Business Analysis Webinars for November 2023 - Week IV

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Unlocking the Secrets of Successful Scrum Teams - Navigating Conflict with the Team Toxins Concept

Presented by Simon Flossmann, Professional Scrum Trainer, and Christian Hoftsletter, Professional Coach

Are you a part of a Scrum Team looking to enhance your collaboration and communication dynamics? Join this webinar with PST Simon Flossmann and professional coach Christian Hoftstetter as they delve into the secrets of successful Scrum Teams that excel in conflict resolution and foster healthy relationships.

Conflict is inevitable in any team environment, but how you handle it can make all the difference. Based on the renowned work of American relationship psychologist John Gottman, we'll explore the concept of "Team Toxins" – four common patterns of toxic behavior that can hinder team effectiveness.

Together, we will uncover the toxic communication patterns that often plague teams, hindering progress and causing friction among members. Learn how to spot the early signs of toxic interactions within your team and understand how these behaviors try to be helpful.

Take advantage of this opportunity to equip your Scrum Team with the essential tools for conflict resolution, creating a more cohesive, resilient, and thriving team environment. Join us for an engaging session to empower you to foster a culture of open communication and collaboration within your Scrum Team.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, November 29, 2023; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST

Host: Scrum.org

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Why Nimble Organizations Need Agile Requirements Engineering

Presented by Howard Podeswa, Author, Consultant, Trainer

This webinar addresses the question being asked by many in requirements engineering (RE) and its sister competency, business analysis - including practitioners, those who manage them, thought-leaders and leaders of professional BA organizations: Will RE and BA survive the transition to agile development?    In practice, various roles might carry out RE/BA responsibilities in an agile organization – including product owner (PO), requirements engineer, business analyst, proxy product owner, product manager and release train engineer (RTE).  

For most of his professional life, Podeswa has been focused on helping organizations optimize their RE/BA competencies as they transition to agile ways of working.  In this talk, he draws on lessons learned from those experiences, and guidelines from his recently published book, The Agile Guide to Business Analysis and Planning,  to explain why RE/BA competencies will remain not only relevant but vital to an agile organization, regardless of what we call the person who performs it.

 

Audience: IIBA Members

Date/Time: Wednesday, November 29, 2023; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST

Host: International Institute of Business Analysis    @IIBA

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Business Analysis Webinars for November 2023

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Mastering the Art of Stakeholder Management

Presented by Lavaneesh Gautam, Professional Scrum Trainer

In today's complex business environment, effectively managing stakeholders is not just desirable—it's essential. Achieving product success hinges on understanding, engaging and navigating the diverse interests and influences of all stakeholder groups. 

In this Scrum Pulse webcast, PST Lavaneesh Gautam will delve deep into the intricacies of stakeholder management, providing participants with actionable insights and tools.

By the end of this session, participants will possess a comprehensive understanding of stakeholder management's significance and will be equipped with the strategies and tools needed to excel in this crucial area. Whether you are a Developer, Scrum Master, Product Owner, manager or Agile leader, this session will give you invaluable insights to enhance your stakeholder management capabilities. Join us to pave the way for smoother collaboration and optimal outcomes.

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, November 8, 2023; 10:00 am – 11:00 am EST

Host: Scrum.org

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Business Analysis Webinars for October 2023 - Week IV

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From Insights to Business Impact: Harnessing the Power of No-Code Development

Presented by Asif Sharif, CEO and Mao Mao, Vice President of Product Management, Codeless ONE

 

Join us as we explore how the revolutionary world of no-code business solutions empowers Business Analysts and Product Managers like you to drive digital transformation, streamline processes, and deliver tangible results without the need for any coding knowledge.

In this webinar, you will discover:

• Practical tips for driving innovation, efficiency, and collaboration in your role through code-free business solution development.

• Uncover how no-code platforms empower you to effortlessly bridge the gap between business requirements and technical implementation.

• Gain insights from real-world examples that will revolutionize your approach to work, drive innovation, increase efficiency, and elevate your impact within your organization.

• Don't miss this opportunity to unlock the next level of your career potential with the power of no-code business solution development. Reserve your spot now and embark on a transformative journey from insights to impactful outcomes.

 

 Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, October 25, 2023; 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT

Host: Modern Analyst    @ModernAnalyst

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The Case Against Over-Managing Your Product Backlog

Presented by Ryan Ripley, Todd Miller, and Patricia Kong

 

The practice of Product Backlog Management in Scrum serves as a cornerstone for effective product management. However, this often leads Scrum Teams to invest excessive time and effort in overanalyzing Product Goals and refining every Product Backlog item as they try to explore the finest details. This is usually an attempt to reduce risk or a result of unclear vision and strategy.

