Showing posts with label hr leadership graduation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hr leadership graduation. Show all posts

Friday, July 23, 2010

Women, Management and Leadership

Union Graduate College is hosting a national conference on August 2, 2010 entitled:

Women, Management and Leadership: Organizational Practices and Individual Strategies for Women

This conference will bridge research with organizational practice in the area of women and leadership. Presentations will be given by scholars, advocates, attorneys and management consultants throughout the United States. Presentations will be given on the following topics: work/life balance, glass ceiling, women legislative leaders, mentoring, women leaders in medicine and health, women's government network and women in management.

In addition, local companies will discuss their own diversity programs for recruiting, hiring and promoting women leaders and managers.

Two keynote addresses will also be included in the conference. Pat Mitchell, President and CEO of the Paley Center for Media and Karen Gross, President of Southern Vermont College.

This conference is part of Union Graduate College’s commitment to educating graduate students and community members with the “skill and vision to lead.”

The HR Certification Institute has approved this conference for 2.5 general credit hours.

Further information and registration may be found at www.uniongraduatecollege.edu.

Or, you may email Michele Paludi at mpaludi@aol.com

The cost is $75.00; $20.00 for students.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Executive Panel: Leveraging Human Capital During Difficult Times

The Capital Region Human Resources Association (CRHRA) will hold the next Monthly Meeting and Program on Wednesday, January 13, 2010.

CRHRA will kick-off 2010 with an HRCI approved dinner program and presentation titled Leveraging Human Capital During Difficult Times. The recession that has battered the U.S. economy over the past year has had a tremendous impact on New York businesses, its nonprofit sector and the State government. Join us for one of our most popular programs of the year, as we hear from three local leaders as to how they partnered with HR during the economic downturn to leverage their most valuable resource – human capital. This year’s three panelist include: James Reed, MD, President and CEO of Northeast Health; Raymond Schimmer, Executive Director of Parsons Child and Family Center; and Carol Ash, Commissioner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. The panel will afford Human Resources professionals in all industries with an excellent opportunity to compare and contrast the views of different leaders and help develop ideas and strategies to take back to their own organizations.

This event begins with registration and networking reception from 5:00pm – 5:45pm, dinner from 5:45pm – 6:30pm, HR Leadership Graduation from 6:30pm - 7:00pm, and program from 7:00pm – 8:00pm at the Holiday Inn Turf on Wolf Road in Albany.

Reservations may be made at www.CRHRA.org or by contacting CRHRA at (518) 463-8687. The events are open to the public. The Monthly Meeting & Program: CRHRA Members $30, Non-Members $38, Students $10.

The Capital Region Human Resource Association is the Northeastern New York State Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). CRHRA is a local organization dedicated to serving Human Resource Professionals and has been advancing the profession for over 60 years. The Chapter was founded in 1946 and is currently comprised of over 1000 professionals, employed in various human resource functions in over 450 companies region wide.

For more information about CRHRA or to become a member, visit CRHRA’s website (http://www.crhra.org) or contact CRHRA by phone (518) 463-8687.