Live Webinar – May 5, 2011 2:00 PM EST
Offered by: BNET 1 Category C PDU
This is a 1 hour seminar and attendees can claim 1 PDU for participating.

Hear Guy Kawasaki (LinkedIn profile), co-founder of Alltop.com and founding partner at Garage Technology Ventures, explain how enchantment enables you to influence people’s hearts, minds and actions to bring about voluntary, enduring and delightful change.

Guy Kawasaki is like Rock ‘N Roll – Fun, Energetic, Multifaceted, Popular & Full of Passion. And just like Rock ‘N Roll f you don’t get it (him) you never will 😉

A Silicon Valley venture capitalist. Guy Kawasaki (@GuyKawasaki) was one of the Apple employees originally responsible for marketing the Macintosh in 1984. Guy is a Co-founder of Alltop (@Alltop) former chief evangelist of Apple and author of 10 books including his latest Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions.

My favorite Guyism is his 10 20 30 rule for presentations – 10 Slides 20 Minutes and no less then 30 point font and if you disagree with the font recommendation take the age of the oldest participant and divide by 2 😉

-EdmontonPM

Attendees will learn how to:

• Know when enchantment is necessary.
• Achieve likability and trustworthiness.
• Overcome resistance.
• Enchant your boss and people who work for you.

Click here to register for this opportunity.

Earn Up To 7 Category C PDUs for Reading – Enchantment

Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions is Guy’s tenth book. In it, he explains how to influence what people will do while maintaining the highest standards of ethics.

The book explains when and why enchantment is necessary and then the pillars of enchantment: likability, trustworthiness, and a great cause.

The next topics are launching, overcoming resistance, making enchantment endure, and using technology. There are even special chapters dedicated to enchanting your employees and your boss.

Finally, because there are times you may want to resist enchantment, there’s even a chapter about how to do this too.

If you want to change the world — or even part of the world, this book is for you.

For an extensive list of reviews of the book click here.

This Book Covers: PMBOK Reference

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 9 – Human Resources 10 – Communication

• 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
• 9.2 Acquire Project Team
• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 9.4 Manage Project Team
• 10.2 Plan Communications
• 10.4 Manage Stakeholders Expectations

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

3 Books in Ethics Leadership in Management Kindle Editions
Category C PDU Up to 21 PDUs for all 3 books
(816 total pages) (or 7 PDUs per Book)

Do you have a Kindle?

You do! Great … Go ahead and download this great set of three books from Amazon.com, currently offered for $0.00! (That’s right – IT’S FREE). This collection is normally valued at $59.99USD

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So, Go ahead and download this great set of three books from Amazon.com, currently offered for $0.00! (That’s right – IT’S FREE). This collection is normally valued at $59.99USD

About the Books:

NOTE: Use the above link to download the books FOR FREE – The book title links below will charge when they are sold individually.

