Crossing the Rubicon is a practical, proven system to bring clarity and focus to your personal and professional life. Crossing the Rubicon is a figure of speech for taking bold, decisive action. When you learn and write your personal strategy as outlined in this Webinar, you cross the point of no return in that you take control of your own life and set a transformational course of action into play.

What People Will Learn:
* Seven Steps to writing your own personal strategy
* A road map to pull all your thinking and ambitions together into one cohesive and coordinated document
* Clarify your core values and what's truly important in your life and business
* Move from knowing about the steps to transform your situation to doing something very practical about it
* Become centered on who you are - not just what you do
* To enjoy living a life of purpose and passion

Date: December 13, 2011
Time: 9:00 am MST

This is a must-attend event for anyone who wants to develop clarity and focus to live a purpose filled life based on your core values and who you are, while maximizing your full potential and purpose with passion and loving what you do at every level in life.

NorthgateArinso and SAP invite you to a 60-minute Virtual Briefing about Integrated Talent Management.

During this interactive webinar, you will discover how integrated talent management supports the process of finding, nurturing, rewarding and retaining the best people and talent within your organization, through integrating HR processes.

A panel of HR experts will explain why integration really matters. Weaving individual Talent Management processes together into a consolidated system will let you uncover the benefits of enterprise-wide talent management, such as:

- How performance management can help optimize compensation planning
- How succession planning helps you to educate & develop future leaders by learning
- How global HR administration and data management leverages your HR investment across all Talent Management processes

PLUS: Enjoy a live demo of how euHReka handles key transactions in HR administration, payroll and talent management in an intuitive, fast, flexible and smartly integrated way.

What's in it for you?

- Learn more about the added value of integrated Talent Management
- Observe how easy it is to efficiently manage the life-cycle of your workforce
- Participate in a global forum and interact with fellow HR/IT decision makers and subject matter experts

Purchase to Pay Automation: Goals and challenges in a global enterprise

Effective change management is key to the success of any project which alters the way people work; whether that be a change to processes, technologies, systems or structures. However, many projects still suffer when organizational issues aren’t adequately addressed; so what practical steps can you make within your project delivery to ensure success and achieve your goals?

Nigel Chapman, Change Management Facilitator at ABB, will deliver a case study and share his experience and practical advice, providing you with key steps to reduce project risk and attain faster ROI. ABB successfully automated their invoice processing to increase efficiency and reduce costs. Join this webinar to find out how ABB successfully reaped the best results from their P2P automation program and discover:

- How to manage change regionally in line with the global enterprise
- Ways to gain stakeholder interest and developing user commitment
- How to achieve process centralization and system integration
- Techniques for tackling non-compliance
- A path to determine project success
- The top 5 lessons learnt and success factors from the UK regional implementation

Historically, companies have viewed billing strictly from an operations perspective -- get invoices and statements out the door as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. But did you realize there are strategic considerations to the billing function as well - ranging from enhanced customer retention, brand loyalty and cross-selling opportunities along with improved cash flow, dispute management and customer service? From this perspective, it's not just about bills going out; it's also about cash coming in.

Here’s your FREE pass to join an expert panel for an interactive discussion on the operational and strategic benefits of billing. Hear from a panel of experts on how companies are leveraging new billing processes not only to improve their operations but also to support their strategic objectives.

Panel includes: Tracy Garrett, Shared Services A/R Manager, Oldcastle APG
- Rob Hollenbach, Director Shared Services, IDEXX Laborato
- Megan Locke, Credit Supervisor, Chiquita Brands Int'l
- Mitch Rose, VP Marketing, Billtrust

Key topics will include:

- Paper and electronic bill delivery channels
- Advanced electronic bill delivery channels
- Key factors to consider when outsourcing invoice and statement delivery
- Advanced technology for online invoice presentment and payment
- Operational and strategic benefits of outsourced billing

Carl Barnes, a veteran of Shared Services implementation and re-engineering tells of his experiences in being able to reduce costs by 50%, achieve measureable SLA’s and record breaking DSO

‘Do you need access to a lower cost of delivery? Do you have the opportunity to look at the ‘Art of the Possible?’

Implementation of an outsourcing strategy is never easy no matter what core reason lies behind the decision to outsource. Whether it is to strip back costs, add value to current processes or implement process improvement - BPO is never a bed of roses. For example: do you outsource first and have the provider fix processes and problems or should you fix the issues before you outsource? One of the many questions you may be currently chewing on if you are considering outsourcing.

In this FREE webinar – Carl Barnes, a veteran of Shared Services implementation and re-engineering tells of his experiences in being able to reduce costs by 50%, achieve measureable SLA’s and record breaking DSO. With experiences working with global organizations who partnered with Sutherland Global Services, he will candidly discuss some of the criteria which determined these organizations’ decision to select Sutherland as a BPO partner:

Cultural: Gaining trust and partnership, flexibility and adaptability
Financial: One price – inclusive of people, technology and governance
The Solution: Best fit delivery model with technology led transformation

But nothing new is without its challenges and this presentation will follow that journey. It will take us from initial steps and challenges, to tips on turning the corner, to and getting on the road to steady state, and to finally reach a stage managing and continuous improvement.

OVERVIEW
The 90-minute webinar will comprise expert insights and coaching, as well as case studies and Q&A. Following the webinar, registered attendees will have access to a recording of the webinar and a PDF file of the presentation material.

AGENDA
* Introduction, Objectives, Biographies
* Why DfE? Strategic importance to designers, competitive products, risk reduction, and profitability
* New regulations and standards brewing: Similarities, differences, trajectories
* DfE Checklist: How to train designers and how to measure environmental and financial benefits
* Supply-chain DfE: Preparing for the coming wave of DfE requirements, and what you can do to get your company ready
* Q&A with electronics companies strategically committed to DfE

PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS
Electronics designers (electrical, electronic, mechanical), Supply-chain managers, Product managers, R&D, operations and marketing executives, academia.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS
Pamela J. Gordon, president of Technology Forecasters Inc. (TFI) brings data and insights from running DfE Workshops over the past 6 years, training more than 1,000 designers, supply-chain and product managers, and executives. She is an executive consultant for High-ROI Environmental Roadmaps and author of the 2001 book, Lean and Green: Profit for Your Workplace and the Environment. Pamela Gordon, pgordon@techforecasters.com, 1-510-601-9107

Michael Kirschner, President of Design Chain Associates, LLC (DCA) actively influences DfE standards like EPEAT and regulations like California's Safer Alternatives Regulation that drive the industry. Mike has in-the-trenches experience preparing designers for the coming wave of DfE requirements, and what they can do to get ready. Mike Kirschner, mike@designchainassociates.com, 1-415-904-8330

Enquiro’s BuyerSphere research project identified three distinct purchase types in B2B. In this 30-minute webinar, we take a closer look at how to adapt your Pay-Per-Click advertising campaigns to the reality of how your buyers buy: Repeat Purchases, Repeat Modified, or Blank Slate. PPC campaigns can’t use a one-type fits all strategy, and by targeting buyers to these three segments you will meet and improve your campaign objectives. We cite examples of how to tailor ad creative, landing pages, and measurement to specific B2B purchase types.
In this webinar, you’ll learn

* How to identify where your company fits with regards to purchase types
* Tips on which ad messaging works for identified purchase type
* Landing page design best practices, specific to different marketing scenarios
* Gain a better understanding of how PPC can drive the demand gen. process

Who should attend: Online marketing managers, directors and PPC management professionals