Live Webinar July 15th, 2015 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Fissure Corporation (Rep 1026)

Is Sitting Down At The Negotiating Table Scary?

Not sure how to strike the best deal? Let’s take the mystery out of negotiations and develop the confidence to achieve the best possible agreement.

This webinar will look at the various tools and techniques that will help ensure success at the negotiating table.

It will begin with a look at the theory behind negotiating and its various strategies.

Followed by a look at the three styles of negotiators along with tactics that they employee.

It concludes with a look at how culture impacts negotiations, and how this all is incorporated into project management.

Join Bill for a highly informative and engaging look at removing the mystery around negotiating.

Learning Objectives:

• Exploring the theory behind negotiations and its various strategies
• Finding out the various styles of negotiators and their tactics.
• Looking at how the culture of various countries impact negotiations.
• Discovering how and when various strategies, styles and tactics should be used in project management.

Presenter: Bill Johnson, PMP, MSPM, is a project management consultant and  an Adjunct Professor at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota in the Project Management Masters Degree program. He has 15 years as an independent project manager and consultant where he has worked for clients including American Rhodes Trust and The State of Minnesota. As a contractor, Bill has extensive experience negotiating with fellow contractors and clients alike.

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Live Webinar July 15th, 2015 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $20 USD
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

This webinar is the second in a two part series series on “Stakeholder Analysis” by Solutions Cube. Although this module is a part of the series – each module in the series can be taken individually.

It’s important to keep stakeholders aligned with the objectives of your project and obtain their support so that, ultimately, you can gain their acceptance of project deliverables and closure.

This is the second webinar in a 2 part series on Stakeholder Analysis. This webinar will discuss how to identify stakeholders that can significantly influence the project either positively or negatively and develop a strategy for obtaining and/or increasing support for the project.

Attend this 1 hour presentation to learn how to develop an approach for managing stakeholders, whether their perceptions about your project are negative or positive. Tips will be provided to help you retain and increase the support of influential stakeholders and to reduce or eliminate the impact of stakeholders who perceive your project negatively.

In this 1 hour in-depth webinar participants learn:

• Confirm which stakeholders can significantly influence the project either positively or negatively
• Consider key information about each stakeholder such as level of participation, area/s representing, and key relationships within the organization
• Develop a plan for increasing support and minimizing negative impacts, then implement the plan

EARN 1 PDU after viewing this webinar

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Live Webinar July 15th, 2015 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour  Credits: 1 PDU Category B  – Free PDU
Presented By: PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)
In Cooperation With: Core Performance Concepts (Rep #1399)

Note: Please record this as a Category B Presentation – You will receive a Category B certificate from PROJECTInsight

Explore the fundamentals of the software testing lifecycle (STLC). In this session you will learn how and why the STLC will be instrumental in achieving project success and delivering quality.

This general overview provides descriptions of the deliverables involved in the STLC and how to apply them to your projects.

Benefits

• Gain an understanding of the scope and objectives of the software testing lifecycle (STLC)
• Learn the phases of the software testing lifecycle
• Understand the interactions and dynamics of the software testing lifecycle with the project management lifecycle and the software development lifecycle

Who should attend:

• Project managers, Portfolio managers,
• Project team members, Project Leads,
• Project sponsors & function/business unit managers,
• Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts, Scheduling Specialists and ….
• Other business stakeholders.

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Live Webinar July 14th, 2015 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by:  Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Keep Engagement in Mind During Leadership Transitions

In 2014, the average term of a CEO of an S&P 500 company was 9.9 years.

Succession takes different forms in different companies, of course. But one thing is for sure – it always brings challenges, including the need to keep employees engaged and enabled.

Maintaining confidence in leadership and organization direction following changes in leadership is essential for sustaining engagement, with today’s employees increasingly recognizing that their job security, compensation potential, and advancement opportunities are linked to company success.

And shifting priorities can disrupt established work routines and working relationships, so the need to position employees to be effective is more important than ever.

Join Mark for this webcast and find out:

• Which elements of the work environment and employee work experience are most impacted by changes at the top.
• How leaders and managers can respond proactively.
• So the next time your organization faces a CEO transition, you’ll have a clearer understanding of the workforce implications – and what you’ll need to do to keep employees engaged and productive.

Presented by: Mark Royal, (LinkedIn profile) Senior Principal, Hay Group Insight

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
• 9.4  Manage 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”

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