Webinar Archives

Leadership & Development - Managing Change and Transition During Uncertain Times

DATE:  01/12/2021

PRESENTER:  LaTasha Sturdivant, Ph.D., Adult Learning and Development Expert

The unprecedented change and uncertainty throughout 2020 have left all of us continually seeking ways to manage transition. While many of us have been surviving this changing environment, how can we begin to thrive through the year ahead? How can we leverage our internal and external resources as we approach more transition? And, how do we support our teams in successfully approaching and navigating transitions?

Join Dr. LaTasha Sturdivant on this webinar to:

• Differentiate change versus transition;
• Learn strategies to identify where you and your team/staff is in the transition process; and
• Discover key factors that help build capacity to thrive during transition.
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  Tags: Leadership and Professional Development

Microsoft Dynamics 365: Power Platform Certification

DATE:  12/17/2020

PRESENTER:  Nancy Tandy, GTM Lead for Business Applications, Microsoft

Now's the time to come together and adapt to meet today's challenges by bringing your customers and business together…all with Microsoft Power Platform. Built to be an intelligent business application, this robust tool helps you analyze data, build solutions, automate processes, and create virtual agents.

If you’re looking for the right learning path or ways to give your career the upgrade it needs to adapt in today’s modern workforce, join Nancy Tandy, Microsoft GTM Lead for Business Applications, to learn more about the Power Platform Certification. To become a Power Platform certified IT professional, you need to understand the Power Platform's core capabilities – from business value and core product capabilities, to building a simple Power Apps canvas app and connecting data sources.

Other Key Objectives:

• Learning how to automate basic business processes with Power Automate
• Creating a Power BI dashboard
• Creating powerful chatbots with Power Virtual Agents
• Understanding Power Platform from a holistic point of view
• And more!

In addition to learning about Power Platform and its certifications, you’ll hear firsthand how learning and the power of certification helped a young South African man build up his community. From using his skills to build a Power Platform world for his peers to seeing how this certification impacted him directly, you’ll be inspired to discover what training and certification can do for you.

Tags: Microsoft Technical|Dynamics CRM

The Future of Work & Job Search in 2021

DATE:  12/08/2020

PRESENTER:  Erin Cambier, Executive Leadership Coach

One thing we can likely all agree on about 2020: it has been filled with uncertainty. It's essential now more than ever, for professionals and leaders to turn disruption into opportunity, and elevate our thinking to ensure our long term career success.

Do you have a career plan? Whether you are in an industry that is booming, or you are recovering from a job loss, proactive career management will benefit you in 2021. In this engaging webinar, Executive Career Coach Erin Cambier shares her views and offers practical advice to help you discover industry insights for what the future of work may look like, so that you can develop a proactive plan for your own career. And, you'll learn how to prepare for and navigate a job search in this complex market -- with more than 80% of positions filled through avenues other than job boards. You must stand out and manage your own career success.

Webinar Objectives:

• Learn workplace and industry projections for 2021 and what to expect for the future of work
• Leverage your strengths to proactively manage your own career development
• Position yourself to maximize virtual career opportunities
• Discover how to use proactive job search strategies and find positions NOT on job boards

Tags: Career Development

Editing Video in Adobe Photoshop

DATE:  12/02/2020

PRESENTER:  Tom Keen, New Horizons Instructor

With the increase in social media websites, the use of video in on the rise. Knowing how to create engaging video is becoming a crucial part of a designers’ toolbox, and Adobe Photoshop makes it easy. Join Tom Keen as he demonstrates how to use the power of Photoshop’s image editing tools to touch up and edit video.

In this webinar, you will see how to:

• Access the Timeline and Layer panels.
• Edit movie clips to create a finished video.
• Add transitions between clips.
• Render a video and make a movie.
• Create animation within a video.
• Add graphics and titles to enhance video

Tags: Adobe|Photoshop

Become an Expert in Cloud Computing with Microsoft Azure Certifications

DATE:  11/19/2020

PRESENTER:  Sandra Marin, the Go-to-Market Lead for Azure training and certification, Microsoft

Cloud computing is flexible and gives you the ability to choose how you want to deploy it. If you are Microsoft Certified for Azure, this is an opportunity to prove your knowledge of cloud concepts, Azure services, Azure workloads, security, and privacy in Azure, as well as Azure pricing and support. According to BDO Digital, more than 57% of Fortune 500 companies use Microsoft Azure, and there is a growing need for certified experts.

