Online Webinar – Recorded October 10th 2023
Activity Type:  Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: Gartner Webinars

According to the Gartner 2023 Chief Data Analytics Officer Survey, the number one impediment to the success of data, analytics and AI initiatives is the shortage of skills and staff. Other research shows that certain skills are identified as either critical or niche, implying they are high in demand but low in supply.

With the difficulty of identifying external support, reskilling and upskilling internal employees address some of these resourcing challenges.

However, most organisations do not have a formal skills development strategy and don’t know how and where to start. Join this free data and analytics (D&A) webinar, where expert Jorgen Heizenberg (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Research Director will reveal a structured approach to a skills development plan via a 10-step process to help you build high performing D&A teams.

Discussion Topics:

• Identify data and analytics needs based on the demands of key business stakeholders
• Map required skills to must-have roles by using job descriptions
• Develop a formal skills development strategy

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Build High-performing D&A Teams:
The Essentials Of Skills Development

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Live Webinar March 6th, 2023 – 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider:  The Corporate Education Group ( REP 1011 )

Good decisions are made when executives and managers understand the story behind complex data.

This highly interactive webinar focuses on how to make data more concise, impactful, and compelling to the intended audience through storytelling.

Through examples, this webinar will demonstrate how to create effective visualizations, such as charts and graphs, and make them easier to read and understand. Individuals that will benefit from this webinar include anyone who delivers presentations using data, especially those presenting to executives and managers.

The emphasis is on delivering explanatory analysis that conveys your intended message to the audience.

Topic Areas:

• Understand how to effectively prepare your story and maximize its impact on your audience
• Learn when to use different types of graphs to represent different data
• Learn tips for decluttering your slides to ensure that your message is clear, your visuals are impactful, and your audience remains engaged

Presenter: Eileen Twichell, (LinkedIn profile) is a dynamic and accomplished presenter and is highly regarded in the project management community for her expertise and knowledge of the field. She brings to you over twenty years of project management training and design experience and has developed and facilitated classes in project management, time management, presentation skills, coaching, and communications.

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Storytelling With Data

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Online Webinar – Recorded October 26 2023
Activity Type:  Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: Gartner Webinars

CEOs have given finance the responsibility of driving greater use of data in decision-making, but most teams have encountered an age-old challenge: Human nature. People remember stories more easily than data.

However, how do you tell a story when you’re no longer there to deliver it?

Join Clement Christensen (LinkedIn profile) Gartner Sr Director Analyst who will provide guidance to finance leaders on how to tell compelling, data-driven stories in a digital world.

Discussion Topics:

• Learn why traditional storytelling approaches no longer work
• Build a storytelling framework that guides dashboard design through graph analytics and decision science
• Start with basic dashboard techniques that build towards advanced storytelling capabilities

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Digital Storytelling: The Key To aA Data-Driven Business

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Online Webinar – Recorded August 10th, 2022
Activity Type:  Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Augmented analytics capabilities permeate all aspects of many Analytics and Business Intelligence (ABI) platforms.

Data and analytics leaders should be promoting capabilities that support analytic consumers as well as authors. At the same time, cloud ecosystems and alignment with both business and personal productivity applications have become key selection factors.

In this webinar Austin Kronz (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Principal Analyst; Anirudh Ganeshan (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Principal Analyst; & David Pidsley (LinkedIn profile) Gartner Sr Director Analyst explore how the latest insights on the market trends and vendor positions in the Gartner 2022 Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms can help you determine the right direction for your organization.

Discussion Topics:

• Identify key trends shaping analytics and business intelligence buying
• Find out how to correctly use and interpret the Gartner Analytics and BI Magic Quadrant
• Get the latest insights on vendor positioning

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Analytics & BI Platforms Magic Quadrant Highlights

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Online Webinar  – Recorded January 31st 2024
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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Supply Chain Management (SCM) is the practice of coordinating sourcing, production, inventory management and transportation among all the actors and focuses on speed, cost and reliability of operations.

Sustainable SCM adds the goals of environmental and social values to it and this means addressing global issues such as climate change, water security, deforestation, human rights, fair labour practices corruption etc.

In short Raju Rao (LinkedIn profile) says we have to consider all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN. SCM is inherently operational though various projects could be identified within the chain.

The Sustainability paradigm has added another dimension for projects within SCM because many of the initiatives being discussed now and in the near future are in fact projects.

These are guided by the recent interest in principles and practices of circular economy, sustainable sourcing waste recovery & management, resource efficiency, reverse logistics etc among others.

At some point in time, possibly in the coming decade, sustainability as a mindset will be fully set and one would view it as a an operational parameter, till then all efforts to become sustainable will be achieved largely through projects.

Learning Outcomes:

• What is SCM and Sustainable SCM?
• Principles & Practices for SCM to become sustainable
• Project Management Framework & Methodology for Sustainable SCM
• What can we do as project professionals?

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Sustainable Supply Chain Management:
A Project Management Perspective

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Online Webinar – Recorded September 14th 2023
Activity Type:  Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Here we are, 10 months after the biggest bang of most of our careers – generative AI – and the question is no longer what is it, but how are organizations putting it into action?

Generative AI accelerated the business agility agenda from discussions to proactionary approaches and strategies, but few organizations have determined the best ways to measure and quantify these initiatives or consistently track them to demonstrate shareholder value.

In this webinar Frances Karamouzis  (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Chief of Research explores the realities of generative AI versus the hype.

You will get real-life examples of organizations that have taken actions and funded initiatives. Gartner experts will take you through different categories of generative AI, the cost side of the equation, and the measurements of value to help your organization determine the best path forward.

Discussion Topics:

• Identify the realities of actioned investments vs. the hype 10 months after GenAI’s emergence
• Determine the framework for identifying, vetting, and funding AI and generative AI initiatives
• Explore value measurement and quantification

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Generative AI Realities: Proactive Approaches
For Quantifiable Business Results

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