Guest Post by McKenzie Cunningham, UIS HR Student
Last weekend was SHRM’s Leadership Regional
Summit in Dallas, Texas. My professor, Donna
Rogers, whom is ILSHRM Director attended.
This conference is primarily attended by state council directors and
director elects. This year there were 48
out of the 50 states represented.
The experience of following a live twitter
stream was not an easy task because sometimes I did not know what was going on.
The purpose is to attend and get advice from
one another and SHRM staff on how to lead a group of volunteers such as a state
council or chapter. They also learned
about Social Media’s impact on volunteer management, event planning, and
general communications. Scott Ferrin and Linda Besse are just a couple
who shared some interesting tweets during the conference.
For Example:
“Social media branding: it’s
like growing your own flowers organically (Scott ferrin (@i_am_swc_SHRM) on Twitter)”. My takeaway from this tweet is when it comes
to HR and social media you can pick and choose every aspect of the company you
work for by picking the right people to work with you or even how the company
is perceived by your customers.
“Policy vs. Parameters” Parameters give you room to move (Linda Besse (@linda44342) on Twitter) I found this
comment by Linda Besse very interesting and true. When it comes to HR
policies they have to be followed very carefully and there is no wiggle room. When
you are a Human Resource professional you are in charge of a lot of people
besides yourself. There are many laws
and regulations that are passed from state to state and SHRM is a great support
system and a great way to learn from others in your field.
I am new to twitter, so this has been a real
experience for me to follow the #shrmlead stream. If you are interested in following the tweets
for this event click here: #shrmlead. This will be the same hashtag used for the
upcoming annual SHRM Leadership Conference in DC this November. One interest sting tweet from Curtis Midkiff @SHRMSocMedGuy was this
video you might want to check out titled: Our #SHRM volunteer leaders let us know
how they really Feel About HR at #SHRMLead
I am currently a student member
of SHRM and think it is an amazing organization that really helps people in the
Human Resource field by explaining policies and talking about new bills that
are trying to be passed that will affect their jobs. Also, one of the biggest ways I think that SHRM
helps the Human Resource professionals is that it gives tremendous support to
everyone involved. If you would like to
learn more about local state SHRM initiatives click here: Illinois State Council of SHRM. One of the things that SHRM also does that I
found very interesting was they all pass out Meet Meme cards. I find this a very interesting way to network
and break the ice. At this particular
meeting they used the cards pictured here to encourage networking and win
prizes.
