Live Webinar – June 21st, 2017 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Mpug Member Free – Members only event

Learn how to “TWEAK” Project’s cool reporting tool so …
Your Reports Will Be More Informative!

This  webinar illustrates the built-in and custom reporting capabilities of Project 2013 and 2016.

1. Learn first how to create a custom filter and group.
2. Then “push” them onto an existing or custom reports created in the webinar.
3. Lastly, Walk through what’s required to ensure the customized components are available for use in creating and reporting in new files in MS Project.

Presenter : Sam Huffman (LinkedIn profile) is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, Project Management Professional, and Project MVP. Sam has been delivering training for The Versatile Company since 1996. Sam gained insight into Microsoft Project while working at Microsoft as a member of the Microsoft Project development and support team. Sam is considered a leading authority on the tool, and provides great insight to project Managers on the newest enterprise features of all versions of Microsoft Project and Project Server.

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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Reporting Your Way!

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Live Webinar June 20th, 2017 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm  EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
Once viewed your PDU Will automatically Be recorded with PMI®

ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead premium content
Is available to PMI® members.

This webinar will provide an overview on what tools there are, and how to use the Innovation Maturity Model in practice and will briefly explain the accreditation and certification program.

This is the 6th webinar in a series.

You can view the first 5 webinars in this series by visiting the links below:

1. What is Innovation and Innovation Management?
2. Establishing an Innovation Framework
3. The Innovation Management Maturity Model’s Basic Components
4. Assessing Innovation Capability
5. Implementing Innovation Processes: How to Get Senior Management Awareness and Commitment, and Implementing Innovation Capability

Presenter: Dr. Gert H. Staal  (LinkedIn profile) NPDP, CISP a world-class expert innovation author & consultant, with 30+ years experience in NPD & innovation management & one of two original co-authors/founders of the Innovation Management Maturity Model, Gert developed & launched multiple mobile Internet services & products, and was VP of innovation and PD for the S&T Division of Reed Elsevier & managing director of www.9292.nl. Gert has a keen interest product strategy & new business models. Gert has trained & coached hundreds of professionals for the PDMA for NPDP & for Nyenrode Business University. Gert is also co-founder of both the TIM Foundation  and of the Dutch PDMA affiliate. He also serves on the jury of the Philips Innovation Award since 2013.

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Registration for these sessions fill quickly! 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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Using The Innovation Management Maturity Model Toolset

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Live Webinar June 22nd, 2017, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

It’s time for midsize enterprise I&O leaders to reduce complexity in storage and backup.

In this webinar Robert Rhame (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Research Director will explore simplicity, power and cost reduction and offer concrete recommendations to resolve you IT issues.

New storage arrays are all but autonomous in their day to day operation, and vendors are responding to market demand to make backup easier.

Robert focuses on where management capabilities support the administrator who wears many hats. Find out if your organization is on the right track or behind the curve.

Discussion Topics:

• Why SSAs and HCIS make sense for midsize enterprises
• Whether change is right for your organization, and if so, to what solution(s)
• Trends in storage that are transformational for midsize enterprises when combined with new capabilities

Click to register for:
Top Recommendations
For Storage & Backup For Midsize Enterprises

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Live Webinar June 22nd, 2017 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: O’Reilly

State-of-the-art machine learning techniques offer extraordinary performance on everything from text analysis to feature classification, but they often function as “black boxes” that obscure their decision-making.

As artificial intelligence makes its way into critical processes in every industry, stakeholders will demand transparency from their models and algorithms.

In this webcast Andy Hickl will discuss the problem of interpretability in AI and address techniques for building transparent artificial intelligence applications with explainable outcomes.

Presenter:  Andy Hickl (LinkedIn profile) Chief Product Officer at Intel Saffron Cognitive Solutions Group; has led research in natural language processing, machine learning, artificial intelligence, computer vision, and ubiquitous computing. His work can be found in the proceedings of AAAI, ACL, SIGIR, and NIPS.  Previously was a Senior Director for Innovation at Vulcan Inc. co-founded the Vulcan Proving Ground & served as Executive Technical Advisor to Paul G. Allen. A serial entrepreneur, Andy has co-founded three startups: A.R.O. Inc. (Vulcan Ventures, Paul Allen), Swingly, and Extractiv. Andy also served as CEO of Language Computer Corporation, a leading natural language processing company.

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Transparency In AI Decision Making

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