Online Webinar  – Recorded March 15th, 2017
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media  1 PDU – Free
Provider:   Human Capital Institute

Inclusive Diversity

Though frequently used together, the terms diversity and inclusion have different meanings.

You can have a diverse workforce but not necessarily an inclusive one.

Diversity is the mixture of demographics, psychographics, and experiences reflected in the workforce.

By contrast, inclusion is the practice of recognizing and valuing all employee perspectives and contributions, and creating opportunities for all voices to be equally heard and inform organizational processes.

In a culture of inclusive diversity the full potential of all employees is realized.

In our  HCI’s Talent Pulse research, they:

• Examined the antecedents and conditions of inclusive diversity.
• Asked HR practitioners and leaders involved with diversity and inclusion efforts about their current programs
  • to shed more light on what is working and what is not.

In fact, researchers recently found that mandatory diversity training that tries to police thoughts and behaviors does more harm than good.

They often result in backlash and can make an organization less diverse in the long-run.

In HCI’s survey, they asked about the D&I training offered but also explored the outcomes of those engagements to better understand the most effective ways to build inclusive diversity.

In this research webcast they will:

• Report on the prevalence of different types of D&I programs and who is responsible for design and implementation of them.
• Explore the motivations of organizations focused on D&I as a means of compliance versus those organizations that invest in D&I to drive learning and leverage of diverse perspectives.
• Learn the personal characteristics and abilities needed to foster a culture of inclusion.
• Address the most notable challenges facing effective implementation of D&I efforts.

Presenters:

MaryFran Heinsch (LinkedIn profile) HCI (Human Capital Institute) Research Analyst

Dr. Jenna Filipkowski (LinkedIn profile) HCI Director of Research,

Aubrey K. Wiete  (LinkedIn profile) MA is a Senior Research Analyst at the HCI in Org Development & Leadership Practice. Aubrey has researched the prevalence of talent mobility, temployee engagement. the need for cross-generational coaching and mentoring, as well as the imperative of career development plans fostering employee engagement. Aubrey’s areas of expertise include effective team-building and performance, and building creative and sustainable employee cultures.

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

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Inclusive Diversity:
Valuing & Leveraging Differences For Business Success

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Online Webinar – Recorded Feb 19 2021
Activity Type:  Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: Gartner Webinars

A product management approach to government may seem a bit odd, but in fact, it is potentially a great way to deliver more effective solutions and processes to citizens and stakeholders than more traditional approaches.

It is less risky, it can be faster and more responsive, it can ensure the solution remains supported as long as it is needed, and it is neither an IT problem nor an IT solution.

Sounds pretty good so far?

In this webinar John Kost (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Distinguished VP Analyst & Chris Rickard (LinkedIn profile) Gartner Sr Managing Partner Market Lead look at how government leaders need to ensure the right leaders own and support the product and the business processes it enables, and why this requires different roles and types of governance than are typically seen in Canadian government organizational charts.

Discussion Topics:

• How a product approach applies in government
• Why to consider a product approach instead traditional project management approaches
• How leadership and governance will change

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The Importance of a Product Management Mindset
In Canadian Government

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Live Webinar – March 31st, 2021 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

In this final session, Jeff will walk through how to facilitate a SIPOC workshop. Beyond the strategy,

Jeff will examine specific questions to elicit results leading to optimal process development.

To get the full benefit from this session you should be able to:

• Describe the context of SIPOC within business process creation and improvement (was covered in Part 1)
• Define techniques that help enable a more robust mapping of business processes (was covered in Part 1)

Learning Objectives In This Session:

• Define effective questions that enable greater workshop results
• Describe workshop facilitation techniques that best engage the participants

Presenter: Jeff Bongiovani (LinkedIn profile) is an Instructional Designer for Edwards Performance Solutions, creating and developing courses in Project Management and Systems Engineering. Previously, he had been a technology trainer for fifteen plus years, teaching courses in Microsoft Office, Adobe Suite, and several programming languages.

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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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SIPOC Workshop Facilitation Part 3: Workshop Facilitation & Questions

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Online Webinar  – Recorded
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU $12.95 USD
Provider:  Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

This webinar is the first in a 3 part series series on Taking Requirements to the Next Level Series by Solutions Cube.  Although this module is a part of the series – each module in the series can be taken individually.

User acceptance test criteria provides a project team with valuable insight as to how well the project solution meets the expectations of the business stakeholders. Unfortunately for many project efforts, this valuable information is created too late in the projects lifecycle to uncover gaps in the business requirements ultimately resulting in the project solution never being built.

Attend this 1 hour webinar to learn why the creation of User Acceptance Test Objectives prior to finalizing business requirements will help uncover requirement gaps as well as end product expectations that may actually be out of scope for the project.

In this 1 hour in-depth webinar participants learn:

• Utilizing transaction Inputs and Outputs to clarify the types of processing that will be performed once the project solution is implemented
• Describing acceptance test objectives and mapping these to business requirements to drive out clarity and completeness of currently documented need statements
• Creating the foundation for producing in scope detail test plans and test scripts to be executed during the later testing phases of the project

Session Information:  Solutions Cube Group’s webinars are presented by experienced staff members and partners who have over 30 years of experience managing projects and developing and running facilitated project meetings and delivering project management training courses.

During checkout you will be asked to provide your name and email address to automatically register you for the webinar you’ve purchased. Click on Watch Webinar to stream the webinar on Windows Media Player (PC). If you use QuickTime (Mac) they recommend installing a free video viewer called VLC media player  to stream the webinar.  If you have questions about your purchase or would like to receive a copy of the presentation slides, contact them at customerservice@SolutionsCubeGroup.com or call them at 972.786.0900.  EARN 1 Technical PDU after viewing this webinar

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Defining User Acceptance Test Objectives

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Online Webinar  – Recorded July 22 2020
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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The purpose of this presentation is to summarize and share the strategies, planning, and execution lessons learned from a large scaled Windows 7 to Windows 10 migration project at a large Health Care provider organization.

Andrew Gordon (LinkedIn profile) will share the challenges presented, and the tactics and techniques developed and implemented by his team to complete the project on schedule and on budget.

This is not an instruction guide on how to plan and execute a Windows 10 migration project.

This presentation simply shares their lessons learned and best practices with the hope that the audience can harvest one or more point to apply in any future desktop operating system migration project.

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My Experience Leading An Enterprise Windows 10 Migration Project

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Live Webinar March 31st, 2021, 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

As we look to 2025, market changes and disruptions will present six forces that impact the very definition of what it means to be a technology and service provider.

Tech CEOs must proactively understand, assess and adapt business and operational models in response to the key impacts shaping future markets.

In this webinar Eric Hunter, (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Sr. Director Analyst helps tech CEOs understand these six forces and how they will shape their vision and response.

Discussion Topics:

• The 6 forces driving change and disruption for tech CEOs as they look towards 2025
• Impacts for tech CEOs as they respond to key market forces
• Adopt pragmatic actions to best position your organization for 2025

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The 6 Forces That Will Most Impact Tech CEOs By 2025

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