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BLOOM Announces 30-Day Free Trial

Shelley Moore — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:49:46 +0000

BLOOM, a division of Insight Strategic Concepts, Inc., of Elkhart, Indiana, announces the introduction of a 30-day free trial of its BLOOM strategic performance management software.

For a limited time, organizations can upload and try a full version of the strategic performance management software for 30 days, free, when they sign up through the BLOOM website, Bloomware.com.

“We believe once a company actually uses the software, it will become obvious how valuable and cost-effective it is,” said Shelley Moore, President and Co-Founder of Insight Concepts, Inc. “This is the type of investment that can really pay off by getting a company more focused on its goals. We believe in our product and we’re willing to let a company experience the benefits for themselves before they pay us a dime.”

Even during the free trial period, BLOOM includes telephone support and training, a manager’s guide, assistance with the upload, and unlimited data storage. There is no credit card or billing information needed to get started. Before the expiration of the 30 day free trial, the company will be notified by email and given the opportunity to extend their services. At BLOOM, there are no contracts or additional fees. The customer can choose to be billed monthly, quarterly, or annually, with a 10% discount for choosing the annual billing cycle.

BLOOM is an affordable, state-of-the-art software-as-a-service solution for human resources professionals. The system allows small to medium-sized companies to set corporate goals, performance standards, and wage scales to quickly and easily analyze which employees are performing up to par and which ones are not. The system makes it easier to conduct employee performance reviews, create standardized role descriptions, and set up and track employee training.

Developed in 2002 as a way to internally support Insight’s clients, BLOOM has grown into a highly sought-after, stand-alone human resources and strategic performance management software system.

To take advantage of the special 30-day free trial offer, please visit http://www.bloomware.com/free-trial.

For more information, feel free to email support@bloomware.com or call 1-866-250-8710.

BLOOM Roles & Goals Make Reviews Relevant

Shelley Moore — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:05:34 +0000

(Elkhart, Indiana) – 11/11/2009

As a performance management system BLOOM® is an all-in-one tool that enables businesses to track and communicate their organizational, departmental, and employee goals. The latest round of updates builds further on BLOOM’s Roles and Goals modules to provide even more detail and faster access to the data human resources managers and executives need most often.

Measure an employee’s performance with standard Key Performance Areas

BLOOM® enables Human Resources managers to get rid of the countless spreadsheets they likely use to track information and to instead manage roles — including descriptions, education and training requirements, and now Key Resource Areas (KRA) — in a centralized, web-based location. When it comes time for an employee’s review, BLOOM® pulls in the person’s corresponding KRA and other applicable data that their supervisor will rate as appropriate. By tying roles to reviews, BLOOM® ensures that reviews are unique to each employee and that reviews occur regularly. That helps managers keep a bead on performance trends and human resources to have the information they need to make personnel decisions.

Meet goals & objectives through action plans & assigned tasks

Companies can already enter their organizational goals into BLOOM®, breaking down each goal into multiple objectives and each objective into multiple action plans. The latest updates to the Goals module enables Human Resources to assign a leader and multiple team members the responsibility and even to associate multiple files with each action plan. Each employee’s BLOOM® dashboard summarizes objectives, action plans, and due dates so that they have a clear picture of what’s required.

BLOOM® is a web-based, fully-integrated performance management system that supports individuals and working teams. BLOOM® was developed by Insight Strategic Concepts® Inc. For more information contact Julie Warner Miccichi, Director of Business Development, at julie@insightsc.com or 574.970.1322.

Insight Strategic Concepts® Inc. is a strategic growth firm that focuses on building business strategies that are unique to an organization’s products, services, customers, employees, systems, and culture. Insight assesses these areas to define the organic construct of an organization. They then develop unique business goals, market strategies, products, services, role structures, and technologies to promote organizational growth. For more information visit www.insightsc.com or www.bloomware.com or email info@insightsc.com.

