Lunch and Learn Webinar: How to Use Visual Project Management for Greater Productivity

Thursday, July 11, 2013 from 12:00-12:40 PM Pacific Time

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Visual project management lets you quickly see what you’re working on, determine how much time and resources you’ll need, and ultimately, execute your projects. Managing your work visually allows you to work more productively and efficiently. It helps you spot patterns more quickly and make better decisions. In this webinar, you will learn how to use visualization to organize your projects, manage your workload, and collaborate more effectively with team members.

Key takeaways

• What are the top 3 challenges for people juggling multiple projects

• How virtual whiteboards help you prioritize your work and scope out your projects

• The benefits of a visual approach to managing your workload

• What tools you can use to organize your work visually

About the presenter

Andy Wibbels is Director of Solutions and Partner Marketing at Mindjet, a collaborative tools and work management software company based in San Francisco. He's the author of Blogwild: A Guide for Small Business Blogging and contributing author to Business: The Ultimate Resource.

Complimentary Lunch & Learn Webinar: Maximize Professional Potential Now with Peer Coaching

Thursday, June 6, 2013 from 12:00-12:40 PM Pacific Time

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In this webinar, you will learn how to engage others in their own development through basic peer coaching techniques. Peer coaching is a simple yet powerful way of encouraging others to own their professional growth in a non-evaluative, reciprocal, and trust-based atmosphere.  It is also an effective way to integrate authenticity and self-reflection into traditional behavior-based approaches to professional development.

Key takeaways

• Why peer coaching is needed now more than ever
• How peer coaching differs from behavior-based approaches to professional development
• Practical experience with the four key elements of peer coaching
• Exploring ways to apply peer coaching to your own work situation

About the presenter

Paul Axelrod is an educator and agent of professional growth based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Paul's knowledgeable and relaxed work style engages clients in their own professional development through facilitated workshops and highly interactive lectures that bring into play diverse subjects taken from politics, art, psychology, philosophy, economics, and more.

Paul holds a doctorate in Political Science from the University of Washington and has held teaching and faculty positions at the University of Washington, Seattle University, and UC Santa Cruz. He graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley.

Complimentary Lunch & Learn Webinar: Move More to Accomplish More—Exercise is the Secret Sauce to Better Performance in All Areas of Your Life

Thursday, May 16, 2013 from 12:00-12:40 PM Pacific Time

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You already know exercise is good for your health. It is a key part of managing your weight and keeping your heart, lungs and other bodily systems in tip top shape. But did you know that exercise can dramatically impact your life in so many other ways? From making you more productive, to boosting energy and stamina, to spurring creative thinking, to elevating your mood and even helping you sleep better—moving more each day can and will help you live and work better. 

Key takeaways

• How your body adapts to exercise
• The very real health benefits of exercise and 13 other surprising benefits
• Why exercise = a sharp mind + a sunny disposition (both keys to getting ahead at work)
• Why sitting disease is the new smoking of our generation and the side effects of sitting disease
• How much and what kind of exercise you need to reap the health and other benefits
• Tips for fitting regular exercise and more activity into your workday and get past the most common reasons people say they don’t exercise more

About the presenter

As the owner of Evolve Fitness & Coaching in the San Francisco Bay Area, Jennifer Weland works with clients locally and across the nation through her fitness and nutrition programs. Jennifer is certified as a Personal Trainer from the National Association of Sports Medicine (NASM), a Lifestyle & Weight Management Coach from the American Council on Exercise (ACE), a Certified TRX Instructor, as well as a Certified Group Exercise instructor. In addition to her fitness and coaching training, she has more than 16 years of experience as a Communications Consultant and has devoted her life to helping people achieve physical, emotional and financial health. For more information or to contact Jennifer, visit www.evolvefitnessandcoaching.com.

Complimentary Lunch & Learn Webinar: The Power of Three—How to Distill Your Message to Its Essence

Thursday, May 2, 2013 from 12:00-12:40 PM Pacific Time

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As the world gets more complex, the need to simplify is becoming even more important. But how, exactly, do you do that in the middle of a busy and overwhelming day?

In this webinar you’ll explore a range of techniques to transform your own message from confusing to clear. You’ll explore why distilling your message is so important, and a range of techniques you can use to simplify your message.

Key takeaways

1. Know why it is important to distill
2. Familiarize yourself with a range of simplifying techniques
3. Distill your ideas to 3 main points and link them with a story structure

About the presenter

Cliff Atkinson is an acclaimed writer, popular keynote speaker, and an independent consultant to leading attorneys and Fortune 500 companies. He designed the presentations that helped persuade a jury to award a $253 million verdict to the plaintiff in the nation's first Vioxx trial in 2005, which Fortune magazine called "frighteningly powerful."

