Information Systems Community of Practice Professional Development Webinar

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1 PMI Information Systems Community of Practice Information Systems Community of Practice Professional Development Webinar Dec 6, 2012

2 PMI IS COP Professional Development Team Director: Vasilj Petrovic, PgMP, PMP, P.Eng Associate Director VPDS Program: Jaideep Kala Associate Director Podcast Program: Luis Seabra Coelho, PMP Associate Director-Webinars: Ella Blue, MS, PMP Associate Director-Recorded Webinars: Satya Sridhar, MCA, MS, PMP Associate Director - PhD Support Program: Dhiraj Bellara, PMP dhiraj.bellara@vcleader.pmi.org Associate Director Professional Development Award: James Oni, PhD, MIET, CEng, PMP james.oni@vcleader.pmi.org PMI IS CoP Website:

3 Today s Webinar: PM s Guide to Managing the Difficult Sponsor Moderator: Ella Blue, MS, PMP Associate Director-Webinars ella.blue@vcleader.pmi.org Webinar Abstract: Part of the challenge that the Project Manager faces is the reality of having to serve so many different stakeholders and sometimes being pulled in very different directions. We re often taught that our sponsor is the person who is the champion of the effort. Indeed, they are often the one we re to seek out for support and issue resolution throughout the project. But what do you do when your sponsor IS the problem??? This webinar explores a few different varieties of the difficult sponsor and provides tips on how they can be managed for optimum success. Sponsor Type 1 - I hope you don t mind me intimidating everyone with my overbearing nature at your team meetings I m just trying to help you speed things along. Sponsor Type 2 - I m not exactly clear on what I m looking for, but I ll be sure to hold you responsible when I don t get it Sponsor Type 3 - Would you please boil the ocean? (and solve world peace too while you re at it)

4 Webinar Speaker: Dana Brownlee, PMP Dana Brownlee, PMP is the founder of Professionalism Matters, Inc., a boutique professional development training and consulting firm. Her company provides interactive training workshops on a variety of topics including project management, meeting facilitation, and team building. In 2009 Professionalism Matters launched MeetingGenie.com an online resource for the latest tips, techniques, instructional videos, and other resources pertaining to meeting facilitation. Her company has produced two meeting facilitation training DVDs: Are You Running a Meeting or Drowning in Chaos? and 5 Secrets to Virtually Cut Your Meeting Time in Half! An energetic and innovative corporate trainer, speaker, and workshop facilitator, Dana leverages years of corporate and management consulting experience to help individuals and teams reach new levels of performance. She has presented courses in five countries that are specifically designed to provide best practices and techniques that participants can immediately apply in the workplace. Dana s client list includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency, Emory Professional Learning Program, Southern Company, Southface Energy Institute, Learning Tree International, OCI Chemical Corporation and many others.

5 PDU Credit for Today s Webinar 1. You will be granted 1 PDU for your participation in today s program. You will receive a system generated once your PDU claim has been processed. Please allow 2 weeks after the webinar. 2. To ensure the system is able to process your PDU credit: Register with your PMI Member ID NOT your PMP Certification # Register with your full name as listed on your PMI Membership. List the PMI Certification that you hold when registering, such as PMP or PgMP. PDUs are only processed for certification holders. Attend the Webinar Program for a minimum of 40 minutes 3. If you do not receive an that your PDU claim has been automatically processed, then you will need to submit a claim for your participation in this event. Use PDU Category A, Component ID=S010 and this event information for the submission. PDU claims can be submitted at any time during your cycle. 4. Visit our website for more info on claiming PDUs for the webinars:

6 How to Download Webinar Materials Dana has provided her publication on The PMs Guide the Difficult Sponsor that is available in the PMI Virtual Library for download. Click the Supporting Materials button located under the webinar presentation slide to download the PDF file now. This webinar is being recorded and will be available within one week on our website. The Supporting Materials will also be available for download when you access the Recorded Webinar at:

7 Technical Assistance If you encounter audio or video issues during the webinar: 1. Close and restart your browser, then re-login to the webinar. This solves the majority of issues. 2. Verify the audio on your computer is turned on. If audio is not working on your computer, you may listen via phone by dialing: Toll-Free US & Canada Only: (888) or International Dial-In [Toll]: (201) Request connection to the PMI Webinar. 3. Submit a question in the Q&A Chat Box and someone from our technical team will assist you.