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Continuing the Dialogue
Yesterday I posted a bit of a mini-rant about the seminars dealing with the inherent risks of social media for employers that were presented as part of the 2010 Employment Law & Legislative Conference. My statement was that SHRM failed to fulfill what I consider to be an obligation to present a balanced perspective on this topic, or any other topic.
There is another side to this story that I didn’t hot on yesterday. People like me who want to see SHRM doing a better job of covering topics need to be doing our part by submitting proposals to speak at SHRM conferences on topics that we feel are important.
I know that many people at SHRM are already doing a lot in this regard. I am not bashing SHRM in the other post. I was just pointing out what I believe they could better in handling the legal aspects of a rapidly developing and changing subject matter, where quite frankly lawyers don’t have that much more expertise than skilled social media users.
SHRM National has a better platform for bringing state of the art information and expertise to more people than anyone else, including the local chapters. They need to add some method for selection of “Developing subject matter” to ensure that timely presenters are able to get onto the conference schedules in in a more timely way than relying on Calls for Proposal that require submissions nearly a year before the conference date. I know this is difficult. I also know this can be accomplished.
Where to submit speaking proposals to SHRM
If you are interested in submitting ideas for presentation at an Calls for presentation to #SHRM Conefernces for 2011 can be found at the links below:
Employment Law http://bit.ly/bQaEWK
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Global HR http://bit.ly/dt2oM3
Staffing and Employment http://bit.ly/amMhYC
Annual Conference http://bit.ly/b2SqKn
Speaker Information for #SHRM http://www.shrm.org/Conferences/SpeakerInformation/Pages/default.aspx
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Good point Mike…I think that the flipside is that people planning conferences (national/state/local) need to be on the look out for folks that are actively using social media and can integrate that perspective.
Twitter: MikeVanDervort
March 21, 2010 at 5:21 am
@Joe
I can’t disagree with you. My local here in Florida recently invited me to speak at a monthly meeting in July. I will be discussing “Putting social media tools to work for human resources professionals”
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Twitter: tracytran
March 21, 2010 at 1:54 pm
If memory serves me right, didn’t the blogger panel from last year’s SHRM conference created a month or 2 before it started?
I also think if last year if New Orleans was a place to help job seekers, why not this year bring awareness on how to use Social Media for not only for business, but individuals? Hope that becomes a theme for SHRM this year.
Twitter: MikeVanDervort
March 21, 2010 at 4:12 pm
@Tracy – I think you are correct on the bloggers panel. I think it would be good to repeat a similar event with new participants this year. I hope SHRM and maybe @ChinaGorman will pursue that.
I also like your second suggestion!
Thanks for the note, btw! Your Caps gonna take the Stanley Cup this year?
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Twitter: ChinaGorman
March 22, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Michael: this post is very timely! SHRM has a strong desire to get actual, successful practitioners on the podium at all of our conferences! It’s among the most vexing challenges we face. Particularly at the Annual Conference. We really do want to have live case studies from organizations with great people management strategies being led by great HR leaders. (And we could do more to make the process more engaging, I know. We’re working on that.) But we really need people like you and your readers to step up and submit proposals for us to consider. We have a broad need for content along the full HR spectrum at the Annual Conference. I know it’s hard to look a year ahead and be able to make time commitments like this, but think of it as supporting your fellow #HR pros in knowing what’s next (visit http://www.weknownext.com) and in creating great professional visibility for your own career! Thanks for providing the links above so your readers can begin to think about the 2011 conference in Las Vegas!
Twitter: MikeVanDervort
March 24, 2010 at 5:23 am
@China – as always my pleasure. The goal is always to try to make SHRM better by working inside and outside to encourage dialogue and participation.
RT @MikeVanDervort: Speaking of SHRM, HR people who use social media should be speaking at SHRM http://bit.ly/9doyv5
@MikeVanDervort Or, SHRM should be seeking out those who use it and invite them to come speak. Good post. http://bit.ly/9doyv5
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@MikeVanDervort Or, SHRM should be seeking out those who use it and invite them to come speak. Good post. http://www.thehumanracehorses.com/2010/0...
RT @jasonlauritsen: @MikeVanDervort Or, SHRM should be seeking out those who use it and invite them to come speak. Good post. http://bit.ly/9doyv5