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Shane Snow on Storytelling - Project Management Institute (PMI)® Shane Snow LinkedIn InfluencerJournalist and Cofounder of Contently   Storytelling is a powerful way to make people care about products, brands, and causes. It can facilitate sales, marketing, presentations, and about any other task that requires a human connection. LinkedIn Influencer and best-selling business author Shane Snow shares his approach to crafting compelling stories. Learn how to make people care with personal stories, brand stories, or any other kind of story—using the core elements of narrative and established storytelling frameworks. Find out how to maximize connections with your audience and create a culture of storytelling throughout your organization. Learning objectives The science of great stories The elements of effective storytelling Building relationships via storytelling Selling with storytelling Building and engaging audiences Using storytelling frameworks like the Ben Franklin method Project...

Become a Public Relations Specialist Path Public relations (PR) specialists are the connection between organizations, news media, and the public. They play a critical role in helping shape public perception, and communicating a company’s brand. Learn the essential skills you need to become an effective public relations specialist. COURSES: Public Relations Foundations By: Deirdre Breakenridge  Public Relations Foundations: Media Training By: Deirdre Breakenridge Marketing Communications By: Deirdre Breakenridge Crisis Communication By: Laura Bergells Writing a Press Release By: Andrea Holland Social Media Monitoring: Strategies and Skills By: Martin Waxman Branding Foundations By: Drew Boyd Advanced Branding By: Brad Batesole Repairing Your Reputation By: Lida Citroën Shane Snow on Storytelling By: Shane Snow

Microsoft Project Tips Project Management Institute (PMI)® Bonnie Biafore PMP, Trainer, Best-Selling Author Take a quick minute or two and learn valuable, time-saving Microsoft Project tips from a project management pro, Bonnie Biafore, PMP and MCTS. She offers a series of bite-size insider solutions for many of the most common issues that frustrate Project users, covering data entry, scheduling, formatting, staying organized, and more. Learning objectives Working faster in Microsoft Project Entering data Using keyboard shortcuts Formatting tables Modifying views Sorting and Filtering Scheduling Working with Files Backing up Security Sharing customization with a colleague Project Management Institute (PMI)® PDUs/ContactHours:  0.5 LinkedIn Learning has been reviewed and approved by the PMI® Authorized Training Partner Program. This course qualifies for professional development units (PDUs).The PMI Authorized Training Partner logo is a registered mark of the Project Management Insti...

 Microsoft Project 2019 Online Desktop Essential Training - Project Management Institute (PMI)® Bonnie Biafore PMP, Trainer, Best-Selling Author Learn how to master Microsoft Project, the world's leading project management software. This training course covers Project 2019 and Project Online Desktop, the subscription version of the desktop app. Bonnie Biafore, PMP, begins by showing how to set up a project and components such as work tasks, summary tasks, milestones, recurring tasks, and different types of resources. Next, she shows how to link and time tasks, assign resources to tasks to build a realistic project schedule, and use views to get an accurate window into project status. She also explains how to use Project to help evaluate your schedule and resource workloads to make sure you're bringing a project in on time and within budget. Plus, learn how to create and run reports and share project information with others. Learning objectives Identify the essential features wi...

Managing Project Stakeholders - Project Management Institute (PMI)® Natasha Kasimtseva Project Management Practitioner Your stakeholders—individuals with a vested interest in your project's results—might not be present in your day-to-day work. But since they ultimately impact your project's outcomes, knowing how to define who your stakeholders are and what they need is integral to your success as a project manager. In this course, learn how to identify stakeholder needs and expectations, both explicit and implicit, and build and sustain stakeholder engagement. Natasha Kasimtseva begins by detailing the measurable benefits related to successful stakeholder management. She then explains how to iteratively identify your own stakeholders; analyze and evaluate stakeholders using both emotional intelligence and data representation tools; and engage in service-based thinking as a leader. Learning objectives Explain the importance of stakeholders. Identify stakeholder roles. Break down...

Project Managment Foundation Communication Project Management Institute (PMI)® Doug Rose Teaching Fortune 500s and professionals how to lead change As a project manager, you'll spend most of your time communicating. To keep a fast-moving project on track, you need to know how to juggle the emails, phone calls, voice mail, and documentation. In this course, instructor Doug Rose shares the secrets of managing project communication, detailing how to craft a solid communication strategy that helps your team maximize buy-in and prioritize stakeholder input. Discover how to use a communication plan to develop two-way communication goals, run efficient meetings, and create concise reports. Learning objectives Define “noise” in a message. Identify the best method of communication for an emotionally charged and complex topic. Recall the purpose of a stakeholder register. Name the four quadrants in a power and interest grid. Recognize the most common impediment to communication in cross-func...

Project Management Foundation: Teams - Project Management Institute (PMI)® Daniel Stanton Expert in Supply Chain Strategy and Project Management Explore leading techniques for understanding the personality traits of team members, and for managing the development of teams. Instructor Daniel Stanton discusses the value of learning about team members and explains a number of assessments that can assist with identifying personality types, emotional intelligence, strengths, and work styles. He also shares ways project managers can use these tools to relate to colleagues and create an environment in which everyone is able to succeed. Learning objectives Examine the Myers-Briggs type indicator. Explore use of the Tates work styles assessment. Identify the elements of emotional intelligence. Explore applications of the situational leadership model to address employee needs. Examine how the Lencioni model applies to dysfunctional teams. Project Management Institute (PMI)® PDUs/ContactHours: ...

