Live Webinar February 20th, 2018 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider:  The Corporate Education Group ( REP 1011 )

Good decisions are made when executives and managers understand the story behind complex data.

In this presentation, Martin Schedlbauer will look at how data can be presented visually in an impactful and compelling way that drives action and decision.

Participants will learn about different chart types and how to summarize data in explanatory visualizations.

Through many examples, the webinar will demonstrate how to create effective visualizations, such as charts and graphs, and make them easier to read and understand. It is geared towards anyone who wants to use visualizations to tell a story with data.

Presenter: Dr. Martin Schedlbauer (LinkedIn profile) has been leading and authoring seminars and workshops in business analysis, software engineering, and project management for over twenty years. Martin, an accomplished business analysis subject matter expert, is a recognized leader in software development practices, a practicing scrum master, experienced software architect, and also serves as an advisor for several industry conferences; additionally, Martin maintains an active research agenda in agile methods, requirements analysis, and human performance modeling.

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Telling Stories With Data

Live Webinar February 21st, 2018 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: American Management Association (REP 1294)

The 13 Behaviors of High-Trust Leaders®, based on the international bestselling book The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything , by Stephen M.R. Covey.

In this preview, you will discover how 13 powerful behaviors can help you break down barriers that keep your team stuck when there is an overall lack of trust in the organization.

You’ll come away understanding that everything you do takes more time and costs more money when there’s low trust between you and those you depend on (and those who depend on you!).

Over time, when there’s low trust, relationships decay, projects fail, customers go to competitors and initiatives under-perform.

Join us to get a preview of what you can expect when you take The 13 Behaviors of High-Trust Leaders® seminar, including:

• The power of trust as a key engine for driving performance and productivity
• What tools you can use to manage change and lead high-performing teams
• How to practice specific behaviors that increase trust
• That with increased trust comes increased personal credibility
• How you can influence your team to become high performing, agile, innovative and engaged

We encourage you to register even if you are unable to attend live; you’ll receive replay information following the event.

Presenter: Stephen M.R. Covey is a cofounder of CoveyLink and the FranklinCovey Global Speed of Trust Practice. A sought-after keynote speaker and advisor on trust, leadership, ethics, sales, and high performance, he is the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything, a paradigm-shifting book that challenges our age-old assumption that trust is merely a soft, social virtue, and instead demonstrates that it is a hard-edged economic driver—a learnable, measurable skill that makes organizations more profitable, people more promotable, and relationships more energizing.

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FranklinCovey’s 13 Behaviors Of High-Trust Leaders

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Live Webinar February 20th, 2018 – 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm EST
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 aPHR™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™, and SPHRi™ recertification through the HR Certification Institute.

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Fact Checking The Latest Performance Management Trends

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Live Webinar February 20th, 2018, 10:00 am – 11:00 am EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Strategic technology trends have significant disruptive potential over the next 5 years.

In this webinar David W. Cearley (LinkedIn profile) VP & Gartner Fellow
shows you how to  examine your business impacts and appropriately adjust business models and operations or else your company is at risk of losing competitive advantage to those who do.

IT cannot afford to ignore these 2018 top tech trends!

Discussion Topics:

• How artificial intelligence (AI) will impact technology enabled systems
• What technology trends will drive the future of digital business and advanced user experiences
• How you can ensure safe, efficient and valuable connections across digital business ecosystems

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The Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends For 2018

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Session Is Now Recorded!
Activity Type Now: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free

Live Webinar Was  February 15th, 2018
Activity Type Was: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute
(Rep 2733)

In this webinar, Johanna Rothman will discuss how you can sequence work, break apart features into features sets so you can create a minimum viable product, and use rolling wave deliverable-based planning.

Presenter:  Johanna Rothman  (LinkedIn profile, @JohannaRothman) is an excellent Keynote speaker Author & Agile expert

• Johanna has written many popular books including:
  • Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management
  • Hiring Geeks That Fit
  • Manage Your Project Portfolio: Increase Your Capacity and Finish More Projects
  • Manage It!: Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management
  • Hiring The Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets & Science Of Hiring Technical People

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Johanna Rothman’s Agile Scheduling
With Rolling Wave Deliverable Roadmaps & Backlogs

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Live Webinar February 16th, 2018 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: The Corporate Education Group ( REP 1011 )

Get more out of your requirements interviews and make better use of time for both you and your stakeholders with some simple, but highly effective techniques that will dramatically improve your interviewing skills.

This webinar will provide tips for business analysts on how to better facilitate interviews and elicit solid requirements.

The key to this process improvement is making sure you ask the right types of questions by appropriate preparation, sequencing and delivery.

Interviewing is the cornerstone of elicitation techniques, and when done properly will reveal the answers you need.

You will learn how to:

• Identify the right stakeholders to interview and what you need to know
• Create a requirements questionnaire and prepare to ask the right types of questions
• How to properly engage the stakeholder and build a relationship
• Capture stakeholder responses
• Plan for follow-up and maintain the relationship
• Review lessons learned to improve for your next interview

Presenter: Terrell Smith (LinkedIn profile), MPA, PMP, CBAP  With over 25 years of experience in a wide range of project management and business analysis assignments, he brings concepts to life in a practical and easy to apply manner. Terrell has assisted clients in the development of project management methodologies, risk assessments, quality management, agile methods, problem solving, rescuing troubled projects, implementing business analysis best practices, and team building.

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The Art of the Interview:
How to Improve Your
Business Analysis Interviewing Skills