1. Winners Never Cheat: Everyday Values We Learned as Children (But May Have Forgotten) – By Jon Huntsman
   • Next time someone tells you business can’t be done ethically — corners must be cut, negotiations can’t be honest — hand them Jon Huntsman’s new book.
   • He started with practically nothing, and made it to Forbes’ list of America’s Top 100 richest people. Huntsman’s generous about sharing the credit, but in the 21st century, he’s the nearest thing to a self-made multi-billionaire. Now, he presents the lessons of a lifetime: a passionate, inspirational manifesto for returning to the days when your word was your bond, a handshake was sacred, and swarms of lawyers weren’t needed to back it up.
   • This is no mere exhortation: it’s a practical business book about how to listen to your moral compass, even as others ignore theirs.
   • It’s about how you build teams with the highest values, share success, take responsibility, and earn the rewards that only come with giving back.
   • Huntsman’s built his career and fortune on these principles. You don’t live these principles just to ‘succeed’: you live them because they’re right. But in an age of non-stop business scandal, Huntsman’s life proves honesty is more than right: it’s the biggest competitive differentiator
2. Do the Right Thing: How Dedicated Employees Create Loyal Customers and Large Profits – By James F. Parker
   • Learn how Southwest Airlines prospered amidst the adversity of the darkest days in the airline business.
   • In the chaotic wake of 9/11, when other airlines were hitting the panic button, Southwest Airlines made three commitments: no layoffs, no pay cuts and any customer wishing to cancel their flights would receive a full refund.
   • Despite the business risk in these decisions, Southwest Airlines not only remained profitable after 9/11, but became the most highly capitalized airline in the world, and the largest domestic airline in the United States.
   • Learning Objectives:
     • Learn how dedicated and motivated employees can be the key to success in any customer service business.
     • See why employees who enjoy their work do a better job than those who don’t.
     • Hear how Southwest Airlines came to realize that great organizations have great leaders everywhere, not just in the executive suite.
3. Moral Intelligence: Enhancing Business Performance and Leadership Success – By Douglas Lennick and Fred Kiel
   • There is a powerful correlation between strong moral principles and business success.
   • Moral Intelligence also introduces the breakthrough Moral and Emotional Competency Inventory (MECI): an indispensable metric to assess where you and your organization stand right now.
   • In recent years, companies have discovered the value of Emotional Intelligence (EI). But EI isn’t enough: only leaders with strong moral intelligence can build the trust and commitment that are the foundation of truly great businesses. Be one of those leaders, lead one of those companies, with Moral Intelligence.
   • This book makes the business case for Moral Intelligence – How winning executives use “MI” to outperform their competitors How to promoting Moral Intelligence in your business
   • How to understand the core competencies of Moral Intelligence
   • How to focus on what matters: integrity, responsibility, compassion, and forgiveness
   • How to choose principled leaders, and supporting them with a culture of principle
   • Breakthrough metrics for evaluating your organization — and yourself

In this book, two globally respected leadership experts illuminate the connection and define the specific competencies that comprise “moral intelligence,” and show exactly how to promote it throughout your organization. Douglas Lennick and Fred Kiel demonstrate how the best performing companies have leaders with a strong moral compass and the ability to follow it — even in a world that may reward bad behavior in the short run.

Lennick and Kiel identify and help you build the moral skills leaders need most, including integrity, responsibility, compassion, and forgiveness. They offer realistic guidance on being a moral leader in both large organizations and entrepreneurial ventures: guidance reflecting decades of experience coaching executives at the very highest level

Category C Learning Primer for this activity: Choose a project you are working on and read through these books. Notate your lessons learned for your audit folder by using our “Three Learning Questions” (see link below).

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

These Books Cover:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources 10 – Communication ( PMBOK Reference)

• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 9.4 Manage Project Team
• 10.2 Plan Communications
• 10.4 Manage Stakeholders Expectations

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For more information see our article which describes Category C PDUs – Self Directed Learning (SDL), the Three Learning Questions and SMART goal setting.

In this article we will walk through the process of creating a Personal Self Directed Learning ( SDL PDU ) Plan.

Under PMI’s® new guidelines the limit on Category C SDL PDUs has increased to a maximum of 30 PDUs in a 3 Year Cycle (half of the 60 needed for recertification). One hour of Self Directed Learning is worth 1 PDU.

How Can A Mind Map Be Used As A PRIMER for Self Directed Learning?

To learn more about Mind Maps click here to find out what a Mind Map is and how they can be useful.

Mind maps are an excellent tool to assist you in earning Category C PDUs for any topic. This example uses Mind Maps to create a straw model (example) of a PDU Learning Primer© to explore leadership qualities.

