In an era of high unemployment, many employers expect immediate plug-and-play candidates. They want new employees to be productive immediately upon entering the workplace. During this highly interactive and engaging presentation, Brenda Gilchrist, principal of The HR Matrix and an expert in the field of HROD, will present ways to develop and deploy strategic talent acquisition strategies. You’ll also learn: innovative tactics to create your own talent pipeline the link between employee engagement and talent acquisition statistics and research that will support the need for creative talent acquisition programs, and more

Presenter:  Brenda Gilchrist, SPHR,

Brenda has over 15 years of Human Resource Management experience and is an expert at leading companies through dynamic organizational change. She is recognized as one of the top business leaders, innovators and visionaries in the North Bay. Brenda has been awarded the North Bay Business Journal’s Women in Business “Entrepreneur” award and also their Forty under 40 awards.

In addition to leading The HR Matrix, Brenda is a faculty member/professor at Sonoma State University Executive MBA (EMBA) program. With a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, a Master’s Degree in Organizational Dynamics from University of Pennsylvania, Brenda is also certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). Brenda has held senior HR positions at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, VFDA-Management Service Organization (a pre-IPO, multi-state, start-up), Miltenyi Biotec and Sutter Health.

Brenda’s approach to consulting combines a keen insight into company culture, strategy and best practices with the ability to help clients better understand their own needs. Her deeply collaborative style opens up discussion, while her expert knowledge ensures that solutions advance the client’s long term goals.

Location generously donated by:

Redwood Credit Union

3033 Cleveland Ave

Santa Rosa, CA  95403…

444 Aviation Boulevard

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“I Know What to Do…But I Don’t Do It” Unlocking your Capacity for Real and Lasting Change by Mastering These 5 Key Principles

Judy presents a fun, fast-paced, heartfelt and content-packed program.  She will offer insights, ideas and practical techniques that can immediately be put into practice to create change that really sticks. Utilizing her experience working closely with people making extraordinary personal and professional change, she shares compelling personal stories that her audience can relate to. You will discover some simple strategies for making your own personal and professional change as well as being able to apply these principles in coaching others in the change process.

This lively presentation will help you:

Understand the Know-Do gap and its impact on lasting change

Recognize the role of choice, attitude, beliefs and assumptions in transformative change

Learn strategies to use the mind as a “Change Tool” instead of an “Invisible Cage” to make desired change really stick for you and the people you coach

Presenter:  Judy Burgio:

Judy Burgio, R.Ph., C.N., combines her expertise as a Registered Pharmacist and a Board Certified Nutritionist in a unique way that supports her clients in achieving optimal health and life-balance. She is the founder of HealthSynergyTM, and is an Integrative Health Specialist in private practice in Mill Valley, California, for over 20 years. Because information is not enough to create change, Judy is also a trained life-coach which enables her to help facilitate change with her clients.

Judy is also Co-founder of Core Action Associates, Inc. She is renowned for her skills as a coach and “thinking partner” to both executives and teams. As a workshop facilitator, Judy has taught hundreds of leaders and team members the art of Leadership-Based Coaching and Team Collaboration.

Judy is a frequent, dynamic and inspirational public speaker, and has served as a consultant and educator to corporations, community groups and individuals for over 20 years.

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444 Aviation Boulevard

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2012 Legal Update – Stephen Hirschfeld, Esq.

There were many significant legal developments in 2011.  Even more is expected in 2012.  This session will provide practical insight on the most important legal issues including:

• How the Supreme Court’s rulings on class actions and retaliation will affect you
• Continued expansion of disability discrimination and the ADA’s reach
• New developments in sexual harassment law
• Overview of key court decisions and verdicts- lessons to be learned
• Discussion  of the most important new state laws

Employee Development: Do You Already Have All the Tools You Need? – Jon Pappas

When a direct report needs to improve their performance, managers sometimes think they need a comprehensive training program, with books and other resources. Development is not in books. Development is not activity—it’s a process. This presenter has used the following tools successfully in situations when he was the one-man training department, with no training budget:

• 1-on-1’s
• Post-Project Lessons Learned
• Stop/Start/Continue
• Fridays5s
• Feedforward

In this fun, interactive session, you’ll learn and take away no-cost practical tools and processes for developing employees and managers.

Workplace Bullying: The Evolving Dangers of the “Equal Opportunity Harasser” - Gregory J. Walsh, Esq.

Courts have held that employment law is “not intended to act as general civility code for the American workplace.”  Most employers recognize, however, that employees feel it is their employer’s responsibility to protect against disrespect in the workplace, regardless of the underlying motivation.  This topical presentation will reconcile an employer’s legal obligations with employee expectations by discussing trends in case law, proposed legislation and common fact scenarios that transform bad conduct to actionable conduct.  Participants will leave with tools for identifying and addressing problematic workplace behavior before it is too late.

Presenters:

Stephen Hirschfeld, Esq., is a founding partner in the San Francisco office of Curiale Hirschfeld Kraemer, LLP.  He has been practicing labor and employment law on behalf of management for nearly thirty years.  He also serves as CEO of the Employment Law Alliance, the world’s largest network of labor and employment lawyers.  Human Resource Executive magazine recently named him one of America’s 100 most powerful employment lawyers.