What’s New: More Features Available in BLOOM®

Shelley Moore — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:03:05 +0000

(Elkhart, Indiana) – 11/6/2009

Clarity and simplicity form the backbone of the BLOOM® Performance Management System, and as part of BLOOM’s expanded feature series, more new releases extend BLOOM®’s emphasis on usability.

BLOOM® incorporates a number of functional modules that integrate to make performance management painless. The Reviews and Employee Assessments modules received new features and updates that further clarify and simplify communication between managers and employees and provide executive-level users with the critical information they need for making personnel decisions.

More commenting space enables comprehensive note-taking.

More space for all responses and comments by the employee and by the manager.
A place for the manager to add final comments before the review is approved.
A new page that indicates that a review has been completed.

Automatic imports pull the relevant information into the corresponding review sections.

Each review imports essential duty categories from the employee’s role description so that a manager can rate each duty individually.
Administrators can include/exclude some elements on the company’s standard review form.
Employee goals are weighted as a percentage when they’re entered. Reviews import the goals and their weights to calculate the overall rating for the review’s section on goals.
Default setting during the approval process is now “signed.”’

Attach files and enable fine-tuned executive access to Employee Assessments.

A new option to upload individual assessment files (e.g. Word or PDF)
Executive-level users now have access to a results report for all employees so that the user can compare and contrast talents for job matching.

BLOOM® Performance Management System Release

Shelley Moore — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:00:47 +0000

(Elkhart, Indiana) – 10/26/2009

The BLOOM® Performance Management System now offers more to its users: additional functionality for employee goals and a new login and dashboard.

This latest round of updates provides managers and administrators with more ready access to employee performance information so that they spend less time compiling data and more time focusing on what really matters: the employee. Supervisors and human resources managers will appreciate the flexibility of the new features in BLOOM’s employee goals functionality:

• Set priorities (high, medium, and low) for each goal so that there’s no question as to what’s most important.

• Specific weights (set as a percentage) for each goal. BLOOM® then imports the weight and calculates its effect on ratings for performance reviews.

• Goals are accessible from multiple pages, making them always only a click away.

Several new features also enhance managers’ BLOOM® dashboard:

“My Team Goals Due” for employees who directly report to them
“Employee goals due in 30 days” list

Further, users now have a what-you-see-is-what-you-get editor that enables them to bold, italicize, and otherwise format text as needed.

BLOOM at Michigan SHRM Conference

Shelley Moore — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:59:51 +0000

(Elkhart, Indiana) – 9/15/2009

The BLOOM® team will be at the Michigan SHRM Conference in Lansing, MI on September 30 through October 1, 2009.

Visit their booth and learn more about how BLOOM is revolutionizing employee and manager engagement toward strategic focus within organizations. As a SaaS (Software as a Service) product, BLOOM includes four user security levels and supports intimate understanding of role expectations, individual development goals, wage scale alignment, performance reviews, training management and strategic growth plan progress. Nowhere is there a system that purely focused on the main drivers of performance management as seamlessly as BLOOM.

At the show, live demonstrations of the web-based product will be available. You can also visit www.bloomware.com to view screencasts of the product, a detailed review of the system, and much more. Contact BLOOMware associates at 574.970.1322 or info@bloomware.com for more information or a free 30 day trial.

BLOOM at Ohio SHRM Conference

Shelley Moore — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:58:35 +0000

(Elkhart, Indiana) – 9/14/2009

The BLOOM® team will be at the Ohio SHRM Conference September 16-17 at booth #78.

BLOOM at Indianapolis SHRM Conference

Shelley Moore — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:55:32 +0000

(Elkhart, Indiana) – 8/28/2009

The BLOOM® team will be at the Indianapolis SHRM Conference August 31 through September 2, 2009.

At the show, live demonstrations of the product will be available. You can also visit www.bloomware.com to view screencasts of the product, a detailed review of the system, and much more. Contact BLOOMware associates at 574.970.1322 or info@bloomware.com for more information or a free 30 day trial.