The Help Desk Institute (HDI), the world's largest membership organization for service and support professionals, sets the standards when it comes to soft skills certification.

HDI's training curriculum is based on an internationally recognized set of open standards developed by leaders in the support industry. And HDI's certification training courses have been especially prepared teach the learning objectives for these standards, as well as prepare student for passing HDI certification. 

The benefits are clear, both to support professionals and the organizations they work for: reduced costs, improved efficiency, and increased customer satisfaction and retention.
 
Support Center Manager (SCM) Training 
   
Date & Time: Dec 1-3, 2008; 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM 
Topic: Support Center Manager (SCmA)Certification Training  
Speaker: Paul Dooley - Certified Instructor, HDI  
Host/Location: San Diego, CA 
Directions: For directions and to register go to http://www.thinkhdi.com/certification/courseCalendar.aspx  
Description: This three-day course focuses on the best practice standards and skills necessary to successfully manage the strategic and tactical components of a support organization. Additionally, this course provides participants with a raised awareness and understanding of the ITIL® best practice framework and its application.  
   
Support Center Manager (SCM) Training 
   
Date & Time: Nov 12-14, 2008: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM 
Topic: Support Center Manager (SCM) Certification Training 
Speaker: Paul Dooley - Certified Instructor, HDI  
Host/Location: Irvine, CA 
Directions: For directions and to register go to http://www.thinkhdi.com/certification/courseCalendar.aspx  
Description: This three-day course focuses on the best practice standards and skills necessary to successfully manage the strategic and tactical components of a support organization. Additionally, this course provides participants with a raised awareness and understanding of the ITIL® best practice framework and its application.  
   
Support Center Analyst (SCA) Training 
   
Date & Time: Jan 12-13, 2009; 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM 
Topic: Support Center Analyst(SCA)Certification Training  
Speaker: Paul Dooley - Certified Instructor, HDI  
Host/Location: San Francisco, CA 
Directions: For directions and to register go to http://www.thinkhdi.com/certification/courseCalendar.aspx  
Description: Support Center Analysts are part of your vital frontline and they represent your entire organization. HDI’s the Support Center Analysts course (SCA) provides analysts of all levels with strategies for effective customer care and problem resolution, as well as fundamental support processes and tools. In addition, the course prepares you for passing Support Center Analyst (SCA) certification!  
   
Support Center Manager (SCM) Training 
   
Date & Time: Jan 14-16, 2009; 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM 
Topic: Support Center Manager (SCM) Certification Training  
Speaker: Paul Dooley - Certified Instructor, HDI  
Host/Location: San Francisco, CA 
Directions: For directions and to register go to http://www.thinkhdi.com/certification/courseCalendar.aspx  
Description: This three-day course focuses on the best practice standards and skills necessary to successfully manage the strategic and tactical components of a support organization. Additionally, this course provides participants with a raised awareness and understanding of the ITIL® best practice framework and its application.  
   
ITIL Foundations Training (V3) 
   
Date & Time: Mar 2-4, 2009; 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM 
Topic: ITIL Foundations Certification Training (V3)  
Speaker: Paul Dooley - Certified Instructor, HDI  
Host/Location: Los Angeles, CA 
Directions: For directions and to register go to http://www.thinkhdi.com/certification/courseCalendar.aspx  
Description: This APMG®–accredited ITIL® v3 Foundations Certification course provides IT professionals with industry certification of the ITIL best practices framework. During this three-day course, participants will learn how to improve IT operations and demonstrate overall business value. What you will learn:

* Service Strategy — How to align IT strategy with business goals and expectations.
* Service Design — Transform business requirements into strategic solutions.
* Service Transition — Manage change, risk, and quality assurance.
* Service Operation — Establish day-to-day business operations and customer expectations.
* Continual Service Improvement — Strategize for overall process and service improvement.  
   
Support Center Team Lead (SCTL) Training 
   
Date & Time: Mar 5-6, 2009; 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM 
Topic: Support Center Team Lead (SCTL) Certification Training  
Speaker: Paul Dooley - Certified Instructor, HDI  
Host/Location: Los Angeles, CA 
Directions: For directions and to register go to http://www.thinkhdi.com/certification/courseCalendar.aspx  
Description: The support center team lead serves as the champion for the customer and the focal point for support center analysts. For this reason, a team lead must be customerfocused, be able to drive change and process improvements, provide training, and deliver customer support.

The HDI Support Center Team Lead course is designed for support center professionals who have been or will be promoted to a team lead position and require fundamental management and leadership skills for their increased responsibilities.  
   
Support Center Analyst (SCA) Training 
   
Date & Time: Apr 13-14, 2009; 8:30 AM- 5:00 PM 
Topic: Support Center Analyst(SCA)Certification Training  
Speaker: Paul Dooley - Certified Instructor, HDI  
Host/Location: Los Angeles, CA 
Directions: For directions and to register go to http://www.thinkhdi.com/certification/courseCalendar.aspx 
Description: Support Center Analysts are part of your vital frontline and they represent your entire organization. HDI’s the Support Center Analysts course (SCA) provides analysts of all levels with strategies for effective customer care and problem resolution, as well as fundamental support processes and tools. In addition, the course prepares you for passing Support Center Analyst (SCA) certification!  
   
Support Center Analyst (SCA) Training 
   
Date & Time: May 4-5, 2009; 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM 
Topic: Support Center Analyst(SCA)Certification Training  
Speaker: Paul Dooley - Certified Instructor, HDI  
Host/Location: Denver, CO 
Directions: For directions and to register go to http://www.thinkhdi.com/certification/courseCalendar.aspx 
Description: Support Center Analysts are part of your vital frontline and they represent your entire organization. HDI’s the Support Center Analysts course (SCA) provides analysts of all levels with strategies for effective customer care and problem resolution, as well as fundamental support processes and tools. In addition, the course prepares you for passing Support Center Analyst (SCA) certification!  
   
