUG!

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It’s All About: Reports!

Live Webinar Feb 17th 2016, 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

Every project starts from somewhere – this session discusses the factors associated with project initiation and startup.

This can be accomplished through leveraging the following methodology deliverables:

• Business case,
• Detailed requirements,
• High level design,
• Project charter,
• Project roles,
• Testing strategy,
• User acceptance (UA) test plan.

The purpose and utility for each of these deliverables will be discussed during this tutorial.

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.

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Applying IT Methodology to Project Initiation: A Tutorial

Live Webinar February 16th, 2016 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST
Presented by:  Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Practical Employee Engagement:
Drive Results

Employee engagement has moved front and center with many organizations, but it means different things to different companies.

Employee advocacy, employee referrals, employee productivity…all of these are part of a larger “Employee Engagement Ecosystem.”

While Employee Engagement is important, the only thing that ultimately matters is: “does this make the business stronger?”

QUEsocial will partner with Sodexo to discuss how to create an Employee Engagement Ecosystem that starts with empowering and activating employees, and results in measurable business wins.

Join Patrick Rooney (LinkedIn profile) Founder & Chief Customer Officer, QUEsocial & Jess McCoss (LinkedIn profile) VP Customer Success, QUEsocial. Come away with a framework to think about Employee Engagement in a practical way, and concrete steps to drive immediate business results.

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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Driving Business Results From Employee Engagement, Employee Advocacy & Talent Acquisition