Media Alert: Knowledge Infusion's Heidi Spirgi Presents "End to End Talent Management" Session with Premera Blue Cross at TechLearn 2005
Knowledge Infusion's President, Heidi Spirgi, will deliver a session on Sept. 26th on "End to End Talent Management" in conjunction with Premera Blue Cross. Taking place on the second day of TechLearn 2005, the presentation falls under the conferenceÂ’s Strategy and Planning track.
Danville, CA (PRWEB) September 26, 2005
LAS VEGAS, TechLearn -- September 26, 2005 -- Knowledge Infusion's President, Heidi Spirgi, will deliver a session today on "End to End Talent Management" in conjunction with Premera Blue Cross. Taking place on the second day of TechLearn 2005, the presentation falls under the conference's Strategy and Planning track that focuses on the definition, design, and development of workplace learning and performance strategies that align with organizational objectives -- providing attendees with real world examples of the impact and value of learning on an organization's business.
WHAT: Heidi Spirgi, President of Knowledge Infusion, a strategic human capital management (HCM) consultancy, will deliver the session titled, "End to End Talent Management at Premera Blue Cross: Creating a Pipeline for Today's Top Talent" with Annie Ayerst, Director of Workforce Planning and Development at Premera Blue Cross. Spirgi and Ayerst's presentation will focus on the following key areas:
• Why learning is such a critical piece of Premera's overall talent management process
• How to bring about organizational change that is needed to integrate hiring, development, and performance management processes and technologies
• How to build an end-to-end talent management process that aligns employee behavior with an organization's strategic objectives
TechLearn is a leading event focused on technology, process, and people-related issues for business, education and government leaders using learning and training to develop workforce skills, engage customers and provide interactive programs in their organizations. This annual event attracts more than 2,000 attendees worldwide and is the most powerful, practitioner-led conference available with learning executives from more than 60 of the world's leading organizations presenting throughout the event.
WHO: Heidi Spirgi, President of Knowledge Infusion, co-founded the San Ramon, Calif. based consultancy to help HR and learning organizations realize "the other side of the equation" -- the true strategic value they can drive within and across an enterprise by leveraging strategic HCM and learning technologies. Spirgi has been in the forefront of learning, development and HCM solutions and strategies for more than 10 years. With a broad background in applying technology to HR and training organizations, Spirgi has been responsible for developing and deploying training to companies in more than 25 countries and 14 languages. Her experience includes developing the strategy for PeopleSoft's leading Learning Management solution, which launched the product into its rapidly growing presence in the learning management systems (LMS) market.
Annie Ayerst, Director of Workforce Planning and Development, is responsible for all internal and external staffing and recruiting as well as associate training at Premera Blue Cross. Prior to joining Premera Blue Cross, Ayerst held a positon as the International Staffing Manager for Starbucks. She also spent time honing her skills in the retail and hospitality fields as a consultant and Director of Recruitment and Retention for the Tommy Bahama and Red Robin chains. With a broad range of experience, Ayerst started her professional career in operations before gravitating toward human resources. She has been involved with the Northwest RecruiterÂ’s Association, the Professional and Technical Diversity Network and served as the diversity director for the Seattle Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).
WHY: While many organizations talk about the identification, development, and tracking of key talent, few are actually doing it. This session will provide attendees with real world examples of Blue Cross Premera's efforts to establish a world-class process for recruiting and moving key talent through the organization.
WHEN: TechLearn 2005 is taking place from September 25 – 28th; the "End to End Talent Management at Premera Blue Cross" session is on Monday, September 26th from 12:30 to 1:15 p. m. PDT.
WHERE: TechLearn 2005 is being held at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
CONTACT:
Megan Gates
Director, Public Relations
Knowledge Infusion
#925.577.8685
About Knowledge Infusion
Knowledge Infusion is a strategic consulting organization dedicated to helping organizations realize the true value of human capital management (HCM) technologies. Knowledge Infusion works with clients to map HCM technology strategies based on their unique business needs, optimize existing HCM applications, and tie HCM initiatives to specific, measurable business results. For more information, please visit: http://www. knowledge-infusion. com
Knowledge Infusion and the Knowledge Infusion logo are registered trademarks of Knowledge Infusion, LLC. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
# # #
