Online Webinar Recorded – December 14th 2011
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Sponsored by American Management Association (REP 1294)
Presented by: Todd C Williams (LinkedIn profile)
NOTE: This session may qualify as a Category B PDU from Todd Williams Company – Contact ECameron Inc for further information.

Todd C. Williams, PMP is a terrific audit and turn-around specialist in IT and manufacturing and author of the bestseller Rescue the Problem Project: A Complete Guide to Identifying, Preventing, and Recovering from Project Failure. Todd is a speaker, blogger, helping mature companies & start-ups alike. Project failure is prevalent all projects. Todd’s Back From Red TM blog addresses the reasons for project failure along with methods to avert and correct the problems that cause the failure. Follow him on Twitter @backFromRed and read his blog. I highly recommend following his work – EdmontonPM

Doing it right the first time

A question that plagues executives and project managers alike is “What do we do about problem projects?”

What if you could avoid them almost entirely?

In this webcast, you’ll learn the two crucial steps that ensure successful projects.

Todd C. Williams details the concept of a guidance team, a team that stays with the project from customer’s first inception through deployment. The advantages of a guidance team are numerous. They provide continuity and guidance to the project, maintain alignment of expectations on the deliverables, and guide the conversation back when the project starts to get off track or lose focus.

The second step is to include project staff with the customer during the initial planning process. This provides clarity to the roadmap, makes sure what is promised is delivered, and assists the customer in identifying the “what” and “when” and the “what after that.”

Following these two steps – having a guidance team and involving project staff during inception – you can eliminate many problems before they have a chance to derail your project.

What You Will Learn

1. How to provide more accurate information when a project starts
2. Creating a team of people that can work with your customer to set expectations and align stakeholders.

To Read Reviews of Rescue the Problem Project: A Complete Guide to Identifying, Preventing, and Recovering from Project Failure go to http://ecaminc.com/index.php/articles/rrprvw

Martin Chernenkoff, Senior Editor at PDU Of The Day (pduOTD.com) has written a companion book to Rescue the Problem Project: A Complete Guide to Identifying, Preventing, and Recovering from Project Failure, the #1 book on Project Recovery. “A Learning Guide For Rescue The Problem Project” is available from Amazon and is part of the pduOTD Primer series for Project Management.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 7 – Cost

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 5.5 Control Scope
• 6.6 Control Schedule
• 7.3 Control Costs

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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Online Webinar Recorded: June 11, 2008
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.

Do you look at your senior managers and wonder how many will still be with you in the next five years? If so, it’s time to get answers and make plans.

Many organizations lack a proper succession plan. One reason is that they do not have an effective succession planning process.

Without a plan it is nearly impossible to develop an effective strategy to ensure leadership continuity in the coming years.

What You Will Learn:

• Powerful yet simple tips for recruiting talent based on what you already know
• How to identify high potentials that will fit your organizational needs
• Why high potentials might be a worse fit than “high professionals” and how to figure out which are better for your needs
• What managers can now do to groom and cultivate in-house talent
• How to build a planned retention program that keeps your best people from leaving

What are some simple, straightforward ways to build your leadership pipeline? Attend this Webcast to find out how.

PDU Category C documentation details

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 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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Online Webinar Recorded October 6th, 2011
Presented by: Linkage
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

As every women knows, developing a stellar, brand-name reputation in your company and industry is a tremendous asset in your career. Yet, perhaps you aren’t sure what your brand is, or how to leverage it to maximize its potential.

One thing is certain – as a woman – you have the opportunity to stand out – if you learn the secrets of communicating your unique, powerful, authentic brand. In this session, you’ll discover some of the secrets of great “brand name” leaders – men and women – who influence through the power of their brands.

Presented by:Suzanne Bates (LinkedIn profile) is one of the most influential voices on communication and leadership today. She is the best-selling author ofSpeak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results , Motivate Like a CEO: Communicate Your Strategic Vision and Inspire People to Act!, andDiscover Your CEO Brand: Secrets to Embracing and Maximizing Your Unique Value as a Leader. As CEO of Bates Communications, she leads a nationally recognized consulting firm to help world-class leaders and organizations communicate in a powerful, strategic way.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Click to register for Discovering Your Leadership Brand: Secrets to Maximizing Your Value as a Leader

Online Webinar – ESI International (REP 1038)
Duration 1 hour 1 PDU or 1 CDU – 1 Category A PDU Free

As the practice of business analysis continues to mature in many organizations, the demand for quantifiable results also increases.

• “Show me the money”
• “How do you justify the investment in both time and resources?”
• “What impact will these practices have on the organization, projects”

The solution development lifecycle, the goods and services, processes, and the tasks and activities”

All of these questions are most often difficult to answer but even more difficult to put into practice. Glenn Brûlé (LinkedIn profile) and Amy Nichols (LinkedIn profile), will explore and share their insights on a hierarchical approach that will help you consider what practices might be most practical for measuring your requirements success.

Learning Objectives:

• Develop a structured approach for beginning to quantify the impact requirements may have on your organizational goals and objectives
• Understand how organizational goals and objectives can demonstrate a financial impact to the smallest task when producing goods and services through a project lifecycle or solution development lifecycle.
• Consider an organizations level of maturity and apply requirements metrics accordingly.

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Online Webinar Recorded: September 12, 2007
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.

As the pressure builds to make an endless stream of make-or-break business decisions, you need time-tested, real world help to make the savviest—most profitable—choices, every time!

This fast-paced, one-hour Webcast shows you how to apply a full battery of tools to a variety of business challenges: practical, measurable ways to help you determine which capital projects deserve the resources and commitment to make your organization succeed and grow!

Find out how to:

• Identify the components of an effective Capital Project Evaluation Model
• Recognize the actual drivers of profitable capital projects
• Become familiar with tools that can assess the financial risks of capital projects
• Predict the initial capital investment and subsequent annual cash flows of each project
• Explain the non-financial risks associated with long-term capital projects

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 7 – Cost 11 – Risk

• 4.1 Develop Project Management Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 7.1 Estimate Costs
• 11.2 Identify Risks
• 11.3 Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis

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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Online Webinar – Recorded Oct 13, 2011
Presented by: Training Magazine
Duration: 1 Hour 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Whether people are presenting or conducting training for employees, clients, or bosses, presenting to an audience – large or small – can be a daunting task.

In today’s workplace, everyone needs the ability to present their ideas and persuade people effectively – in person, over the phone, and online. With more and more webinars, Skype presentations, and conference calls, and virtual training, professionals must know how to captivate and engage an audience when they’re not meeting face-to-face.

This webinar gives participants the inside tips and techniques they need to deliver effective presentations and training sessions when they’re not in the room. Through interactive exercises, participants learn strategies for conveying a strong, clear message to their target audience remotely.

Participants will leave this webinar with the tools to:

• Understand how to structure an effective and dynamic presentation or training sessionReduce stress and tension related to delivering virtual group presentations
• Create presentation openings that command attention and interest
• Deliver with twice as much poise and energy
• Make presentations engaging and interactive to hold the audience’s attention
• Close presentations with power and persuasion

Presenter: Jeff Hiller is a Senior Trainer and Workshop Leader. Jeff began his career at Leo Burnett in Chicago where he became the youngest VP Account Director in the agency’s history, earning seven of the American Marketing Association’s EFFIE Awards for superior business results. Before joining JB Training Solutions, Jeff was the Marketing Director for the Houston Rockets and VP of Marketing for Four Hands Imports (a 3-time Inc 500 Fastest Growing company).

Click to register for Presenting and Training When You’re Not in the Room: Conference Calls, Webinars, and Video Conferences