PeopleConnect LIVE 2023
Hear from the brightest minds in HigherEd with access to general sessions and keynotes from PeopleConnect Live 2023. Watch on-demand at your leisure!
Agenda
| Wednesday, May 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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8:00 - 9:00 AM |
Registration + BreakfastConnect with your peers over breakfast and fuel up for the day. |
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9:00 - 9:05 AM |
Welcome to PeopleConnect Live 2023Welcome to PeopleConnect Live 2023! We are so excited to come together as a community, and have lots of exciting speakers, announcements, and updates to share. Join this session to get a sneak peek at what's to come, and what to expect at this year's event. |
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9:05 - 9:55 AM |
PeopleAdmin Vision: 2023 and BeyondRishi Rana, Executive Vice President, PeopleAdminRishi Rana, Executive Vice President of PeopleAdmin, will kick off PeopleConnect Live with a look ahead at the vision driving the remainder of the year beyond. This session will set the stage for the rest of the conference, you don’t want to miss it! |
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9:55 - 10:30 AM |
Panel Discussion: How to Win Top Talent in a Competitive Market with Recruitment Marketing
Alicia Barthel, PHR, Director of Talent Acquisition, Texas State UniversityCarla Major, Chief Human Resources Officer, Delgado Community CollegeRobin Borough, Director of Talent Acquisition, Chapman UniversitySarah Gasparini, Talent Manager, St. Catherine UniversityCompetition for top talent continues to be fierce. This panel of HigherEd HR leaders will show you how, despite the current hiring challenges, your institution can still attract candidates, reduce your time-to-hire, lower hiring costs, and stand out from the crowd with a robust recruitment marketing strategy. |
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10:30 - 10:50 AM |
Coffee Break |
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10:50 AM - 12:00 PM |
Connecting People to Purpose: Creating a Healthy Culture by Embracing a Positive MindsetNiki Spears, Author, Expert Eduprenuer, and Chief Culture Cre8orWith all the challenges we are faced with in our post-COVID world – burnout, declining enrollment, retention issues, decreased funding for education, it is easy for us to become discouraged, anxious, and hopeless. We can’t enter this space with the same mindset we had two years ago. To create a healthy culture, we need to embrace a mindset that allows us to create a new reality, one that is based on the opportunities hidden beneath all the current struggles. Join Niki Spears, Author, Educator, Mental Awareness Coach, and Founder of Culture Cre8ion, as she takes you on a powerful journey of self-discovery. You will learn how to tune into your personal energy, beliefs, and perspectives, so that you can begin to create the world you wish to see. On this journey you will reconnect with your purpose, so you can connect with people, circumstances, and your institutional mission in new and exciting ways. You will tap into your personal energy to embrace a new mindset, where you can be more fully present for your team, applicants, staff, faculty, and the students you serve. This is a leaderSHIFT journey that benefits everyone! |
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12:00 - 12:10 PM |
Roadmap for the Rest of Day One |
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12:10 - 1:00 PM |
LunchConnect with your peers over the lunch break and be sure the visit the marketplace to meet your PeopleAdmin team and learn more from our sponsors. |
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12:20 - 12:50 PM |
Lunch and Learn: How SMART is Your Recruiting? Using Data and Analytics to Hire the Best.This will be a lively, interactive, and conversational session. We will answer questions and discuss current hiring challenges and pain points recruiters are facing. We will show how smart analytics, data-driven advertising, and unique diversity recruitment sources can deliver better hiring results. You'll be able to share best practices, and learn how other institutions are using smart technology to strengthen their recruiting. |
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| 1:00 - 1:45 PM |
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1:45 - 2:00 PM |
Break |
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| 2:00 - 2:45 PM |
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2:45 - 3:00 PM |
Break |
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3:00 - 3:45 PM |
Innovative Solutions for the Future of HigherEdJacquelyn Witchko, Director, Product ManagementPeopleAdmin is dedicated to innovation in higher education. Join this session to learn about our product vision for the future. Discover what new solutions, features, and functionality you can expect in the second half of 2023 and beyond. |
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3:45 - 4:20 PM |
