Live Webinar April 2nd, 2015 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly

This webcast talk will be an all-demo session 

Sumit will cover several development tools built into the browsers (Chrome Developer Tools, IE F12 Developer Tools, and Safari Web Inspector).

Debugging code, as well as diagnosing performance problems will be discussed.

Demonstration of the tools will include — analyzing memory footprint and leaks, CPU Profiling and Heap analysis, network throughput analysis to capture GET and POST calls, UI responsiveness, composited layers, and paint events will be discussed. Goal will be to diagnose for UI performance issues.

In the last 5-10 minutes of the talk, performance best practices will shared

Presenter: Sumit Amar (LinkedIn profile) is a Director of Engineering at Electronic Arts and leads the cloud development and extensibility. Spending 9 years in Microsoft optimizing several Microsoft products for performance and usability, including adCenter (now Bing Ads), Bing Shopping, Microsoft.com, and Cloud TV (Mediaroom), he has worked in Microsoft Redmond, Vancouver, Copenhagen, and Silicon Valley campuses. Sumit is currently working on his dissertation for a PhD in Computer Information Systems.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 5 – Scope 8 – Quality

• 5.3 Define Scope
• 6.2 Define Activities
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management
• 9.3 Develop Project Team

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 to register for JavaScript Development & Debugging Tools: A Deep-Dive

Live Webinar April 1st, 2015 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C  – Free PDU
Presented by American Management Association (REP 1294)
Although the AMA is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number Contact the AMA for further information.

How a Single-Focused Approach Delivers Results

We have become a nation addicted to the enticing and dangerously misleading drug of multitasking.  You might be hooked yourself.

The popular notion is that by doing several tasks at once we can accomplish more — but a host of neuroscientific research shows that the opposite is true.

The fact is that your brain is simply not built to multitask.

In any situation, we’re most efficient focusing on one task at a time. But with all the information and interruptions that bombard us, how is that possible?

Discover how to clear and calm your mind, arrange your schedule and environment, and gently but firmly manage the expectations of people around you so that you can accomplish a succession of tasks, one at a time — and be infinitely more productive and effective.

Webinar Objectives:

• Discover tangible tools to focus your mind and harness your potential
• Learn why multitasking is a myth — and how to singletask your way to success
• Simple methods for tackling your list of “to dos” with less effort and greater ease
• Gain practical techniques to manage your environment – including people around you
• Uncover methods to do more in less time with better results
• Apply fascinating cutting edge science to improve your relationships and quality of life

We encourage you to register even if you are unable to attend live; you’ll receive replay information following the event.

Presenter:  Devora Zack  (LinkedIn profile) is author of the internationally-translated, award-winning books Devora is CEO of Only Connect Consulting, Inc. .  An in-demand keynote speaker she serves as visiting faculty for Cornell University’s business school and has been featured in dozens of print media publications and major television networks.  Devora holds an MBA from Cornell, certifications in MBTI and Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and memberships in Phi Beta Kappa and Mensa. OCC won USDA’s Woman-Owned Business of the Year.

Devora’s Award Winning Books:

• Networking for People Who Hate Networking: A Field Guide for Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected
• Managing for People Who Hate Managing: Be a Success By Being Yourself
• Singletasking: Get More Done – One Thing at a Time

Click to register for Singletasking: How to Get More Done, One Thing at a Time

Live Webinar March 23rd, 2015, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
By: WeavingInfluence

This webinar is based on the groundbreaking new book:
Dare to Serve:
How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others

Becoming a “Dare to Serve” Leader

Our culture celebrates “The Spotlight Leader.” 

The leader is on stage – the spotlight is entirely on them – in short, it is all about them.

This leader declares a new vision, has all the answers, and is a high achiever.  We tolerate them being a bit self-absorbed because they are going places that we want to go, and if they are successful, we will be successful… so we think.

We vaguely know there is another kind of leadership – Servant leadership. This kind of leader is known for humility.

They shun the spotlight and listen carefully to the people because they care deeply about the people. They make decisions that serve the people well; they give others credit.

We wonder about these leaders ..
But We Shouldn’t!

Join Cheryl Bachelder, CEO of Popeyes® Louisiana Kitchen, Inc., for this informative session on developing a better leadership strategy!

Cheryl wants to suggest a new idea – If you move yourself out of the spotlight and dare to serve others well, you will deliver superior performance results – and she’s got the experience to prove it!

Join Cheryl as she talks to Becky Robinson about the ideas that have shaped her own leadership journey, and make up the basis of her new book:

Dare to Serve:
How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others

A Must Read For Every Leader!

The Presenters:

Cheryl A. Bachelder  (LinkedIn profile) CEO of Popeyes® Louisiana Kitchen, Inc.   has led a remarkable turnaround of the company’s financial results with a compelling strategic roadmap for growth and an inspiring purpose and set of principles. Cheryl has more than 35 years of experience in brand building, operations and public-company management at companies like Yum Brands, Domino’s Pizza, RJR Nabisco, The Gillette Company and The Procter & Gamble Company.

