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Thank you for making Talentpalooza an HUGE success! We hope the information provided was educational and useful in your daily challenge to maximize the value of your workforce, and differentiate your organization against the competition. If you missed Talentpalooza or want to see a session you were unable to attend we will be posting the presentations shortly. Please note that you need to be registered for Talentpalooza to view the recordings - if you have not registered yet, please register at the top right corner of this page. Again, thank you for your interest in Talentpalooza!!!! Sincerely, The Crew at Talentpalooza! Customer Case Studies How NASA successfully launched an Individual Development Plan strategy starring: Robert Hubbard Click here for details  In Spring 2008, NASA launched the Individual Development Plan (IDP) functionality in its Plateau learning management system – the System for Administration, Training, and Educational Resources for NASA (SATERN). This session will provide an overview of the types of resources and materials required and will highlight the extensive change management effort surrounding the roll-out which included a comprehensive communication, training and marketing plan. It will also cover best practices to launching a successful IDP strategy and process. Technology Trends Social Collaboration for Business starring: Chinni Reddygari Click here for details  Social Collaboration can be used in many arenas to improve product research, service delivery, customer loyalty, business management and public policy outread. This session will explore how the Web 2.0 technologies can play a part in Business social collaboration. Some of the topics we'll be discussing here are Web 2.0, Enterprise 2.0, Government 2.0, web 2 tools and technologies, Business value, Business concerns, Best practices, ROI, Web 3.0, WOA etc.. Industry Experts Establishing a Talent-Driven Culture starring: David Forman Click here for details  The only unique asset that a business has for gaining a sustained competitive advantage is its workforce. The skills, competencies and attitudes of an organization's workforce are the primary ingredients for business success in today's global, interconnected world. Yet, most management and talent practices are based on an organizational model that are outdated or tied to control and compliance practices. This webcast will explore key talent management processes, talent adoption models and steps an organizations go through to reach a state in which is talent-based culture is established. Keynote The New Workplace: Ten Talent Trends You Can't Ignore starring: Leighanne Levensaler Click here for details  In this keynote presentation, Leighanne Levensaler will address 10 trends that are transforming the workplace and directly impact HR and learning organizations. Attendees will learn how leading companies are tackling the toughest challenges of the decade. Shrinking labor pools. Highly diverse workforces. Intense demand for talent mobility. You'll also learn where technology can assist and what you can realistically expect. You'll leave this presentation with information and practical guidance that can be put to use in any organization -- no matter the size, budget, or industry segment. Technology Trends The World According to SaaS starring: Ed Cohen Click here for details  Software as a Service (SaaS) sounds like a pretty easy concept to understand but when we “look under the hood” we realize that there is much more to understand. This session will explore the different definitions of SaaS, the pros and cons of SaaS and the industry trends that surrounds it. Customer Case Studies Leveraging Communities to Meet Top Talent Challenges starring: Kathryn Perkins & Rachel Van Noord Click here for details  To meet the growing needs for our community members to gather online to build their skills and support one another, WebJunction built and deployed a revolutionary platform that integrates social tools, content management, learning management, an industry-first competency index, customer support, and virtual meeting spaces. In this program, Kathryn Perkins and Rachel Van Noord will provide: A demonstration of how communities will enhance your talent management framework for high-impact results. Great tips on how to engage members in discussions, groups, content sharing, and collaborative learning Key lessons learned in how to get staff, members, executives and your industry to become passionate participants and sustain a learning community environment. In the era of Google, budgetary challenges and the expansion of information globally, libraries are redefining information services of the future. WebJunction, a division of OCLC, was started in 2003 by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to provide library staff an online community to create and share information. Today, WebJunction has more than 40,000 members and 19 premiere partners, providing services to libraries in the U.S. and Canada. Industry Experts Advancing Your Talent Management Strategy starring: Heidi Spirgi & Suzanne Rumsey Click here for details  What can do if your planned technology investment has been put on hold? What if you have a great technology and are already implemented—what do you do next? Join this session to understand how you can advance your talent management strategy, regardless of where you stand with your technology. We'll show you strategic initiatives that will help you get more from your technology, and help you understand how to maximize what you currently have. We'll discuss best practices, practical applications, and case studies including: Creating Talent Pipelines and Understanding Talent Mobility New Organizational Structures and Roles to Support Talent Management Creating an Integrated Talent Management Strategy Social Collaboration, Knowledge Transfer, and Employee Engagement Customer Case Studies Globalizing Talent at The Walt Disney Company starring: Michelle Haas & Susan Kramer Click here for details  The Walt Disney Company launched the first enterprise - wide talent management strategy to employees, managers and training professionals across five business segments in 42 countries. Disney engaged their diverse business segments and collaborated with learning and HR teams across the organization to design and implement a flexible, cost-effective, and scalable learning management system to support business objectives and employee development goals. This session will highlight the four business drivers that helped Disney reach their overall goal of realizing enterprise value by aligning employee career development with its strategic initiatives: 1. Reduce cost and cost avoidance 2. Enhanced quality of the learning and retention of the learning materials 3. Improved access, flexibility and speed of systems, courses and content 4. Expand usability and collaboration across business segments. Learn how Disney rolled-out and managed their global career development initiatives and how they addressed the specific needs by segment and country. Technology Trends The World According to CaaS starring: Lee Wright Click here for details  As many learning and training administrators can attest, content is the oft-neglected piece of an organization's learning strategy, with application functionality taking precedence over the content being delivered. Many organizations typically put off incorporating online content or not realize where their content resides until the last minute before the go-live. Usually each department may have content in department-specific locations with no centrally managed catalog which leaves little control over the types or quality of content available for an organization's end users. With the popularity of the SaaS model, organizations are now demanding the same type of benefits (ease of use, availability, easy deployment, lower costs, and seamless product upgrades) for online content. This session will explore the new Content-as-a-Service (CaaS) model and discuss how organizations will be able to deliver effective and accurate online training with an improved user experience. Industry Experts Learning 2.0: Driving High Performance with New Strategies,Tools and a Broader Mission starring: Tom Hoglund Click here for details  Join Tom Hoglund from Accenture in a discussion of Learning 2.0. Find out how the next generation of learning will facilitate and accelerate on the job learning with just in time, bite sized learning delivered at the point of need using Web 2.0 technologies and through multiple channels like cell phones and iPods. Discover how leading companies are already implementing these capabilities and how they are driving higher performance and business value. Learn the challenges companies have faced as they start to implement a more social learning model with end users and experts directly creating learning content.