How Does Your Performance Compare? Use Benchmarking Data to See How Your Key Metrics Compare to Other InstitutionsKendell Middlebrook, Solution Engineer, PeopleAdminIrcka West, Solution Engineer, PeopleAdminUsing data to make informed talent decisions is critical. What if you found that your time-to-hire is 50% slower than other insitutions in your region? Discover how you can gain actional insights through Unified Insights Advanced benchmarking data and survey capabilities to compare your key metrics to peer institutions of a similar size, type (public/private/community college) or location (district, state, regional or national level). |
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4:20 - 4:30 PM |
Wrap Up & Look Ahead to Day TwoThis session will recap highlights from our first day together and preview what's to come tomorrow. |
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6:00 - 8:00 PM |
PeopleConnect Live Celebration NightCome together as a PeopleAdmin community to celebrate all that you do to move higher education forward! Connect with your peers from around the country. |
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| Thursday, May 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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7:30 - 8:30 AM |
BreakfastConnect with your peers over breakfast and fuel up for the day. |
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| 8:30 - 8:35 AM |
Welcome to PeopleConnect Live Day TwoWelcome to day two of PeopleConnect Live! Join us to kick off the day, and look ahead and what's to come. |
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| 8:35 - 9:05 AM |
Growing a Comprehensive Integrated Solution with EllucianRishi Rana, Executive Vice President, PeopleAdminDiscover how PeopleAdmin and Ellucian are partnering to provide a comprehensive integration. Join the session and see the value the expansion of our integration and partnership is providing. |
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| 9:05 - 9:35 AM |
Modern Faculty Management Solutions to Fuel Student SuccessJacquelyn Witchko, Director, Product Management, PeopleAdminLucas Delpriore, Product Manager, PeopleAdminThe last few years have left faculty feeling overworked and burned out, yet many spend 30% of their time on adminstrative tasks. Leadership and administrators are frustrated with inefficient, time-consuming processes. And there can often be tension between the two camps. In this session, we'll outline the solutions available to help you reduce adminstrative burden and free faculty to focus on what really matters, spend 50% less time on things like teaching assignments, and create a culture of transparency and trust. |
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| 9:35 - 9:40 AM |
Roadmap for the Rest of Day Two |
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| 9:40 - 9:55 AM |
Coffee Break |
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| 9:55 - 10:40 AM |
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| 10:40 - 10:55 AM |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
The Art of Change: Your New InvestmentCherrie Davis, President, ShiftForwardIt’s 2023, and everything has changed! The workplace as we know it will never be the same again. In today’s world, people require innovative thinking, agile behavior, and genuine cultures that speak to all. Are you ready to make your mark? In this highly impactful session, Cherrie takes you on a journey with her personal experiences, research, and audience interaction to provide strategies that champion the art of change through unity. |
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| 12:00 - 12:20 PM |
PeopleAdmin Annual AwardsEach year we recognize three customers who are innovators, partners, and leaders in the HigherEd space. Join us to see who will win! |
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| 12:20 - 12:30 PM |
Wrap Up & Thank You! |
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Leveraging PeopleAdmin's CRM to attract top talent in a competitive market
Denise Lundberg, Director of Recruitment, Hiring & Onboarding, Des Moines Area Community College
Jacquelyn Witchko, Director, Product Management, PeopleAdmin
How do you attract top talent, engage active applicants, and create meaningful candidate experiences? Building a robust recruitment marketing strategy is the key to remaining competitive in a tough hiring market. Join this session to see how you can leverage PeopleAdmin's CRM module to impact your recruitment efforts today.
Tools to improve student outcomes
Lucas Delpriore, Product Manager, PeopleAdmin
Student success is front and center in the national conversation. With heightened competition among HigherEd institutions, it’s more vital than ever before that you enable positive student outcomes, highlight student retention, and engage in active student support. It all starts with a unified ecosystem of technology.In this session, learn how PeopleAdmin can help your institution unlock positive student outcomes through more effective faculty activity, curriculum, and course management.
Best Practices for Managing Your EEO Data
Vanessa Ortiz, Human Resources Analyst (HRIS), Mt. San Antonio College
Melissa Davis, Training Consultant, PeopleAdmin
Learn about options and best practices for gathering EEO data, displaying and concealing it for the right users at the right time, and getting the most out of your EEO reporting.