Join us on Thursday, Nov. 19th at 11 am PT/2 pm ET to hear Sandra Marin, the Go-to-Market Lead for Azure training and certification, explain how an Azure certification will enable you to keep pace with today’s technical roles and requirements whether you have a technical background or none at all. She will share the certification roadmap and explain what certification options you have and what content you will need to become certified. You can choose to take a fundamentals path or one based on your role or specialty.

Tags: Microsoft Technical|Azure

Microsoft 365: Building Dashboards in Excel

DATE:  11/18/2020

PRESENTER:  Mike Martin, New Horizons Instructor

Microsoft Excel Dashboards turns data into information that is easily digested. We will show you how to create charts, sparklines, slicers, and PivotTables with other visual elements to give others a high-level overview of that data.

Learning Objectives:

Leadership & Development - The Power of Daring Leadership: Shift Your Perspective to Boost Your Courage

DATE:  11/10/2020

PRESENTER:  Barb Van Hare, Dare to Lead™ Certified Facilitator

Think about your work, relationships, and life… have you ever felt stress, disappointment, self-doubt, or frustration? Of course, you have; we all have those experiences. The impact of these feelings over the long term starts to affect how you handle work, relationship, and life challenges. The more negativity we feel, the more armored up we become which makes us less creative, resilient, confident, and effective.

Learn how to put yourself in the driver’s seat and shift from Armored to Daring Leadership. When you change your perspective, it allows you to tap into new creative energy that helps you navigate in a more positive and productive direction. It transforms the way you think about your work, your relationships and your life. As you expand your courage, there are so many more options available. You get to choose what perspective you want to be in versus just reacting from an old Armored mindset. Choosing a new perspective provides a boost to your Daring Leadership and allows you to embrace your full potential.

Through this webinar, you will:

What's New in Horizon 8?

DATE:  11/04/2020

PRESENTER:  Shawn Bolan, New Horizons Instructor

In this webinar you will learn about the key new features in Horizon 8. If your company is planning a move to virtual desktops or if your company is using an older version of Horizon, attend this webinar to learn why now may be the ideal time to move your business forward with VMware Horizon 8.

The webinar will cover topics such as:

Cybersecurity Awareness Month - Tackling Today’s Remote Network Infrastructure with Microsoft 365 Training and Certifications for Teams and Security

DATE:  10/29/2020

PRESENTER:  Brandon Neeb, Microsoft Security Content Expert

Did you know that according to the 2018 Norton Insight Report, 24B or more internet-connected devices will be installed globally by 2020? Cybersecurity plays a role in almost all aspects of our everyday lives, both personal and professional, by keeping crucial systems up and running.

This webinar session is designed for people interested in Microsoft 365 certifications, specifically, a couple of our newest in Microsoft 365 Teams Administrator and Microsoft 365 Security Administrator. Microsoft’s security content expert, Brandon Neeb, will share an overview of the topics covered in the exams in a fast-paced format, as well as provide some valuable test taking techniques. Attendees will leave with an understanding of the technical concepts covered in the exam, how Microsoft certification works, and an exhaustive look at resources available for exam preparation.

About our speaker: Brandon Neeb is responsible for Microsoft 365 security and compliance job-role certification and supporting content. He has built and managed a wide range of Microsoft certifications and instructor-led training content for nearly 20 years.

Tags: Office 365

Cybersecurity Awareness Month - End-User Security During a Pandemic

DATE:  10/29/2020

PRESENTER:  Joseph Childrose, New Horizons Instructor

Throughout 2020, Covid-19 has presented a number of challenges for security professionals across the world. One of the most important challenges surrounding end-user security is the dramatic shift to remote work and the increase in personal device usage. End-user security has become more difficult to effectively manage and, more importantly, maintain. Security professionals are tasked with managing and mitigating existing threats to systems and data while dealing with novel threats related to remote work.

Tags: Cybersecurity