Live Webinar May 15th, 2020 – 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  HR.com

Here’s What You’ll Learn:

1. What new supports have been developed, or are in development, since the beginning of April to assist employers to manage the COVID-19 crisis?
2. What options are available to employers to reduce their labour costs?
3. What should an employer be doing to plan for the future in the short-term, mid-term and long-term in the face of the COVID-19 crisis?

The impact of COVID-19 on workplaces in Canada cannot be understated, and the situation continues to evolve at a rapid pace.

The government has enacted and continues to develop a variety of supports for employers and for employees, from more accessible and interest free loans to wage subsidies designed to encourage employers to keep their staff on payroll.

However, even with these support initiatives, employers are facing unprecedented challenges in managing their labour costs, keeping employees and customers safe, and planning for an uncertain future.

In this session, Stuart Rudner (LinkedIn profile) Rudner Law & Brittany Taylor (LinkedIn profile) Associate Rudner Law will review in detail some of the key support initiatives that are currently available or in development, with a particular focus on changes implemented since the beginning of April, and how employers can take advantage of them.

Stuart & Brittany will also discuss what options are available for employers who may need to reduce their labour costs, including assessing the risks and benefits of temporary layoffs, reduction in hours or compensation, dismissal and frustration of contract.

They will also provide some advice and recommendations with respect to planning for the (short-term, mid-term, and long-term) future & they will reserve some time at the end of the session to answer some questions from  attendees.

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Getting Back To Business:
What You Need To Know About Recalling Employees To Work In Canada

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Live Webinar May 12th, 2020 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  .5 Hour  .5 PDU
Provider:  Computer Aid Inc (CAI) The Great IT Professional
(Rep 2733) (Rebranded From ITMPI)

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Big Profits From Small Data

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Live Webinar May 4th, 2020, 10:00 am – 11:00 am  EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Part 2

Discover how finance leaders are responding to the impact of COVID-19 on their costs in the short, medium, and longer-term.

Samantha Ellison (LinkedIn profile) Gartner Sr Principal, Advisory looks further into insights from the April 9th webinar, “Leading Through COVID-19: Finance Leaders’ Guide to Manage Costs in 2020.”

In this webinar, Samantha provides the latest guidance and research to identify short-term reductions, while preparing to maximize long-term value.

She looks at Finance’s role in implementing cost optimization initiatives and monitoring their performance.

Samantha will discuss how to educate the business about their operational impact on costs, and how to focus senior leadership on the most critical performance indicators and incentivizing cost savings.

Discussion Topics:

• Managing costs during this disruptive era of COVID-19
• Educate the business about their operational impact on costs
• Focus senior leaders on critical performance indicators and incentivizing cost savings

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Leading Through COVID-19:
More Finance Leader Insights To Manage Costs In 2020

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Online Webinar – Recorded Apr 9 2020
Activity Type:  Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Part 1

Join Matt Williams (LinkedIn profile) Gartner Sr Principal, Advisory, to discover how finance leaders are responding to the emerging impact of COVID-19 on their costs in the short, medium, and longer term.

In this webinar Matt provides the latest guidance and research to identify short-term reductions, while preparing to maximize long-term value.

Hear what your peers are doing during this time and learn cost cutting measures to help manage spending over the following year.

For even more insights, register for the next webinar in this series on April 29th, “Leading Through COVID-19: More Finance Leader Insights to Manage Costs in 2020. (Mat 4th presentation)”

Discussion Topics:

• How finance leaders are reacting to COVID-19
• How to avoid cost-cutting by managing spend
• Identify short term reduction to maximize long term value

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Leading Through COVID-19:
Finance Leaders’ Guide To Manage Costs In 2020

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Live Webinar April 21st, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
AEST: 10:00 a.m. (Sydney – 22 Apr) | EDT: 8:00 p.m. (NY – 21 Apr)
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

In an uncertain and pressurized economic environment, such as the current COVID-19 crisis, organizations can face the challenge of realizing immediate IT cost savings.

CIOs need to determine how to approach cost cutting in the least damaging way to the medium- and long-term health of the business.

In this webinar Chris Ganly (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Sr Director Analyst provides 10 rules for successful IT cost cutting.

Discussion Topics:

• 10 rules for successful IT cost cutting and how to apply them
• Determine what needs to be considered from a savings and timing perspective
• How to map and communicate your plan to eliminate, reduce, or suspend

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Leading Through COVID-19:
10 Rules For Rapid IT Spend Reduction

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Live Webinar – April 15th, 2020 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

Microsoft Project can be turned into an estimating tool with continuously improving data. You can copy these features from a schedule template found here, for instance.

Making schedules for specific projects from a template provides consistent schedule structure and vocabulary, accumulating lessons learned, and estimating data.

The features enable two techniques:

1. Analogous estimating, which is scaling parts of a schedule or an entire project estimate, &
2. Parametric estimating, which is scaling the number of items a detail tasks produces.

The download template also illustrates:

1. How to include a risk reserve and estimating uncertainty buffer &
2. How to produce an Excel report with tabs for tasks recently completed, underway, and coming soon (Kanban).

Presenter: Oliver Gildersleeve, PMP, MCTS , (LinkedIn profile) PMP, MCTS, is lead planner on a Veterans Affairs 5 year major initiative. He co-founded an MPUG chapter and was president for 4 years. He teaches advanced scheduling for PMI chapters: San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, and Monterey. He also teaches for San Francisco State and for UC Santa Cruz extensions.

If you are NOT ALREADY a member JOIN MPUG!

This event is for members only BUT… You can take one of the MPUG Certificated Masterclass (Usually 6 Category A PDUs) Or over 30 other Category A PDUs for free each year.  The $129 Per Year Membership Fee is a terrific value!

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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Analogous & Parametric Estimating Schedule Template

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