# 1 PDU Of The Day Editor’s Choice Pick 2016

DARE: Straight Talk on Confidence,
Courage & Career With Becky Blalock

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I am so happy to announce that we have addied some AMAZING new courses to our catalog including –  DARE: Straight Talk on Confidence, Courage & Career – With Becky Blalock !

Becky is passionate about building “Confidence by Reaching Outside of Your Comfort Zone.”

1. Confidence is a learned skill!
2. Confidence is just what you need as a PMP!
3. Confidence will certainly propel project success!

“Take A Risk & Move Outside Your Comfort Zone”

Are You Seeking Greater Success In The Workplace?

This course is designed to help you reach your full potential by becoming more intentional in your career aspirations, being more bold and confident in going after those aspirations and building relationships with the people who can help you achieve these dreams.

It’s time to take charge of your career!

Through a number of different exercises designed to build awareness, learn strategies, skills and techniques, you’ll develop more effective methods to manage your career.

Based on Becky Blalock’s book, DARE: Straight Talk on Confidence, Courage and Career, this course focuses on three key areas of the book, with supporting research from corporate career experts.

Course Outline:

1. Begin Within – Get clear about what you want!
   • Only you can define success for you. The exercises in this section will prompt your to think strategically about your career, personal brand, skills, strengths and developmental opportunities. Additionally, you will take a look at your core values, goals and legacy.
2. Be Bold – Build confidence, go after your dreams & make them a reality!
   • A comfort zone is a dangerous place to be.  Take risks to realize your full potential. In this section, you’ll take a confidence quiz and set-up an action place to improve your confidence.
3. Invest in Relationships – No one achieves success in a vacuum!
   • Identify the people who can help you and connect with them.  Define how you can “give back” and help others. You’ll create a networking map to help you reach the goals you defined earlier in the course.
4.  Wrap Up
   • Identify the first step(s) you will take to manage your career.

DARE yourself… learn how to gain confidence, speak up, find mentors, bounce back from failure, build a network or allies, and manage others – and ultimately reach your career goals.

Learning Objectives

1. Gain a better understanding of yourself and your personal brand.
2. Identify your skills, strengths and developmental opportunities.
3. Identify core values to crystalize your decision-making and help in setting priorities.
4. Assess your confidence level and take steps to improve it.
5. Set clear and actionable long and short-term goals for yourself.
6. Explore roles in your relationship network, identify gaps and learn how to fill them.
7. Be able to clearly communicate your career goals.
8. Create a personal development plan to keep you on track to achieve your dreams.

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DARE: Straight Talk on Confidence,
Courage & Career Leadership

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PDU Of The Day has published almost 7000 Professional Development Opportunities since our launch January 1st 2011.

pduOTD.com published over 1000 opportunities in 2016 and we’ve made a list of the 20 most popular sessions.

These articles reflect the interests of Project Managers, Business Analysts, and agile professionals from over 150 countries.

In the last two weeks of 2016, we’re re-publishing the top 20 articles and some of our favorite editor’s choice articles.

Each of these webinars is available online!

Top 20 2016 pduOTD Reader Favorites – #5

Online Webinar – Recorded November 24th 2016
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: APM a division of  APMG International

In this information session, Melanie Franklin, Co-Chair of the Change Management Institute UK and Richard Smith, Chief Examiner, Change Practitioner Qualification, APMG-International will describe the growing professionalism of business change and transformation roles.

From being either a project management afterthought, or an Organizational Development specialism, change management has matured into a recognised management discipline.

This discipline is now sought after by those organisations who realise that the increasing pace of change means that their need to change in line with their marketplace cannot be left to chance.

Melanie will outline the objectives of the Change Management Institute, give a flavour of its members and explain the skills and behaviours of excellent change and transformation professionals, using the Competency Model from the Change Management Institute.

Learn how the Change Management Institute’s competence model connects with their change management body of knowledge, and how APMG’s Change Management practitioner qualification reflects this professional development.

