SumTotal® Systems, Inc., the global leader in Strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, today announced it is has joined forces with Bersin & Associates to host a series of workshops focused on delivering the top strategies and business case tools needed to create a world-class Talent Management strategy.

Charles Goretsky, Principal Consultant with Bersin & Associates will lead these comprehensive workshops taking place in Chicago, San Francisco, and New York. The workshop agenda is designed to specifically help organizations in defining or redefining their talent strategy leveraging the latest trends, research, and best practices from high performing organizations. With an interactive and actionable agenda, attendees will:

• Identify foundational elements necessary for building a comprehensive and innovative talent strategy
• Determine which HR process integrations can drive strategic business outcomes critical to success
• Identify and utilize business critical measures and metrics most important to organizational goals
• Build a business case for assessing talent strategy opportunities and an action plan to move forward

HR and business leaders will take away actionable advice and a fully defined “Talent Innovation” workbook featuring business case tools and templates to help organizations redefine a world-class talent management plan. The Talent Strategy Innovations Workshops will take place in the following cities across North America:

• Chicago, IL - June 5, 2012
• San Francisco, CA - June 7,2012
• New York, NY - June 13, 2012

Hosted by SumTotal, the workshops are available at no charge to attendees. Space is limited, so please submit registration today. For additional agenda and venue details visit: http://www.sumtotalsystems.com/bersin-workshop

For more information about SumTotal, visit the company’s website at http://www.sumtotalsystems.com.

About Bersin & Associates
Bersin & Associates empowers HR and learning organizations to drive bottom-line impact through world-class research and consulting. The company's WhatWorks® membership gives human resources, learning and talent-acquisition professionals the information and tools they need to drive change in their organizations as strategic business partners. Members use Bersin & Associates’ insights and tools to benchmark themselves against best practices, design and implement programs across the HR and learning spectrum and select and implement systems. A piece of Bersin & Associates research is downloaded every other minute during the business day. More than 5,000 organizations worldwide, including more than 60 percent of the Fortune 100, use Bersin & Associates research and consulting to guide their learning, talent, and human resources strategies.

About SumTotal Systems
SumTotal Systems, Inc. is the global leader in strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions that provide organizations with a new level of visibility to help make more informed business decisions and accelerate growth. Recognized by industry analysts as the most complete solution, SumTotal provides full employee lifecycle management, including a core system of record, from a single provider for improved business intelligence. The company offers customers of all sizes and industries the most flexibility and choice with multiple purchase, configuration, and deployment options. We have increased the performance of the world’s largest organizations including Sony Electronics (NYSE: SNE), AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN [ADR]; London: AZN), Amway (KUL:AMWAY), Seagate (NYSE: STX), Dell (NASDAQ:DELL), and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG).

For more information, or to request a demo, please call +1 (866) 768-6825 (US / Canada), +1 (352) 264-2800 (international) or visit http://www.sumtotalsystems.com

Contact for Further Information
Christopher Faust
Vice President Global Marketing
SumTotal Systems
Office: +1 (508) 401-1319
cfaust@sumtotalsystems.com
www.sumtotalsystems.com
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