Cliff's bestselling book, Beyond Bullet Points (published by Microsoft Press), was named a Best Book of 2007 by the editors of Amazon.com, and has been published in three editions and translated into a dozen languages including Chinese, Korean, and Russian. The book expands on a communications approach he has taught internationally at top law firms, government agencies, business schools and corporations, including Sony, Toyota, Del Monte, Nestlé, Nokia, Deloitte, BBDO, The NPD Group, Ipsos, Facebook, Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Intel, Microsoft, GE, the American Bar Association and the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal.

Cliff's work has been featured in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, and Fox News.

Complimentary Lunch & Learn Webinar: Getting Started with Office 2013 and 365

Thursday, April 4, 2013 from 12:00-12:40 PM Pacific Time

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Microsoft Office has long been a staple desktop publishing and productivity software for businesses and educational institutions. In this session, we’ll take a look at two new versions of the Office suite: Office 2013 and 365 and how new cloud-based features allow users to work more efficiently across desktop computers, tablets, and mobile phones. 

Key takeaways

• An understanding of the differences between Office 2013 and Office 365 as well as the plan types and pricing
• An introduction the new interfaces and the latest changes in both versions
• The ability to create and customize your Office 365 team workspace
• Awareness of cloud integration tools that will allow for greater file collaboration and mobility

Whether you’ve already upgraded or you’re looking for more information about these new formats, this workshop will provide a thorough overview of functionality to help you get started right away.

About the presenter

Eve Porcello is the owner of Moon Highway, a web development company based in Tahoe City, CA. She works primarily as a web project manager and has deployed interactive web projects for clients such as Microsoft, 1-800-DENTIST, and ESSP Law. In addition, Eve has implemented a variety of time and task management solutions to help client organizations track and improve productivity.

Complimentary Lunch & Learn Webinar: Leveraging Mobile Work to Engage Your Employees

Thursday, March 7, 2013 from 12:00-12:40 PM Pacific Time

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This session is for anyone who manages Gen Y workers and remote workers, IT professionals who are involved with mobile technology, and knowledge workers who work on-the-go. Past research on mobile workforce has focused on either the technology needs of mobile workers or the challenges of managing a virtual workforce. This Mobile Workforce Survey is the first ever to take an integrated look at both the hardware needs of mobile workers (e.g., mobile devices) and the factors that impact their engagement and personal views about mobile or remote work.

Join Dr. Pi Wen Looi, Founder and Principal of Novacrea Research Consulting and Dr. James Ware, Director of The Future of Work… unlimited, as they present their latest Mobile Workforce Survey findings and share ideas on how you could use these insights to engage your mobile workers.

Key takeaways

• How and where knowledge workers are getting their work done today

• What tools they use to be productive

• How their mobility is affecting their work and their professional and personal relationships

• Tips for managing and engaging remote workers.

About the presenters

Pi Wen Looi, Ph.D., is the founder and principal of Novacrea Research Consulting. Novacrea helps busy HR leaders and executives increase employee engagement and improve business results. With Novacrea's end-to-end employee survey solution, you get valid employee feedback, in-depth analysis, and organized survey results. Our survey reports enable you to see subgroup performance at a glance, spot trends immediately, and quickly identify areas of strength. Let us worry about your employee survey while you focus your energy on improving your employee performance, operations, and business results. For more information, please visit www.NovacreaResearch.com.

James A. Ware, Ph.D., is the Executive Director of The Future of Work… unlimited, a research and advisory firm with a single mission: bringing the future to work. We offer guidance in creating compelling pictures of the future and designing pathways for getting there. We bring decades of experience in strategic thinking, business case analysis, and change leadership to organizations seeking to make a difference for customers, employees, shareholders, and the community at large. We track and translate the changing nature of work so senior executives can build organizations that leverage people, attract talent, and save money. For more information, please visit www.thefutureofwork.net.

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Complimentary Lunch & Learn Webinar: Negotiating Team Conflicts Productively

Thursday, February 7, 2013 from 12:00-12:40 PM Pacific Time

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This session highlights the critical tools that teams can utilize as they negotiate conflicts that arise in the process of doing business.  Teams that avoid conflict or become embroiled in conflict tend to stagnate resulting in poor morale, low commitment, and poor execution. 

Contrary to popular belief conflict is normal and essential to developing a high-functioning team.  Teams that fail to learn how to negotiate conflict can get stuck in power struggles or perhaps even worse, develop a posture of compliance to each other.  Both these outcomes lead to a sense of being stuck, and ultimately, a failure to air and address issues in a timely and effective manner.

Key takeaways

1. Be able to identify common pitfalls associated with conflict.

2. Learn about communication styles that impede or enhance alignment.

3. Learn skills for moving through conflict.

About the presenter  

Eugene Dilan, Psy.D., is the founder and president of Dilan Consulting, Inc. As a bilingual, licensed psychologist, organizational consultant, and coach with over 25 years combined experience, he has provided direct clinical services, led health care facilities, and worked internationally, including in the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan supporting senior executives in the defense, aerospace, IT, nuclear, and service industries. Eugene combines his knowledge of general and social psychology with his considerable corporate experience to help both large and small organizations negotiate a broad array of challenges. 

