Live Webinar – April 27th, 2016 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by:  Training Magazine
Duration: 1 Hour 1  Category C  PDU – Free PDU

Deloitte’s Global Human Resources Trends indicates that employee engagement (and culture) is the number one challenge facing business leaders. But they sadly claim, that organizations are only ‘somewhat ready’ for this challenge.

Many leaders and CEO’s STILL haven’t embraced engagement as a strategic business initiative!

If your organization is one of them, this could be a costly oversight! 

Why is this the case?  After 5 years of surviving countless organizational layoffs, job eliminations, mergers, reductions in training and development investments, and few promotions and pay increases, your employees are again be in the driver’s seat.

In this high energy and captivating webinar, global engagement thought leader and bestselling author Bob Kelleher will give you practical and specific ideas to help ‘engage’ your leadership team.

Specifically Bob will outline:

• Key business metrics proving that engagement DRIVES business results
• Specific ideas to help you ‘get’ the attention of the C Suite that engagement must be a priority
• How to help leaders create a line of sight describing where the company is going, how you’re going to get there, and what role all of your employees play in helping you get there.
• How to measure the ROI of your engagement efforts
• Why training your first line leaders is a necessary first step to engagement
• How to build a communication ‘promise’ that will build alignment, engagement, and consistency of message
• How effective performance management drives engagement (because A players want to work with A players)
• Why building a culture of celebration and recognition drives positive  business results
• The importance of defining one’s “Why” (according to research by Jim Collins (Good to Great), firms that focus  on Purpose out perform their peer group 6X!

Join Bob and learn how to get the attention of the C-Suite!

Presenter: Bob Kelleher (LinkedIn profile) is the founder of The Employee Engagement Group a best-selling author, thought leader, keynote speaker and consultant, sharing his insights on employee engagement, leadership, and workforce trends. Bob is the author of the best seller, Louder Than Words: 10 Practical Employee Engagement Steps That Drive Results,  Creativeship: A Novel for Evolving Leaders  and the just released Employee Engagement for Dummies! The Employee Engagement Group recently introduced the world’s first virtual employee engagement resource center, Engage On-Demand, Resource Library.

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

• 9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
• 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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How to Engage Your Leadership On Engagement!

Live Webinar April 27th, 2016 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
By: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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Evidence is showing high rates of natural resource project failure, where stakeholders’ conflicts, regulatory and policy-related challenges, and unfavourable external environments are cited as primary causes.

These often stem from environmental performance concerns and legacy issues of past practices. And beyond that, breakdowns in communications, and an incomplete identification of relevant risks and requirements, have been recognized as root causes.

The work of each engineering discipline plays a significant role in enabling risk avoidance and improvement in design, as well as addressing external stakeholder concerns and requirements.

However, achieving success in multi-phase, extended duration projects requires distinct collaboration, coordination, and communication elements.

Key strategies and considerations to improve the alignment and collaboration of stakeholders will be discussed, that, if successfully implemented, should result in three main benefits:

• An ease in obtaining environmental approvals,
• A reduced risk of project cost and schedule overruns, and
• An integrated contribution to achieving lower cost, lower risk, and minimal impact operations and closure.

Presenter: Karen Chovan PMP (LinkedIn profile) Karen is on a mission To Engage, Empower & Enable individuals & teams to make positive impact on project and development outcomes. For over 20 years, karen’s career has taken her through various roles within the extractives industry, focused on managing and executing projects involving the characterization and mitigation of environmental risks and opportunities. Karen is a keynote speaker, traininor, and advisor. Visit Karen’s website for lots of great content.

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Leaning The Project Lifecycle

Live Webinar April 27th, 2016 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
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

We’ve all heard that setting priorities in our personal lives is key to achieving our goals.

Some of us hire personal coaches to get our lives in order, but when it comes to what we do within the office, all that planning goes out the window.

Organizations today are running at a much faster pace than ever before. We have technology glued to us at all times so that we can quickly respond to things.

But should we really?

This month Core Performance Concepts will talk about the benefits of prioritizing our days both at home and at work.

They understand that you don’t always have control over the priorities that may be set for you in the office, but will discuss some strategies and approaches to gaining clarity of purpose when your supervisor says something is urgent or if you are feeling like you have too many projects on your plate.

At the end of this session, they will ask for attendees to submit a scenario they would like to have discussed in their May 27th panel. They will share experiences and strategies for helping you get your time in control.

Benefits

• Learn how to prioritize both at home and work
• Identify key strategies to gain clarity
• Plan your projects accordingly
• Submit your scenarios to discuss next session
• Earn 1 PDU

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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Managing Multiple Priorities

Live Webinar April 27th, 2016, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By:  StickyMinds/Techwell

Users today want all web and mobile applications to respond as quickly as a Google search.

They also want cool new features and apps that make their lives easier.

So your teams adopt practices like agile, DevOps, continuous integration, asset reuse, and automation to deliver faster and more efficiently.

