Live Webinar – August 30th, 2017 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Mpug Member Free – Members only event

Microsoft Project’s user interface has a lot in common with all of the Microsoft Office tools.

The more you understand the ins and outs of the interface, the more effective you’ll be in working with Project in your daily work. In this one-hour session, you’ll become an expert in the Quick Access toolbar, the Ribbon, columns, tables, filters, groups and views.

You’ll learn how to create and use command shortcuts that will save you time and confusion.

The topics covered in this online training are inspired by Chapter 1 of Sam Huffman’s upcoming book, Microsoft® Project Do’s and Don’ts.

Presenter: Ben Howard (LinkedIn profile) is author of “Microsoft Project 2013 Plain and Simple” and has worked for IBM, Dell, and Microsoft,and now runs his own EPM consultancy (Applepark Ltd).Ben’s current Microsoft TechNet webcast, User Controlled Scheduling in Project 2010, is ranked in the top 10. Ben is a regular contributor to the Project Server newsgroups, and publishes a blog based on Project Server scenario. Ben is also a Microsoft MVP award for Project Server.

If you are NOT ALREADY a member JOIN MPUG!

This event is for members only BUT… You can take one of the MPUG Certificated Masterclass (Usually 6 Category A PDUs) Or over 30 other Category A PDUs for free each year.  The $129 Per Year Membership Fee is a terrific value!

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
5. And so much more …

Seriously consider joining MPUG if you work with SharePoint or Project & earn all the PDUs you will need as a member of MPUG!

Click to register for:
Getting To Grips With The Project Interface

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Course Session – Certificate Provided
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training 1 PDU
Provider:  UDEMY

Learn The Basics Of Financial Accounting In One Hour!
4.5/5 (1,609 ratings) 19,679 students enrolled

Learn accounting in 60 minutes. This is a brief introduction to accounting.  No prerequisite knowledge is required! With this class you will learn the basics of accounting and you can complete it in only one hour!

Do you want a professor that works the problems with you? Rather than just talks at you. Then this course is for you!

Learn:

• The Accounting Equation
• What T-Accounts are
• How T-Accounts and Journal Entries are related
• How to create a simple Balance Sheet
• How to create a simple Income Statement
• Debits and Credits
• How Cash is King

What Will I Be Able To Do?

1. Hold their own when talking with Accountants at their job
2. Understand the basics of accounting
3. Create a simplified Balance Sheet
4. Create a simplified Income Statement
5. Know the difference between a debit and a credit
6. Understand why Cash is King
7. Create Journal Entries
8. Calculate the Net Income of a Business
9. Make T-Accounts

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Financial Accounting: A Brief Introduction

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Live Webinar August 29th, 2017 – 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Human Capital Institute

The digital skills gap is not only real, but it’s broader than we have thought – it goes beyond typical IT and DevOps skills into every day digital technologies.

As new technologies are adopted across all functional areas in an organization, tasks automated, and new jobs created, more and more employees must be digital literate.

Yet getting there is not always easy. New hires frequently don’t have all the skills needed for success [1], only 11% of organizations have all the digital skills needed to succeed [2], and 51% of organizations don’t have a strategy for managing and developing skills in a digital world [3].

In this webinar, Emily Wiese (LinkedIn profile) Vice President, Digital Skills Portfolio, will take an in-depth look at digital literacy today, giving you tools and strategies to help your organization along the road of digital transformation.

Discuss:

• Trends in today’s everyday digital skills,
• Methods for assessing your organization’s digital literacy, and
• Approaches to helping your organization develop the skills to efficiently accomplish their everyday tasks.

References:

1. Career Advisory Board: Exploring America’s Tech Skills Gap and the Parallel Deficits of Applied Tech Skills and Hard Tech Skills (2017)
2. Fosway Group – Transforming Talent in the Modern Workforce (2017)
3. Accenture Strategy: Being Digital: Embrace the future of work and your people will embrace it with you (2015)

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

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Digital Literacy:
Building Expertise In Critical, Everyday Digital Activities

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Live Webinar – August 29th, 2017 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

This preview focuses on the Social Media Tools for Performance Improvement track.

Grab this opportunity to learn some great tips & get a sneak preview of what it will be like to join the  Training’s Online Learning Conferenc. Each speaker will present a 15-minute condensed sample of their OLC content. Listen fast and you’ll learn plenty of useful tips even during this overview!

Part 1:
How IBM Turned Its Online Course Dropout Problem
Into A Success Story

IBM faced a real problem with its online Big Data University.

The content was excellent, but the dropout rate was high. After implementing an Open Badge program, every metric, from new attendees to course completions to the average number of courses taken, increased well beyond expectations.

Join this session to see how IBM increased enrollments and turned dropouts into repeat customers.

You’ll get an insider’s view of the “before and after” statistics behind this wildly successful program.

