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Karen Angellatta-Wheeler with Effective Sales Strategies

September 10, 2014 by angishields

Learning Insights

Karen Angellatta-Wheeler with Effective Sales Strategies

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Karen Angellatta-Wheeler / Effective Sales Strategies

Karen Angellatta-Wheeler is a Human Capital, Sales & Marketing Strategist and Thought Leader with a 20 year proven track record of increasing sales, marketing awareness, employee retention and customer satisfaction, and building successful, award-winning teams from the ground up. Most recently, Karen was the Director of Sales Training for EarthLink Business in their Talent Management department in Human Resources. She was selected as the leader to build an integrated team of training professionals during their high growth evolution of combining 10 network and IT services companies.

Creating Talent Management Scorecards, especially for Sales and Leadership Training initiatives is an area of expertise for Karen based on her previous leadership roles with EarthLink, Verizon Wireless and GTE as well as her consulting firm, Effective Sales Strategies.

Talent Management Scorecards have also been called Balanced Scorecards and are designed to measure the effectiveness of the entire Talent Management cycle – from recruitment to turnover and everything in between. The development of these Scorecards involves the partnership across many departments, not just Human Resources. This 30-minute radio segment will explain Talent Management Scorecards, what type of data is needed to create them, and the potential outcomes you could achieve at your company.

Jennifer Williams with Turner Broadcasting

September 3, 2014 by angishields

Learning Insights

Jennifer Williams with Turner Broadcasting

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Jennifer Williams / Turner Broadcasting

Jennifer Williams is currently a Learning Development Consultant at Turner Broadcasting. She is responsible for the organization’s marquis Management and Leadership Development Programs as well as supports a Team of Global Technology Professionals. Throughout her career she has designed and implements game-changing initiatives that result in increased productivity, organizational capability, and revenue for such organization as AT&T, Chubb Insurance, the Department of Human Resources for the State of Georgia and Georgia Pacific. She has been a longstanding member of the American Society of Trainer and Developers , now ATD, occupying committee lead and board positions for several years while also being an avid volunteer in the community for organizations like Habitat for Humanity, Goodwill, Families First and the United Way. She lives in metro Atlanta with her daughter Amanda.

Rachel McConnell Berg with Mulling Corporation

July 30, 2014 by angishields

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Rachel McConnell Berg with Mulling Corporation

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Rachel McConnell Berg / Mulling Corporation

Brian Krause with BMA Chicago and Nicole Martin with 101 Best and Brightest

June 6, 2014 by angishields

Chicago Business Radio

Brian Krause with BMA Chicago and Nicole Martin with 101 Best and Brightest

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Guest co-host Mike Lynn with TrainingPros joined us for this edition of Chicago Business Radio.

Brian Krause / BMA Chicago

Recently named by BtoB Magazine as one of the top digital marketers, Brian is a graduate from Benedictine University with a Bachelors of Arts in Management and MBA in Business Administration. Brian consistently grew within the company achieving success in areas as a sales engineer supporting business production that was designed in the US and brought into China and Singapore to his current role Vice President of Marketing and Communications for the Molex Global Sales and Marketing division.

Today Brian manages the Molex Brand, all online properties including Molex.com, Social Media, and connector.com and develops and drives Molex’s product “go to market strategy” which includes Global Advertising, Public Relations, Integrated Campaigns, electronic promotions, SEO/SEM, e-newsletters, Marketing Automation Platform, Promotion Plans, all online and print communications, release packages, web publishing, the “Team Molex” audio conference calls, product sample kits and content for newsletters and promotions.

Nicole Martin /101 Best and Brightest

Nicole Martin is a dynamic consultative leader energized by helping organizations meet their strategic objectives through their people.

With a passion towards service and results, she is a Strategic HR leader with hands-on experience across multiple disciplines. Nicole has nearly 20 years in the field of human resources, primarily in leadership roles. With an inspired, approachable personality, Nicole is energized to partner with business leaders to achieve results with sustainable returns. Her career has been focused in Private, Public, and Financial Services, Non-Profit and Manufacturing environments. Nicole is recognized as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) by the Human Resource Certification Institute and carries a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management (MSHRM). She is immersed in the world of human resources management every day.

As Founder of HRBoostTM, LLC. she advises on best practices and HR’s role in strategic alignment. Her clients include a broad range of businesses seeking to build a competitive advantage and understand the employee value proposition. Nicole serves on the Advisory Board for Chicago’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work ForTM and acts as a Representative for Business Development nationally. She dedicates herself to actionable human resources, leadership and business development.

Oliver Yandle with Association of Legal Administrators, JC Grubbs with DevMynd and Mike Lynn with TrainingPros

June 6, 2014 by angishields

Chicago Business Radio

Oliver Yandle with Association of Legal Administrators, JC Grubbs with DevMynd and Mike Lynn with TrainingPros

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Oliver Yandle / Association of Legal Administrators

Since Oliver took ALA’s helm in July 2012, he has led a major transformation initiative to help evolve the Association’s future. ALA’s Strategic Plan consists of four goals for evolving ALA’s future; smart, sustainable growth, highly satisfied customers, innovative product design and delivery and highly engaged talent. Oliver is active in both the Society of Association Executives (ASAE) where he holds the Certified Association Executive designation, and the Association Forum of Chicagoland, where he served as Chair of the Board of Directors.

JC Grubbs / DevMynd

JC has been working in technology for nearly 15 years. Over his career he has worked as a developer and designer and has lead teams large and small. He has served as interim and stand-in CTO for several startups during his work at DevMynd. Today the company helps customers in a variety of industries solve difficult technical and user experience problems and is becoming a thought leader in the business of technology space.

