Live Webinar October 5th, 2016 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc) Free PDU
In Cooperation With: Core Performance Concepts (Rep #1399)

Every interaction presents the opportunity to lead and have a positive impact on others. Great leaders are not only able to motivate, inspire, and bring out greatness in others, but are exceptional listeners. The question is, are you an active listener?

Active listening is a way of listening and responding to another person that improves mutual understanding. Often times when people talk to each other, they don’t listen attentively. They are distracted either half listening, listening with their own agenda or thinking about their response.

Join Brenda Williams, (LinkedIn profile) leadership and communication expert, in this interactive workshop that provides ready to implement listening skills that will enable you to inspire and influence others bringing about positive change and creating deeper relationships.

You will learn to build connections that are authentic and committed. Your team will become inspired, motivated and collaborative.

Benefits:

• Remove hidden obstacles to successful communication
• Strengthen communication through three levels of active listening
• Connect, engage and inspire teams to deliver results

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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Become An Active Listener That Motivates & Inspires Teams

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Live Webinar October 4th, 2016 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Human Capital Institute

Engagement Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Note: SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) towards SHRM-CP℠ or SHRM-SCP℠ Certifications.

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4 Essential Ingredients To Engagement Survey Success

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Live Webinar October 4th, 2016, 9:00 am – 10:00 am  EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

The Internet of Things (IoT) will demand a wide range of new technologies and skills, including new hardware platforms, new networks, new operating systems, new types of high-volume data processing, new cloud services, new endpoint management tools, and new standards and ecosystems.

Join Nick Jones (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) VP Distinguished Analyst  as his webinar explores 10 of the technologies organizations must master to excel in the age of the IoT.

Discussion Topics:

• Which technologies enterprises must master to unlock the full potential of the IoT
• What new skills are required in the age of IoT
• Why managing vendor and technology risk will be vital to successful IoT deployments

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Top 10 IoT Technologies for 2017 & 2018

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Live Webinar September 28th, 2016 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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Is available to PMI® members.

In technology projects, the project manager has to manage a variety of team members.

The software developer is often a critical team player. Unfortunately, there is often a communication and style disconnect between the PM and the developer. If this dysfunctional relationship continues, the project will fail.

In this webinar, attendees will lead practical strategies to work productively with developers.

Topics to be covered: a day in the life of your developer, how to network and demonstrate respect and how to proactively manage developers.

With increased technical knowledge and leadership dedication, the PM-Developer collaboration can become a win-win!

Presenter: Bruce Harpham (LinkedIn profile) runs Project Management Hacks, and his experience has focused on the financial services industry. Bruce’s writing on project management has appeared in Project Manager Today magazine, Project Times, CIO.com, and  ProjectManagement.com. In 2014, he won several blogging awards from IT World Canada for his writing on technology trends.

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Registration for this session is close to being full. If the registration is closed they are at maximum capacity for the live webinar.

An on-demand recording will be available at the link below
within 72 hours of the live session.

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How To Work Effectively With Developers:
What PMs Need To Know

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Live Webinar September 28th, 2016 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider:  Modern Analyst

Data Preparation is the core of every analyst’s job and nearly every one of them works with or within Excel spreadsheets.

However, the increasing complexity of data required for driving business forward is above and beyond what spreadsheets are able to, or designed to, handle.

IT has been maintaining legacy databases and investing in Hadoop, MongoDB, Cassandra, etc., alongside a Cloud initiative to keep up with business demands.

But are Business Analysts able to keep up with changing database technology with what they already have and use today? Using Toad, analysts can leverage their current expertise in Excel and prepare for their future data solutions.

Learn:

• Top drivers for adoption of NoSQL technologies
• Challenges with just using Excel-based analysis methods
• How to leverage Excel expertise to evolving technologies using Toad

Presenter: Julie Hyman (LinkedIn profile) Senior Product Manager Dell Software

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The Business Analyst’s Big (Data) Challenge!

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Live Webinar – September 28th, 2016 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP 1811)

BI is clearly a top priority for organizations:

Gartner estimates close to 90% of the world’s organizations have already implemented some form of a BI capability.

They estimate annual worldwide spend on big data hardware, software and professional services tops $30B, with annual spend on advanced and predictive analytics close behind.

• What does this mean to your BA career?
• Have you considered the role of BI BA?
• Does data, information and analytics intrigue you?
• Have you noticed how much of your work already involves this?
• What did inclusion of a BI perspective in BABOK V3 mean to you?
• What would a role in BI as a BA entail? What would you need to fill this role?

Pam Clavier provides context for the BA considering the BI BA role. She  explains the role that the BA needs to fill in a BI team and typical BA deliverables as part of the project delivery lifecycle.

She describes:

• The differences and similarities between the BI BA and a Business Analyst;
• Examines common challenges experienced and …
• Sheds light on how to use your existing BA skillset to your BI team’s advantage.

In terms of typical BA BI deliverables, we reflect on real-life examples to demonstrate “a day in the life” of a BI BA.

The example recounts steps taken on BA BI deliverables, lessons learned on the particular deliverable, challenges overcome and how traditional BA skills were integrated into the BI BA role to add value.

Course Learning Objectives Include:

• Understand the role, responsibilities and skills required in context of the BI team
• Challenges and opportunities in pursuing a successful career as a BI BA
• Learn about BI BA deliverables as part of the SDLC of a project in the form of a case study

With the Course You Will Receive:

• Access to the Live and Recorded Version of Webinar
• Personalized Certificate of Attendance
• Copy of Presentation Slides

Presenter: Pam Clavier (LinkedIn profile) CBAP  PMP is an Information Systems (IS) professional with 15+ years’ experience in Business Analysis, Change Management, Management Consulting, Project Management and Training in the full SDLC from initiation to support. An In demand Keynote Speaker, she led project teams and has managed BA and PM resources as a Senior Manager in a Business Intelligence (BI) department.  Pam has a Doctorate in IS, on a BI topic. Her thesis and published articles are available on her website .

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So, You Want To Be A BI BA?

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