Project Management Foundation: Budget Project Management Institute (PMI)® Bob McGannon PMP and PRINCE2 Certified Consultant, Author, and Speaker Budget is key to controlling a project's outcome—and one of the 10 foundational knowledge areas of the Project Management Body of Knowledge. In this course, designed for project management professionals and other leads who need to get a handle on their costs, author and PMP® Bob McGannon shows you how to manage your project's budget. Explore fundamentals such as the work breakdown structure, costing standards, and capital vs. operating costs. Then learn how to build, manage, and monitor a project budget. Plus, get practical tips on recovering from overruns and dealing with scope changes. Note: This course follows the latest guidance from Project Management Institute, Inc., as outlined the PMBOK® 6 Guide. Learning objectives Recall best practices for project budgeting and estimation. Distinguish common estimation approaches used to buil...

Project Management Foundation: Schedule Project Management Institute (PMI)® Bonnie Biafore Bonnie Biafore PMP, Trainer, Best-Selling Author Discover how to build project schedules that help you accomplish your project goals on time and within budget—while being flexible enough to accommodate change. In this course, trainer and PMP Bonnie Biafore teaches you how to proactively manage project schedules. Learn how to develop a plan for schedule management; identify activities and milestones; estimate costs; allocate and negotiate for resources; and manage the schedule over time. Bonnie introduces techniques to uncover and resolve schedule conflicts, shorten timeframes, and reduce costs. By the end of the course, you'll have learned the skills you need to meet stakeholder expectations and adapt to changes as they arise over the life of the project. Note: This course aligns with best practices from  A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK® Guide) - Sixth Edition , pu...

Project Management Foundations: Requirements - Project Management Institute (PMI)®  Daniel Stanton Daniel Stanton Expert in Supply Chain Strategy and Project Management Project requirements are how project managers determine what the business needs and align the project’s goals. Requirements also form the basis for defining a project’s scope, assigning resources, and performing acceptance testing. In this course, Daniel Stanton, PMP, introduces an easy, 10-step process to manage the requirements for any project. Find out how to determine applicable standards, identify your stakeholders, gather and analyze requirements, prioritize them, and document your findings. Daniel also explains how to solicit approval for project requirements and manage ongoing change requests. Learning objectives Describe how to appropriately manage requirements. Differentiate between plans intended to draw requirements from stakeholders and keep stakeholders engaged. Define terms used in stakeholder analysi...

Project Management Foundation - Project Management Institute (PMI)® Bonnie Biafore PMP, Trainer, Best-Selling Author Project management is a set of techniques that anyone can apply to achieve goals and make projects more successful. Project management can be used to guide small, simple projects as well as complex enterprise-wide initiatives. Bonnie Biafore has always been fascinated by how things work and how to make things work better. In this course, she explains the fundamentals of project management, from establishing project goals and objectives and building a project plan to managing resources and work, meeting deadlines, and closing the project. Along the way, she provides tips for communicating, holding meetings, keeping a project on track, and gaining customer acceptance. This course provides exercises for most videos based on a healthcare/IT case study project. Learning objectives Identify the definition of project management. Explore the similarities and differences between ...

Customer Service Foundation Project Management Institute (PMI)®  Jeff Toister Author, Consultant, Trainer Do your customers feel valued? When they do, they keep coming back. When they don't, your business suffers. In this course, writer and customer service consultant Jeff Toister teaches you the three crucial skill sets needed to deliver outstanding customer service and increase customer loyalty. Learn how to build winning relationships, provide the right assistance at the right times, and effectively handle angry customers. He also shares ways to find out what your customers really think about your service, and use their feedback to improve. Learning objectives Explore how you can use customer surveys to build rapport. Name three ways you can use active listening to serve your customers more effectively. Identify the different types of needs that must be addressed in order to solve problems. Explain the benefits of taking ownership of a problem. Define “preemptive acknowledgment”...

Become a Project Manager PATH Project managers are catalysts for change. Learn how to manage projects from beginning to end using proven project management techniques. After completing this learning path, you'll have the skills and knowledge to manage simple projects as well as complex, enterprise-wide initiatives. Project Management Foundations By: Bonnie Biafore Project Management Foundations: Ethics By: Bob McGannon Project Management Foundations: Requirements By: Daniel Stanton Project Management Foundations: Schedules By: Bonnie Biafore Project Management Foundations: Budgets By: Bob McGanno Project Management Foundations: Teams By: Daniel Stanton Project Management Foundations: Communication By: Doug Rose Project Management Foundations: Risk By: Bob McGannon Managing Project Stakeholders By: Natasha Kasimtseva Microsoft Project Quick Tips By: Bonnie Biafore Bonnie Biafore PMP, Trainer, Best-Selling Author Bob McGannon PMP and PRINCE2 Certified Consultant, Author, and Speaker ...