KIRKLAND, Wash. (March 3, 2011) – Ethan Yarbrough, president and co-founder of Allyis, Inc. will present at an IABC Seattle event on March 16 from 7:30 – 9:00 a.m. at Allyis’ Kirkland headquarters. The topic of the meeting is “Toward a More Connected Workplace: Connecting Employees to Information and Each Other to Increase Productivity and Build Engagement”.
Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn all make people feel informed, connected and engaged. Can we say the same for communication and information resources within our organizations? If not, why? On average, 30 percent of employees are using their own information management technology without company permission. What does this say about how we use technology to engage and empower our employees in the workplace? Are they completing their work because of the technology the company provides or despite it? Management may know the dollar costs of investing in new software tools, but have they assessed hidden costs and consequences of not investing?
Yarbrough will discuss technology’s role in balancing the flow of communication in an organization. He will offer suggestions for creating a business technology environment that improves business performance by more effectively meeting employees’ evolving technology expectations. Yarbrough will address the following issues:
- The rise of consumer-style expectations in the workplace: Technology at home vs. technology at work
- Information invisibility and information evaporation: Two consequences of the current business technology environment
- Is “social” a dirty word? It’s time for a more sophisticated interpretation of what social technology is and the role it can play inside your business
- How to apply new information-management technologies so they get used—and yield the desired ROI
- Improving employee satisfaction, engagement and retention by answering the technology question right
- Who should own technology decision-making in the workplace?
Tickets are $10.00 and can be purchased here.
About Ethan Yarbrough
Ethan is president and co-founder of Kirkland, Washington, based Allyis, a technology consulting and professional staffing firm offering technology development, professional staffing and managed team solutions for the enterprise. Allyis provides companies with solutions around content management, collaboration, business intelligence and project management using Microsoft SharePoint and other technologies. Ethan provides strategic oversight to the firm and is dedicated to helping enterprises effectively leverage technology to positively impact employee engagement, satisfaction and productivity. Ethan regularly shares his thinking and opinions via the Allyis blog, as an AIIM expert blogger, a Human Capital Institute blogger and at speaking engagements throughout the United States. You can follow Ethan on Twitter @ethany.
About Allyis
Allyis is a Seattle area technology consulting, development and professional staffing firm offering project, talent and managed team solutions in Microsoft SharePoint, content management, collaboration, business intelligence and project management. For more information, please visit www.allyis.com.
