Live Webinar September 19th, 2023, 9:00 am – 10:00 am EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

The rapidly changing, post-digital business environment has thrown enterprise architecture (EA) practices into the spotlight.

Organizations are operating in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world, which has placed a purposeful emphasis on EA’s ability to bridge the gap between the business and technology strategy.

EA leaders must understand the technologies driving the change and the impact they will have on the business, while managing the complexities with increasingly distributed technology teams.

Join Gartner expert Austin Steinmetz (LinkedIn profile) explores the critical steps that EA leaders must use to best navigate the drive to modernize.

Discussion Topics:

• Ensure enterprise architecture (EA) is viewed as a trusted advisor
• Identify opportunities for innovation using business architecture
• Understand and apply adaptive governance that pivots around business outcomes

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Transform Enterprise Architecture:
A Practical Guide To Modernization

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Live Webinar – September 19th, 2023 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

When it comes to charts, we all know how to make bars, lines, and pies. But sometimes we want something a little different. Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Nolan Haims will show you how to extend and hack PowerPoint’s charting tools to create unique data visualizations that will stand out and make audiences take notice.

Learn how to:

• Explore lesser-used chart options such as tree maps, waterfalls, and funnels
• Calculate proportional shapes
• Manually construct unit charts
• Manipulate standard charts to create bullet graphs, lollipops, and slope graphs

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Using Imagery In PowerPoint Like A PRO

Presenter:  Nolan Haims (LinkedIn profile) has 20+ years experience in the fields of visual communications and presentation, having created every type of presentation from Fortune 500 CEO keynotes, to TED talks to multi-million dollar agency pitches. He trains organizations to think visually, speaks at national conferences, writes on visual storytelling at PresentYourStory.com, and is a co-host of the long-running Presentation Podcast. And as one of only 34 Microsoft PowerPoint MVPs in the world, he works with and advises the software development team. He runs his own visual communications consultancy in Montclair, NJ.

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PowerPoint Charts That Stand Out

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Live IIL Webinar – September 18th, 2023 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Presented by : IIL (Rep 1003) – Course No: ITM8342

This recording of this session is available for 120 days

The potential for Big Data and AI to unearth hidden customers, products, trends, and the next big thing, will become irresistible to many organizations across the world.

Many of us already appreciate that data is central to effective project management.

IIL knows that Big Data is a source of data but is meaningless without accuracy, ethics, analysis, and effective decision-making.

With the latest releases of AI-augmented software products, such as ChatGPT, raising interest and debate, what do these technologies mean for the world of portfolio, program, and project management?

What are the implications for the decision-making processes in projects and how can you best ready yourself for a range of organizational futures?

IIL will provoke you to explore the opportunities and the risks of the Big Data and AI trends and to consider how these technologies could assist in transforming our world.

Upon completion of this webinar, the participants will be able to:

• Evaluate the promise and challenges of AI and Big Data in transformation contexts
• Establish a plan to get the most out of Big Data and AI analytics in your projects
• Understand the importance of a future’s mindset as a core competency of project management
• Ensure you have the right information and are using the right decision-making criteria to make the right decisions

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Embracing The Future:
Navigating Big Data & AI In Project Management

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Live Webinar – September 18th 2023 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Live Webinar – September 18th 2023 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM BT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Association for Project Management – APM

Artificial Intelligence projects differ from conventional software projects in important ways.

The APM Benefits and Value SIG and Nuclear PM SIG  willdiscuss how to prepare for the demands of data management, QA, and stakeholder expectations.

They’ll discuss the challenges of hidden bias and artificial stupidity, and how they can impact project risk and compliance.

They will also break down the three major kinds of AI projects, discuss challenges specific to those, and share “Pro Tips” for handling them.

Their goal is an interactive discussion that helps project managers be more effective in the rapidly emerging world of AI-enabled organisations.

AI has been presented as a silver bullet to solve all problems, but the (very) public launch of ChatGPT (Microsoft) and Bard (Google) has highlighted that AI is suitable for some tasks and not necessarily all.  So what does all this hoopla mean for project managers?

They will explore:

• Three different AI project types
• Differences between leading a typical tech project vs. an AI project
• Special challenges you may face and what to do about them
• Real stories from the AI project trenches
• Pro tips for pioneering project managers

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Artificial Intelligence Projects: How They’re Different &
What You Need To Know To Succeed

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Live Webinar September 18th, 2023, 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

The Gartner 2023 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies highlights technologies that will significantly affect business, society, and people through 2033.

This hype cycle is unique because it distills insights from more than 2,000 technologies and applied frameworks that Gartner profiles each year into a succinct set of “must-know” emerging technologies.

What are the latest advances in artificial intelligence, cloud computing, developer experience, and security & privacy?

Join Arun Chandrasekaran (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Distinguished VP Analyst to learn about emerging technologies and applied frameworks to determine their impact on your industry and the opportunities for your organization.

Discussion Topics:

• Discover the must-know emerging technologies and trends that will impact your organization
• Find out why first-time entries dominate the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies
• Get your first look at the technologies that will shape the future through 2033

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Gartner Hype Cycle For Emerging Technologies 2023

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Online Webinar  – Recorded Jan 11th 2023
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media  1 PDU – Free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

According to a recent ATD research study, only 54% of organizations evaluate some learning programs at Level 3 of the five-level evaluation model.

To establish real credibility and prove value, you need to measure whether or not participants applied what they learned in a training program back on the job (Level 3 evaluation).

Unfortunately, measuring on-the-job behavior change is not something many L&D professionals know much about nor often do.

Also, some L&D professionals who are conducting Level 3s have fallen behind recent advances made in evaluation and survey design methodology. Consequently, they likely are collecting data that is either misleading or invalid.

In this informative, highly engaging session you will learn practical tips and guidelines on how to create Level 3 participant surveys that measure job behavior change.

Particular emphasis is given to three crucial areas of survey design: the content of the survey items, formatting of the survey, and the measurement scale used.

Ken Phillips  (LinkedIn profile) will help you to:

• Use facts from a recent Association for Talent Development (ATD) research study to benchmark an organization’s use of Level 3 evaluations
• Avoid the common mistakes made by many L&D professionals when creating Level 3 evaluation surveys that result in the collection of misleading or invalid data
• Use twelve tips and best practices for creating valid, scientifically sound Level 3 evaluations

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The Holy Grail:
Capturing Elusive Level 3 Evaluation Data

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