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If you're in the IT project management field, you're already familiar with the usual way that projects are defined and managed. You're likely also familiar with the challenges you face when trying to define requirements, communicate with team members and stakeholders and create finished documents using a host of applications such as PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, or even SharePoint. Featured on The Register, this webcast explores not only the differences between using mind mapping and more traditional project planning approaches, but also how mind mapping complements them. In this webcast, we'll explore:

• A brief overview of information visualization
• How to use mind mapping in project planning, from requirements gathering to execution
• How to aggregate SharePoint content into meaningful views with Mindjet

• 7/12/10 - PST 

When aided by technology, mind mapping is an extremely effective way for any busy person challenged with planning projects, tasks, and meeting deadlines to create order from the chaos of the world around. As a result, mind mapping is spreading virally throughout the corporate world in areas such as requirements capturing, project management, risk assessment and analysis, and even general team collaboration. This webcast provides a brief introduction to mind mapping for professionals and examines:

• The power of visualization in planning and productivity
• IT and business scenarios where mapping and visualization deliver maximum value
• Mind mapping as a collaborative technique that drives innovation

• 7/12/10 - PST 

Join this Mindjet sponsored on-demand webinar featuring Warren Arbuckle (PMP) as he shows how to Managing Project Risk Visually with MindManager. In this webinar you will learn:

• Innovative problem solving strategies
• Tips for enhancing team communication
• How to collaborate through the use of mapping

Presenter: Warren Arbuckle, PMP, Founder of Focus Cubed Inc.

About the presenter: Warren Arbuckle is founder of Focus Cubed Inc. a consulting and corporate training firm based in Tokyo. He has spent 12 years focusing on business innovation and project management. In 2008, he published Business Mapping, his first book in Japanese, about innovative problem solving for teams. Originally from Canada, Mr. Arbuckle has lived and worked in Asia for over 25 years.

• 5/4/10

Leveraging MindManager for project management is the natural evolution of visualization starting from the Gannt chart. Warren Arbuckle, founder of Focus Cubed Inc, champion and developer of the MindManager Project Dashboard (PD).

As a Project Manager you spend countless hours coordinating information and documenting the steps of your project. Attend this quick 35 minute Webinar hosted by Project Management and Mindmapping expert, Warren Arbuckle to find out how you can save time and effort with the Project Dashboard, allowing you to access and control your entire project from a single page including risk management, costing and much more!

You will find that utilizing a Project Dashboard (PD) will raise both you and your team's levels of productivity, communication, and collaboration. In Intro to MindManager 8 for Projects, a condensed version of Arbuckle's MindManager for Projects online course (10 PDU's), you will learn to blend a solid project management foundation with the cutting-edge, collaborative technology of MindManager.

Note: this webinar is approved by the Project Management Institute (PMI) and counts as 1 PDU for PMPs.

View this video now! And get on your way to controlling your entire project with a single page.

• 12/5/09

As the world continues to change and become more complex, how are you staying on top of new standards and regulations? How are you managing new and updated information effectively and driving clarity and communication to your peers and clients? Join Tom Hood from the Maryland Association of CPAs (MACPA) as he outlines techniques that will help you:

• Collect and organize information
• Create a plan to track progress
• Generate alignment with key stakeholders

Presenter: Tom Hood, Executive Director and CEO of Maryland Association of CPAs (MACPA)

About the presenter: Tom has been executive director and CEO of the Maryland Association of CPAs since January 1997. Since joining the MACPA, Tom has helped the association build and strengthen relationships at the state and national levels; implement strategies to better serve a diverse membership; pursue regulatory changes; promote the value of the CPA; develop a vision and strategy to advance the association and its members; and develop strategic alliances within the business, governmental and educational communities, all for the betterment of the profession and the protection of the public. Tom also has helped the MACPA achieve national recognition as a leader in preparing the CPA profession for the 21st century. He has been named one of the "100 Most Influential People in the Accounting Profession" by Accounting Today for his profession-wide change management efforts and his role in creating a national "shared services" model for the state and national CPA organizations.

• 11/16/09

Discover how to streamline your projects. This packed Webinar includes tactics, templates, and best practice on how to get your projects done successfully. You will learn how to:

• Define project requirements and scope
• Build work breakdown structures with full team collaboration
• Obtain project status from the team
• Develop meaningful meeting minutes with minimal administrative work
• Publish status reports

Presenter: Dr. Andrew Makar, IT Program Manager

About the presenter: Dr. Andrew Makar is an IT program manager with delivery experience across projects, programs and portfolios in Automotive and Financial Management industries. He is an enthusiastic leader who effectively translates project management theory into practical application. In addition to his IT management role, he is an author, instructor, and lecturer on a range of project management topics including PMO management, ERP implementation, application portfolio management and infrastructure management. He frequently publishes on Gantthead.com (www.gantthead.com) and additional published works have appeared in Projects@Work and Software Test and Performance Magazine. He is also an adjunct professor at Lawrence Technological University.

• 11/16/09

Join Mindjet and Skip Miller, author of best sellers ProActive Sales Management and ProActive Selling, in this on-demand webcast. Skip shares inside information that has helped countless companies achieve unprecedented levels of productivity and success. In this webcast you will see real customer success stories and learn proven best practices that will:

• Improve your Discovery process
• Enable more effective Account Planning
• Increase forecast accuracy

Presenter: Skip Miller, Skip Miller is President/Founder of M3 Learning

About the presenter: Skip Miller is President/Founder of M3 Learning, a Sales and Sales Management company, and founder of the Advanced Sales School. Mr. Miller and his team have provided sales and sales management training to hundreds of companies worldwide. M3 Learning is designed to "make a salesperson effective on each sales call." Being proactive uniquely focuses on the control of the sales cycle and the tactics of selling. The tailored seminars concentrate on making the salesperson more competent, not on managing the account better. Mr. Miller has authored the sales programs: Perceptual Selling, ProActive Sales Management, ProActive Sales Strategies, How to Hire the Right Salesperson the First Time, Negotiate!, Present!, and Value!. He has published two books named ProActive Sales Management (AMACOM), and ProActive Selling.

• 9/10/09 - PST