Online Webinar– Recorded November 2nd, 2023
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
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On June 15, 2023, a PMI Webinar was conducted where Lynda Carter (LinkedIn profile) and David Davis, PMP PgMP (LinkedIn profile) discussed “Empathy when Eliciting User Knowledge” (original webinar 1 PDU).   The discussion / interaction was tremendous and there were more comments and questions than the leaders could answer.

Well, they listened to you and have now prepared a second webinar to answer most of those questions and continue the dialog.

Extracting knowledge from various workers is a key competency required for the current project professional.

Whether it involves product requirements, user acceptance criteria, creating the definition of done, determining value of stories in a backlog, or obtaining executive critical success factors, the project professional delivers many artifacts that depend on input from various knowledge workers scattered throughout the organization.

This session will focus on the approach the project professional must take to have effective elicitation sessions.

You must approach it from the knowledge worker perspective and be able to establish an environment of trust and psychological safety.

1. They will discuss the importance of humility and that you are eliciting information.
2. They will discuss the importance of seeing that environment to facilitate active listening and interactive engagement.
3. They will take a holistic approach to the elicitation including setting expectations, eliciting information, and providing feedback.
4. Finally, we will explore the impact that cultural intelligence is a factor in the overall elicitation and feedback.

Learning Objectives:

1. The importance of utilizing several components of human relationships including humility, empathy, respect, and gratitude.
2. Articulate the entire cycle of eliciting information from initial contact to knowledge exchange engagement, to paraphrase understanding, to follow-up.
3. Use Cultural Intelligence techniques to understand how knowledge extraction techniques must align with the culture of the knowledge workers.

Presenters:

Lynda Carter (LinkedIn profile) Author of The Practitioner’s Guide to Project Management: Simple, Effective Techniques That Deliver Business Value

David Davis, PMP PgMP (LinkedIn profile) is a self-proclaimed practitioner of WOW!  Dave Davis has enough credentials that all the associated acronyms would make a full bowl of vegetable soup.  A proven dynamic, creative, and enthusiastic leader.   Dave has the unique ability to share his experience in a light hearted effective style that educates and motivates.  He has shared his message in many web publications and presentations throughout Europe and North America. Few people can combine business intelligence with strong leadership and a sense for using structured Program Management to further a company’s strategy like he can. He stays on top of emerging technologies and its associated social impact, and knows what can benefit an organization.

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Empathy When Eliciting User Knowledge

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Online Webinar  – Recorded December 6th, 2023
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

We’re constantly being told that AI will revolutionize the way we all work and what we do, but can you imagine ever not using PowerPoint?

It just feels like it’s too embedded into everything to be cast aside. Fortunately, Microsoft, and others, are also incorporating AI tools into PowerPoint, allowing people to benefit from the technological leaps, while still using familiar tools.

The anticipated launch of Microsoft Copilot will be a huge boost to storytelling, design, and visualization for many – enabling them to create better presentations much more quickly and easily.

It’s easily the most exciting thing to happen to PowerPoint, and the entire Office suite, since it was first launched 30 years ago.

But there are other, more subtle, but equally useful AI tools that help you in all sorts of ways. From creating custom graphics and layouts to finding suitable content to incorporating web cam feeds into your slides, to automatic subtitles and translations of your presentation – as you deliver it, live.

Frankly, given that this outline is being written months ahead of the session being delivered, who knows what else will happen in that time. Certainly, plenty to cover that will be highly relevant to people in an L&D environment who probably dream in PowerPoint.

1. Understand the range of AI tools available to support your presentation.
2. Create stunning presentations quickly and easily using PowerPoint and AI.
3. Share your presentation stories with your audience in an engaging and effective way.

For Another Great PDU With Richard Goring Check Out:
Become A PowerPoint Jedi
With The Force Of Templates & Masters

Presenter:  Richard Goring (LinkedIn profile) Director at BrightCarbon, (a specialist presentation agency). has helped to write and create thousands of presentations, and coached hundreds of teams to present more effectively using visuals, diagrams, and animated sequences that explain and reinforce the key points. Richard is passionate about improving the way that people present and believes that anyone can deliver a great presentation if given the right techniques and a bit of practice.

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PowerPoint & AI To Create Better Presentations, Faster

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Online Webinar– Recorded June 14th, 2023
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

CIOs have the opportunity to partner with leaders across the C-suite to improve business outcomes.

The key is to focus on each executive, develop an empathetic understanding of their critical outcomes and challenges, and then craft an offering to partner and deliver on business objectives.

In this webinar Irving Tyler (LinkedIn profile) Gartner Distinguished VP Analyst will help guide CIOs to construct leadership and IT value propositions for their C-suite peers to create and deliver the maximum business impact and advance their ambitions.

Discussion Topics:

• Construct a powerful offer and increase your executive opportunity
• Develop your engagement approach with tactical empathy
• Understand the key aspects of your executive leadership value to engage CxOs

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Achieve Maximum Value Of Technology For Your CxO Partners

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