In order to plan and record self directed learning with PMI® as a PDU opportunity you need to review these 3 questions:

• What am I going to learn…..? With PMI® it is necessary to have a topic that relates to Project Management.
  • Choose your topic – Phrase it as a Smart Goal
  • What Knowledge Areas or KPAs in the PMBOK® does the topic refer to?
  • Are there specific sections of the PMBOK® that the topic references?
  • An excellent cross reference tool is the Project Management Matrix (click here) by PMChampion.com This is a great tool and is available as an app on many different mobile platforms.
  • This information will be needed to record the information in CCRS.

• How am I going to learn about…? In this case the question represents what resources and methods will be used to learn about this topic.
  • Find terrific resources to explore!
  • For PMI® subject matter resources and experts should be documented in your PMI® audit folder (every PMP should have one). Document the information and its location used to explore the subject.
  • NOW LEARN!
  • Keep track of your time
• How am I going to demonstrate my learning about …….?
  • Can you talk more intelligently about the subject….great …. but ensure that for your audit folder you have something a bit more substantial.
  • Write down a few sentences that has relevance to the learning or answer some questions that you discovered in the learning process.
  • Focus comments on how the learning relates to a project you have done or about how you might have try a different technique to get better results. In other words relate this learning to your practice!

LETS BEGIN! – Leadership Qualities

Lets learn about 8 qualities of leadership. Human Resources and soft skills are a very important part of project management.

Create a Smart Goal – Writing a Smart Goal – Here is our example.

Lets look at a “Leadership Qualities Mind Map” on ILLUMINES site

& Eight Leadership Qualities.

A leadership map can serve as a tool for exploring the Qualities of Leadership by providing a structure for exploring the vast wealth of Leadership material on the Internet.

For each of the Leadership Qualities, to help you start your personal Leadership PDU Primer© I will suggest a few resources from pduOTD.com and elsewhere.

Use our resources or choose your own.

• Humble
  • PDUs2Go has a 5:00 minute podcast “Humble Leaders” by Edward D. Hess $0.99
• Integrity
  • Leadership 101: Integrity – Website Blog 15 minutes 0.25 Category C PDU
  • Leadership Demands Integrity By Example – Website Blog 15 minutes 0.25 Category C PDU
• Priorities
  • Manage Multiple Priorities…Without Losing Your Mind! 1 Hour 1 Category A PDU
• Passion
  • The Purpose Linked Organization: How Passionate Leaders Inspire Winning Teams and Great Results Podcast – Article – Book Earn up to 10 Cat C PDUs. Purchase From Amazon.com Hardcover on sale now fore $14.00 USD + Shipping
• Develops People
  • Pam Stanton has written a book “The Project Whisperer: Understanding the Human Part of the Gantt Chart” $8.95 for PDF instantly or $11.95+ Shipping for the paperback. This Book is packed with ideas and information – Earn up to 8 Category C PDUs.
• Goal Orientated
  • Creating Competitive Advantage through Goal Alignment 0.5 PDU Category A
• Committed
  • Are Your Staff As Committed To Results As You? – A 4 page article with links – Up to 0.5 Category C PDU.
• Courage
  • MyProjectAdvisor (REP 1819) has a DVD “Get More Out of Your PMP” which describes Courage as a key personal competency. This Qualifies for 2 Category PDUs $24.oo USD

Finishing Up ….

Don’t Forget to document how you met your Smart Goal for your PMI® Audit Folder.

This Learning Plan Qualifies for up to

19 Category C PDUs and 3 Category A PDUs.

Please leave comments on this article to share information with others on the resources and information you discovered and found useful when you explored this subject. Thank You.

Live Webinar – April 12, 11:00 AM EST
Offered by: Roeder Consulting ( REP 2453) 1 Category A PDU
This is a 1 hour seminar and attendees will be awarded 1 PDU for participating.

Successful project leaders need more than great technical skills. They need to have A Sixth Sense for Project Management ® – the “interpersonal/people skills” that help you successfully navigate through your initiatives.

There is a science to people skills.

