Live Webinar October 17th, 2018 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm  EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
Once viewed your PDU Will automatically Be recorded with PMI®

ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead premium content
Is available to PMI® members.

August 2018 Book Club

It’s not exactly news that putting the concepts of risk management into action can help make a project more successful. In fact, a solid understanding of risk management is a vital component of any project management professional’s training, regardless of the industry in which he or she might work.

In today’s fast-paced, constantly changing, and extremely competitive environment, risk management is more important than ever for businesses hoping to find their footing in the global market.

In , author Michael M. Bissonette not only provides insights into the best ways to implement the traditional techniques of risk management, but also explores innovative new methods that can help modern organizations build their culture, improve financial performance,

Presenters:

Mike Bissonette (LinkedIn profile) Author of Project Risk Management: A Practical Implementation Approach

David Maynard (LinkedIn profile) is a self proclaimed nerd, A BSEE an MBA, Ex NASA-JSC Engineer with a specialty in avionics and “glass” displays. As a lead engineer, principal engineer, engineering manager, and project manager he spent a long time at NASA managing a company dedicated to turning around troubled projects / programs and operations. Currently David teaches project management and PMP(r) courses at both Purdue University & Indiana University.

Note: You have to sign in to ProjectManagement.com with your PMI® credentials to register for this opportunity. If you are not signed in with your PMI® credentials you will not see the “Register for this webinar” link

Registration for these sessions fill quickly! If the registration is closed they are at maximum capacity for the live webinar.

An on-demand recording will be available at the link below
within 72 hours of the live session.

Click to register for:
Project Risk Management:
A Practical Implementation Approach

NOTE: For PMI® Audit Purposes – Print Out This Post!  Take notes on this page during the presentation and also indicate the Date & Time you attended. Note any information from the presentation you found useful to your professional development and place it in your audit folder.

Live Webinar – October 18th, 2018 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP1811)

The words “strategy” and “strategic” are frequently used in organizations and might be seen by some as “corporate buzzwords”.

Yet in reality, having a clearly articulated strategy is a crucial enabler for organizational alignment and success.

As change professionals, we need to ensure that our projects and programs align with strategy–else we may end up with different departments and teams pulling in different directions (and we may end up getting caught in the cross fire!)

The BA toolkit is broad, and there’s a huge opportunity for us to contribute. This is an area where collaboration between PMs and BAs is absolutely crucial. If we seize this opportunity we may find ourselves involved in shaping or defining organizational, project, program or business unit strategy.

In this presentation, Adrian Reed explores strategy through a business analysis lens, covering the learning objectives listed above.

Course Learning Objectives Include:

• The role of strategy and strategic thinking in Business Analysis
• A ‘whistle-stop tour’ of some useful strategic analysis tools and techniques
• What is strategy?

With the Course You Will Receive:

• Access to the Live and Recorded Version of Webinar
• Personalized Certificate of Attendance
• Copy of Presentation Slides

Presenter: Adrian Reed (LinkedIn profile, @UKAdrianReed)Principal Consultant & Director Blackmetric Business Solutions is a true advocate of the analysis profession. Adrian is a Past President of the UK chapter of the IIBA® and he speaks internationally on topics relating to business analysis and business change. Adrian wrote the 2016 book ‘Be a Great Problem Solver ¿ Now!: The 2-in-1 Manager: Speed Read – Instant Tips; Big Picture – Lasting Results’ and the 2018 book ‘Business Analyst: Careers In Business Analysis (BCS Guides to IT Roles)’ You can read Adrian’s blog at http://www.adrianreed.co.uk and follow him on Twitter.

Click to register for:
Strategy A Crucial Enabler

NOTE: For PMI® Audit Purposes – Print Out This Post!  Take notes on this page during the presentation and also indicate the Date & Time you attended. Note any information from the presentation you found useful to your professional development and place it in your audit folder.

Live Webinar October 16th, 2018 – 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Human Capital Institute

HCI #StorytellingTuesday Series

Employees and leaders of today’s fast-paced business world say they’re overwhelmed by an ocean of constant change, with wave after wave tossing them intro stress, moving targets and competing priorities.

But it doesn’t have to be that way. When shifts in policy, administration, organizational planning and budgeting stress the workplace out, there’s a way to survive – and thrive – in the sea of change.

Leaders have to learn more about how the human brain interprets changes, along with the natural reactionary stages of those dynamic shifts, according to Dr. Andrew Wittman, (LinkedIn profile) CEO of Mental Toughness Training Center.

Andrew is a Former State Dept. Lead Trainer, Navy SEALS and Special Forces. He says that when you become mentally tough, meaning you’ve gained new insight and established a new understanding, and then you’re equipped and ready to implement reliable strategies for a new state of mind – one that can find and utilize the sometimes-hidden benefits of change and stress (that’s right, they can actually be good things!).

It’s all about surfing the waves instead of letting the waters thrash you around.

The best way to start is by establishing a strong foundation of neuroscience and psychology-based knowledge. From there, leaders can begin mastery of mental agility and resilience that lead to improved performance for the entire organization.

Join Andrew for this webcast to discover science-based mental techniques to surf the tides of change, stress and competing priorities:

• The challenges and benefits of change
• Change Response (logic) vs. Change Reaction (emotion)
• Critical Thinking and the brain
• Strategies to work effectively during adaptation

Note:

SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) towards SHRM-CP℠ or SHRM-SCP℠ Certifications.

SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 General Development Credits (PDCs) towards aPHR™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™, and SPHRi™ recertification through the HR Certification Institute.

Click to register for:
Mental Agility Trains Workforce To Survive & Thrive Through Change

NOTE: For PMI® Audit Purposes – Print Out This Post!  Take notes on this page during the presentation and also indicate the Date & Time you attended. Note any information from the presentation you found useful to your professional development and place it in your audit folder.

Online Webinar – Recorded Jul 26 2018
Activity Type:  Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Digital business transformation has become a catch-phrase for practically any large change effort.

Yet everyone seems to have their own definitions of what digital transformation means.

In this webinar Tomas Nielsen (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Research Director identifies some common ambitions and high-level best practices for progressing digital transformation towards design and delivery.

Discussion Topics:

• Distinguish between different types of digital transformation
• Key questions that need to be answered to start the digital transformation journey
• Safe bets, focus areas and skills that most enterprises include in their journey

Click to register for:
Progress Digital Business Transformation To Design & Delivery

NOTE: For PMI® Audit Purposes – Print Out This Post!  Take notes on this page during the presentation and also indicate the Date & Time you attended. Note any information from the presentation you found useful to your professional development and place it in your audit folder.