Conferences
Strategies 2010:
Harnessing the Power of People
March 3rd — 5th, 2010
W Atlanta Midtown, Atlanta, Georgia
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
11 am Pacific/2 pm Eastern
Why is it critical to develop a talent management strategy before changing processes or implementing technologies? What can you do if you are already down the path of implementation and don’t have one? As organizations implement solutions to better manage their workforces, there is greater complexity and need for direction and accountability. Join Mike Brennan and Heidi Spirgi of Knowledge Infusion in this Talent Management magazine webinar, sponsored by Plateau, to learn:
• Steps to get you started on a talent management strategy.
• How to sell the talent management value proposition to the organization.
• The importance of a defined governance structure for decision making.
• How to get the business’ support.
• How to measure and communicate your initiatives’ success.
Michael Brennan
Principal Consultant
Knowledge Infusion
Michael Brennan works closely with clients to help them maximize the impact of their workforces. Since joining Knowledge Infusion in June 2006, Brennan has helped large financial services, retail and nonprofit organizations with talent management strategies, business process design and technology rollouts. His areas of primary focus include measurement and analytics, learning management, performance management and succession management. Most recently, he managed several client learning management implementations at WBT Systems. Brennan has contributed to many publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, InformationWeek, Comuputerworld and Chief Learning Officer and Talent Management magazines. He holds a bachelor’s degree and an MBA from Boston University.
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Heidi Spirgi
President
Knowledge Infusion
Heidi Spirgi is president and co-founder of Knowledge Infusion, a strategic consulting organization that works collaboratively with clients to help them achieve true business results from human capital management (HCM) and talent management technologies. She has been in the forefront of learning, develaopment and HCM solutions and strategies for more than 12 years. Spirgi works closely with clients, leading consulting projects on integrated talent management initiatives.
She has broad background in applying technology to HR and learning organizations. Before co-founding Knowledge Infusion, Spirgi spent eight years at PeopleSoft, most recently driving the launch and product marketing for the PeopleSoft Learning Management solution and workforce performance solutions. She also held a series of roles at PeopleSoft in the financial services, retail and manufacturing industries in addition to leading human resource management system (HRMS) sales training at PeopleSoft University. Before joining PeopleSoft, Spirgi was a senior HRMS business analyst for Seagate Technology and Swiss Bank Corp. in Zurich.
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