Hot Sessions & Speakers
Note: The information on this page is not complete and will be updated as more information becomes available.
Keynotes
Pressure Cooker Confidence™
How to Deliver Peak Performance When Under Pressure – Presented with zest by retired combat fighter pilot, businessman and motivational speaker Kevin Sweeney. (read more)
Three Key HR Trends
Deb Cohen, chief knowledge officer at the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is sure to cook up a great keynote presentation dish. (read more)
The Carrot Keynote Speech
Chester Elton, co-author of the book "The Carrot Principle", will share how the best managers use recognition to engage their people, retain talent, and accelerate performance! (read more)
Breakout Sessions Speakers
PHR/SPHR: Strategic HR Management
- Can we Talk?
–Improving Communication through Behavior Style Preference Awareness
- Jina Daigle MS, LPC - Joe's Fallen and He Can't Get Up! Now What???
- George Freedman - Records Retention Programs – Are your Electronic Document Policies Current?
- Jill Hudson Esq.,SPHR - Arbitration Programs for Employment Claims
- Nathan Whatley / Paul Ross - Succession Planning – Developing the Leadership Pipeline
- Ryan Ross - Ethical Exits: How to (Not) Burn Bridges – (Containing Never Before Heard of Information)
- Jim Priest - Employee Motivation – Sure Fire Ways of Addressing an Old Problem
- Eugene D. Jones III - Apprenticeship is Talent Development
- Cynthia McLain
PHR/SPHR: Workforce Planning & Employment
- Taboo Topics - When Someone Changes Sexes, What's an Employer to Do?
– (By the way, which bathroom is correct?)
- Gayle L. Barrett - Aligning the Interest of Providers and Patients
Using Financial and Other Incentives
- Jim Dempster - Qualified Default Investments Alternatives (QDIA's)
- Terrence Morgan - Workforce Readiness – Making it a Business Priority
- Glenda Owen - Top 10 Legal Issues HR Should be Communicating to the Managers NOW
- Randall Snapp - Work Ready Communities
- Jeane Burruss, Kirk Martin & Jo Richter
PHR/SPHR: Human Resource Development
- Retirement Made Simpler - Automatic 401(k)'s
- Nancy Galloway - Immigration Considerations for HR Professionals
- Jasmine A. Majid - How to Conduct an Internal Investigation
- Kirk Turner - Identifying the Need for Wellness
- Erik Teter - Aligning the Interest of Providers and Patients
Using Financial and Other Incentives
- Jim Dempster - Taboo Topics - When Someone Changes Sexes, What's an Employer to Do?
– (By the way, which bathroom is correct?)
- Gayle L. Barrett - Workforce Readiness – Making it a Business Priority
- Glenda Owen - Work Ready Communities
- Jeane Burruss, Kirk Martin & Jo Richter
PHR/SPHR: Total Rewards
- The Unmarked Crossroads of Immigration Reform and National Origin Discrimination – Avoiding Traps for the Unwary
- Robert Norman - Taking the Guesswork Out of Hiring and Management
- Tom Cameron - Self-Examination –Audit your HR Func tion
- Linda Crain - Communicating With the Changing Labor Market
- Dr. Jay McCurry
PHR/SPHR: Employee and Labor Relations
- The Unmarked Crossroads of Immigration Reform and National Origin Discrimination – Avoiding Traps for the Unwary
- Robert Norman - Oklahoma Workers Compensation Law Update
- Madalene Witterholt - Taking the Guesswork Out of Hiring and Management
- Tom Cameron - Communicating With the Changing Labor Market
- Dr. Jay McCurry - Overview of Federal Employment Law and EEOC Processes
- Donald Stevens - Workplace Privacy in the Internet Age: Is Anything Private?
- Tony Puckett - Leverage Buying Power and Expertise through Co-Sourcing
- Brad Gant - How to Investigate a Perspective Employee
- Tammi Didlot - Top 10 Legal Issues HR Should be Communicating to the Managers NOW
- Randall Snapp - Elections and Your Workplace – What's Legal, What Works, What's Fun!
- Kris Rush & Lisa Putt
PHR/SPHR: Risk Management
- How to Investigate a Perspective Employee
- Tammi Didlot - Top 10 Legal Issues HR Should be Communicating to the Managers NOW
- Randall Snapp - Self-Examination –Audit your HR Func tion
- Linda Crain - Leverage Buying Power and Expertise through Co-Sourcing
- Brad Gant - A Sneak Peek at the New Service Member Amendments to FMLA
- Robert Norman - Elections and Your Workplace
– What's Legal, What Works, What's Fun!
- Kris Rush & Lisa Putt - Can we Talk?
– Improving Communication through Behavior Style Preference Awareness
- Jina Daigle MS, LPC