Click to register for Dare to Serve: Weaving Influence webinar with Cheryl Bachelder

Earn More Category C PDUs by Reading these great Books

The Documentation details above for Category C PDUs apply.

• Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness 25th Anniversary Edition by Robert K. Greenleaf the developer of the Servant Leader Concept – 370 Pages Earn up to 15 PDUs
• Servant Leader by Ken Blanchard – 128 Pages Earn up to 5 PDUs
• The World’s Most Powerful Leadership Principle: How to Become a Servant Leader by James C. Hunter – 224 Pages Earn up to 9 PDUs
• The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership by James C. Hunter – 187 Pages Earn up to 7 PDUs
• Ken Blanchards – The One Minute Manager Book Series 16 different titles including The One Minute Manager Builds High Performing Teams: New and Revised Edition – 128 Pages Earn up to 5 PDUs

Live Webinar –  March 17th, 2015 – 10:00 am to 12:00 am EDT
Presented by:  The Gabriel Institute
Duration: Total of 2 Hours -2 Category B PDUs – Free PDU

Teamability^®:
The Ability To Connect With Others
To Form A Productive Team

Individual strengths can lead to a personal triumph,
But a team is greater than the sum of its parts.

Rich Karlgaard, Publisher of Forbes Magazine, recently wrote an article entitled “Teams Matter. Talent is Not Enough.”

In essence, it is a challenge for executives to find and exploit the “magic” of team synergy.

The metrics of teaming now exist!  Even the most extraordinary individual effort is no substitute for great teamwork. Teaming metrics are key to improving selection, increasing engagement, and vastly reducing new-hire turnover, all with measurable business value.

With TGI Teamability:
PMs will be able to create extremely strong teams.

In this introduction you will learn:

• A completely new technology will help you understand why talented, experienced people do not always “team” well with others.
• How to reduce the costs and risks associated with errors in hiring and promoting,
  • Metrics and methods that measure and predict “teaming” behaviors.
  • How to effectively analyze and solve team performance problems.
• How to deliver significant business value by matching people to the functional mission of their team
  • The ‘who fits where’ and the ‘why’ of winning teams
  • Behaviors that impact quality of team interaction and ‘fit’ to job responsibilities
• How it possible to reliably select high quality team players, and to match their job responsibilities to the way they envision themselves serving their team (their “Role”).

This is a MUST TAKE opportunity to help you understand the strengths of your team members placing them in the roles that will make your projects even more successful!

Edmonton PM

This program has been approved for 2 General recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification. PMPs can earn two Cat B credits for this two hour course. In addition, you will be offered the opportunity to have your own Teamability® experience!

Click to register for An Introduction To Teamability? Understanding the Natural Roles that Your Team Members Best Fill with a Role Based Approach

DOWNLOADABLE VERSION

Presented by: PDUs2go (Rep 1637)
Click to Download the PDUs2Go Course Catalog.

PDUs2Go

Jennifer  Asks:

What Do You Need To Know To
“Step Up Your Game?”

Project management is all about influencing people and situations, to accomplish goals. 

What you do, and how you do it matters LESS.  The RESULTS you’re able to produce matters “MORE than ever!”

Executive sponsors of projects care less about your educational background or professional pedigree and more about your ability to engage, influence, and get key tasks completed, often earlier than estimated and below budget!

Building & Fostering Relationships Are
The #NewNorm !

The #NewNorm will help you :

• Become an Object of Interest, within and external to your organization;
• Develop a broad base of market relationships;
• Understand how to impactfully engage and influence Economic Buyers;
• Gain conceptual agreement on Objectives, Measures, and Value (OMV); and
• Provide Value-Based Options in every interaction.

For The Month of March PDUs2Go Is Offering
“Three #NewNorm Category A Learning Opportunities”

• Each worth 10 PDUs
• Each Just $100.00 USD – $250.00 USD
  

If you take all three that’s 30 Category A PDUs to help you gain insights on how you can develop a trusting relationships, gain access to key institutional knowledge, discern  more compelling projects, and work with the “Key Executive Stakeholders” that you have always wanted to work for.

1. #NewNorm Video Course [10 PDUs – see description below]
   • Unleash the Power in Your Relationships to Accelerate Project Outcomes – and Your Career *** Including audio and video
   • Until March 31st Just $100.00 USD
2. #NewNorm Webinar Series [10 PDUs- see description below]
   • Top 10 Ways PMPs are Raising the Bar on Their Business Acumen *** Including audio and video
   • Until March 31st Just $100.00 USD
3. #NewNorm Summit [10 PDUs- see description below]
   • The Top 4 Methods Project Managers are Using to Implement Change and Drive Results *** Including audio and video
   • Until March 31st Just $250.00 USD

Being able to market and promote your skills to your stakeholders and to your potential clients is crucial in today’s economy.

Here’s a glimpse inside:

The 3 #NewNorm Courses!

More and more, Project Managers are charged with understanding sophisticated business problems, motivating teams to find solutions, leading change that lasts, and generating bottom-line results.