Presenter: David Leaser, Senior Program Executive, Innovation and Growth Initiatives, IBM Training & Skills

Part 2:
Organizational Network Analysis for Developing & Retaining Talent

As organizations implement matrix structures, establish virtual teams, and outsource functions, they are putting greater faith in informal networks to get work done.

Unfortunately, leaders have less visibility into these informal networks.  As a result, they can make decisions with blinders on.

Organizational network analysis, ONA, provides a way to x-ray an organization, to illuminate and analyze the patterns of informal relationships that employees use to make decisions, solve problems and share information.

Steve will introduce you to ONA and discuss how it can be used to identify emerging leaders, improve collaboration and innovation, develop talent, and increase retention.

Presenter: Stephen Garcia, (LinkedIn profile) Managing Director, Contemporary Leadership Advisors

Part 3:
A Tour of Social Media Tools for eLearning

Sometimes the biggest challenge with using social tools for learning is just figuring out how to start.

Jane Bozarth will take you on a quick tour of ideas for using social tools and approaches to share information, invite conversation, support transfer of learning, and build curiosity for learning more—regardless of the tools you use.

Speaker: Jane Bozarth (LinkedIn profile), Ph.D., eLearning Director of the State of North Carolina & Author has been a training practitioner since 1989. In her years with NC state government she has served as Staff Development Specialist for DHHS, the Training Director for the Department of Justice, and the E-Learning Coordinator for NC Office of State Personnel. Jane’s specialty, led to publication of E-Learning Solutions on a Shoestring: Help for the Chronically Underfunded Trainer (Pfeiffer Essential Resources for Training and HR Professionals) and Better Than Bullet Points: Creating Engaging e-Learning with PowerPoint. Her third book, From Analysis to Evaluation, with CD-ROM: Tools, Tips, and Techniques for Trainers, was published in 2008. Her newest Social Media for Trainers: Techniques for Enhancing and Extending Learning (Essential Tools Resource) book is now available.

Click to register for:
Applying Social Media Tools For Performance Improvement:
An Overview

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Live Webinar August 14th 2017 – 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  10.5 Hrs  0.5 PDU free
Provider:  RBCS (REP #2986)

Agile methods have become widespread over the last 20 years, but it’s taken a while for testing to catch up. However, Agile testing best practices have emerged, and the ISTQB AgileWorking Group has taken on the task of capturing those for you.

In this brief webinar, Rex Black, Chair of the ISTQB Agile Working Group, will explain where the program has been, where it is now, and how it is evolving to support Agile testers in their careers.

Learn how the ISTQB Agile syllabi can help you advance your career as an Agile tester.

Presenter: Rex Black (Amazon profile) is President of RBCS, a leader in software, hardware, and systems testing. RBCS employs the industry’s most experienced and recognized consultants, RBCS conducts product testing, builds and improves testing groups and hires testing staff for hundreds of clients worldwide. As the leader of RBCS, Rex is the most prolific author practicing in the field of software testing today.

Check Out some of Rex Black’s Great Books:

1. Foundations of Software Testing ISTQB Certification
2. Managing the Testing Process: Practical Tools and Techniques for Managing Hardware and Software Testing
3. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 1: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Analyst (Rockynook Computing)
4. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 2: Guide to the Istqb Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Manager
5. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 3: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Technical Test Analyst
6. Critical Testing Processes: Plan, Prepare, Perform, Perfect
7. Pragmatic Software Testing: Becoming an Effective and Efficient Test Professional
8. ISTQB Foundation Exam Preparation Guide
9. ISTQB Advanced Test Manager Exam Preparation Guide 2nd edition

Click to register for:
One Key Idea: ISTQB Agile Program

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Live Webinar August 15th, 2017 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider:  The Corporate Education Group ( REP 1011 )

BA skills in Agile Environments can improve the project team’s agility and help deliver project success!

This dynamic session provides participants with knowledge, concepts and techniques on how to perform the business analyst (BA) role effectively in Agile environments and how to benefit from the skills the BA brings to the Agile project.

More and more organizations and Agile practitioners are realizing the value and critical need for business analysis skills – whether through a dedicate BA role, or business analysis skills employed across the team.

In this session Ori Schibi  provides a series of tips that can help maximize the benefits that virtually any Agile environment can reap from having a BA or business analysis skills on the project.

The webinar involves engaging participants with surveys, practical concepts, useful tips and relevant real life examples that will help perform the role of the BA in Agile environments effectively.

Presenter: Ori Schibi (LinkedIn profile) president of PmKonnectors is a visionary leader, communicator, connector and author of  “Managing Stakeholder Expectations for Project Success”.   Ori offers practical new ways of managing and dealing with projects, programs, business analysis and PMOs  including driving process efficiencies, software implementations, Agile Transformations, and project recoveries.

Click to register for:
Make Room For The Agile Business Analyst:
Tips For Adding BA Skills To Your Next Agile Projects

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