 

While a meticulously constructed Product Backlog may seem like a Product Owner is providing transparency to a well-defined roadmap, it often leads to unintended consequences. In Scrum Pulse webcast, Ryan Ripley, Todd Miller, and Patricia Kong will discuss how focusing too much on Product Backlog Management and refinement can actually impede a Scrum Team's ability to be agile and creative. Developing skills to effectively manage a Product Backlog requires a balance of flexibility, clarity, and minimalism. They will discuss how teams can leverage Evidence-Based Management (EBM) in their goal pursuit rather than seeking to define everything explicitly in the Product Backlog.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, October 31, 2023; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT

Host: Scrum.org

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Business Analysis Webinars for October 2023 - Week III

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Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer - Product Backlog Management - Todd Miller & Ryan Ripley

Presented by Todd Miller and Ryan Ripley

 

The Product Backlog is an emergent, ordered list of what is needed to improve the product. It is the single source of work undertaken by the Scrum Team. It is ever changing and requires a Product Owner to meticulously consider many options before ordering it.

 

In this live session of the Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer webcast, PSTs Todd Miller and Ryan Ripley will answer your burning questions on the topic of Product Backlog Management. They will be here to field your questions about stakeholder management, defining your Product Backlog, refinement, the importance of creating transparency and more!

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, October 17, 2023; 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT

Host: Scrum.org

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Data Literacy Series: Metadata Management Fundamentals Master Class 6

Presented by Dr. David Marco, President, EW Solutions and Data Management

 

This is the 6th webinar in Dr. Marco's Data Literacy Series. 

 

Effective metadata management is an absolute requirement for Global 2000 companies and large federal agencies.  Without proper metadata management, these organizations cannot manage their systems or build successful enterprise data governance programs.

 

This practical seminar leverages the lessons learned from successful metadata management programs, and it explains:

    • Metadata Management Fundamentals

    • Business vs. Technical Metadata

    • Metadata Management Use Cases

    • Metadata ROI

 

Audience: IIBA Members

Date/Time: Wednesday, October 18, 2023; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: International Institute of Business Analysis     @IIBA

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12 Questions to Elicit Business Intelligence Requirements

Presented by Rachel Wilterdink, CBAP, BA Consultant

 

If you’re a Business Analyst, you may have noticed that there are some distinct differences between eliciting requirements for Business Intelligence versus Software Development projects.

 

Business intelligence is all about giving the business the information it needs to measure success or failure, and to identify and respond to both threats and opportunities; getting at these details can be tricky.

 

Join me as I share with you 12 key questions that can kick-start your elicitation of requirements for Business Intelligence projects.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, October 18, 2023; 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm EDT

Host: Bluegrass IIBA Chapter    @IIBABluegrass

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Business Analysis: Past, Present & Future—a 30 min chat with Indy Mitra

Presented by Indy Mitra

 

The business analysis profession has existed in one form or another for decades and there is great debate about when the profession started. One date we can be absolutely sure of is October 29th, 2003: this is the date the inaugural meeting of the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®) was held.

A lot has changed in twenty years, and this is the perfect opportunity to reflect on business analysis past, present and future.

What better person to discuss this with than Indy Mitra, who was there when IIBA was formed and also served as director and chair of the board.

The session will be informal, conversational and if you attend live you can type your own questions into the chat. The topics covered will depend on where the conversation takes us, but it’s envisaged that we’ll cover:

✔️History of business analysis: What led to IIBA being formed? What was the BA landscape like in 2003, and how have things changed?

✔️Current BA challenges: What are the current challenges faced by BAs? How can or should we respond to them?

✔️Future of business analysis: What does the future hold?

 

This will be a conversation that you won’t want to miss. We hope that you can join us!

 

Public: Audience

Date/Time: Thursday, October 19, 2023; 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT

Host: Blackmetric Business Solutions    @Blackmetric

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Traceability in Agile Processes

Presented by Steve Blais, PMP, PBA

 

There are quite a few best practices and recommended techniques that are touted around the traditional project management community, and even taken for granted, that are completely missing in the agile world. Even roles disappear – the business analyst and project manager have been excommunicated in Scrum and other agile approaches, for example. There is no WBS, precedence network, Gantt chart, risk analysis and risk management, status reports and lessons learned submissions. Or are there?