As if that weren’t difficult enough, they must perform under unrealistic deadlines, with imperfect communications, under continually changing mandates, while competing for resources.

This isn’t a temporary crisis; it is simply the New Norm.

The #NewNorm Video Course

Presented by: PDUs2go (Rep 1637)
Webinar Duration: 10 Hours Credits: 10 Category A – $100 USD (Ltd. Time)

In this course Project Management Professionals will learn how to:

• Get the most production out of your team without “twisting arms”, getting angry, or raising your blood pressure!
• Identify true loyal team members that you can delegate responsibility to who will rise to the occasion and make your life easier and less stressful… (It’s probably not who you think)
• Raise your value (your personal stock) to the company by identifying and creating efficiencies that make your company more profitable.
• Implement the secret OMV formula (Objectives, Measures, and Value) that savvy executives use to climb their way to the top.
• Get more done with less time and less people
• Become one of the most appreciated employees in your company (sought by other companies) by providing Value-Based Options every time you communicate with the higher ups.

Click to purchase The #NewNorm Video Course

The #NewNorm Webinar Series

Presented by: PDUs2go (Rep 1637)
Webinar Duration: 10 Hours ea Credits: 10 Category A – $100 USD (Ltd. Time)

Individual sessions in this webinar series include: 

1. The #NewNorm for Project Management Professionals
2. Best Practices for Project Managers to Measure Analytics on Social Media
3. How to Use Social Media as a Marketing Tool for Your Next Project
4. What Project Managers Need to Know about Creating a Strategic Plan to Grow Business
5. What Project Managers Need to Know in Working with a Social Media Director
6. Best Practices for Developing a Global Organization as a Project Manager
7. Tips and Techniques for Project Management Professionals on Working with Millennials
8. Negotiation Tips, Techniques, and Best Practices for Project Management Professionals
9. Best Practices for Managing Turnover as a Project Manager
10. What Project Management Professionals Need to Understand about International Expansion

Click to purchase The #NewNorm Webinar Series

The #NewNorm Summit

Presented by: PDUs2go (Rep 1637)
Webinar Duration: 10 Hours ea Credits: 10 Category A – $250 USD (Ltd. Time)

Jennifer Bridges and David Nour have partnered with leading authors and professional speakers from their portfolio of relationships to present four inter-related 90-minute sessions.

Each presentation will build participants’ knowledge and the skills to apply that learning:

• In Adaptive Innovation, David Nour. CEO of the Nour Group, reveals the connection between strategic relationships and agility in creating innovations that deliver unique, sustainable market value.
• In Getting Change Right, Seth Kahan, President of Visionary Leadership, presents seven precepts that lead to successful, authentic change achieved through engagement and connection.
• In Breakthrough Innovation, Roger Young, Senior Partner at Excelsior Consulting Group, will talk about aligning culture, innovation strategy and talent to catapult organizations into new markets, expose them to new customer bases, and provide exponential growth opportunities.
• In Leading So People Will Follow, Erika Andersen, founding partner, Proteus International, will share the six leadership characteristics that inspire followers to fully support their leaders.

Click to purchase The #NewNorm Summit

For another 2.5 Category A PDUs …. Click to Learn More About “Optimize Your Thinking – Introduction” for just $1 USD.

Online Webinar – Recorded February 21st, 2013
By: ProjectTimes (Diversified Business Communications REP 1811)
Duration 1 Hr 1 Cat A PDU/CDUs – Free PDU / CDU
CourseID:  WID00092

One disheartening aspect of the role of the Project Manager,
Which virtually no one seems to be able to overcome,
Is “Project Failure”

Senior IT and business leaders have grown weary of the project failure epidemic, and are now looking to individual Projects Managers (PM)s and the Project Management Office (PMO) to do something about it. This webinar features essential advice on how you can.

Some reasons for project failure are easy to name, but this webinar reveals the 10 hidden causes of project failure that lie just under the radar of most Project Managers. Hidden problems that continue to sabotage project teams day after day.

In this webinar, you’ll learn how to spot these 10 hidden reasons, and you’ll also discover effective, proven solutions for overcoming each one.

Here’s a sneak peek of the 10 hidden reasons revealed in the webinar:

• Hidden Reason #3: Requirements errors actually getting approved and slipping into development unnoticed
• Hidden Reason #6: Your team members being “fuzzy” on the details of your project (even though you’ve likely never heard them admit it)
• Hidden Reason #10: Expecting agile to ‘cure’ the problem

Don’t miss this important opportunity to understand the cause of project failure in a whole new light, so you can be the one who finally gets the project failure epidemic under control at your organization. Register for this webinar now!

This webinar is presented by Tony Higgins (LinkedIn profile) from Blueprint Software Systems, a 27-year software industry veteran, who has spent much of the past decade focused on developing software requirements solutions that support Business Analysts, Projects Managers and PMOs in today’s enterprise.

Click to register for 10 Hidden Reasons Why Projects Fail: How to Spot them and How to Solve Them!