APMG will also describe the growing number of applicants and the skills that candidates learn on their route to practitioner success.

Presenter: Melanie Franklin (LinkedIn profile, @AgileMelanie) Change Management Institute UK, has been responsible for the successful delivery of effective change and for creating environments that support transformational change for 20+ years. She is the co-chair of the Change Management Institute in the UK and is a ‘Master’ level change practitioner. Melanie is the author of many books on change & project management including,  Managing Business Transformation: A Practical Guide and Agile Change Management: A Practical Framework for Successful Change Planning and Implementation. 

Check out the wonderful resources on Melaine’s site,
You will be glad you did!

Click to register for:
Finding Effective Change Managers

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PDU Of The Day has published almost 7000 Professional Development Opportunities since our launch January 1st 2011.

pduOTD.com published over 1000 opportunities in 2016 and we’ve made a list of the 20 most popular sessions.

These articles reflect the interests of Project Managers, Business Analysts, and agile professionals from over 150 countries.

In the last two weeks of 2016, we’re re-publishing the top 20 articles and some of our favorite editor’s choice articles.

Each of these webinars is available online!

Top 20 2016 pduOTD Reader Favorites – #12

Online Webinar  – Recorded April 13th, 2016
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 Hour 1 PDU
Provider: American Management Association (REP 1294)

A Simple Path To Powerful Leadership

Managers and leaders find themselves stuck in three vicious circles. They’re frustrated by teams who have become overly dependent on them.

They’re overwhelmed by the amount of work they have to do. And they’re disconnected from their own great work – the work that has impact, the work that has meaning.

Sound familiar?

Breaking out of these vicious circles is simpler than you might think.

Mastering five essential questions can help managers and leaders increase the focus, courage and resilience they need to have more impact in the work they do.

In this practical, interactive and engaging webcast, you will:

• Discover the three vicious circles that keep managers – and their teams – stuck
• Understand how breaking out of these circles can help them work less hard and have more impact
• Learn the five core questions they need so they (and those they lead) can focus on the work that matters
• Hear the best coaching question in the world (and it has just three words)

Participants will not only leave with a plan to do things differently, but will also get access to a special Box of Crayons report: Four Surprising Phrases to Supercharge Your Conversation and Boost Your Manager IQ.

This webcast is based on Michael Bungay Stanier’s acclaimed book
The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever.

Presenter:  Michael Bungay Stanier (LinkedIn profile),  founder  of Box of Crayons, a company that helps organizations do less good work and more great work.  He created the eight irresistible principles of fun, a short Internet movie that has been viewed by millions of people, and his first book, Get Unstuck & Get Going… on the stuff that matters, has won a number of publishing and design awards.  His book, Do More Great Work: Stop the Busy Work and Start the Work That Matters, contains 15 practical tools to help you find, start, and sustain more great work.  He is also the author of of the bestseller The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever. To view a short animated version of this manifesto, visit his site at DoMoreGreatWork.

Click to register & view:
The Five Question Leader:
The Secret To Having More Impact

Online Webinar – Recorded September 28th, 2016
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP 1811)

BI is clearly a top priority for organizations:

Gartner estimates close to 90% of the world’s organizations have already implemented some form of a BI capability.

They estimate annual worldwide spend on big data hardware, software and professional services tops $30B, with annual spend on advanced and predictive analytics close behind.

• What does this mean to your BA career?
• Have you considered the role of BI BA?
• Does data, information and analytics intrigue you?
• Have you noticed how much of your work already involves this?
• What did inclusion of a BI perspective in BABOK V3 mean to you?
• What would a role in BI as a BA entail? What would you need to fill this role?

Pam Clavier provides context for the BA considering the BI BA role. She  explains the role that the BA needs to fill in a BI team and typical BA deliverables as part of the project delivery lifecycle.

She describes:

• The differences and similarities between the BI BA and a Business Analyst;
• Examines common challenges experienced and …
• Sheds light on how to use your existing BA skillset to your BI team’s advantage.

