Live Webinar – July 10th, 2018 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

Kelly Leonard builds off the improvisation-based principles from his bestselling book “Yes, And,” to discuss a new initiative he co-leads with the Center for Decision Research at the Booth School of Business at The University of Chicago. The Second Science Project looks at behavioral science through the lens of improvisation.

Kelly will talk about the insights that have come from this partnership and talk about the key areas where evidence-based science meets improvisational pedagogy.

Kelly will also toss in a few stories of some of the famous figures he’s worked with in his 30+ year career at The Second City.

• You will learn specific improv exercises you can use at work or at home to help foster creativity and better communication.

• Kelly will take you through the process and outcomes from some of the work done in The Second Science Project lab.

• You will get a backstage pass to hear stories about the creative practices of some of the alumni Kelly has worked with, such as: Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert and Keegan-Michael Key.

• Kelly will also talk about some of the cutting-edge work that Second City is doing in bringing improvisational practices to caregivers and communities afflicted with social anxiety, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

Kelly’s TedXTalks:

Exploring the Idea of Strategic Discomfort

Embrace Your Failures | Kelly Leonard

Presenter: Kelly Leonard (LinkedIn profile) Executive Vice President of The Second City, has worked at The Second City for over 20 years and overseen productions with notable SNL and comedic performers. Author of Yes, And: How Improvisation Reverses No, But Thinking and Improves Creativity and Collaboration–Lessons from The Second City  Kelly co-founded Second City Theatricals, the division of the company that develops an eclectic array of live entertainment all over the world.  Kelly has spoken at Aspen Ideas Festival, Microsoft and TEDxBroadway and hosts the podcast “Getting to Yes, And” for WGN and Second City. Kelly has received many honors, for his insight and dedication. (Inspite of all of this he is best known in Canada for creating the cult hit SCTV Filmed in Edmonton AB 1976 and 1984)

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From Yes And To Thank You Because:
How Improvisation & Behavioral Science Make Work Better

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Live Webinar July 10th, 2018 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute
(Rep 2733)

In this webinar Joe Cooper introduces the Theory of Constraints which provides a set of proven “system” focused methods to optimize organizational throughput and results.

Joe will also include a focus on project management as he discusses this topic.

Presenter: Joe Cooper (LinkedIn profile) is a project, program, and portfolio management consultant at Allegient, LLC in Indianapolis, IN USA. His passion is helping organizations optimize the speed and reliability of their project delivery and turning this improvement into a strategic competitive advantage. Joe has presented a Critical Chain workshop at the TOCICO (Theory of Constraints International Certification Organization).

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Optimizing Productivity With The Theory Of Constraints (TOC): From Manufacturing To DevOps

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Live Webinar – July 11th, 2018 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
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This is an MPUG Vendor Session. John Owen will discuss Microsoft Project add-ons By Barbecana & how they can streamline the integration of various applications and Microsoft Project in a no pressure, stress-free environment. These add-ons are not out-of-the-box functionality and require product trial or purchase.

Modern schedule risk analysis tools like Barbecana’s Full Monte make it very easy and quick to run sophisticated risk assessments on your schedule.

1. But how do you interpret the results?
2. How do you know they are meaningful?
3. What can be done to turn pretty histograms into actionable steps to improve your chance of project success?

This presentation will briefly introduce Full Monte but then focus on understanding the outputs and how to communicate these to project stakeholders.

Presenter:  John Owen (LinkedIn profile) COO of Barbecana Inc, John has over 30 years of experience with using, supporting, and developing project management software tools across multiple industries.  Before joining Barbecana John was Product Director for Scheduling and Risk tools at Deltek.  Barbecana specializes in producing software for schedule risk analysis with the aim of helping customers improve confidence in their schedules.

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MPUG Membership includes:

1. MPUG’s Project Server and SharePoint certificated courses available to members
2. Over 30 other virtual PDU events per year
3. You can network with other MPUG (Microsoft Project Users Group) members at in person meetings and events.
4. Work with Microsoft MVPs in MS Project Project Server & SharePoint
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Seriously consider joining MPUG if you work with SharePoint or Project & earn all the PDUs you will need as a member of MPUG!

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So What Do I Do With The Results From A Schedule Risk Analysis?

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Live Webinar July 9th, 2018, 9:00 am – 10:00 am  EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

A security and risk strategy outlines the approach, but a story engages the organization in why and how they participate in that strategy.

Behavior change happens when employees understand why transformation is necessary and how to participate in those modifications.

In this webinar Christie Struckman (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Research VP will explore best practices in creating a story that enhances your strategy. The way to pull that story together is different then you probably think!

Discussion Topics:

• Why storytelling is an effective awareness technique
• The components of a good security and risk story
• How to create your security and risk story

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How To Use Storytelling To Enhance Risk & Security Awareness

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