In this one hour presentation, Tres Roeder will help you shed light on managing the human side of change. From this unique, interactive webinar, you will:

• Gain take-away skills that can be applied immediately towards your project success
• Hear the latest insights from new research on human behavior and how this impacts you
• Learn what you can do today for better project results

Seating for this opportunity is limited and may reach capacity.

Click here to register for this opportunity.

A Sixth Sense For Project Management® – Book

In this book, Tres Roeder lays out a system to help Project Managers succeed not only in their projects, but in any interpersonal relationship that requires a change in behavior. Tres lays out how his successful methods using a balanced approach of technical project management skills, business acumen and sixth sense people skills.

This book is 148 pages. Reading this book would qualify for up to 6 Category C Self Directed Learning PDUs (formerly Category 2 SDL PDUs).

The NEW Category C increases the limit of PDUs allowed in a recertification cycle to 30 from the previous level of 15. Category C PDUs are an excellent way to Increase your Knowledge and Skills as a PM in your time frame.

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’
Click here to purchase A Sixth Sense for Project Management from Amazon.com (USA site)

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The Live Session Is Free But…

You can get the recorded version of this session & over 500+ other Quality Category A PDU Sessions with an
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Live Webinar March 11 2011 – 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour 30 Min Credits: 1 Category A PDU
Presented by :Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

You know when you have been in a meaningful conversation. You move projects and ideas forward creating results that matter.

Are you ready to be a highly effective communicator?

In this webinar with author and coach Shawn Kent Hayashi (LinkedIn profile), we will discuss three of the chapters in her newly released book Conversations for Change: 12 Ways to Say it Right When It Matters Most.

In this 4- minute YouTube video, she discusses her book.

Shawn will show you how to make your conversations more meaningful and effective. These ideas will be relevant for anyone who wants to master their influence and move a team forward.

Click here to register for Conversations for Change.

This book is 235 pages. As a combined activity – reading this book and watching the video would qualify for up to 10 Category C Self Directed Learning PDUs (formerly Category 2 SDL PDUs).

The NEW Category C increases the limit of PDUs allowed in a recertification cycle to 30 from the previous level of 15. Category C PDUs are an excellent way to Increase your Knowledge and Skills as a PM in your time frame.

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

Buy Conversations for Change: 12 Ways to Say it Right When It Matters Most from Amazon.com (USA) .

Buy Conversations For Change from Amazon.ca (Canada).

Let me start with a story about Expectations.

On my way out the door Friday morning, I asked my wife what kind of pizza she wanted for supper. “Large deep dish Galaxy – the one with shrimp, pineapple, bacon, olives and peppers.” When I walked in at 5:30 with her favorite chicken dinner, I was greeted with a glare and an exclamation “Oh, you brought chicken”. I thought I was bringing home her favorite, but in fact she had been thinking about that pizza all day long.

In this combo pack from PDUs2Go and David Nour, David Nour presents the webinar “Project Management Relationships Reinvented.” After the webinar, you can dive into his book “Relationship Economics®” for more indepth discussion covering Personal, Functional and Strategic Relationships. He introduces the concept of Relationship Currency.

In bringing home that bucket of chicken, I didn’t earn me the ‘brownie points’ (Personal currency) that I was expecting because I had set the wrong expectations in the morning discussion 🙂

– EdmontonPM

PDUs2Go.com is hosting an exclusive PRE-RELEASE Sales Event through February 25 where PMPs can BUY a copy of the BOOK Relationship Economics and can EARN 10 PDUs through SELF-DIRECTED learning by reading the book and 1 PDU by attending the webinar on Friday, Feb 25 at 12:00pm EST – A TOTAL of 11 PDUs for just $20.

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

Sorry the Pre-Release Event is no longer available.

Click here to purchase the Kindle version of Relationship Economics from Amazon.com (USA Site)

Click here to purchase the book Relationship Economics: Transform Your Most Valuable Business Contacts Into Personal and Professional Success
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