Is it possible that practices that have withstood the test of time for project management or product development have no value anymore? Or does agile still use them, perhaps just in a different way?

One of these practices, primarily employed to reduce risk of building the wrong product is traceability. This webinar discusses the “lost project management practices” in agile and whether they are really lost, using traceability as an example.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, October 19, 2023; 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT

Host: Modern Analyst    @ModernAnalyst

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Business Analysis Webinars for October 2023 - Week II

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Tina & Adrian’s Business Bookshelf: How to Begin by Michael Bungay Stanier

Presented by Christina Lovelock and Adrian Reed

Join Christina Lovelock and Adrian Reed for the next edition of this experimental LinkedIn live show.

Tina and Adrian read a *lot* of books, and have a lot of fun discussing those books. An idea emerged: why not have those discussions LIVE online, so anyone who is interested in the book (or the topic) can tune in….

The idea of the “Business Bookshelf” livestream was born!

During the next session, Tina & Adrian will be discussing “How to Begin: Start Doing Something That Matters” by Michael Bungay Stanier 

It’ll be raw, live and anything could happen… So why not grab a coffee, relax, and give yourself a well-deserved 30-minute espresso-sized dose of professional development?

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Friday, October 13, 2023: 8:00 am – 8:30 am EDT

Host: Blackmetric Business Solutions    @Blackmetric

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Business Analysis Webinars for October 2023

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Splitting Product Backlog Items - Practical Techniques for Delivering Incremental Value

Presented by Lavaneesh Gautam, Professional Scrum Trainer  

 

Product Backlog Management is an essential skill for the entire Scrum Team. There are several techniques that support this skill, helping Scrum Teams manage their backlog. In this interactive webinar, PST Lavaneesh Gautam will cover the Agile practice of splitting Product Backlog Items (PBIs). Participants will learn practical techniques and address challenges related to maintaining cohesive Product Backlog Items and incremental value delivery, including what is minimally sufficient to meet your Product Goal and how delivering small things sooner can both mitigate risk and build trust with your stakeholders.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, October 4, 2023; 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT

Host: Scrum.org

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Harnessing the Power of Generative AI for Effective Requirements Management

Presented by Shihan Fernando, Vice President of Sales, Modern Analyst

 

What is the impact of AI on Requirements Management? Join us to see how you can turn Azure DevOps into a powerful requirements management solution and leverage ChatGPT’s cutting-edge AI capabilities. Get insight into how it supports your quality analysis, requirements elicitation, test case generation, and more.

 

You will learn:

1. How to extend Azure DevOps into an all-in-one requirements management solution
2. How to leverage Copilot4DevOps and Generative AI to enhance your requirements workflow and     

quality
3. How to save time, reduce cost, and accelerate productivity as business analysts, quality assurance, project managers, and developers
4. How AI can support you so you can focus on high-level strategy
5. How Copilot4DevOps keeps you secure with Microsoft and OpenAI’s cutting edge security protocol
6. How and why using AI in workflows can bring you happiness!

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, October 4, 2023; 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT

Host: Modern Analyst    @ModernAnalsyt

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The Next Stage in Agile: Self-Leadership

Presented by David Mantica, Vice President and General Manager, SoftEd US

 

Explore "The Next Stage in Agile: Self-Leadership" to unveil the powerful synergy between Agile methodologies and self-leadership principles. Discover practical strategies for cultivating self-leadership mindset within Agile teams, navigating complexity, and implementing actionable techniques for enhanced collaboration and decision-making. Elevate your Agile practices with the transformative potential of self-leadership.

 

You Will Learn:

• How Agile methodologies and self-leadership principles reinforce each other for collaborative, accountable, and innovative teams.

• Techniques to nurture self-awareness, ownership, and continuous improvement within Agile teams.

• Real-world case studies showcasing the integration of Agile and self-leadership in adapting to complex environments.

• Actionable strategies for infusing self-leadership into Agile practices, empowering individuals and teams for excellence.

 

Join us in this enlightening one-hour session to gain insights that will redefine your approach to projects, leadership, and personal growth. Elevate your Agile practices to the next stage with the transformative power of self-leadership.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, October 5, 2023; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: SoftEd and Bluegrass IIBA Chapter     @SoftEd    @IIBABluegrass                

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Business Analysis Webinars for September 2023 - Week III

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Solving Problems Using Critical Thinking and Creativity

Presented by Christa Kirby, Leadership Practice Director, Corporate Education Group

 

The ability to think both creatively and critically is an invaluable skill set at the heart of effective problem-solving. While at first glance creating and critiquing may seem like opposites, they are in fact deeply connected... and part of an ongoing generative cycle. To solve challenging problems, we need to explore them holistically — to unleash our imaginations while also applying structure and discipline to our thought processes.

