Webinars

Leadership & Development: Communicating Across Your Organization

DATE:  06/26/2018

TIME:  9:00 am PDT / 12:00 pm EDT / 4:00 pm GMT

PRESENTER:  Brian Ackles, Executive Leadership Coach and Professional Development Consultant

This webinar identifies some of the key skills needed to more effectively communicate across all levels of an organization. The advent and rapid adoption of social networking and advances in presence technologies make these skills crucial to be effective in today's workplace.

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Leveraging LinkedIn: Learn How to be Visible to Employers

DATE:  07/06/2018

TIME:  8:00 am PDT / 11:00 am EDT / 3:00 pm GMT

PRESENTER:  Gary O'Neal - Recruiting & Corporate Hiring Consultant

When you use LinkedIn to its fullest potential, you will have hiring managers and recruiters knocking down your door to put you in a job that isn’t even posted!

In this informative workshop, you'll learn:

• How to position your LinkedIn profile so you can be easily found
• How to use LinkedIn to connect with recruiters and hiring managers
• How to build your network with strategic connections
• How to discover Target Companies

Candidates who implement the techniques covered in this workshop report that doors start opening for them, with calls, interviews and employment opportunities. Open your eyes to possibilities! LinkedIn is used by over 90% of employers during their hiring process. The numbers are even higher when recruiters are searching for IT professionals.

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How to Build a Cybersecurity Program based on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework

DATE:  07/10/2018

TIME:  9:00 am PDT / 12:00 pm EDT / 4:00 pm GMT

PRESENTER:  Larry Wilson, Chief Information Security Officer, University of Massachusetts President's Office

The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) provides a prioritized, flexible, repeatable, performance-based, and cost-effective approach to managing cybersecurity risk at all levels in an organization. It is applicable to organizations of all sizes and sectors. This webinar will address using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and the following topic areas:

• Today’s cybersecurity landscape and cyber risks
• Considerations for building a cybersecurity program (engineering, technology and business)
• Adopting the NIST Cybersecurity Framework
• Cyber-Risk Assessments, executive scorecards, and roadmaps to remediate control gaps
• Resources

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Leadership & Development: Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

DATE:  07/11/2018

TIME:  9:00 am PDT / 12:00 pm EDT / 4:00 pm GMT

PRESENTER:  Crystal Bessix - Executive Leadership Coach & Professional Development Consultant

It is important that employees be responsible for maintaining harmonious relationships in the workplace. This includes identifying the standards and boundaries for appropriate and inappropriate behavior. By maintaining harmonious relationships, you can prevent harassment and help to create a better and safer workplace.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• Definition of Sexual Harassment
• Types of Harassment
• The Effects of Sexual Harassment on the Workplace
• How to maintain A Better/Safer Work Environment

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Become a Transformational Leader with DevOps

DATE:  07/12/2018

TIME:  9:00 am PDT / 12:00 pm EDT / 4:00 pm GMT

PRESENTER:  Jayne Groll - CEO, DevOps Institute

While all good leaders must possess proven qualities to direct their teams forward, there are cultural considerations, organizational designs and specific techniques that have emerged as being critical to successful DevOps leadership. This session will explore the unique characteristics of a DevOps transformational leader including a discussion of some of the most innovative and successful approaches that real organizations have introduced with tangible benefits.

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Leadership & Development: Building Successful Work Relationships

DATE:  07/17/2018

TIME:  9:00 am PDT / 12:00 pm EDT / 4:00 pm GMT

PRESENTER:  Brian Ackles, Executive Leadership Coach and Professional Development Consultant

This webinar introduces the important competency of relationship building – a critical behavior for success in the workplace. At work, we are required to work in a productive way with a wide variety of people. The more competent we are at relationship building, the better we will be at communicating who we are, what we need, and why we need it in a way that builds trust and respect and enhances our image and relationships.

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Resumes that Rock: The Ticket to Your Next Interview

DATE:  07/20/2018

TIME:  8:00 am PDT / 11:00 am EDT / 3:00 pm GMT

PRESENTER:  Gary O'Neal - Recruiting & Corporate Hiring Consultant

When your résumé rocks, you’ll stand out from the crowd, prove your value and get that interview! This workshop provides a foundation that is key to building a resume that will best represent YOU.

What you'll learn:

• How resumes are used in the hiring process
• What differentiates a good resume from a resume that ROCKS
• The difference between reality and myth for resumes and the hiring process
• How to use your work history to create and support your own "unique professional brand"
• Discover how best to handle career transitions and various unique situations

Learn a step-by-step process you can use to clarify where you are headed and easily communicate that to others. Understand how to position your strengths and all you bring to a hiring organization by attending this workshop!

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10 Brainstorming Techniques That Get Great Results

DATE:  07/24/2018

TIME:  8:00 am PDT / 11:00 am EDT / 3:00 pm GMT

PRESENTER:  Eric Bloom - Executive Director, IT Management and Leadership Institute

Ever heard someone say "Let's do a brainstorming session on . . . " and you thought oh no, not another one of these? Even worse, have you ever scheduled a brainstorming meeting and people said that about you? Your brainstorming meetings can be fun, productive, innovative and worthwhile using various less-known concepts and techniques. This webinar explains how.

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Modernizing IT Service Management

DATE:  07/25/2018

TIME:  9:00 am PDT / 12:00 pm EDT / 4:00 pm GMT

PRESENTER:  Phil Hearsum, ITSM Portfolio Manager, AXELOS

Join Phil Hearsum, AXELOS ITSM Portfolio Manager, for an overview of IT service management and its growing importance to modern organizations. The session will cover the practical application of ITSM and how to deliver value to customers using the guiding principles of ITIL. Whether you’re new to ITIL or a certified expert, this webinar will give you practical advice on how to enable and support continual experimentation, learning and improvements using ITIL, the worlds most adopted ITSM best practice guidance.

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The Benefits of Managing Generational Diversity in the Workplace

DATE:  08/07/2018

TIME:  9:00 am PDT / 12:00 pm EDT / 4:00 pm GMT

PRESENTER:  Jill Schichter - President, Forté Leadership Group

• Characteristics of the five generations (Traditionalists, Boomers, Gen X, Gen Y, Gen Z)
• Understanding generational perspectives – likes, dislikes, motivators, learning styles, relationship with technology, working styles, etc.
• Getting along – exploring the best ways to build relationship and communicate with the different generations.
• Understanding/appreciating the strengths that each generation brings to the workplace.

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