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Conference Board webcasts offer executives and companies timely learning on issues and themes to improve performance and stay ahead of the curve. Webcasts focus on ready-to-use knowledge presented live by experts chosen from the reach and depth of resources of The Conference Board. Delivery is by means of any desktop or telephone line in the world, allowing executives and companies the advantage of increasing their experience and knowledge in less than 90 minutes and with no need for travel. With Conference Board webcasts you will:

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May 2008

May 14, 2008 Weights and Measures: What To Do About Obesity In Your Workforce
This webcast addresses how companies can act to address the costly epidemic of obesity.
May 15, 2008 Virtual Worlds Strategies for Real-World Businesses
This webcast will discuss how companies define value creation and investment strategies in virtual worlds.
May 20, 2008 Hedge Fund Activism: Confronting the Newest Force in Corporate Governance
This webcast will discuss what companies can do to monitor hedge fund accumulations, distinguish among hedge fund types, and understand their ultimate investment goals.
May 21, 2008 Critical Approaches for Leading Strategic Change
This webcast will discuss typical approaches to leading complex change, as well as the critical success factors.
May 21, 2008 Managing for a Low-Carbon Future
This webcast will discuss what is different about managing for a low-carbon economy?
May 22, 2008 S&P ERM Evaluations: What Will It Mean to Your Company’s Cost of Capital?
This webcast addresses the industry-wide impact of S&P ERM credit rating evaluations.
May 28, 2008 How to Integrate Benefit Design, Programs and Communication to Drive a Culture of Health Improvement
This webcast will discuss how to drive a culture of health improvement in a diverse workforce.
May 28, 2008 Ways for Global Companies to Cut Procurement Costs through Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
This webcast will show participants lessons learned from companies and service providers that have been executing Business Procurement Outsourcing strategies for several years.
May 29, 2008 Matrix Management: Maximizing the Value of A Matrix Organization
This webcast will discuss the conditions under which management should and should not consider introducing a matrix structure.
May 29, 2008 The World is Flat: Implications for Preparing Global Leaders
This webcast will discuss leadership competency norms in both skill level and importance from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Australia/New Zealand.

June 2008

June 2, 2008 Human Capital Predictive Analytics
This webcast will discuss how to optimize the effectiveness of internal supply chains to generate future advantages and, most importantly, deliver services in an integrated, lower cost manner.
June 3, 2008 The Long Road to Recovery in the U.S. Housing Market
This webcast will discuss the latest views on the prospects of the housing market.
June 3, 2008 What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: Helping Successful Leaders Get Even Better
This webcast will discuss the changing role of leadership and the unique challenges of managing knowledge workers in today's dynamic world.
June 4, 2008 Effective Knowledge Transfer: Bridging Generational Divides
This webcast will address the knowledge-retention challenges that organizations face due to shifting demographics and the shortage of new leadership talent in the pipeline.
June 4, 2008 Post-Conference Webcast: Successful Use of Six Sigma in Process Transformation
This webcast will focus on the role senior executives must play to successfully deploy a Six Sigma Initiative.
June 10, 2008 Human Resources Shared Services - Experiences in Asia Pacific
This webcast will discuss the respective advantages and disadvantages of in-house or outsourced shared services.
June 12, 2008 Breaking Away: Growing a Global Community Footprint Along With Your Business
This webcast will discuss the increasing importance of globalizing corporate citizenship programs.
June 16, 2008 Transforming Corporate Politics into Successful Opportunities
This webcast will highlight the new risks of corporate politics and identify ways to improve your business' corporate political skills.
June 18, 2008 Protecting Business Reputation: A Corporate Governance Perspective
This webcast explores what companies can do to enhance and protect their reputation.
June 19, 2008 Putting Experience to Work
This webcast will discuss actively managing mature workers for optimal performance and engagement.


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