Webinars presented by the Boston University Corporate Education Center address topics that are critical to you, such as project management, business analysis, purchasing, and more. These web-based seminars are delivered by project management, business, and information technology experts. In our live Webinars, you may listen to the presenter, follow the slides, and ask questions. Register for an upcoming live Webinar, view a previously recorded on-demand Webinar, or review the Frequently Asked Questions regarding Webinars.

September 2010 9/8 11:00 am    to 12:00 pm EDT 9/8/10 - Webinar: Successful Negotiations: Mastering the Art of Persuasion Whether knowingly or not, people negotiate everyday when they haggle over price, decide which movie to see, discuss the conditions of employment, or settle terms and conditions of a contract. The ability to successfully negotiate is a key skill for anyone’s personal and professional development and can be the difference between continued advancement and career stagnation. This webinar is designed for professionals at all levels and in all functional areas, and will help you acquire the necessary concepts, skills, and techniques to prepare for and conduct successful negotiations of all types. About the presenter: Stuart Simon, LCSW, has over 30 years experience as a consultant, trainer, teacher, and coach. For the past 25 years, he has been a senior partner, consultant and trainer for Management Support Services, Inc. His areas of focus include negotiation skills, communication skills, change management, stress management, and conflict resolution. Stuart has provided training, consultation and coaching to professionals across the globe in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Click here to Register.   9/23 11:00 am    to 12:00 pm EDT 9/23/10 - Webinar: Developing into a Powerful Leader Leadership is an extension of your self-awareness and it also relies strongly upon strong motivation and delegation skills. This webinar goes beyond the typical assessments and shows you how to use your self-awareness to adapt your mind-set to think, sound, and act like a powerful leader. You will also learn strategies for delegating effectively and motivating your staff and colleagues to work to the best of their abilities to fulfill team and organizational goals. About the presenter: Judi Hampton has over thirty years of experience as a business skills seminar leader and coach, university professor, and public relations executive. She is president of her own professional development firm, and has led hundreds of training programs for corporations, non-profit organizations and government agencies. In addition, Ms. Hampton is President of Blackside, which produced Eyes on the Prize, the Emmy Award-winning film series on the civil rights movement, and other films for public television. Click here to Register.   . Top of Page   October 2010 10/5 11:00 am    to 12:00 pm EDT 10/5/10 - Webinar: The Principles of Project Management: A Crash Course for Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Professionals Learn how the principles of project management relate to YOU! This webinar, customized for Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology professionals, will provide you with practical examples of project planning concepts and the use of assumptions. Teaching theories from our full-version course, Principles and Techniques of Project Management, and integrating two specific case studies around computer system validation and new pharmaceutical development projects, you’ll see project management theories in practice. Learning topics include: -The NEW Triple constraint -Estimating techniques for task durations -Critical Path Buffer -Crashing and Fast-tracking -Assumptions About the presenter: Bruce Fieggen, PMP® and Vice President of Project Management at QPharma, has been managing projects in the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device industries for 25 years. From one-hundred thousand dollar validations to one-hundred million dollar new product developments, Bruce successfully uses a methodology that stresses personal commitment of team members to own and complete tasks. Bruce teaches this methodology to hundreds of people a year and also plans over thirty projects a year for his clients; in addition to this, Bruce has set up multiple Project Management Offices and created numerous Project Management guides. Click here to Register.   10/13 11:00 am    to 12:00 pm EDT 10/13/10: Webinar - Strategies for Managing Change: Managing People in a Changing Environment Learn the process of change, and what is required to build commitment to change amongst your peers, direct reports, and organization. In this webinar, you will focus on how manage change effectively and become a more skillful change agent. Learning topics include: -The ability to understand the cycle of change -An understanding of why people resist change and how to overcome that resistance in yourself and others -How to structure communications to facilitate change -Applying knowledge to your own changing situations About the presenter: Stuart Simon, LICSW, has over 30 years experience as a consultant, trainer, teacher, and coach. For the past 25 years, he has been a senior partner, consultant and trainer for Management Support Services, Inc. His areas of focus include negotiation skills, communication skills, change management, stress management, and conflict resolution. Stuart has provided training, consultation and coaching to professionals across the globe in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Click here to Register.   