Mike Lynn / TrainingPros

Mike Lynn is the Managing Director of Lynn Learning Collaborations, based in Chicago, and also a Relationship Manager for TrainingPros and a Senior Instructor for thoughtLEADERS, LLC. He worked for nine years in the learning and professional development function at McKinsey and Company global consulting firm, and has been independently doing learning consulting, facilitating and coaching since 2009.

Carey Garback and Jenny Ergle with eSecuritel

March 5, 2014 by angishields

Learning Insights

Carey Garback and Jenny Ergle with eSecuritel

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At eSecuritel, the learning and development department is engaging the employees of their clients through training initiatives. Listen as Carey Garback and Jenny Ergle discuss how they work with sales, implementation, and the actual customer to design and deliver training.

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DeShaun Wise with Kimberly Clark

February 19, 2014 by angishields

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DeShaun Wise with Kimberly Clark

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DeShaun Wise/Kimberly Clark

DeShaun is Senior Talent Management Consultant with Kimberly Clark. DeShaun is an experienced professional with over 10 years of experience in learning & development, project/change management and driving performance initiatives. Currently, the majority of her time is spent focusing on global projects and initiatives within her three regions, Latin America, Middle East/Africa and Asia-Pacific that ranges from onboarding or transformation agendas. Her passion lies in the design and strategic implementation of programs that accelerate the growth of their employees so they are positioned to deliver superior results year over year. In addition to her fulfilling professional career, Ms. Wise serves of the Board of Directors for the Pink Wish Foundation, is Chair of the Professional Development Committee for the African-American Employee Network, as well as, an active member in her community.

Ms. Wise is a graduate of Florida State University where she earned a dual-degree in Finance and Multinational Business Operations with an emphasis in Economics and continued on to receive a certification in both, Global Human Capital Strategy and Professional in Human Resources.

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ASTD Atlanta SIGs and GIGs- The Heartbeat of the Chapter

February 5, 2014 by angishields

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ASTD Atlanta SIGs and GIGs- The Heartbeat of the Chapter

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Florida Starks/Verizon Wireless

Florida Starks is currently an Area Training Manager in charge of Business-Government Customer Operations and Vendor operations with Verizon Wireless. From 1993-2000, Starks worked with Ameritech Cellular where she was an Assistant Manager of Business and Learning Development and held a variety of sales and service leadership roles. Prior to joining Verizon, she was a Regional Account Manager and Trainer at Bencharge Financial.

Starks earned her BA in Human Resource Management from Lindenwood University. In 2010, she earned her Master’s in Adult Education Management from Strayer University. She will graduate from Capella University in March 2013 with a PhD in Leadership for Higher Education.

Florida is Director of SIGs/GIGs for ASTD Atlanta.

Chrissy Derrer/Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Chrissy has an SPHR certification and a Master’s in organizational leadership and development. She is currently the Manager of design for management and leadership development programs at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. She has a history of cultivating environments of continuous learning & improvement with proven HR & OD expertise in the areas of recruitment and selection, policy development, technical training, change management, operational efficiency, performance management, & leadership and management development. Chrissy has a passion for excellence, which is reflected in her initiatives to improve people, systems and processes. She has worked on varied projects that span research and analysis, project management, systems testing and implementation, business process reengineering, grant writing, and building community and collaboration. With ASTD, Chrissy is the chair for the NE GA GIG and has been involved with that GIG since its inception a little over 5 years ago.

Eric Langley/Abeo

Eric is a lifelong entrepreneur. He recently founded Abeo, a software platform leveraging predictive modeling to help business managers make better informed people decisions. Abeo’s clients are people and organizations that value improving productivity and reducing stress in the workplace.

Eric’s background is in diverse technology based solutions including; security, entertainment, automation and business processes In his spare time Eric enjoys sailing, sailboat racing, hiking, motorcycle riding and diving. Eric attended Merrimack College in Massachusetts studying Computer Science and Psychology.

Eric is a SIG Leader with ASTD Atlanta.

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Stephanie Crowe with Manhattan Associates

December 11, 2013 by angishields

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Stephanie Crowe with Manhattan Associates

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Stephanie Crowe/Manhattan Associates

Stephanie Crowe is a global learning leader, dedicated to the development and operation of high quality, strategically driven training programs for expertise-leveraged business. Stephanie is the Director of Global Learning and Development for Manhattan Associates, an Atlanta-based firm specializing in the development and implementation of supply chain commerce software that delivers bottom-line efficiency and top-line enablement for supply chain leaders.

Stephanie has launched and led multiple corporate and organizational universities, nationwide and global in scope. Her teams have won ASTD Best and Training Top 100 recognition as well as industry accolades. She has achieved $42 million in revenue through channel training efforts in her first year leading the learning function for a global technology firm. Stephanie also led a process change team whose efforts resulted in $59 million in returns within two years. She has spearheaded groundbreaking training solutions in interactive and blended simulation for soft skills to the academic and corporate markets. Curricula designed and developed by Stephanie range from interactive blended learning team simulations to high technology product e-learning to instructor-led process training.

Community connections include being a long-time member and Volunteer Leader for Women in Technology of Atlanta, and serving on the Board of the Central Valley and Atlanta Chapters of ASTD (American Society for Training and Development.) She holds an MBA with Honors in Strategic Management from The Wharton School and a BA in International Studies from American University in Washington, DC. She is a certified Facilitator, Mediator and Instructional Designer.