Please come join us for breakfast on Wednesday, November 14th from 8 am to 10:15 am for our first Professional Development series for our new program season! Do you ever have to train the managers in your organization on HR Topics? Are you tired of the blank stares, disinterested looks, or outright resistance that you encounter when you stand up in front of a group?

Over the past 13 years, presenters Deanna Banks and Alice Buchanan have designed and delivered training for a variety of clients on topics such as HIPAA, FLSA, compensation guidelines, the interview process, and performance management. The comment they pride themselves most on hearing from participants is: "I came here as a prisoner and I am leaving a learner." Alice and Deanna will share with you their secrets for turning prisoners into learners by making mandatory HR training interesting, fun, and effective.

Our attendees will receive 2 recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI).

This workshop explores how you deal with change in your work and personal life. Learn how to read "the handwriting on the wall" and successfully navigate through the maze in search of "new cheese."

Speaker: Michele Fantt-Harris, SPHR, Managing HR Director for the National Cooperative Bank, and former President of HRA-NCA.

Over the past ten years, the SHRM Foundation has funded more than $1 million in research grants for 79 research projects. The SHRM Foundation promotes the use of "research-based knowledge." What does that mean for you? It means enhanced credibility. Imagine proposing a new program to senior management and being able to cite solid research to demonstrate the benefits of your proposed change. The Foundation is funding practical research every year to help you do just that. Current research projects focus on critical areas such as Technology & HR, HR Measurement, Global HR, and The Changing Role of the HR Professional. Research results will help provide research-based answers to questions such as: How should a mentoring program be structured for maximum effectiveness? How do HR leaders make a strategic impact on their organizations? To review the results of recently completed SHRM Foundation research, visit http://www.shrm.org/foundation/findings.asp.

The SHRM Foundation: 40 Years of Advancing the HR Profession

Most employees today feel overworked and underappreciated. During times of change when we are asking them to do more with less, they report feeling less valued and more stressed for their efforts than ever before.

Bob Nelson, Ph.D., best-selling author of 1001 Ways to Reward Employees and The 1001 Rewards & Recognition Fieldbook, will expand your thinking of what recognition means and how you can better and more frequently recognize those you work with -- even with little time, resources, or budget.

Come join us for the first chapter meeting of 2008 as the folks from the Society of Human Resource Management give us a New Year's look at what's happening in HR!

Back by popular demand, Mike Aitken, Director of Government Relations for SHRM, will be with us again to talk about the latest legislative news affecting HR Professionals and impacting the way we do our business. Also from SHRM, Jennifer Schramm will give us the latest skinny on HR workplace trends and what to expect in our trade in 2008 and years to come.

Some good news and bad news about our most recent chapter meeting on Wednesday, October 10th at the Washington Suntrust building: The good news is we had the most dynamic and engaging speaker we have ever had in Sonia Aranza.

Attendee's feedback was overwhelmingly positive with a rating of 4.91 on a scale of 1(lowest) to 5 (highest), believed to be the highest rating for an HRA-NCA speaker ever.

Would you like to hone your public speaking skills and at the same time train social workers on how to teach resume writing and interview preparation to the people they serve? For complete details, please contact David Remick, Chair, Community Relations, at (703) 769-3712 or remick@worconline.org.

You may look up these and other members' information in the HRA-NCA online membership directory, using various search categories. Log in through the "Member Login" on the HRA-NCA website home page. Keep your membership record up-to-date so we don't lose touch!

HRA-NCA Welcomes these New Members

HRA-NCA invites organizations to sponsor our newsletter - or any of the following: monthly speaker presentations, our website, special events, etc. Interested? Contact Chris Cramer, HRA-NCA's PR & Sponsorship Chair, or access our information on the website. For this issue, sincere thanks to the following sponsor.

2007 WORCforce Roundtable

What is the health of Greater Washington’s workforce today?
What are the future trends and challenges in workforce training and education?

Find out at the 2007 WORCforce Roundtable

Four Seasons Hotel Washington DC
December 7, 2007

Panelists:

• Steven Pearlstein, Business Columnist, The Washington Post (Moderator)
• Hugh Bailey, Interim Manager & WIB Director, Montgomery County Department of Economic Development
• Jim Dinegar, President & CEO, Greater Washington Board of Trade
• Gordon Ellis, Human Resources Director, Sodexho
• David Hunn, President & CEO, The SkillSource Group, Inc.
• Margaret Singleton, Vice President, DC Chamber of Commerce

To learn more, please go to http://www.worconline.org/2007WORCF orceRoundtable.php