 

Topics we will cover in this webinar include:

    • The intimate connection between critical thinking and creative thinking

    • The importance of defining the right problem

    • Common cognitive biases that can diminish innovation

    • The difference between brainstorming and “brain swarming”

    • Techniques for generating both convergent and divergent thinking

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, September 19, 2023; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Corporate Education Group     @CEG

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Visual Modeling to Engage Stakeholders

Presented by Gina Schmidt, Author of “Business Analysis Versatility”

 

Have you ever been in a meeting and wished that someone would get up and draw a picture for you so that you could better understand what the discussion was about? Pictures are worth a thousand words. Get a sense of the different types of drawings you can create to help communicate between the business and the technical stakeholders on your project. In addition, as a communication tool, models help uncover opportunities and missing or vague requirements. Make your meetings more engaging and effective by using these models! We will cover different types of models, identify what models are used for what purpose, and cover the various notations used in the industry today.

As an attendee, you can expect to:

    • See how to convert complex textual information to simpler visuals

    • Be exposed to varying styles, techniques and notations used to create models

    • Know which models to use and when

    • Apply visual modeling to engage and collaborate with stakeholders

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, September 20, 2023; 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm EDT

Host: Bluegrass IIBA Chapter    @IIBABluegrass

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I've done my context diagram - what next?!?

Presented by Ryland Leyton, CBAP

 

You’ve got your context diagram done, and now you aren’t sure what to do next. The good news and the bad news are the same news: there are a TON of things you could do next, and you get to figure out which ones by applying BA skills to it!

    • Starting with a context diagram, Identify and prioritize your follow-on work.

    • Be able to design and explain your analysis plan to project team members and stakeholders.

    • Consider and apply optimizations based on your software development framework.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, September 21, 2023; 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EDT

Host: Bluegrass IIBA Chapter    @IIBABluegrass

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Business Analysis Webinars for September 2023 - Week II

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Empower Your Next Virtual Workshop With No Additional Technology

Presented by John Chen, CEO, Author, Speaker, Trainer

 

Using techniques from the book Engaging Virtual Meetings: Openers, Games, and Activities for Communication, Morale, and Trust (available free to IIBA Members through the Online Digital Library and available through Amazon), shows you the key secrets to having your attendees say, “I have more energy (rather than less) after 60 minutes meeting with you!”.  (Please note: IIBA Members will be prompted to login with their IIBA ID and password to access books, audio books and videos in the Online Digital Library)

 

When you learn Engaging Virtual Meetings, you will learn: 

•    The 6-step ENGAGE method to solve your virtual meeting and workshop challenges 

•    Fix attendees talking over each other 

•    How to look good virtually 

•    How to engage everyone even if someone else is talking 

•    How to use virtual tools to get work done 

•    Powerfully close your meeting and take steps to make your next meeting even more engaging 

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Tuesday, September 12, 2023; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: International Institute of Business Analysis     @IIBA

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Best Teams: Introverts, Extroverts, Ambiverts

Presented by Bob Faw, Trainer and Consultant, Corporate Education Group

 

Every workplace today needs to leverage relationships and attitudes that get things done fast. Effective, high-performing teams within organizations generate new ideas and approaches that solve problems and create innovative solutions efficiently, cost-effectively, and with the highest level of quality. Best Teams engage all personalities optimally. In this webinar learn how to maximize the contributions of introverts, extroverts, and ambiverts within project teams and maximize productivity by eliciting and valuing input from all types of people.

Join us and discover:

    • The key differences between the three “verts”

    • The top 5 ways to engage introverts, focus on extroverts, and leverage ambiverts.

    • Maximize the passion of all of the “verts”

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, September 13, 2023; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: Corporate Education Group    @CEG

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The AI-Powered Business Analyst: Five Ways to Work Smarter in the Age of Automation

Presented by Marc Balcer, Consultant and Trainer, SoftEd

 

Business analysts play a crucial role in eliciting requirements, analyzing needs, and ensuring solutions deliver value. But increasing complexity and demands on BAs can lead to inefficiency, inconsistent artifacts, strained stakeholder relationships, and underwhelming results. Many aspects of the job are just time-consuming and tedious.