10/25 11:00 am    to 12:00 pm EDT 10/25/10: Webinar - The Missing Link: Interpersonal Effectiveness for Project Success Course ID: MDW259 / Duration: 1 Hour / Credits: 1 PDU Do you need help with building, leading, and positively influencing unified, high-performing project teams? In this webinar, you’ll learn why interpersonal effectiveness delivers project success…and how you can have both! Key learning points from this webinar include: -Increase buy-in from team members and stakeholders by understanding the connection between trust, conflict, and accountability -Understand how to develop and maintain accountability with project team members and stakeholders -Learn to influence project participants on all levels of the project who do not directly report to you including: clients, team members, stakeholders, and vendors About the presenter: Eileen Twichell brings to you over twenty years of project management training and course design experience. She is a dynamic and accomplished presenter, and has developed and facilitated classes in project management, time management, presentation skills, coaching, and communications. Eileen is highly regarded in the project management community for her expertise and knowledge of the field. Click here to Register.   . Top of Page   November 2010 11/10 11:00 am    to 12:00 pm EDT 11/10/10: Webinar - Effective Leadership Techniques for Project Managers It is no doubt that knowing how to effectively manage the nine Knowledge Areas identified by PMI®’s PMBOK® Guide will make you a great project manager; however project managers must also have sound leadership skills in order to set the project vision and inspire project teams to overcome project challenges and road blocks. In this webinar, you’ll learn the competencies needed to apply effective project leadership techniques to your projects, so you can create a positive, thriving, and successful project environment. About the presenter: Chance Reichel, PMP®, PRINCE2® has more than twenty-five years of expansive project management experience, most notably for large consulting firms that specialize in project management field operations. A well-recognized subject matter in his field, Chances’ clients are extremely diverse, ranging from Fortune 500 companies, branches of the U.S. Government, and space and defense technology service companies; additionally, Chance has provided his project management expertise overseas to Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) and served in The US Navy. In parallel to his consulting work, Chance draws on his industry-specific project management knowledge for course development and instruction, and has designed and delivered training programs to numerous corporate professionals and university students. Click here to Register.   11/17 11:00 am    to 12:00 pm EDT 11/17/10: Webinar - Business Process Management (BPM): A Comprehensive Approach The nature and value of business process work largely depends on the types of problems an organization is prepared to identify and deal with. Many process approaches focus on one particular type of problem; but, the BPTrends Associates (BPTA) Business Process Management (BPM) Methodology defines a best practices approach based on a comprehensive survey of all common business process problems. This webinar will provide you with an overview of the BPTA Methodology – a proven methodology that has been tested and proven in hundreds of actual consulting engagements and thousands of training engagements throughout the world. You will learn: -The Nature of Business Performance Problems -A Systematic Methodology for Identifying and Diagnosing Problems -Defining Project Goals, Process KPIs and Alignment to Goals -Determining the Scope of the Process - Input, Output, Support and Guidance Problems -Identifying the Flow of the Process -Sequence, Activity, Management, Employee, Automation -Defining Process Measures -Prioritizing Possible Interventions About the presenter: Paul Harmon is a Co-Founder and Executive Editor at Business Process Trends (www.bptrends.com) the most trusted source of information on best practices in Business Process Management (BPM). He is also a Co-Founder, Chief Methodologist, and a Principal Consultant at BPTrends Associates, a professional services company providing executive education, training, and consulting services for organizations interested in understanding and implementing Business Process Management. Paul has worked with a wide variety of companies to help them analyze and redesign their business processes and has authored numerous books, including: “Business Process Change: A Guide for Business Managers” and “BPM and Six Sigma Professionals.” Click here to Register.   . Top of Page   December 2010 12/1 11:00 am    to 12:00 pm EDT 12/1/10: Webinar - What You Must Know About Stakeholder Management One of the most critical aspects of project management is doing what’s necessary to develop and control relationships with all individuals that the project impacts. In this webinar, you will learn techniques for identifying stakeholders, analyzing their influence on the project, and developing strategies to communicate, set boundaries, and manage competing expectations. By effectively managing your stakeholders, you will be better able to keep a lid on scope creep, ensure project requirements are aligned, understand tolerance for risk, and mitigate issues that would otherwise delay the project. Effective stakeholder management is proof of your influence in an organization, and a key component to a healthy project environment. Key learning points: -How to identify project stakeholders. -How to conduct a stakeholder analysis. -How to manage different types of stakeholders. About the presenter: About the presenter: Bonnie Cooper, PMP®, is a twenty-year information technology professional, currently Program Director for the Massachusetts Medical Society’s (MMS) Corporate IT Program Office. In her current role, she is responsible for coordinating the efforts of project teams, overseeing the implementation of project standards, managing the corporate IT strategic plan, and leading the program to re-engineer the membership platform for MMS. 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