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Saturday, September 22, 2012
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Matt Bahl
Verrill Dana
Social Media in the Modern Workplace –
Practical, cost-effective solutions are the hallmark of Matt’s practice. Matt counsels and represents management in all areas of labor and employment law. He has represented health care, construction, automotive, media and hospitality clients in a wide variety of traditional labor law matters, including successfully guiding clients through union organizing campaigns, arbitration, work stoppages, unfair labor practice proceedings, and collective bargaining. He also defends employers in litigation before state and federal courts and in administrative charges before federal, state, and local agencies. Matt frequently offers advice and guidance to employers on the ever changing world of wage and hour, employee misclassification, and social media law.
In addition, Matt routinely negotiates and drafts contracts on behalf of clients, including employment, professional service, consulting, vendor service, non-competition, non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreements. Matt has also counseled clients on successor liability issues that arise during the sale and purchase of businesses.
Matt is an active author, presenter, a contributing editor to the American Bar Association’s Developing Labor Law treatise, and chief editor of Verrill Dana’s labor and employment blog, All In A Day’s Work (read Matt’s blog posts). Matt also serves on the ABA’s employment rights and responsibilities committee. Empowering employers to navigate the complicated business and legal landscape is a priority for Matt, and he frequently presents on matters relevant to employers and businesses as a whole.
When not helping clients to achieve their business goals, Matt maintains an active lifestyle filled with sports (a clear attempt to relive his former glory days as a college athlete), community involvement, and exploration of Maine’s vast wilderness.
Saturday, September 15, 2012
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Dianne Durkin
Loyalty Factor
Change Management and Employee Loyalty –
President and Founder of Loyalty Factor, Dianne Durkin has over 25 years of experience in finance, direct sales, international marketing and training and development. She has held Vice President of Marketing and Presidential positions with companies like Gulf Oil, Digital Equipment Corp, Corporate Branding Partnership and ASTEA International. She has also founded and sold two companies.
Dianne has built a reputation as one who can quickly assess the core issues within a company and outline their impact on the organization and its profits, productivity and people. Dianne’s combination of executive management and entrepreneurial skills has proven very beneficial in helping major corporations and small enterprises achieve maximum results.
Dianne is described as a visionary thinker that takes vision into reality, a true leader, a rare combination of creativity and strong business sense who quickly gets to the core issues and their impact on the organization, profits, productivity and people. Because of her unique blend of skills of finance, direct sales, international marketing, training and development, she incorporates Return on Investment thinking into all her processes and recommendations thereby showing measurable results to her clients.
Her effective style at all levels of an organization energizes people to overachieve personally and professionally, while at the same time providing an atmosphere of camaraderie and mutual respect.
Because of the combination of her skills, style and energy, she is continually sought after to guide companies into new markets and directions.
A graduate of Rivier College, Ms. Durkin holds a Masters Degree in Mathematics from Duquesne University. She has also completed advanced management programs at the University of Santa Clara and Babson College.
As author of The Loyalty Factor (October, 2010), she has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, USA Today, Investor’s Business Daily, The Boston Globe, among numerous other publications. She was also the subject of a cover story in Learning and Training Magazine and she appeared on National Public Radio and Bloomberg Television and Radio. Her writing has appeared in Master Salesmanship, Potentials, New Hampshire Business Review, and other business publications.
Dianne was named Distinguished Woman of the Year. She is also active in the Boston Club, Sales and Marketing Executives of Greater Boston, The Commonwealth Institutes, Boston College CEO Club, Who’s Who in America and Women in World Trade. She is fluent in French and Polish.
Saturday, September 8, 2012
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Ryan Estis,
Chief Experience Officer at Ryan Estis & Associates
Ryan Estis & Associastes
The former Chief Strategy Officer for the People Marketing division of McCann-Erickson Advertising and now serves at the Chief Experience Officer in his growing training and development practice.
Recently recognized as one of the “best keynote speakers seen or heard” alongside Tony Robbins, Bill Gates, Al Gore and Marcus Buckingham, Ryan is a leading expert on culture, leadership and the future of work. He serves as a Sr. Associate with Employer Brand International, an advisory member on the SmartBrief Workforce Council, is a certified Human Capital Strategist and professional member of the National Speakers Association.
