If you have seen some of the things we have posted up here lately, we have kind of slighted our state council. Even though our conference is over for the year, we are already working on next year's event and moving forward with many of our on-going projects, like hosting the SHRM Strategy Conference in Chicago. Oh and by the way this is our 100th post on this site! Thank you very much!
Among other things that John Jorgensen and I did while we were over visiting the Ohio SHRM State Conference, we had a chance to review some things from our conference. One of the more interesting things we did was to check out some digital video from our conference. We compared what we had done to what Ohio had done, in terms of conference openings. Without argument, you must agree that the conference openings for Illinois compared to Ohio were at opposite ends of the spectrum. Each was unique and fit the flavor of their event. After looking at the video below, I think you will find Mr. Judy's comments most enlightening.
Charlie Judy Emcee at ILSHRM 2011 from Illinois SHRM on Vimeo.
Now we think Charlie did a great job. And not only do we think that he did a great job but apparently our friend Robin Schooling, from Louisiana who attended IL SHRM, thought Charley did a good job as well. In fact, she thought Charlie did such a fine job, Robin invited Charlie to emcee at the 2012 Louisiana SHRM State Conference. We found out about this on the trip return back to Illinois from our Ohio experience. I understand Charley attended school at Tulane, thus the willingness to return to Louisiana, or perhaps just Ms. Schooling's sheer charm, who knows.
The bottom line is this. It is all good stuff. Our SHRM state organizations are sharing experiences, speakers, topics, ideas and concepts, and it benefits everyone and it hurts no one.
-Dave Ryan Director of Social Media ISC SHRM
