Live Webinar – March 27th 2020 7:30 am – 8:30 am EDT
Live Webinar – March 27th 2020 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM BT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Association for Project Management – APM

Stakeholder engagement (not management) is one of the factors considered to be critical for project success, yet it is under-represented in the bodies of knowledge and other “best practice” standards and methodologies.

As one of the “soft skills” it is often left to be implemented at the discretion of the project manager and their team, and therefore is under-resourced. It is often responsive, rather than pro-active.

Based upon current research and recent case studies, this webinar will provide an overview of the International Association for Public Participation spectrum (IAP2) and discuss when each element of the spectrum could and should be applied.

Kenn Dolan will present some of the key practices and techniques applied to the engagement of stakeholders and communities.

Presenter:  Kenn Dolan (LinkedIn profile) author of “Implementing Project and Program Benefit Management (Best Practices in Portfolio, Program, and Project Management)” is a recognised expert in benefits realisation management, stakeholder engagement, and portfolio, programme and project management, and the application of best practices. Kenn has extensive experience advising clients across five continents & is a recognized keynote speaker. Ken is a gifted and popular educator and trainer, & passionate about the distillation of programme and project management attitudes and skills into the broader community.

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Stakeholder Engagement For Infrastructure Projects

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Online Webinar  – Recorded Sept 12th, 2018
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider:  The Corporate Education Group ( REP 1011 )

1. Are your projects plagued by problems such as unresponsive business stakeholders, unclear expectations, pointing fingers, missed deadlines?
2. Do project critical business decisions seem to take forever?

These common issues can cause high stress and frustration, repeated mistakes, wasted time, and rework.

• Do your stakeholders then wonder why “IT didn’t get it right”?

Business stakeholders sometimes see IT work as the “black box,” the unknown. Coupled with their own work demands, there can be a tendency to hang back and think “IT will make it happen.”

In this webinar, we will cover ways to increase the level of business engagement and ownership on your projects.

Key Webinar Objectives:

• Learn how to proactively design more successful outcomes while building credibility and enhancing relationships with your business community.
• Gain tips on how to educate them about working with IT teams in partnership to create a more positive overall project experience.
• Improve project success through proactively educating business stakeholders on how to work effectively with IT.
• Enhance your relationship and credibility with stakeholders for immediate and longer-term project success.
• Learn to minimize stress, miscommunications, missed deadlines, and rework while clearly setting expectations and accountability.

Presenter:  Marie Bankuti, (LinkedIn profile) PCC, CPC, PMP, is a senior trainer and consultant for Corporate Education Group with more than three decades of experience in technology and leadership training, specializing in foreign-born professionals thrive in US companies. A frequent and sought-after speaker with a passion for engaging and inspiring audiences in interactive experiences through keynotes, symposiums, workshops, facilitation, and roundtable discussions, she is a member of National Speakers Association (NSA), International Coach Federation (ICF), and the Project Management Institute (PMI^®)

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Help Me Help You!
Proactively Educate Your Business Stakeholders
For Greater Project Success

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Online Webinar – Recorded October 16 2019
Activity Type:  Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider:  O.C. Tanner

It’s easy to say “thank you” for a job well done, right?
Doesn’t showing appreciation come naturally, especially to leaders?

Not necessarily. While most leaders (and peers) want to recognize great work when it happens, so many things can go wrong.

Not everyone knows why recognition is important, when to give recognition, or the best way to do it.

In fact, there are plenty of horror stories of recognition and appreciation gone wrong. And there are common, preventable mistakes that led to each of these stories. Companies that avoid these mistakes can use recognition to appreciate and inspire their people and create a company culture where employees thrive.

Join Todd Nordstrom, (LinkedIn profile) Director at the O.C. Tanner Institute, as he shares some recognition horror stories and common mistakes that led to them.

You’ll walk away with best practices in employee recognition and connecting with your people.

Join us to learn:

• Common mistakes leaders and employees can avoid when giving recognition in the workplace
• Best practices for creating great recognition experiences
• How to use recognition to connect with your people and build a thriving workplace culture

Presenter: Todd Nordstrom is a weekly contributor to Forbes.com, Inc.com, Director for the O.C. Tanner Institute, highly sought after Keynote Speaker & Co-Author of Appreciate: Celebrating People, Inspiring Greatness. Todd’s career is full of insight based on thousands of in-depth interviews from around the globe.

Click to watch on O.C. Tanner’s site:
Employee Recognition Horror Stories:
Common Mistakes To Avoid

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Online Webinar – Recorded – Dec 16, 2019
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider:  Human Capital Institute

According to World at Work’s “Trends in Recognition” most recent report, 90% of organizations have recognition programs; however, only 18% of them say that their investment is “definitely working.”

When employees were polled, only one in three reported feeling appreciated!

Employee Engagement Evangelist, Brie Harvey, (LinkedIn profile) will explore:

• What the science says of the concerning disconnect between recognition strategy, business impact and the employee experience
• How to identify the right measures of success for recognition programs
• The top 3 tried-and-true best practices employed by organizations who get it right

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Why Most Recognition Programs Fail &
How To Make Them Succeed

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Live Webinar – March 25th, 2020 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  .5 Hour  .5 PDU
Provider: MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Mpug Member Free – Members only event

Instead of trying to decide whether you should be using Microsoft Project or SharePoint for Project Management…

Why Not Use Both!

By leveraging the Microsoft Project Sync in SharePoint, you can get the best of both worlds.

Microsoft Project can be overwhelming and difficult for inexperienced project managers to update their work. This can lead to problems in user adoption and wasted resources on expensive, unused licenses.

SharePoint seamlessly syncs with Microsoft Project, extending the project management capabilities of both applications.

In this webinar you will learn how to:

• Integrate Microsoft Project with SharePoint Templates.
• Manage projects with multiple team members through a single Microsoft Project license.
• Get summary reports of all projects with executive dashboards and individual reports.

Presenter: Alan Morgan (LinkedIn profile)  is a project management consultant with BrightWork. Alan is a senior IT professional and an accomplished business manager with an outstanding track record in project management, consultancy and IT software solutions.

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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Leveraging SharePoint With The Microsoft Project Sync

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Live Webinar – March 24th, 2020 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

The bots are coming and having borne witness to at least Six Terminator movies, you are understandably terrified.

Not only are marketers ensuring you that these learned machines are going to automate your training so effectively that you may no longer need employees, but they have the gall to hide it all behind acronyms like AI/ML.

Never fear, Dr. Allen Partridge, Head of Evangelism for Adobe Digital Learning Products is here to gently walk you through the future tech forest, carefully sorting out the helpful modern miracles from the dystopic fantasies. Join us for a fun-filled eSeminar with a very useful overview of the fact and fiction surrounding Automation and Artificial Intelligence in modern Learning Management.

In this session, you will learn:

• What can you actually do with AI/ML today?
• What kind of problems are best suited for AI/ML?
• Is AI/ML good for more than personalization?
• What should I look for from AI/ML in the next few years?
• What kind of real-world problems might be solved/discovered by AI/ML?

Presenter: Allen Partridge, Ph.D. (LinkedIn profile) is a senior technology evangelist at Adobe Systems and has 20 years of experience in e-learning, education, games, and multimedia development. Allen is recognized for his many online video tutorials and e-seminars, which are a mainstay for e-learning developers and trainers learning to create effective online educational materials.

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What You Need To Know About Automation &
Machine Learning For Your Learning Programs

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