Live Webinar February 25th, 2021 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider:  Modern Analyst

How can we trust people we don’t know to perform transactions correctly, completely and accurately on the Internet?

The answer to that, at least for now, is the Blockchain.

The Blockchain is more than simply the mechanism by which Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other digital currencies function.

Blockchain has worked its way into many organizations, primarily financial, but also into supply chains and any other form of business that conducts transactions.

So what does that have to do with the business analyst other than finding requirements for Blockchain? Blockchain technology has amazing potential: it could create entirely new foundations for global financial, economic and social systems.

In this webinar Steven discusses the current usages of Blockchain and its potentialities. It also addresses how the business analyst can fit in and take advantage of the Blockchain.

Topics:

• the Blockchain is more than Bitcoin
• using Blockchain technology as a transaction ledger
• current uses of Blockchain technology
• the business analyst’s application of Blockchain technology
• the future of Blockchain technology and how the business analyst fits in

Presenter: Steven P. Blais, PMP, PMI-PBA (LinkedIn profile) is an author, consultant, teacher and coach  and has over 45+ years of information systems experience in technology management, consulting and marketing positions. Specializing in the design and installation of business-oriented accounting systems and databases for commercial and government clients in the distributed environment; he develops business analysis and agile processes and trains business analysts, project managers, and executive for organizations around the world.   Steven is the author of Business Analysis: Best Practices for Success (John Wiley, 2011) and co-author of Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide (PMI, 2014) and a contributor to the A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK Guide), V3 (IIBA, 2015).

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The Business Analyst & Blockchain Technology

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Live Webinar – February 25th 2021 7:30 am – 8:30 am EST
Live Webinar – February 25th 2021 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM BT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Association for Project Management – APM

By attending this webinar you will gain information on two case study projects in depth, Heathrow Expansion Programme and the Policing Uplift Programme (PUP), to demonstrate practical examples of inclusive working and project planning and delivery.

This session will open with a welcome from Karina Singh, Director of Transformation.  Following this welcome you will hear key information from;

Heathrow Expansion Programme

• Jenny McLaughlin, Project Manager

Policing Uplift Programme

• Alex Platts, Programme Manager Home Office
• John Chadwick, Home Office
• Janette McCormick, Deputy Chief Constable, National College of Policing

On the completion of these insights you will have an opportunity to ask the panel your questions.  The panel includes Karina Singh, Jenny McLaughlin, Alex Platts, and Janette McCormick

Presenters:

Karina Singh, (LinkedIn profile) Director of Transformation  joined the Civil Service in 1990. Her career has spanned a range of policy, front-line operational, change management and corporate roles in HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and HM Treasury, where she was head of the VAT Policy team. Karina has been involved in change delivery for the last 15 years, which has included setting up new teams and functions, organisation design changes, and leading a national transformation programme for a private sector engineering firm. Most recently, Karina has been Transformation Director at the Valuation Office Agency, where she led a complex five-year transformation portfolio of change.

Jenny McLaughlin, (LinkedIn profile) Project Manager / Lead for Heathrow’s Disability Network has worked within the airport industry for over 18 years. This began at East Midlands Airport as an Environment and Safeguarding Officer achieving ISO14001. The last 12 years have been at Heathrow Airport in a number of departments including Environment, Airside and now Infrastructure as a project manager. She has delivered a number of business changes, processes, & applications, to building a remote coaching gate in the middle of a live terminal.  Jenny is dyslexic and was recently diagnosed with ADHD and believes that “the way that my brain is wired differently is an asset”.

DCC Janette McCormick (LinkedIn profile) QPM Programme Director for the national PUP. She has previously worked in the College of Policing as Head of Standards and prior to that was Chief Constable at Cheshire Constabulary. She has served in Greater Manchester Police and Cheshire in a variety of operational and strategic roles. This has included leading on a number of change programmes including the development of shared services across forces and implementation of merged collaborative Police and Fire corporate services.  She sits on the national policing forum for Equality, Diversity and Human Rights and is spokesperson for Gypsies and Irish Traveller issues and until recently, Disabilities.

Alex Platts, (LinkedIn profile) Programme Manager and Deputy Head of Unit,  has been in the Civil Service for just over four years, with most of that time spent in project delivery at the HO. He has worked on IT projects, service transformation and delivery, as well as a stint on EU Exit No-Deal planning for the HO.  His first role in the Civil Service was in Operations Management with the CPS. Prior to that he was in the Army.  His role as the Programme Manager means coordinating the delivery of the PUP across the three constituent organisations: the HO; the NPCC; and the College of Policing. He also leads on policy for the future years of the programme, a great opportunity for a project professional.

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Embedding Inclusion Into Projects:
Heathrow & The Policing Uplift Programme (PUP)

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Live Webinar February 25th, 2021 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 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 General recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™, and SPHRi™ recertification through the HR Certification Institute.

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

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Building A Culture Of Connection: Citizens’ Story

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Live Webinar – February 24th, 2021 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

As a learning and development professional, you’re constantly looking for the most effective strategies to train and develop your employees. There are so many tools available, but each option always feels like something is missing.

During this webinar, Libby Mullen-Eaves (LinkedIn profile) Senior Director of Talent Development & Culture at BizLibrary is going to share why blended learning is the secret to filling in those missing pieces. Libby will explain how utilizing a blended learning approach has helped boost the effectiveness of other organizations’ training programs and how it can positively impact yours as well.
 
Key Learning Objectives:

• Learn the benefits of blended learning including increased engagement from both front line and virtual employees as well as saving money
• Discuss strategies and best practices for using a blended learning approach
• Understand how blended learning allows for customized employee development and why that’s important

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Why Blended Learning Helps Upskill & Engage Your Workforce

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