Support Center Manager (SCM) Training 
   
Date & Time: May 6-8, 2009; 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM 
Topic: Support Center Manager (SCM) Certification Training  
Speaker: Paul Dooley - Certified Instructor, HDI 
Host/Location: Denver, CO 
Directions: For directions and to register go to http://www.thinkhdi.com/certification/courseCalendar.aspx 
Description: This three-day course focuses on the best practice standards and skills necessary to successfully manage the strategic and tactical components of a support organization. Additionally, this course provides participants with a raised awareness and understanding of the ITIL® best practice framework and its application.  
   
Building Your Service Catalog 
   
Date & Time: Dec 4, 2008; 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM 
Topic: Building Your Service Catalog 
Speaker: Paul M. Dooley, HDI Certified Instructor 
Host/Location: San Diego 
Directions: For directions and to register go to http://www.thinkhdi.com/certification/courseCalendar.aspx  
Description: What drives your service level management? Your service level agreements, operational level agreements, and underpinning contracts? Your support center processes? How can you communicate to your customers that the support center is truly customer-focused and genuinely interested in putting the customer first? The answer is a service catalog.

This course focuses on the concepts and principles of creating, implementing, and maintaining a service catalog. Walk away with the knowledge you need to build and publish a service catalog for your organization.

Workshop Objectives

* Understand the relationship between support center strategies, processes, and the service catalog.
* Understand the service catalog's role in developing a best-in-class organization and running the support center as a business.
* Understand how to create, develop, implement, measure, report on, and maintain a service catalog.  
   
ITIL Foundations Training (V3) 
   
Date & Time: Dec 16-18, 2008; 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM 
Topic: ITIL Foundations Certification Training (V3) 
Speaker: Brian Flora, ITIL V3 Expert 
Host/Location: Irvine, CA 
Directions: For directions and to register go to http://www.CreativeEnterpriseSolutions.com/foundationsv3.php 
Description: This exciting and dynamic 3-day course introduces learners to the lifecycle of managing IT services to deliver to business expectations. With an engaging, case study based approach to learning the core disciplines of the ITIL best practice, this course positions the student to successfully complete the associated exam, required for entry into the future ITIL v3 intermediate level training courses.

The ITIL Version 3 best practice is composed of five core disciplines: Service Strategy, Service Design, Service Transition, Service Operations and Continual Service Improvement. These disciplines represent a service life cycle framework that further enhances alignment to the business while demonstrating business value, ROI and enabling IT to solve specific operational needs.  
   
ITIL Foundations Training (V3) 
   
Date & Time: Mar 23-25, 2009; 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM 
Topic: IIIL Foundations Certification Training (V3) 
Speaker: Erika Flora, ITIL V3 Expert 
Host/Location: Irvine, CA 
Directions: For directions and to register go to http://www.CreativeEnterpriseSolutions.com/foundationsv3.php 
Description: This exciting and dynamic 3-day course introduces learners to the lifecycle of managing IT services to deliver to business expectations. With an engaging, case study based approach to learning the core disciplines of the ITIL best practice, this course positions the student to successfully complete the associated exam, required for entry into the future ITIL v3 intermediate level training courses.

The ITIL Version 3 best practice is composed of five core disciplines: Service Strategy, Service Design, Service Transition, Service Operations and Continual Service Improvement. These disciplines represent a service life cycle framework that further enhances alignment to the business while demonstrating business value, ROI and enabling IT to solve specific operational needs.  
   
Proj Mgt Professional (PMP) Exam Prep 
   
Date & Time: Dec 15-19, 2008; 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM 
Topic: Project Mgt Professional (PMP) Exam Prep 
Speaker: Erika Flora, MS, PMP 
Host/Location: Irvine, CA 
Directions: For directions and to register go to http://www.CreativeEnterpriseSolutions.com/pmp.php  
Description: Pass the PMP® or CAPM® on your first try! Your ability as a project manager to demonstrate best practices in project management -both on the job and through professional certification- is becoming essential to compete in today's fast-paced and highly technical workplace. Learn the Project Management Institute's (PMI®) best practices to successfully manage projects and prepare for the PMP® examination.

The course features an Instructor led, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities, discussions, quizzes, tips and tricks, and practice questions / exams throughout. Students work chronologically through an actual project, putting concepts into real-life context and gaining useful document templates for use back at work. As a PMI® Registered Education Provider, this course provides the 35 contact hours of training required to apply for the examination.  
   
Proj Mgt Professional (PMP) Exam Prep 
   
Date & Time: Feb 2-6, 2009; 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM 
Topic: Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Prep 
Speaker: Erika Flor, MS, PMP 
Host/Location: Irvine, CA 
Directions: For directions and to register go to http://www.CreativeEnterpriseSolutions.com/pmp.php  
Description: Pass the PMP® or CAPM® on your first try! Your ability as a project manager to demonstrate best practices in project management -both on the job and through professional certification- is becoming essential to compete in today's fast-paced and highly technical workplace. Learn the Project Management Institute's (PMI®) best practices to successfully manage projects and prepare for the PMP® examination.

The course features an Instructor led, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities, discussions, quizzes, tips and tricks, and practice questions / exams throughout. Students work chronologically through an actual project, putting concepts into real-life context and gaining useful document templates for use back at work. As a PMI® Registered Education Provider, this course provides the 35 contact hours of training required to apply for the examination.  
   
 
 

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