Learn more about PeopleConnect Live’s expert keynote speakers.
PeopleConnect Live, PeopleAdmin’s can’t-miss, premiere HigherEd event, is coming up next week on October 19-20! Take this chance to dive into the biggest challenges facing HigherEd today and gain insight from our expert keynote speakers. Check out a preview of our keynotes below!
Dr. Wendy M. Purcell, Ph.D., FRSA
Dr. Wendy Purcell PhD FRSA is a Research Scholar with Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She leads research on global leadership and governance for sustainable transformation in higher education and business sectors. Dr. Purcell has authored over 100 academic publications and takes a keen interest in equity, diversity and inclusion, leadership and governance and sustainability. Her keynote discussion at PeopleConnect Live is entitled Navigating HED Futures: People with Purpose. Wendy will address how people are the most important resource in the higher education sector. As we navigate and adapt to the changes caused by COVID-19, we must champion equity, belonging, inclusion, and well-being. The future of HigherEd will demand radical collaboration, based on community and relationship building, supported by technological innovation.
Dr. Shirley Davis
Dr. Shirley Davis is a Diversity & Inclusion global thought leader, President and CEO of SDS Global Enterprises, Inc., a certified leadership coach, and a former Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer for several major Fortune 100 companies. She is the author of the best-selling book, “Reinvent Yourself: Strategies for Achieving Success in Every Area of Your Life,” and “The Seat: How to Get Invited to the Table When You’re Over-Performing and Undervalued.” Dr. Davis’ keynote, Strategies for Recruiting, Engaging and Retaining Diverse Talent, will address the challenges of “the great resignation” and the increasing competition in the employer market. Dr. Davis will discuss some of
the most significant demographic shifts of 2021 and beyond that will redefine the work, the workers, and the workplace. She will share real-world examples of how organizations are attracting, engaging, and retaining talent and transforming their organizations into great places to work.
Dr. Christopher D. Lee, Ph.D., SPHR
Dr. Christopher D. Lee, Chief Human Resources Officer at the College of William and Mary, is the inventor of the pioneering Performance Conversations method, a performance improvement system that replaces the outdated appraisal. He is the author of numerous HR related 
articles and chapters, and four books. Join us at PeopleConnect for Dr. Lee’s session, Performance Improvement Instead of Performance Management, to learn about the groundbreaking Performance Conversations Method. This session will help you shift your thinking to a 21st-century framework about leading and managing, adopt new methods, and use the right technologies to adopt a productivity improvement system.
Joshua Secrest
Joshua Secrest is Vice President of Client Marketing and Advocacy at Paradox. He joins us at PeopleConnect for a timely discussion on Enhancing the Recruiting Experience with Conversational AI. In today’s highly competitive talent acquisition landscape, heightened by the difficulties of the pandemic, it is critical for hiring teams to have the right tools and solutions to ensure qualified talent can find all of the information and answers they need when applying to institutions. Learn how conversational AI can support organizations in hiring quickly and effectively.
Jeremy Tolan
Jeremy Tolan is the Partnerships Manager at Spark Hire. Since joining the team in 2012, he has served in a variety of roles and helped hundreds of leading organizations successfully implement video interviewing. Join Jeremy for his session on How to Boost Hiring Speed and Quality with Video Interviews. Today’s hiring needs have changed drastically and with so many organizations embracing a more
virtual setup, tools that improve collaboration on a hiring team have become even more critical. Jeremy will cover key learnings on how HigherEd leaders can use video interviewing to screen candidates 5x faster, eliminate interview scheduling challenges, gain more insight on candidates in less time, conduct interviews remotely, boost collaboration with hiring stakeholders, and more.
PeopleConnect Live is two days packed with insights and networking opportunities to support you and your institution as you navigate uncharted waters. Earn 5.5 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and 6.5 PDCs from the HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®) related to learnings from these topics and more! Register here to join us next week at PeopleConnect Live.