WorkSimple Releases First Talent Management System to Combine Informal Learning and Innovation on One Simple Platform

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif – December 17, 2009 — WorkSimple today announced new functionality to its performance management and learning solution that enables businesses to drive innovation from within their existing workforce. With this latest release, WorkSimple is now the industry’s first talent management provider to blend innovation, informal learning, and performance management on one easy-to-use platform.

“WorkSimple Learning gives small-to-medium-size businesses the ability to nurture the most innovative ideas from every employee, while simultaneously building a company culture that recognizes and acknowledges its workforce,” said Robin Bordoli, Co-founder and CEO of WorkSimple. Our approach to performance management and learning helps companies achieve new levels of workforce engagement and productivity.”

WorkSimple Learning gives organizations the opportunity to quickly deploy an informal learning strategy within any department, location, or region. This helps increase corporate-wide communication and engagement, while providing decision makers with new ways to capture and build on the best ideas of their employees. The combination of WorkSimple’s informal learning platform and its performance management solution, offers businesses a new way to support the needs of a fast-paced work environment.

“Traditional learning solutions often take a top-down approach to educating employees,” said Ben Moore, Co-founder and CTO of WorkSimple. “WorkSimple Learning recognizes that successful businesses are also powered by people, and our approach makes it easy for employees to share their knowledge and ideas on an equal playing field. This new way of thinking about workforce education and engagement helps organizations make a clear statement that the voices of their employees matters, and we believe this is one of the primary reasons why WorkSimple fosters a true employee recognition culture.”

Designed to support small to medium-size businesses, this affordable performance management and learning solution features an intuitive user-interface that allows administrators set up their instance in minutes. WorkSimple Learning is integrated with a 360 degree appraisals, and because it’s offered as a Software-as-a-Service, expensive investments in hardware or software upgrades are not required.

With this increased functionality, WorkSimple Learning now offers the following features to employees and managers:

* Ideas – Suggest, discuss, and vote on ideas
* Questions – Ask questions and share expertise
* Groups – Create groups on initiatives, topics, or projects
* Recognition – Reward employee contributions in an open environment
* Profiles – Highlight employee learnings and discussions

Pricing & Availability
WorkSimple Learning is now offered as a standard feature of the WorkSimple Performance Management Solution, which also includes WorkSimple Commitments andWorkSimple Performance Appraisals. Customers who purchase WorkSimple Performance Management will automatically receive this additional functionality.

WorkSimple offers the following pricing plans:

* WorkSimple cubicle – always free for up to five users
* WorkSimple office – $79 per month for up to 25 users with no annual commitment
* WorkSimple suite – $149 per month for up to 50 users with no annual commitment
* WorkSimple tower – $229 per month for up to 100 users with no annual commitment
* WorkSimple campus – $399 per month for up to 250 users with no annual commitment

For more pricing information or to test out WorkSimple for free, visit http://www.getworksimple.com/pricing.

About WorkSimple
WorkSimple is focused on simplifying the challenges of the modern workforce in an easy-to-use, online performance management platform. WorkSimple is the only talent management application that focuses on the work day and builds a corporate-wide recognition culture. WorkSimple offers a complete employee performance management solution that includes employee appraisals , commitments, onboarding, and learning. This new approach offers a fast-to-deploy and affordable solution for creating and improving employee productivity, engagement, and workday satisfaction. WorkSimple is a privately held company with offices in San Francisco, CA and Minneapolis, MN.

Media Contact:
Morgan Norman
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WorkSimple
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