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Complimentary Lunch & Learn Webinar: Visual Leaders—Capitalizing on the Visualization Revolution

Thursday, January 31, 2013 from 12:00-12:40 PM Pacific Time

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Take our survey and enter to win a copy of presenter David Sibbet's new book, Visual Leaders, & much more!

This webinar will show how leaders and managers can use visual meetings, visual teams, and new technologies to get better results. These tools are unparalleled for getting engagement, "big picture" thinking, and acheiving follow-through on projects. You don't have to be able to draw, but do need to know what's possible. 

Key takeaways

• Appreciate a map to the whole territory of visualization.
• Learn some practices that will raise your own visual IQ.
• Review some of the best practices that work with different kinds of organizations.
• Address the wide range of new technology tools that support visualization.

About the presenter  

President and Founder of The Grove Consultants International, David Sibbet has been an organizational consultant and information designer since 1977. He is the author of John Wiley & Sons three-volume Visual Leadership series plus many of The Grove’s leading-edge group-process tools and models for facilitation, team leadership, and organizational transformation. His latest book, Visual Leaders: New Tools for Visioning, Management, & Organization Change, describes visual best practices for leaders and managers of organizations.

David is a master facilitator of large-scale group processes, strategic visioning, and creative, future-oriented symposia. He frequently lends his coaching and design expertise to Grove project teams. His practice is informed by eight years of public affairs leadership development through the Coro Northern California Center for Civic Leadership.

Sibbet holds a master’s degree from Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and a B.A. in Literature from Occidental College in Los Angeles.

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Complimentary Lunch & Learn Webinar: Creativity and Innovation—How to Experience the Lightning Bolt Every Day

Thursday, November 1, 2012 12:00 PM - 12:40 PM Pacific Time

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Most leaders, managers, and staff utilize less than 50% of their creative and intuitive ability. This is not because of inherent limitations, but because of unawareness of how to incorporate these relatively simple practices utilizing visualization, the sleep state, subliminal perception, the integrated model of the brain, and other leading-edge creativity concepts into their daily job performance.

This presentation shares a wide variety of techniques, methods, and experiential processes for the participants to choose from in order to harness the amazing power of creativity and innovation in the workplace. It also provides the opportunity for participants to go beyond linear business and managerial problem-solving and to master this skill in a way that it becomes a regular part of their day-to-day operation. We will also discuss how participants can promote a more creative work environment among their co-workers.

Daniel Guillory, CEO of Innovations International, is a recognized expert on creativity and innovation, leadership and collaboration. Many different corporations and non-profits including Toyota Financial Services, Ronald McDonald House Foundation, Merck & Co., and Anheuser-Busch have turned to Daniel for his guidance on how to strategically approach these areas, and for assistance in implementing tactical solutions in learning and development. Prior to working with Innovations, Mr. Guillory was an attorney with Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP and remains a member of the California Bar. He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School and his B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University.

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Complimentary Lunch & Learn Webinar: Living in the Cloud

Thursday, August 2, 2012 12:00 PM - 12:40 PM Pacific Time

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The cloud is the hottest topic since the advent of the Internet. Drawing on his latest e-book, Cloud Surfing, Tom Koulopoulos paints a powerful picture of how the cloud will change the way we live, work, and play.

How will the cloud define your job? Social media, open models for education, the ongoing debate about classroom vs. virtual learning, mining online conversations, and identifying needs for education are just a few ways.

What is the cloud? It’s a framework for the disruption of structure. A place where we will all learn, live, work and play in the 21st century. It’s where nearly 35 million people already work. Where your kids are when they dive into online play. It’s a classroom without walls, instructors, or curriculums. It’s where companies go to find the next big idea. It’s where political campaigns are won and lost. All that may seem radical, but it doesn’t even come close to defining how disruptive the cloud will be.

In its simplest terms, the cloud is the new context for innovating business and society. However, the cloud is NOT just about technology. In fact technology is only a small part of the cloud. Just as important is the way the cloud changes how we collaborate, work, influence and are influenced, and how we experience the world.

About the Presenter:
Tom Koulopoulos is the author of nine books and founder of Delphi Group, a 20-year-old Boston-based think tank, which was named one of the fastest growing private companies in the U.S. by Inc. Magazine. Tom’s articles and market insights appear frequently in national and international print and broadcast media such as BusinessWeek, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Economist, CNBC, CNN, and NPR. Geoffrey James of CBS Interactive Media called Tom, “one of the truly deep thinkers in the arena of technology and culture,” and InformationWeek Magazine named him one of the industry’s most influential consultants. Mr. Koulopoulos’ nine books include The Innovation Zone, Corporate Instinct, and his most recent, Cloud Surfing.

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