 

Fortunately, advances in AI are transforming how BAs can approach their role for enhanced productivity and business value.

 

In this practical webinar, we'll explore five ways AI can make you a better BA:

    • Producing artifacts quickly so you can focus on ideas
    • Accelerating research
    • Interviewing stakeholders
    • Rapidly generating prototypes and mockups for design
    • Maintaining consistency and traceability

 

You'll learn AI techniques and tools available today to help you work smarter, gain deeper insights, and deliver better analysis. By leveraging AI for repetitive and labor-intensive tasks, you can focus your time on high-value strategic analysis, gain deeper insights, be more productive, and provide greater business value.

 

We'll discuss real-world applications and provide tips to make AI work for you. If you're a business analyst looking to enhance your skills and contribution in the age of AI, don't miss this webinar!

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, September 13. 2023; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Host: SoftEd    @SoftEdHQ

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Social Event to "Build a Community"

Presented by Steph Hawkins, Bluegrass Chapter, Cathy Warren, Southeast Michigan Chapter, and Marci Watts, Chicagoland Chapter

 

Join us for our Agile Tips & Tricks Social event as we continue to "Build our Community".

As we celebrate International Chocolate Day, what chocolate recipes do you have? Chocolate fudge, Boston Cream Pie, Chocolate Bunnies or Chocolate Martini? Since it is also National Peanut Day, add some peanuts to your chocolate. This will give you positive thoughts for Positive Thinking Day! Wear your favorite chocolate outfit and bring a friend to our Peanut Chocolate Positive Thinking Celebration!

Bluegrass, Southeast Michigan, and Chicagoland IIBA Chapters are joining together to celebrate chocolate, and learn about some Agile Tips & Tricks from our resident experts. Bring your favorite chocolate recipes to share as well as we continue to "Build our Community".

The Agile Tips & Tricks, recipes and what we build together as our BA technique will be shared with all participants following the event.

This promises to be a fun and interactive event. Don't miss it!

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Wednesday, September 13, 2023; 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EDT

Host: Bluegrass IIBA Chapter, Southeast Michigan IIBA Chapter, Chicagoland IIBA Chapter   

                 @IIBABluegrass                         @IIBASEM2                               @IIBAChicagoland

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Essential Requirements Practices

Presented by Karl Wiegers, Principal Consultant, Process Impact

 

Many big books on software requirements and business analysis recommend dozens and dozens of practices. They’re all useful in appropriate situations, but it’s daunting to try to remember—let alone implement—the whole set consistently. However, every project should perform 20 core requirements activities. These lay a solid foundation for success and help teams efficiently and effectively elicit, analyze, specify, validate, and manage their requirements. These practices are valuable for both traditional and agile projects, regardless of the kind of product you’re building. This presentation identifies those 20 core practices and drills down into several of them. They can help project and product teams understand the business problem, engage the right participants, articulate effective solutions, communicate information among stakeholders, implement the right functionality in the right sequence, and adapt to change. Do you have to perform all 20 of these on your project? Maybe not, but you’ll feel less pain and get better results if you do.

 

Learning Objectives

    • Identify the 20 practices that contribute most heavily to business analysis success

    • Understand how to apply certain of those practices on both agile and traditional projects

    • Enable you to begin a self-assessment of how to improve your team’s requirements practices

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Thursday, September 14, 2023; 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT

Host: BA Times    @BATimes

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Tina & Adrian’s Business Bookshelf: Begin with You…

Presented by Christina Lovelock and Adrian Reed

 

Tina and Adrian read a lot of books, and often find themselves discussing books that they particularly like. Recently, an idea emerged: why not have those conversations *online* so anyone interested in the book (or the topic) can listen in?

 

In this session, you can tune in as Tina and Adrian discuss their perspectives and key takeaways from the following book:

 

Begin with You: Invest in your mental well-being and satisfaction at work by Petra Velzeboer.

 

This is a LinkedIn Live Event. Not only can you listen, but since the event is live, you’ll be able to type your comments, live, into LinkedIn.

 

The event is unscripted, live and anything could happen…

So why not take 30 minutes out of your busy day, grab a coffee, tune in and chill out for some relaxed professional development.

 

Audience: Public

Date/Time: Friday, September 15, 2023; 8:00 am – 8:30 am EDT

Host: Blackmetric Business Solutions    @Blackmetric

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