News & Events

Impact Insights is extremely active in the business community and technology industry. Check here regularly for events, workshops, Webinars and more.

Upcoming events:

Impact Lunch & Learn
How to Build an Award-winning IT Organization
Getting IT Organizations Where They Should Be: At the Heart of Business Mission, Vision & Strategy

Join us for lunch and learn the secrets to building dynamic, high-performing IT organizations! Focusing on POWERSHIP®, the proprietary business management methodology developed to rigorously align technology processes, initiatives and teams with business performance, the presentation will explore how the very best IT organizations involve every team member—from admin to senior-most executives—in business strategy and execution.

We will also share concrete techniques for advancing and evolving IT contributions to ensure they are aligned with business goals, such as profitability, growth, innovation, brand reach, customer retention and market position.

This event is hosted by Impact Insights Vice President Kathie Topel.

• September 29, Rosemont, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
• September 30, Chicago, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Contact Impact Insights at events@impactinsights.com to register or request a customized workshop for your organization.

On August 27th, from 7:30am till noon, i.c.stars (www.icstars.org) is holding its fourth annual iOpener event. Everybody in attendance will participate in a brainstorming session around what it means to be an organization with “innovative DNA” to attract and retain employees for the future workforce.

Learn what a wide range of companies are doing that’s innovative, share what jobs are being created – jobs that didn’t exist 3 years ago – and how other companies of all sizes are recruiting staff with innovative DNA. Hear how the workforce is evolving and see how companies are training and, in some cases, re-training their employees to stay on the leading edge of their industries.

Lance Pressl of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce Innovate Now will highlight key entrepreneurs who are innovators in staffing for the future and The event’s lead guide/moderator Tom Kuczmarski of the Chicago Innovation Awards will take us through our table brainstorming.

When: Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Where: Radisson – Mayfair directions, 2303 North Mayfair Road, Milwaukee 53226
Time:
7:30 a.m. Registration & Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Speaker, Kathie Topel, Vice President, Impact Insights
9:15 a.m. Questions & Answer
Cost: $35/Members; $45/Guests; $15/Academics/Non-profits/in-transition; $22/Academic Guest
Topic: How to Build an Award-winning IT Organization: The Art Behind Getting IT Organizations Where They Should Be. Learn more here: http://www.simnet.org/?page=WIS_Sept_Meeting.

Register

Join Kathie Topel, longtime IT industry executive and visionary from Impact Insights part of SPR Companies, as she shares the secrets to building dynamic, high-performing IT organizations. Focusing on POWERSHIP®, the proprietary business management methodology she developed to rigorously align technology processes, initiatives and teams with business performance, the presentation will explore how the very best IT organizations involve every team member—from admin to senior-most executives—in business strategy and execution. At the same time, Topel will discuss how to advance and evolve IT contributions to ensure they are aligned with business goals such as profitability, growth, innovation, brand reach, customer retention and market position.

In this session, you will learn…

• The proven, nine-step POWERSHIP® process for engaging IT teams, executing “the impossible” and delivering powerful business results.
• How to make awareness and accountability core responsibilities for an entire organization, not just the leadership team.
• The critical difference between teamwork in name and teamwork in practice.
• The surprising amount of change IT teams can manage if the adjustments are well explained and left open for plenty of discussion.
• How to turn strong IT performance into award-winning IT performance that will get your technology team noticed, inside the company and out.

While half of the presentation will examine POWERSHIP® principles Topel laid out in her best selling business book of the same name, the second half will dissect two case studies of leading businesses that embraced the methodology. Session attendees will walk away with actionable ideas and see firsthand how true alignment and focus across the IT organization fuel remarkable business achievements.

Speaker: Kathie Topel
When: Tuesday, September 7, 4 – 6 p.m.
Details: http://www.slideshare.net/pmaher59/itkan-agenda9710?from=share_email