2015 Symposium

Thank you to all of the attendees, sponsors and exhibitors that join us for the 2015 LWHRA Symposium! We hope that you were able to meet someone new and return to the office with an applicable take-away. Keep an eye out for more information on the 2016 Symposium!

Save the date!
Symposium 2016
February 9, 2016 | Meydenbauer Convention Center

The theme for this year's event is Be Inspired: Be Agile. The Symposium team has worked hard to find innovative speakers for the four different tracks: People, Organization, Strategy, and Workplace. There are four different tracks with four sessions in each category, giving you a choice of 16 classes! You may choose to stick to one track or you may choose sessions from various tracks. The choice is yours!

Please note that session registration is strictly for information purposes. Registrants will not be required to attend the sessions selected.

Sponsorship & Exhibitor Opportunities
Note: Exhibit booths are now SOLD OUT.

BE INSPIRED; BE AGILE

Agile, flexible, resilient—these words describe the people you want to hire, retain, and develop. They describe the organizational cultures that will thrive in times of rapid change and intense competition. They describe YOU! Whether you are an HR department of one or many, we are constantly faced with how to inspire and impact everyone around us including ourselves. The ability to be agile is the key to success as an HR professional.

Agility is the
ability to:

An agile or change-ready organization is able to quickly adapt to changing circumstances; It can respond instantaneously to changing customer demands; it is ready for ANYTHING.

This is the future of Human Resources – building adaptable, change-ready organizations. Don’t get left behind...

The 2015 LWHRA Symposium will inspire you to be an agile HR professional by providing:

Game-changing educational sessions
Innovative collaboration with vendors
Inspirational interaction with your peers

Symposium Keynotes


Bob Kelleher Keynote: Engaging Employees to Drive Results		Shirley Davis, PhD, SPHR Keynote: Strategies for Reinventing Yourself in an Era of Disruption
Bob is the author of the critically acclaimed book 10 Practical Employee Engagement Results That Drive Results. In both Bob's books and in his personal presentation, Bob outlines his 10 essential steps of engagement which are culled from his years of experience working as an award winning internal practitioner, and from leading engagement initiatives that transformed corporate cultures. These best practices will help firms minimize disengagement while also putting in place steps to maximize employee engagement. Read more about Bob Kelleher.		Dr. Shirley Davis, SPHR, is an accomplished corporate executive, global workforce and talent management expert, an international professional speaker, executive coach, and author. She is President and CEO of SDS Enterprises, LLC, a global workforce and talent management solutions firm. She has consulted, trained, and presented to leaders at all levels of the organization, including in all business sectors, and across a number of industries. She has also worked in more than 10 countries providing training programs, keynotes, and strategy development. Read more about Dr. Shirley Davis.

Registration Rates
Regular (Dec 20th - Feb 5th) Member: $299.00 Non-member: $329.00 Students: $149.00	Full (after Feb 5th & onsite) Member: $329.00 Non-member: $369.00 Student: $199.00

Interested in scholarship opportunities? Learn more and to apply>>

Need a place to stay in Bellevue?
Residence Inn by Marriott Bellevue/Downtown
Room rate: $219++
Reservations for the Residence Inn by Marriott Bellevue/Downtown can be made by calling Marriott’s reservation line at 1-800-331-3131 or the hotel directly at 425-637-8500. Mention that you are booking with the Lake Washington Human Resource Association room block. You can also book online. You must book by 1/30/15 to receive the reduced room rate.

Breakfast
House-made crepes, Appel Farms Quark, Rainier cherries, pepper bacon, sausage, crispy cheddar chive tots
Includes freshly brewed Starbucks coffee, Tazo teas, fresh orange juice & freshly baked pastries

AM Break
Health & energy bars, seasonal fruit cups or mini yogurt parfaits

Lunch
Salad
Pepper arugula, spinach, endive, shaved Asiago, raspberry sherry vinaigrette, masala spiced hazelnuts (on the side)

Lunch (chose one)
Pan-seared, house-smoked Northwest salmon, with oat groat risotto, asparagus and balsamic-glazed Northwest mushrooms
Pan seared Draper Valley chicken, parmesan corn pudding, chicken jus, charred vegetables
note: vegetarian option available upon request during registration

Dessert
Chambord cheesecake, drunken blackberries, blackberry port reduction
Chocolate mousse stone fruit tart, honey mascarpone cream, praline crumble

Includes fresh bread, iced tea, Starbucks coffee, and Tazo teas.

PM Break
Plain & peanut M&Ms, Crackerjacks, pretzel twists, Tim's chips, peanuts, red licorice

Reception
Light h'orderves

Advance Your Career

This program has been approved for 6 recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.

The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.

LWHRA is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP.