At the top of the new year, it is very common for most of us to step back and think about what we will do different the next twelve months.  Given the economy we live in right now, it is a great time to learn or fine-tune our skills.  My company (Pcubed) and Versatile Training have teamed with MPUG – the leading MS Project User Group – to provide free training on Microsoft Project.  This is a great opportunity to pick up a new skill using the most popular project management software in the world, well, perhaps next to Excel .

We are offering a four-part series on using Microsoft Project, which will start with a beginners course and work its way up to more advanced topics.  These free courses are web-based, 90-minute courses and will be presented in the form of a presentation, online demonstrations and live Q&A.  Each course will offer 1.5 PDU’s (Professional Development Units) with a total of 6 PDU’s if you take all of them.  We are looking at offering more in the near future and are excited to see what the turnout looks like for these upcoming courses.

If you are interested in signing up, you can learn more here:

http://www.mpug.com/Pages/MPUGCertificate2007.aspx

And sign up for the events here:

http://www.mpug.com/Pages/Home.aspx

The courses are titled “Microsoft Project 2007 Essentials”.  Here are the direct links to sign up:

Session 1 (1/20/2010): Training presented by myself and includes Q&A with special guest Sam Huffman

Session 2 (1/27/2010): Training presented by Sam Huffman and Q&A between Sam and myself

Session 3 (2/3/2010): Training presented by Sam Huffman and Q&A between Sam and myself

Session 4 (2/10/2010): Training presented by myself and includes Q&A with special guest Jack Dahlgren (a fellow Project MVP)

The sessions will all be held at 10:30AM Eastern/7:30AM Pacific.  We understand these time zones are not ideal for some and we will attempt another live re-broadcast at 6:00PM PST for those of you in the Asia/Pacific regions.  If there are difficulties in any of the presenters making the second event, there will still be a live Q&A with Myself, Sam or Jack.

Please sign up for these free events and I will make sure they are re-posted as the sessions get closer!

-Bill