SHRM-Atlanta Presentation Submission Form

Our call for presentations for the 20th Annual SHRM-Atlanta HR Conference is now closed! 

Please read all of the information below prior to submitting your online presentation(s).  Special consideration will be given if you submit one of the sessions below.  Selection process and deadlines are also listed at the bottom of this page.
 
If you have not yet submitted a speaking proposal using our online form and you do not have a membership or guest account with SHRM-Atlanta, you will need to first create a guest account here.  Once you have created your guest account, please log in and complete the online speaker submission form below.

If you have submitted an online speaker proposal in the last year, you can log into your SHRM-Atlanta member or guest account here and then review your submission here.  Your prior submission(s) will pre-populate in the form and you can make edits as needed.  Please be sure to submit your form once you have made these edits.

Please do not log in to your membership/guest account to submit a presentation for someone else. 

Please note that at this point your online submission will be entered into our speaker database and you may be contacted by a SHRM-Atlanta volunteer to speak at various events throughout 2010.  SHRM-Atlanta offers 100+ programs per year to our 2,500+ members.  Your submission will be considered for the 2010 Spring Assembly and the 20th Annual SHRM-Atlanta Conference as well as various GEM and PEG workshops.

Click here to complete the online form

SHRM-Atlanta is currently looking for presentations that fall into the following tracks.  Special consideration will be given if you submit presentations based on the specific topics listed under each track; however, you are not limited to submit only these topics.  If your presentation does not match any of these tracks and/or topics, please select "other" on the online submission form.

SHRM-Atlanta members and event attendees request to hear case studies and best practices from HR practitioners either as a panel or as a co-presenter.  If you are a vendor to HR practitioners, we recommend that you provide a panel of speakers to include a HR practitioner (a client of yours) or include a HR practitioner as a co-presenter.

Business Acumen & Leadership
These sessions build the business know-how of HR practitioners ranging from the specialist/generalist to the mid-level manager to the seasoned leader.  Specialist/generalist and mid-level professionals can select from sessions that develop and enhance their fundamental business “literacy”.  Seasoned leaders can learn about the impact of their actions on decision-making and how this in turn affects outcomes at the functional, unit, or corporate level. 

• Fundamental financial literacy for HR
• HR budgeting best practices/techniques
• HR metrics and organizational performance
• Organizational influence/persuasion
• Techniques for better understanding how business works
• Linking behavior and financial outcomes
• Understanding how personality traits impact decision-making
• Branding HR internally
• Marketing/positioning HR internally
• Strategy development techniques
• Functional business planning practices
• Enhancing HR’s credibility through HR Vision/Mission/Value development
• Economy and how it impacts HR
• Futuristic trends in HR

Law & Legislation
Employment Laws and Legislation have changed dramatically over the past year.  As a HR professional, it’s important to be knowledgeable about new and pending laws and legislation that could have a significant impact on your company.  These sessions will provide current state and federal employment law trends, information to help you avoid legal pitfalls, how to comply with recent changes to employment law and updates to proposed employment legislation.

• Employment / Labor Law
• Legislation (State & Federal)
• Labor Relations
• Employee Rights
• Mediation / Arbitration
• Immigration & I-9
• FMLA
• Investigations
• Conflict management
• EEOC compliance programs
• Employee policies & procedures / employee handbook
• HIPA & GINA
• OSHA enforcement
• Non-competes
• WARN Act
• Labor laws in various countries

Total Rewards
These sessions will focus on the broad span of topics around total rewards, compensation, benefits and how to leverage to attract and retain talent in today’s competitive environment. 

• Wellness
• Are your company’s benefits competitive?
• Total Compensation: How to leverage to retain and attract talent
• Executive compensation
• Incentives without a cost
• Variable pay tactics & programs
• Retirement
• Compensation Challenges & Solutions in tough times
• Effective integration of performance based pay and a balanced scorecard
• Health Care 
• Business Case for preventative health benefit design
• Consumer driven Health care programs
• Outside the Box Health Care Programs….beyond just the basics
• Rewards & recognition
• Financial planning
• Deferred compensation, the new norm

Organizational Evolution
As many organizations grow, change and evolve today, it is increasingly important to strategically manage the lifecycle of the organizational talent.  These sessions will showcase trends in recruiting, interviewing, change management initiatives, employee engagement, and generational gaps in the workforce.

• Recruitment sources
• Online Recruitment
• Generational Gap in Workplace
• Interviewing
• Change Management
• Employee Engagement
• Outplacement
• Current economic implications on workforce

Talent Management
Discover the robust talent management strategies and tactics required for this new economy.  Areas of discussion will range from development, education and coaching to succession planning, organizational change and employee surveys/assessments.

• Organizational Development
• Leadership Development
• Generation Gaps
• Succession Planning
• Education & Training Activities
• High Impact Management Trainee Programs
• High Impact High Potential Programs
• High Impact Mentorship Programs
• Talent development strategies with budget limitations
• Executive Coaching
• Assessments
• Employee Surveys
• Managing Performance; Tough Conversations & Progressive Discipline

Diversity & Inclusion
This track will focus on the qualities, experiences and work styles that make individuals different yet unique - such as age, race, religion, disability, ethnicity, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, etc. and how organizations can realize the benefits and leverage those qualities in support of business objectives.

• Global Diversity – “One size does not fit all”
• Culture and Change Management
• Diversity and cross cultural enrichment
• Attracting and Retaining the New Minority Workforce
• Leveraging Differences for Competitiveness
• Managing Ones’ own Biase
• Inclusive vs. Exclusive
• “Transitioning” in the Workplace? (Transgender)
• Increase Technology – Increase Disadvantage for some
• Diversity at the C-Level 
• Domestic Partner & benefits:  Some employers get it - when will state & federal?
• Developing and Utilizing the Diversity Business Case
• Service to the Multicultural Customer
• Advantages of Supplier Diversity

HR Connection
In the virtual environment we work in today, it’s important that HR professionals get connected and stay connected.  This one day track will show you how to maximize the technological tools available to you by the click of a button.

• Social Networking: Facebook, LinkedIn, Youtube, etc.
• HRIS
• Leveraging your company’s intranet
• Corporate websites
• Blogging
• Virtual teams
• Online recruiting
• Microsoft applications
• Online learning and development programs

We accept proposals throughout the year for consideration for the next available event. If your presentation is selected, you will have:

• The opportunity to share your expertise and experience
• The ability to enhance your professional creditability while serving the profession
• Recognition in SHRM-Atlanta promotional and event materials reaching 2500+ members
• Recognition on SHRM-Atlanta’s website (www.shrmatlanta.org)

Please note that SHRM-Atlanta does not pay speaker fees or travel costs. 

If you have any questions, please contact Jean Yahres at jyahres@shrmatlanta.org