Live Webinar November 1st, 2017, 11:00 am – 12:00 am  EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

The next-generation data center will not be the center for your data.

In fact, we can’t call it a data center anymore as data will be distributed in the cloud, managed hosted and or multiple colocation facilities.

However, the data center is not dead – far from it. I&O teams must increase their agility by taking automation and orchestration initiatives to the next level while the organizations shifts from a capex to opex model.

in this webinar Matthew Brisse (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Research VP will address the top 2017 data center modernizations and infrastructure imperatives, trends and initiatives.

Matthew will discuss how data centers are evolving over the next 5 years and what technologies will be key to focus on.

Discussion Topics:

• How to plan for the dominance of hybrid cloud and software-defined infrastructures.
• How and when to deploy new architectures that enable infrastructure agility.
• What your job will look like in 2021 – if you adapt to change…and if you don’t adapt to change.

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The Next-Generation Data Center:
Are you Ready For The Future Of IT?

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Live Webinar October 31st, 2017 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: O’Reilly

AI is already ubiquitous in daily life, performing many small tasks that we now take for granted, from helping tag our friends in photos to helping us remember to get milk when we’re ordering groceries online.

It’s increasingly becoming more ingrained in the business world as well.

In fact, early enterprise AI adopters are demonstrating these early high-impact business outcomes in narrow, well-defined use cases.

Most organizations are still trying to understand where best to apply AI and concerned with the feasibility of taking on an AI initiative.

Join Chad Meley for a discussion of the current state of AI within large enterprises, and a look at the trends that will shape their future architectures.

Learn:

• How AI is currently driving business outcomes in a variety of industries
• The different options and considerations for enterprises to consume AI technology
• What engineering problems must be solved for AI to go mainstream within large enterprises

Presenter: Chad Meley (LinkedIn profile) BA MBA, VP Product Marketing Teradata, understands trends in the analytics and big data space, and leads a team of technology specialists to interpret the needs and expectations of customers. Previously   he led the Electronic Arts’ Data Platform. Chad has held a variety of other leadership roles centered around data and analytics while at Dell and FedEx. Professional awards include Best Practice Award for Driving Business Results in Data Warehousing, Marketing Excellence Award from the Direct Marketing Association, and Marketing Gold Award from Marketing Sherpa. Chad is also an in demand speaker at conferences.

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Bringing Artificial Intelligence To The Enterprise

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Live Webinar October 31stst, 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)
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As Project Managers we’re constantly leading meetings intended to guide a team towards a common goal.

But what do you do when you’ve got a group of difficult personalities to contend with in your session?

This can be a particular challenge for project managers who constantly balance the need to focus on task and relationship. If you’re frequently flustered with difficult personalities or tricky situations in your meetings and not quite sure how to manage them effectively, this presentation is for YOU!

Dana Brownlee will explore powerful techniques for managing the following sticky meeting situations:

•   Quiet attendees
•   Managing the complainer
•   Managing group conflict

When you use these tips and techniques, you will not only benefit through increased productivity but also enhance your credibility with your team.

Whether you are new to the workforce or a seasoned executive, these are the facilitation secrets that every project manager needs to know!

Presenter: Dana Brownlee (LinkedIn profile); an energetic and innovative corporate trainer, speaker, and workshop facilitator; garnered her critical team leadership and management consulting experience through her years with AT&T Bell Labs, AT&T, IBM Consulting, and EMC Corporation. She possesses an impressive array of credentials including an MBA (Emory University), BIE (Georgia Tech), BS (Spelman College), IBM Business Transformation Consulting Certification, Project Management Professional, and Myers Briggs Type Indicator Qualification.

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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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Facilitation Skills For Those Tricky Meeting Situations For Project Managers Part II

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Live Webinar – November 1st 2017, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Offered by Techtown  (REP 2161 was ASPE)

Note: ASPE has  Re-branded as Techtown  – TechtownASPE is an REP and attendees  will be awarded 1 PDU for this event.

Agile approaches, with their focus on delivering working software through short test-driven iterations, promise to improve quality, productivity, and satisfaction. Experienced Agile practitioners zealously tout their successes.

But to someone schooled in traditional processes, it can all seem strange. Those short iteration cycles can make it difficult to keep up. It’s a whole new vocabulary.

On day one coders are coding and testers are testing. An Agile development team can be a “hungry beast” demanding to be fed with user stories.

Without the big requirements document, or the time to write it, how can you be certain your teams will be delivering the right things and not wasting time and money?

This fun and engaging hour start with the dirty little secret behind the origins of the Agile Alliance.

• Learn why test-driven, incremental development makes sense whether you’re agile, just considering it, or convinced you’ll never be.
• Cut through the seemingly absurd lingo, ritual, and ceremony that all too often gets in the way.
• Learn how a few simple yet powerful models can get you organized. See how a test-driven approach can clarify that all-important “definition of done.”

Presenter: Marc J. Balcer (LinkedIn profile) Check out Marc’s books Executable UML: A Foundation for Model-Driven Architecture and Applied SOA: Service-Oriented Architecture and Design Strategies

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No Bull Agile

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Live Webinar Novermber 1st, 2017 – 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Human Capital Institute

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

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How To Create Employee Communication That Will Truly Make An Impact On Your Workforce

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Live Webinar – October 31st, 2017 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

In these changing times, organizations are battling more employee related issues.

With unemployment being low, retaining top talent comes to the forefront. And with millennials rapidly entering the workforce, generational challenges become prevalent.

So how do you combat challenges like retention, recruitment, succession planning, as well as continued leadership development?

This webinar will tap into the power of coaching and what it takes to build the foundation for a strong coaching culture in your organization.

Learn: 

• Why coaching is leadership
• The real reason why some managers won’t do it
• How questions drive trust and build teamwork
• How coaching helps retain and recruit talent

Employees crave coaching, and the companies who tap into the power of coaching see benefits across the board.

Is your organization – and is your leadership team – ready for the new coaching culture?

Presenter: Tim Hagen (LinkedIn profile) Progress Coaching, has been helping organizations implement highly effective coaching for 20+ years.  Tim is the author of “Quit Managing and Start Coaching” and “Coaching…Corporate America’s #1 Weapon ” and the creator of  the Progress Coaching Training Methods.   A pioneer in the coaching movement, Tim continues to innovate and build solutions that drive and retain top talent.

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Coaching Is The New Leadership

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