Birds of a Feather: Best practices in recruitment marketing
Nick Gonzales, Customer Success Manager, PeopleAdmin
Ircka West, Solution Engineer, PeopleAdmin
Connect with your peers for roundtable discussions with others who face the same challenges. This sessions will focus on building a recruitment marketing strategy to reach a larger, better qualified and more diverse candidate pool. Join the conversation to share tips, tricks, recommendations, and best practices, or brainstorm solutions together!
The KPIs that drive HigherEd HR
Deana Townsend, Talent Acquisition Strategist, Texas State University
Kendell Middlebrook, Solution Engineer, PeopleAdmin
Learn how to leverage the results of essential HigherEd HR metrics to drive successful outcomes at your institution. What you should be tracking, why these metrics matter, and how PeopleAdmin can provide the data insights you need to make informed, strategic decisions.
Best Practices for Faculty Recruitment and Retention
Janice Ward, Director of Faculty Affairs, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Lucas Delpriore, Product Manager, PeopleAdmin
Faculty are some of the most important hires an institution makes, often with a considerable investment of time and resources. As the front line of student success, pioneers of research, and contributing service members across campus - it's crucial that you are able to recruit the best and brightest faculy, and keep them. This session will give you the tools you need to compete for top faculty talent, reach more diverse candidate pools, provide them with the support and planning to avoid burnout, and involve them in transparent decision-making to drive retention at your institution.
Ensuring Compliance and Convenience with the Employee Records PDF Form Builder
Melissa Davis, Training Consultant, PeopleAdmin
See how you can use the recently released Employee Records PDF form builder to create forms that look exactly like the original, ensuring compliance for your organization and ease of use for your employees, while capturing form data in a reportable format.
Birds of a Feather: Improving retention at your institution
Ricardo McKinnie, Customer Success Manager, PeopleAdmin
Inez Cranor, Customer Success Manager, PeopleAdmin
Connect with your peers for roundtable discussions with others who face the same challenges. This sessions will focus on tactics to impact retention so you can keep the top talent at your institution. Join the conversation to share tips, tricks, recommendations, and best practices, or brainstorm solutions together!
Guide to recruitment, retention, and employee engagement
Christian Lin Zimmerman, Career Specialist and HIRE Program Coordinator, Fort Myers Technical College
Ircka West, Solution Engineer, PeopleAdmin
Get actionable ideas to help you recruit new employees, retain and engage current employees, and shape the overall perception of the college or university in the talent market. From developing your institution's employment brand - separate and distinct from your general brand used to drive student enrollment and in the community, to leveraging empathy and relationship building to ensure your staff and faculty feel connected to your campus.
Guide to recruitment, retention, and employee engagement
Christian Lin Zimmerman, Career Specialist and HIRE Program Coordinator, Fort Myers Technical College
Ircka West, Solution Engineer, PeopleAdmin
Get actionable ideas to help you recruit new employees, retain and engage current employees, and shape the overall perception of the college or university in the talent market. From developing your institution's employment brand - separate and distinct from your general brand used to drive student enrollment and in the community, to leveraging empathy and relationship building to ensure your staff and faculty feel connected to your campus.
Managing faculty teaching workload: Steps to save time, money, and frustration
Lucas Delpriore, Product Manager, PeopleAdmin
Kendell Middlebrook, Solution Engineer, PeopleAdmin
Creating teaching assignments is complex and time-consuming. In this session, dive deeper into ways to ease the burden of managing an optimized teaching assignment plan. Learn how to spend half the time, get the best instructor for each course, avoid frustration and create trust, and save literally hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Discover the Possibilities for Customizing Your Forms, Workflows, and Permissions
Lynn Thibodeau, HRIS Analyst, University of Hartford
Melissa Davis, Training Consultant, PeopleAdmin
Explore possibilities for customizing your ATS and Position Management modules, see some best practice examples, and discuss customization ideas with peers. Plus, hear real-life examples of how the University of Hartford has created customizations to support their specific needs.
Birds of a Feather: Driving faculty efficiency and student outcomes
Ricardo McKinnie, Customer Success Manager, PeopleAdmin
Inez Cranor, Customer Success Manager, PeopleAdmin
Connect with your peers for roundtable discussions with others who face the same challenges. This session will focus on strategies, best practices and tools that can free faculty members from adminstrative burden so they can focus on impacting student success. Join the conversation to share tips, tricks, recommendations, and best practices, or brainstorm solutions together!