 Jon Pappas has 13 years experience in the field of organization development and corporate training. Currently Jon is leading IT Training & Change Management at JDS Uniphase (JDSU).  Prior to joining JDSU, Jon served as Manager of Training and Organization Development at Foster’s Wine Estates Americas, working with wineries such as Beringer, Chateau St. Jean, Stags’ Leap, and Meridian. Before joining Foster’s, he was the Training Manager for Advanced Fibre Communications (AFC), now Tellabs. Jon earned his Masters in Organization Development from Sonoma State University. He was adjunct faculty in the Organization Behavior program at the University of San Francisco and the Past President of the American Society for Training and Development North Bay Chapter.

 Gregory J. Walsh is a partner at Dickenson, Peatman & Fogarty.  Greg’s practice encompasses all aspects of labor and employment law, including advising employers on how to prevent issues before they arise, and developing workable solutions to those that do.  Greg is also a member of the firm’s Alcohol and Beverage and Litigation groups, representing clients in administrative and court proceedings.

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Date:  February 9, 2011

Time:  7:30 registration

            8:00 – 8:15 Employment Law Update

            8:15 – 9:30 Program

Many of us have already discovered LinkedIn and use it as a business-related social networking site.  Most of us, however, are not using the site to its full potential.  This program will train you how to utilize one the most popular networking sites for recruiting, networking and strengthening your own personal brand image.

This program will show you how to:

• Manage your personal reputation
• Perform advanced keyword searches to locate quality candidates
• Tap your network for recommendations on candidates
• Create and manage groups to locate qualified candidates for hard to place positions
• Post jobs and manage job posts
• Use the corporate recruiting solutions tool
• Research companies for culture and proper placement
• Use third party applications to locate qualified candidates that aren’t actively looking

Kerry Rego is a Social Media & Technology consultant working with individuals, businesses, government and non-profits. Since 2006, she has been educating staff on new media tools. Kerry is the City of Santa Rosa Recreation & Parks Department social media instructor, the lead trainer for California Community College’s Interactive Internet and Mobile Applications for Business program (iima4biz), and a Vistage speaker. Kerry is passionate about inspiring and educating others on how people and technology together can change the world.

Kerry has spoken to groups regarding social media over 125 times in the last three years. Groups including: Santa Rosa City Schools, Sonoma County Office of Education, Sonoma State EMBA Program, Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce, Petaluma Area Chamber of Commerce, Young Professionals Network, Go Local Cooperative, National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) Regional Conference, Mac Computer Expo, Radio Shows: Call Kira About Aging! (KSRO) The Drive with Steve Jaxon (KSRO) and The Aging Boomers (KSVY), SocialBizWorld, North Bay Growth & Innovation Forum, Rotary District 5130 Assembly and many more.

Kerry was born and raised in Santa Rosa, CA and has a background in office management, recruiting, and entertainment. She has two A.A.S. degrees, one in Software Applications and one in Computerized Business and was salutorian of her class at Heald College of Business. She is the recipient of the North Bay Business Journal’s 2011 “Forty Under 40 Award.” She is married with a sassy 6 year old girl.…

• January 19th – Workshop: Conflict Resolution with Mary O’Neill at Exchange Bank 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
• February 9th – Program:  LinkedIn  with Kerry Rego at Redwood Credit Union 7:30 am – 9:30 am
• March 15th – 1/2 Day Employment Law with Stephen Hirschfeld, Esq., Curiale Hirschfeld Kraemer, LLP and Greg Walsh,Esq.,  Dickenson, Peatman & Fogarty 7:30 am – 11:30 am
• April 12th – Program: The Change Process, I Know What to Do…But I Don’t Do It!  with Judy Bergio 7:30 am – 9:30 am
• May 10th – Program:  Strategic Talent Acquisition/Economic Trends with Brenda Gilchrist 7:30 am – 9:30 am
• June 14th – Workshop: How to Communicate with Difficult People with Cassie McDowell, Productive Learning & Leisure  7:30 am – 11:30 am
• July 12th – Annual Social and Scholarship Auction 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
• August 9th – Workshop:  Executive Coaching with Sharon Keating, Claros Group  7:30 am – 11:30 am
• September 20th – Program: Negotiating Skills with Sarah Dove 7:30 am – 9:30 am
• October 25th – All Day Labor Law Conference: October 25, 2012 7:30 am– 5:00 pm
• November 15th – Program:  Managing Up 7:30 am – 9:30 am
• December – No Program – Happy Holidays
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Approved for 1.5 CEC
Exchange Bank 545 Fourth Street (across the street from their old office!)
November 17, 2011
8:00 am – 9:30 am

Of the many hats worn by Human Resources, one of the most important is managing problem employees in a way that is fair, meets business needs, and minimizes risk to the company.  In today’s environment, with continuing economic problems, budgetary constraints, poor morale, and greater awareness of employee rights, that role is all the more challenging.  This program will look at what does and doesn’t work in dealing with these employees, including appropriate policies and procedures, maintaining at-will employment, avoiding legal landmines, preparing documentation,  working with your supervisors and managers, and when all else fails, carrying out terminations.

About our Speaker

Carla Hartley is a partner with the law firm of Dillingham & Murphy, LLP in San Francisco.  She specializes in employment law and has extensive experience in discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistle-blowers, disability, and leaves of absence, reductions in force, contracts, wage and hour, intellectual property, and privacy issues.  She has successfully tried cases and also provides a full range of non-litigation services such as advice and counseling.  Ms. Hartley is a frequent speaker to business, human resource and EEO organizations and past chair of the Employment and Labor Practice Group for the USLAW Network, a national organization.  She received her B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley and J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law.

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