 Don Macpherson,
President
Modern Survey
Don is responsible for leading the sales, marketing, and consulting departments at Modern Survey. Drawing on 17 years of experience in the field of employee measurement, Don’s areas of expertise include understanding of employee and customer motivations, development of effective leadership, and creating processes for gathering feedback from transitioning employees.
Among a variety of interests, Don volunteers his time to the A Better Chance Foundation. He has been a mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters since 1998. Don’s undergraduate studies in Denmark and his stint as a professional basketball player in Germany have helped him understand the global challenges organizations face today. He earned his degree in History and Mass Communications from St. Cloud State University.
Leadership Culture and Engagement: What Matters Now –
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Tom Morris
Founder/President
Morris Associates Inc.
Tom Morris is a career coach, published author, keynote speaker, entrepreneur and business owner. He’s founder and president of Morris Associates Inc. an outplacement and human resources consulting firm in Washington, DC that serves firms in the Mid-Atlantic region.
He is past president of the Washington, DC Area Chapter of the Association of Career Professional International, and for two years served on the Board of Governors for the Institute for Career Certification International. In 1995 he was certified as a Career Management Fellow. Tom has served on or led more than 20 professional and community boards and advisory groups.
Tom has been quoted in local and national publications and interviewed on radio and television stations in both the United States and Canada. His first book, Career Mechanics I: Solutions to Common Career and Employment Issues focuses on career development, recruitment and retention, changing jobs, career assessment, resumes, networking, interviewing and negotiation.
Five Ws and the H: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How For Organizations Conducting Off-Site Retreats –
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Saturday, September 1, 2012
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Robert Elam
Chief Business Development Officer
Career Management Partners
Retained Executive Search –
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Bob has over 20 years of experience as an organizational consultant with a focus on Career Transition Consultation and Executive Search. Prior to joining Career Management Partners, Bob was Managing Director of his own consulting practice (R.W. Elam & Associates) specializing in retained executive search, customized turnkey recruiting/talent acquisition projects and career transition/outplacement consulting. He served as President for the Southwest Region of a business unit for DHR International (a top 5 global retained executive search firm). Bob began his consulting career with the Houston office of Korn Ferry International. In his career, he has consulted to numerous client organizations on a national basis in a variety of industries (profit and non-profit) and diverse cultures.
Bob was also affiliated with King, Chapman Broussard & Gallagher (a national outplacement/career transition, executive coaching and organizational consulting firm). At KCB& G, Bob initially delivered consulting services for the firm’s Houston office and was later named General Manager of the Organizational Resizing practice for the Dallas Region. Prior to launching his consulting career, Bob held strategic executive level Human Resources and Recruitment/Talent Acquisition positions with two Fortune 500 manufacturing companies (Cooper Industries and the Babcock & Wilcox Company).
During his executive search consulting career, Bob was a recipient of the award for excellence with one of the executive search firms he has been affiliated with and received a letter of commendation for high quality internal client service during his tenure with the Babcock & Wilcox Company.
He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska. In addition to other community involvement activities, Bob served as the Organization Chairman for the American Heart Association. He has also served as an adjunct organizational consultant to the Dallas Lighthouse for The Blind.
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Susan Post
Director Eastern Region
SHRM
SHRM as a Resource –
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Susan Post is Director, Eastern Region for the Society for Human Resource Management. Prior to joining SHRM in 1999, Susan had 15 years of experience as an HR professional with such organizations as Eastman Kodak and Cornell University. She holds a bachelors degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Le Moyne College, is certified by the HR Certification Institute as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and is also certified by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) as a Certified Association Executive (CAE).
Susan’s affiliation with SHRM dates back to the early 1980’s, when she served two terms as President of the Le Moyne College student chapter in Syracuse, NY. Throughout her professional career, Susan has held a variety of volunteer leadership positions with SHRM, including two terms as President of her local chapter and as District Director on the New York State Council.
In her role as Eastern Regional Director, Susan oversees a team of regional staff based in Florida, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Texas. She is also Field Services Director for seven states in the Northeast Region, serving SHRM members and volunteers from her home office in upstate New York.
Outside of SHRM, Susan is a volunteer leader for a number of organizations. She currently serves on ASAE’s Membership Section Council in Washington, DC, and is also a Board Vice President and HR Committee Chair for Chemung ARC, a non-profit human service agency in Elmira, NY.
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