Live Webinar October 19th, 2022, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

The globe is suffering from persistent high inflation, supply chain disruption and political instability.

Central banks are responding to the inflation by raising prime interest rates closer to the long term average.

The effect on consumer’s spending on IT has been immediate. They are no longer spending with growth rates on devices negative across the board.

Conversely, enterprises are not cutting IT spend, they are in fact increasing digital transformation projects in 2022.

In this webinar John-David Lovelock, (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Distinguished VP Analyst & Chief Forecaster, will review the global IT spending forecast, the reactions Gartner is seeing from CIOs to inflation, the changing quantitative environment, and the expanding role of digital transformation projects.

Discussion Topics:

• Examine Gartner forecasts for IT spending growth in 2022 and beyond
• Understand the industry highs and lows
• Learn the dichotomy of device and on-prem vs cloud spending

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IT Spend Forecast, 3Q22 Update: Is IT Spending Recession Proof?

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Live Webinar October 5th, 2022, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

The modern technology customer has access to more great options and information than ever before, but many regret their purchases. Navigating toward a decision with a myriad of different decision makers and teams involved is a real challenge that frustrates the majority of tech buyers.

These frustrations extend to the tech and service providers that these customers are considering as deal cycles drag on and on.

But, there are also customers who have mastered buying in this new environment, and make decisions confidently and at a much faster pace than others.

Join this webinar with Hank Barnes (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio)  Gartner Distinguished VP Analyst; which will explore the differences in buying behavior between customers that are likely to regret and those that are not, offer techniques to recognize and predict which type of customer you are dealing with, and offer strategies that reduce regret, shorten deal cycle times, and accelerate growth.

Discussion Topics:

• Learn the impact that high regret customers put on your business growth
• Understand the differences in behavior between customers with high regret and those with no regret
• Develop and action plan to help customers fight against their purchase regret and accelerate your growth

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The High Cost Of Technology Purchase Regret & What To Do About It

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Live Webinar October 5th, 2022 11:00 am – 11:30 am EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  Computer Aid Inc (CAI) The Great IT Professional
(Rep 2733) (Rebranded From ITMPI)

There is great benefit to monitoring the status of processes but how is it best set up?

What are the right elements to monitor?

Everyone is chasing live dashboards to have a pulse on their business; however, investing in the wrong monitoring solution or the wrong measures can end up being a liability instead of a benefit.

In this discussion, Sam Drauschak (LinkedIn profile) will address how to contextualize a process, select the correct measures and metrics, and consider the right monitoring solution for success.

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Selecting The Right Things To Monitor

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Live Webinar September 26th, 2022, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

State and local government priorities continue to shift. Pandemic-related cash infusions have come and will soon be gone.

The new normal raised awareness of the importance of technology, but will that last as economic uncertainties impact budget priorities?

Join John Kost (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner VP Distinguished Analyst;  Melissa Spencer (LinkedIn profile) Gartner VP Executive Partner; & Mark Kenneth (LinkedIn profile) Gartner Sr Executive Partner for a virtual briefing to find out how state and local government CIOs can move from being order takers to strategic contributors in building a more sustainable future for their organizations.

You also will find out how your peers are taking steps to be more strategic contributors in their governments.

Discussion Topics:

• Determine what you can do now to prepare for budget cuts
• Explore investment opportunities that will improve future government and IT productivity
• Make your customers stronger allies in your investment strategy

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State & Local Government CIOs
Use Cost Optimization To Be A Strategic Leader

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Live Webinar September 27th, 2022 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  Computer Aid Inc (CAI) The Great IT Professional
(Rep 2733) (Rebranded From ITMPI)

Proper management of stakeholders’ expectations is an essential component of successful projects.

There is no management, however, if we do not setup appropriate communication channels with our stakeholders.

In this webinar Adolfo Villafiorita (LinkedIn profile) will discuss the topic of stakeholder management and focus on the techniques for eliciting, collecting, and managing stakeholder’s feedback.

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Managing Stakeholders’ Feedback

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Live Webinar September 15th, 2022 11:00 am – 11:45 am EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  Computer Aid Inc (CAI) The Great IT Professional
(Rep 2733) (Rebranded From ITMPI)

In this presentation Neil Potter gives a summary of 10 Leadership Practices that Neil has observed in his best clients over 30 years. They include: Deadlines, Communication, Skills, Risk, Lessons-learned, and Leading by example.

Presenter:  Neil Potter (LinkedIn profile) is co-founder of The Process Group, a company formed in 1990 that consults on leadership challenges, software engineering, process improvement, Agile/Scrum, CMMI, and project management. With 28 + years of experience in software and process engineering, Neil has c0-authoredthe definitive process guides: Making Process Improvement Work for Service Organizations: A Concise Action Guide and Making Process Improvement Work: A Concise Action Guide for Software Managers and Practitioners. Neil is also a is a Certified Scrum Master, CMMI-Institute certified lead appraiser for SCAMPI appraisals, CMMI instructor (development & services) and Six Sigma Greenbelt. He holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Essex (UK)

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10 Tested Leadership Practices

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