But how do you balance the velocity of development with the time-consuming performance testing tasks required to ensure your users are delighted by your app’s performance?

Voke analyst Theresa Lanowitz and Senior Performance Engineer at Netoys Brad Stoner will take a deep dive into the answer—continuous performance validation.

Continuous performance validation is the practice of using automated and collaborative tools to test and monitor application performance at every step of the application development lifecycle.

Learn How To:

• Employ automation throughout the entire development lifecycle
• Test for performance early and often—even in development
• Reuse assets to balance quality with the speed of development
• Run realistic end-to-end tests in pre-production for business critical apps
• Monitor the same transactions in production and pre-production

Presenters:

Theresa Lanowitz (LinkedIn profile) Founder Voke, Inc.; is recognized worldwide as a strategic thinker and influencer in application lifecycle, virtualization, cloud computing, and mobile markets. From 1999 through 2006, Theresa was a research analyst with Gartner, where she was the founder, creator, and chairperson of the highly successful Application Development conference. She also spent time at McDonnell Douglas, Borland, and Sun Microsystems.

Brad Stoner (LinkedIn profile) Senior Performance Engineer Neotys and founded Sandbreak Digital Solutions, a consulting company specializing in web application performance testing, web page optimization, front end optimization, capacity testing, infrastructure validation, and cloud testing. Over the past twelve years in IT, Brad has held varying roles, from systems engineering to operations management.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope 8 – Quality

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management
• 8.2 Perform Quality Assurance

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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3 Keys to Continuous Performance Validation:
Automate, Collaborate, Reuse

Live Webinar – April 27th, 2016 8:00 am – 8:30 am EDT
Live Webinar – April 27th, 2016 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM BT
Duration: .30 hour webinar Credits: .50 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Sponsored by:APM a division of  APMG International

Want to differentiate yourself from other cloud service providers or managed service providers?

The Cloud Industry Forum Code of Practice will help your potential customers feel confident in the service you provide, setting you apart from your competitors.

Want to find out more?

We are holding an informative webinar on the CIF Code of Practice that will include cloud technology specialist Your Cloud Works, discussing their experiences of being certified.

This webinar will be presented by Jason Wyatt, (LinkedIn profile) Business Development Director at Cloud Industry Forum and Tony Capewell, (LinkedIn profile) Director at Your Cloud Works / Your IT Works.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Initiating  & Executing, Planning
Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources 11 – Risk

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 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”

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Cloud Industry Forum Code Of Practice:
Differentiate Yourself In A Crowded Market

Live Webinar – April 27th, 2016 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Offered by MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Duration 1 hour + Q & A 1 PDU / 1 CDU
Mpug Member Free – Members only event

• Is there a formula to overcome any and all long standing barriers and achieve record-breaking results in any industry?
• Does the solution have the attention of corporate CEOs, national and international leaders and security agencies?
• Is Microsoft Project at the heart of this?

The answer is yes. Dave D’Silva, founder of Intelligent Market Solutions Group Inc., will lead this webinar. Learn about the Microsoft Project / Server based mini-EPMO™ Organizational Project Management development tool.

Developed at the request of Microsoft to launch Project Server in 2002, learn why this is the heart of the Maple Leaf Foods $1 billion Network Transformation program EPMO, with 100 inter-connected projects, where one project was the SAP install, and a given project is 10,000 tasks long.

Benefits – Less work, more money, more fun:

• Improve execution of any and all projects,
• Increase your value as a project professional, and
• Earn more respect in your business and community.

Dave will briefly share the three foundational case studies to describe the origins of the formula, focusing on the MS Project:

• The Microsoft Project/Server mini-EPMO™ Organizational Project Management development tool.
• PMI® centric Revenue Project Management (RPM™) method. Learn how RPM™ created a $3.5 trillion portfolio track-record initiated through a request of Bill Gates, injecting integrity into the stock market through start-up PriceMetrix;
• Cultural Bullying Management™ (CBM) emotional intelligent framework. Learn how CBM removes corporate corruption in private industries, and government through record-breaking court settlements, setting legal precedent, with the support of the police and the media.

Presenter: Dave D’Silva (LinkedIn profile) is the Project Manager and software architect of PriceMetrix, from which he developed a mathematical socio-economic development formula.  Dave has a Bachelor of Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo and his accomplishments include:

• Rogers Organizational Development launch PM of Office 365 Skype for Business and Ignite Internet,
• Microsoft Canada’s Enterprise PMO (Project Server / Visio) boot camp author and instructor,
• Simultaneous PMI PMO Community Chair (SOC) and Microsoft Project Users Group President (GTA),
• PMI PgMP pilot candidate certification co-trainer,
• PMI SOC membership negotiator of www.projectmanagement.com, and
• Government corruption investigator.

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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The Formula To Success:
The Microsoft Project / Server based Mini-EPMO™
Organizational PM Development Tool