In terms of typical BA BI deliverables, we reflect on real-life examples to demonstrate “a day in the life” of a BI BA.

The example recounts steps taken on BA BI deliverables, lessons learned on the particular deliverable, challenges overcome and how traditional BA skills were integrated into the BI BA role to add value.

Course Learning Objectives Include:

• Understand the role, responsibilities and skills required in context of the BI team
• Challenges and opportunities in pursuing a successful career as a BI BA
• Learn about BI BA deliverables as part of the SDLC of a project in the form of a case study

With the Course You Will Receive:

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

Presenter: Pam Clavier (LinkedIn profile) CBAP  PMP is an Information Systems (IS) professional with 15+ years’ experience in Business Analysis, Change Management, Management Consulting, Project Management and Training in the full SDLC from initiation to support. An In demand Keynote Speaker, she led project teams and has managed BA and PM resources as a Senior Manager in a Business Intelligence (BI) department.  Pam has a Doctorate in IS, on a BI topic. Her thesis and published articles are available on her website .

Click to register for:
So, You Want To Be A BI BA?

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Online Webinar  – Recorded September 20th 2015
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1.75 Hours 1.75 PDU
Provider:  3FOLD Education Centre  (Rep# 3073)

This hour and a half Project Risk Management recorded course is based on the 5th Edition PMBOK® Guide: Chapter 11

This course from the 3Fold Education Centre is normally a 3 – 5 hour course for the participants with Q&A and individualized attention for the participants.

Selvan (Tamilselvan Mahalingam) (LinkedIn profile) – the instructor for 3Fold (LinkedIn profile, @3foldedu) has compressed the course to an hour and a half and still covers the entire PMBOK® Risk Management Chapter fairly well albeit reasonably quickly 🙂

In this session Selvan covers:

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Project Risk Management

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Online Webinar – Recorded Thursday, April 28, 2011
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Presented by: Agile Journal With Scott Ambler

Since it’s advent in 2001, Agile practices have transformed the way software is built and delivered. However, there are those who still believe Agile doesn’t work for large teams, Agile only works in co-located environments, or that Agile is undisciplined.

In reality, Agile practices are being used in virtually every industry and are being used to effectively deliver every type of software;

Agile is truly “Everywhere!”

With IBM agility@scaleTM, IBM has led the way in helping organizations to adopt, scale and succeed with Agile whether they are globally distributed, require strict governance, or are building technically- complex software.

Join Scott Ambler as he:

• Briefly discusses the past, present, and future of Agile
• Definitively busts some of the Agile myths that still remain
• Explains how IBM Rational not only helps organizations quickly get started with Agile practices, but also provides a roadmap, services, training and tooling that allow teams to scale their Agile practices across the application lifecycle

Presenters:

Bob Aiello: (LinkedIn profile) Editor-in-Chief, CM Crossroads

Scott Ambler: (LinkedIn profile) Chief Methodologist/Agile, IBM Rational Scott travels the world helping clients to understand and adopt software processes that are right for them. A prolific author, Scott has received awards for several books, including those focused on the Unified Process, agile software development, Unified Modeling Language, and development based on the CMM (Capability Maturity Model). A widely recognized expert on Agile Process, he is a regular speaker at international IT conferences and a senior contributing editor for Information Week.

Scott’s Award Winning Agile & Technical Bestsellers:

• The Object Primer: Agile Model-Driven Development with UML 2.0
• Agile Database Techniques: Effective Strategies for the Agile Software Developer (Wiley Application Development Series)
• Refactoring Databases: Evolutionary Database Design (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler))
• Agile Modeling: Effective Practices for eXtreme Programming and the Unified Process
• Process Patterns: Building Large-Scale Systems Using Object Technology (SIGS: Managing Object Technology series)
• More Process Patterns: Delivering Large-Scale Systems Using Object Technology

• Agile Connection Resources
• Scott Ambler’s Agile.Everywhere blog

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Agile Everywhere Busting the Myths Once and for All!

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