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StoryBoard Presentation Invitation to Submit - WCBF's 5th Annual Lean Six Sigma Summit, June 24-25, Chicago

WCBF will be approving a limited number of Storyboard/Poster presentations for display at WCBF’s 5^th Annual Lean Six Sigma Summit, The Oak Brook Hills Marriott Resort, Chicago, June 23-26 2009

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Employee Engagement Toolkit
In such a turbulent business environment, it's important you know what key drivers affect your employees' attitudes and how you can best harness them. Employee engagement should still be a vital ingredient in any communicator's strategy for 2009.

Download your free report - An Employee Engagement Toolkit (worth $120) - when you sign up today for a free trial to the Internal Comms Hub:
http://internalcommshub.com/freetrial/freetrial.shtml

"The report was excellent and gave me a lot of food for thought."
Andrew Walker, Comms & Marketing Manager, Central Scotland Police

This FREE report is packed full of practical, tried-and-tested expert advice from internal communicators about how to communicate with your employees, including:

* The Mind Gym: Tapping into what drives and motivates employees
* How to reward employees
* Common difficulties that can occur during change programs
* Listening exercises
* Using stories to engage employees
* Building engagement through face-to-face interaction
* Collaborating with wikis

Download your free report and sign up for a Hub trial today:
http://internalcommshub.com/freetrial/freetrial.shtml

Posted by Anders Hemre at interKnowledge Technologies on behalf of Melcrum.

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Selected Technology News
Qumu announced Qumu Kodiak, a suite of video capture and streaming products.

Zoho announced Zoho Gadgets. The new offering provides embeddable gadget versions of its online productivity and collaboration applications.

Salesforce.com announced Mobile Lite. The new offering enables access to Salesforce CRM from BlackBerry, iPhone and Windows Mobile devices. 

Upcoming Innovation & Knowledge Management Conferences

APQC annual KM conference Houston, TX, May 14-15
The Front End of Innovation Boston, MA, May 18-20

ICIMT 2009 Tokyo, Japan, May 27-29

ispim 2009 Vienna, Austria June 21-24

KMO 2009 Taipei, Taiwan, June 23-24

ICKMKE 2009 Paris, France, June 24-26

I-KNOW 2009 Graz Austria, September 2-4

ICICKM Montreal, Canada, October 1-2

Posted by Anders Hemre at interKnowledge Technologies

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Is common sense in short supply in the business world? That's what author Jeffrey Pfeffer argues in this interview on idea connection:
http://www.ideaconnection.com/interviews/00112-Unconventional-Wisdom.html?ref=nl042109 

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From the Conference Board of Canada
The time for talk about “strategic” HR is over. Economic challenges are testing Canada’s HR leaders, and senior executives are striving to cut costs and streamline processes. Now is the time that HR must demonstrate its ability to add strategic value and contribute to the organization’s long-term success.
The Conference Board can help with a new e-Presentation that discusses strategic workforce planning and its affect on your organization’s bottom line. Strategic workforce planning connects and directs talent management activities to ensure an organization has the right people in the right places at the right time and at the right price to execute its business strategy.

Strategic Workforce Planning, April 2009
$350, Recorded Webinar
Recent labour and talent shortages caused many organizations to invest heavily in workforce planning. The challenge now is, how does this expensive workforce strategic planning exercise adapt to an unexpected and dramatic shift in business conditions? How does the previous work stand up to sudden change, and how can you adapt your plans to help your organization plan for and deal with the challenges ahead? Mary Young will tackle these questions in this 45 minute presentation, from her perspective as a U.S. talent management and workforce planning expert.

SPECIAL BONUS OFFER
Order your copy of Strategic Workforce Planning for $350 and receive a free e-copy of the research report Strategic Workforce Planning: Forecasting Human Capital Needs to Execute Business Strategy (a value of $1,550). This 71-page report seeks to answer:
What is Strategic Workforce Planning? What have organizations learned from their experience about its implementation? How should Strategic Workforce Planning be adapted to fit specific organizational contexts? What impact has Strategic Workforce Planning had? What challenges limit its impact?
To order, please call 1-866-711-2262 or email publications@conferenceboard.ca. Please quote campaign code SWP09 when ordering to ensure you receive the bonus report.

Posted by Anders Hemre at interKnowledge Technologies on behalf of the Conference Board.

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Cover all your bases before buying an ERP solution for 2009!
But before you commit to an ERP solution and vendor, check out the FREE ERP To-Do Checklist. 

The ERP To-Do Checklist will help you create terms and conditions specific to your company before the purchase that will both ensure a successful purchasing decision and expedite the implementation of an ERP solution across your company! 

Download your FREE ERP To-Do-Checklist to read and learn:

• Top 12 things to ask before you write that BIG check to a vendor
• Who should be involved in the purchasing decision and implementation of an ERP system
• How to identify business needs and the ERP solution features that meet them
• How to conserve cash flow by buying only what you need first, then adding modules later Future needs to consider, I.E, training, support, software updates and more...

Cover all your bases before buying an ERP solution for 2009! 
Download your FREE ERP To-Do Checklist now: Things to Ask Before You Write That BIG Check To A Vendor!

Posted by Anders Hemre at interKnowledge Technologies on behalf of Inside-ERP

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Selected Technology News
Avaak announced Vue, a personal video network

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Fixing Enterprise Search:
Expanding the Reach, Results, Usability of Enterprise Search

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 — 11:00 am PT / 2:00 pm ET

Recent studies have found workers spend between 15 and 35 percent of their time finding information.

The requirement to find information quickly and easily makes search technology a practical and essential tool with a measurable return on investment (ROI). However, search engines are optimized to search web pages and documents and they still fall short inside the enterprise when you consider the additional IT assets stored in applications and other real-time sources of information like databases and ERP Systems. These systems remain "unsearchable" by many current search solutions and largely remain the domain of operational reporting and business intelligence software.

Join KMWorld and Information Builders to learn how Enterprise Search can become the most complete and relevant starting point for integrating and navigating all of your IT Assets, including Databases, Applications and Real-time information.

Fixing Enterprise Search:
Expanding the Reach, Results, Usability of Enterprise Search

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 — 11:00 am PT / 2:00 pm ET
REGISTER NOW for this complimentary webcast

Posted by Anders Hemre at interKnowledge Technologies on behalf of KMWorld

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Everything you always wanted to know about CRM
(But Were Afraid to Ask)

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