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Disposal vs. Disposition: Which Verbiage Do You Use?With: Steff Gilbert, IAITAM In this interactive session, we’ll have a conversation about the history of handling assets at the end of their lifecycle, the changes in terminology over time, and how those changes have impacted your organization’s policies and processes.

Managing IT Spend in 2023With: Steff Gilbert, IAITAM Managing IT Spend has always been an important task of the IT Asset Manager. In this session, we’ll discuss some of the adjustments we find ourselves making due to providers changing licensing mechanisms, work from home, etc. and how new tools like Contract Management Systems, and FinOps solutions are helping to provide an integrated view of the data necessary to keep costs down while bringing real value to the organization.

IT Asset Tagging & Tracking Best Practices from IAITAMWith: Steff Gilbert, IAITAM Your ITAM Program is only as strong as your Asset Identification Processes. In this session we’ll discuss the steps to creating an efficient asset tagging system, the various tagging and tracking methods, and other best practices for tagging and tracking your hardware assets.

ESG: Where Does ITAM Fit?With: Steff Gilbert, IAITAM A lot of organizations are focusing on Environmental, Social, and Governance issues. But where does IT Asset Management fit in? Can we align our projects and share budgets with these initiatives in order to get executive buy-in? In this interactive discussion, we’re going to discuss all of the areas where ITAM and ESG have similarities and can be aligned for the betterment of your organization.

Building Your Employee Awareness ProgramWith: Steff Gilbert, IAITAM Your organization is only as mature as its commitment to its policies, procedures, and compliance elements. How do we get this commitment? The first step is ensuring all employees are aware of the “whats” and the “whys” of ITAM Policy and Procedure. Please share any best practices or advice you have on building Employee Awareness.

Best Practices for Negotiating a Win-WinWith: Steff Gilbert, IAITAM Negotiating the Terms and Conditions for the use of our IT assets can be intimidating.  It takes practice and skill to achieve a Win-Win agreement with our vendors and suppliers.  In this session we’ll discuss the necessary skills and best practices for doing just that! Please chime in with your winning negotiation strategies.

Looking Back on 2022, and Ahead to 2023With: Steff Gilbert, IAITAM Let’s talk about what we’ve learned in 2022!  New tools, cybersecurity, projects that maybe didn’t go so well… Everything is an experience to learn from! In this session, we’re going to talk about what we learned last year and how it’s going to help us to be more mature and proactive ITAM practitioners this year!