The following is the schedule for upcoming Learning & Professional Development programs. Continue checking the calendar of events for specific details regarding these events. The 2010 LPD Committee will convene shortly, so keep an eye out for upcoming 2010 programs!
Upcoming Learning & Professional Development Programs:
Class fees for LPD programs:
2 Credit class:
$35- member
$45- non-member
3 Credit class:
$45 - member
$55 - non-member
Participants can register on the PHRA website (from the Monthly Calendar) unless otherwise noted.
Increasing the Effectiveness of Training Programs with a Blended Approach to Delivery
February 11, 2010
PHRA Office
8:30am - 10:30am
2 CE Credits
Professional developmental training has changed dramatically over the past few years. The methods for course delivery range from live classroom instruction to an array of e-learning options. A clear preference is surfacing among businesses for a blended approach to training. Driven by the need to increase training effectiveness while decreasing costs and time spent away from work, managers are finding numerous advantages to providing live classroom training, combined with webinars that expand on the concepts discussed in the classroom. This workshop will focus on three main areas of discussion: providing training flexibility, ensuring message consistency, and meeting generational demands for using technology in training. Dr. Gatto will discuss why a blended approach to training increases learning, and how management can track the way concepts are applied to every-day work situations.
Your Employees’ Careers: Your Companies Future
February 23, 2010
PHRA Office
Lunch and Learn
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
1.5 CE Credits
Registration -
Lunch is provided with your registration fee.
Today more than ever, hostile markets, reorganizations and mergers, a maturing workforce, and flattened career and leadership ladders threaten the existence of organizations. Issues of recruitment and retention have moved from backrooms to boardrooms. Human assets drive the locomotive of business success and we are in a full-throttle, knowledge economy. The stronger our people, the stronger our corporations.
As more and more research shows the connection between an organization’s focus on the career development of their employees and the engagement, retention, and recruitment of those employees, organizations are searching for best practices on how to design and implement an effective career development system. The presentation will begin with setting the stage by using data from recent studies that relate the importance of effective career development systems to employee engagement, retention, and recruitment. The presentation will outline the essential components of career development systems, and how these systems should be employee driven, manager enabled, and organizationally supported.
Finally, we will explore the PHRA’s own Career Development Center and how the online resource can help you enhance your own HR career.
Don't Learn About Safety and HR by Accident - Strategic Risk Management and the Bottom Line
March 9, 2010
PHRA Office
8:30 am - 10:30 am
2 Strategic Credits Pending
Do you know all you need to know about Risk Management? Organizational risk management is an essential part of an HR function. HR must be involved in strategic planning related to safety. In addition HR is often responsible for monitoring safety and disaster recovery functions. Finally, HR’s role in training, workplace staffing, performance management and total rewards requires an up-to-date knowledge of safety issues to ensure all employees participate in Risk Management efforts. This session will provide you with an overview of safety and risk management and its impact on the bottom-line. Concepts covered in this program include Risk Management components in the HRCI certification tests.
Strategic Talent Management Series
The #1 issue identified in the recent Annual HR Leadership Survey was the acquisition, retention, and development of talent needed to achieve their organization’s strategy. The Pittsburgh Technology Council, the HR Leadership Forum of Western PA and the PHRA are joining forces to bring you the latest, most innovative best practices and thought leadership in strategic talent management.
Join us for these upcoming Strategic Talent Management Series Events:
Strategic Credits Pending
Location
The Rivers Club
301 Grant Street #411
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Cost
$45 Council/PHRA Members
$175 Non-Members
Registration - Coming Soon!
Eventscalendar.pghtech.org
Tony Greco
VP of Human Resources, Westinghouse
March 25, 2010
7:30 am – 9:30 am
Peggy Tayloe
Director North American Recruiting, IBM
April 13, 2010
7:30 am – 9:30 am
Shannon Brown
Chief Human Resources Officer, FedEx
May 4, 2010
7:30 am – 9:30 am
As our mission says, we’re committed to providing professional development and educational resources to enhance the value of HR profession. For more information, go the the Professional Development page. See our calendar of events for a listing of upcoming Learning & Professional Development programs and connect with colleagues through our PeopleLink for information and resource sharing. We’ve also provided a selection of frequently used web sites that provide helpful information to assist you on a daily basis on our Industry Links page. As always, if you have information you would like to present or share with the other members, please do so!
