Live Webinar August 31st, 2022, 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Economic instability leads to uncertainty that delays decisions, reorders priorities and creates hardship, all of which change the context of consumer and business decisions.

As buyer priorities shift, the relevance and effectiveness of current technology and service provider (TSP) marketing, messaging and value will change and likely decline without contextualization in the face of new economic conditions and context.

TSP product leaders must optimize the pivots that the TSPs are making among changing market conditions. This complimentary webinar explores how TSP product leaders can increase the providers’ relevance to customers and prospects in the face of economic turbulence and the potential for a recession.

Discussion Topics:

• Increase TSP relevance by recognizing and responding to real market signals and pivots
• Develop action plans based on the providers’ relative position and strength in a market
• Strengthen internal operations to adjust to changes in cash flow, price and wage increases

Join Mark P. McDonald (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner  Vice President & Fellow, in this necessary webinar to assist you in driving revenue.

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Raise Technology & Service Provider Relevance In A Recession To Drive Revenue

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Live Webinar – September 1st, 2022 3:00 pm -4:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

Previous sessions:

• Super Simple PowerPoint Slide Design
• Super Simple PowerPoint Slide Design 2

This the third in Mike’s incredibly popular Super Simple PowerPoint Slide Design series.

Learn how to make simple yet engaging and professional slides quickly. Mike shares new, innovative designs that you can easily make—when you know how. Using the latest trends, discover tips, tricks, and techniques to developing amazing slides. Less is best in this session.

For Another Great PDU With Mike Parkinson Check Out:
Billion $ Graphics’
Top 10 PowerPoint Tips, Tricks, & Tools

Presenter: Mike Parkinson (LinkedIn profile) Microsoft PowerPoint MVPs & CPP APMP Fellow, is an internationally recognized visual communication expert, professional speaker, and trainer, and a multi-published, award-winning author of Do-It-Yourself Billion Dollar Graphics: 3 Fast and Easy Steps to Turn Your Text and Ideas Into Persuasive Graphics & A Trainer’s Guide to PowerPoint: Best Practices for Master Presenters. Mike’s  creative services firms, 24 Hour Company & Billion Dollar Graphics helps organizations, and agencies & he regularly contributes articles and conducts training seminars to companies, organizations, agencies like Microsoft, Fed Ex, Motorola, Dell, Lockheed Martin, Subaru, and the NSA as well as at learning institutions and organizations such as STC, ATD and Training Magazine.

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Super Simple PowerPoint Slide Design 3

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Online Webinar  – Recorded June 22nd, 2021
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media  1 PDU – Free
Provider: BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP1811)

This question often comes up: “I am a project manager and our company is moving to agile or Scrum, does that mean I will now become a Scrum Master?”

In response, The answer-er hesitates and then give the unwelcomed answer of “It depends.”

And it really does depend.

1. The Scrum Master role is deep and wide.
2. Scrum Masters need to support their teams while working with the rest of the people in their organizations to build awareness and enable greater agility.
3. A Scrum Master’s job is not to manage a project or deliver status reports — duties that people associate with the role of a traditional project manager.
4. As a matter of fact, Scrum Masters may not get involved in status reports at all.

In this webinar, Eric Naiburg, (LinkedIn profile) COO, Scrum.org, will discuss the potential move to an agile way of working, the role of the Scrum Master, and what that means for people currently in the role of Project Manager.

With the Course You Will Receive:

• Access to the Live and Recorded Version of Webinar
• Personalized Certificate of Attendance
• Copy of Presentation Slides

Presenter: Eric Naiburg, Chief Operating Officer, Scrum.org &
co-author of UML for Database Design and UML for Mere Mortal. Eric is currently responsible for all aspects of marketing, support, outbound communications and operations for Scrum.org. Previously he held the role of director of marketing for INetU (now ViaWest). Before INetU, Eric was program director at IBM and Rational Software responsible for application lifecycle management (ALM), DevOps and Agile solutions Eric has held product management and marketing roles with other organizations including: Ivar Jacobson Consulting, CAST Software and Logic Works Inc. (Acquired by Platinum Technologies and CA), as product manager for ERwin.

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Should A Project Manager Become A Scrum Master?

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Online Webinar  – Recorded August 13th 2021
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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Agile, the new approach that in 1970 was created to replace Lean Six Sigma, is now ‘scaling up’ by reverting to Lean Practices, such as Kanban, Theory of Constraints, Voice of Customer, and, Kaizen.

Although the main scaled Agile frameworks originated as Lean frameworks, the Process improvement practices, including the very important Six Sigma component that is the most mature and confirmed way of measuring the impact of process improvement initiatives, were left out.

This is partly because they require more complex and nuanced skills and knowledge and partly because they are associated with manufacturing, whilst most Agile frameworks originated in software development.

In some cases, the reason for avoiding mentioning the Lean Six Sigma origins of most scaled Agile practices is just because some of the well-known Lean Six Sigma practices are now at the core of various Agile certifications.

Although Lean goals (e.g., eliminate waste, adoption of standardized processes) are in opposition to the Agile mindset that fundamentally embraces change, allows good waste, and is against reliance on standardized processes, Lean and Agile can complement each other and adapt to change in an efficient way

In this webinar Stelian Roman’s (LinkedIn profile) approach, Lean Six Sigma’s Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control (DMAIC), can be used to fast-track Agile adoption as well as how it can be used to convince senior management that Agile can be a solution for core issues and a way to improve the bottom line.

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The Agile Enterprise:
Using Agile To Fast Track Process Improvement

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Live Webinar August 30th, 2022, 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Recent shifts in talent, technology and work models transform the nature of work and reset expectations.

CIOs who fail to adapt where, how and when work gets done – and who does it – will struggle to drive business performance, making it difficult to attract and retain top talent for the future of work.

Join Mbula Schoen (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Sr Research Analyst; Graham P. Waller, (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio)  Gartner VP Distinguished Analyst & Rob O’Donohue (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Sr Director Analyst; as this panel of Gartner experts examines the current status of the IT talent market and how CIOs can address attrition and retention.

Discussion Topics:

• Understand how to recruit, reskill and retain technology talent for the future of work
• Build organizational resilience through a blended workforce of full-time equivalents
• Discover how to provide flexible work experiences to be the employer of choice

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Panel: Attract & Retain IT Top Talent For The Future Of Work

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Live Webinar – August 31st, 2022 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

Game-based learning has proven to increase employee participation, training enjoyment, and knowledge retention.

But what if your strategy is off and you’re not seeing the desired results?

The Game Agency interviewed 5 Instructional Designers about the 10 most common mistakes you may be making with gamification and how to transform your approach into a winning strategy to get your desired ROI.

In this webinar, Stephen will explore:

• The difference between games and gamification and why it matters
• The 10 most common mistakes when implementing a gamification strategy
• How to avoid gamification pitfalls and maximize results
• 5 key data points you need to measure the effectiveness of your strategy

Join Stephen Baer (LinkedIn profile) Managing Partner, The Game Agency to understand how to maximize your gamification results.

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10 Ways You’re Getting Gamification Wrong:
And How To Fix Them For Outstanding Results

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