Schedule

2004 State Leadership Conference

Thursday, December 2, 2004

Noon - 4 pm

State Council Meeting

Valley West Inn, 3535 Westown Parkway, West Des Moines

Friday, December 3, 2004

8 am - 3 pm

State Conference

7:15 am - 8:15 am - Continental Breakfast & Registration

8:15 am - 9:30 am - "Get a Grip on Leadership" Keynote from Susan Wilson, Executive Strategies. Key points and illustations in the keynote will include:

Level the listening field for quality communication
Learn to focus your questions for answers that solve your problems
Use your communication to turn conflicts into valuable conversations
Reveal core issues to resume progress toward key goals
Lead your people out of their corners and back to the team's table for collaborative problem solving, decision making and planning
Reduce conflicts; increase collaboration

9:30 am - 10:00 am - Q&A/Break/Setup Time

10:00 am - 12:00 noon - Workshop by Susan Wilson, Executive Strategies - Highly Interactive Workshop to address questions, such as What obstacles exist to participation in your SHRM chapter? What can be done to energize interest & participation in your SHRM chapter? to address the key issues of recruitment, retention, & participation of chapter members, as a member, and as a leader.

12:00 noon - 1:15 pm - Lunch

1:15 pm - 1:30 pm - Break/Travel Time for Shuttle to Simpson College's Computer Lab

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm - Concurrent Sessions

Simpson Computer Lab - Iowa SHRM's Membership Database goes online, with more features with Memberclicks by Becky Venneman

Valley West Inn - Session to be announced soon. Finalizing Topic choice with possible speaker.

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm - Valley West Inn Meeting Room Available for Chapters to Stay After if choose to use the additional time for planning out their strategies for the next year while their leadership is together for the conference.

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