72nd
Annual IPMA-HR Central Region Training Conference
June
1 - 4, 2008, Marriott Country Club Plaza, Kansas City,
Missouri
2008 Training
Conference
"Recipe for Well Done HR"
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SUNDAY |
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8:30 am - 4:00 pm |
Pre-conference Workshop
Performance-Based Pay |
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11:00 am |
Biff Elliott
Memorial Golf Outing
(meet in lobby at 11:00 am) |
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11:00 am |
Kansas City Zoo
(bus leaves from lobby at 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM) |
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11:00 am - 1:00 pm |
Exhibit Area
set-up |
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Noon -8:00 pm |
Registration |
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1:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Exhibit Area open |
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6:30 pm -
8:30 pm |
Welcome Reception
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MONDAY |
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7:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Exhibit Area open |
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7:30 am - 4:30 pm |
Registration |
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7:30 am -8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:30 am - 9:10 am |
Opening Ceremonies
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9:10 am - 10:30
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Keynote Speaker
David Naster
"You Just Have to Laugh"
Sponsored by IPMA-HR |
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10:30 am - 10:45 am |
Break |
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10:45 am - noon |
Stan Kulesa
The Standard
"Managing Presenteeism to Improve
Employee Health and Productivity" |
Brandon Phipps
PeopleAdmin
"Automating your Recruitment, Position
Management and Performance Evaluation Processes" |
Trevor Kunkle and Aaron Sorensen
Segal/Sibson
"Human Capital Planning" |
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noon - 1:15 pm |
Annual Central Region Awards Luncheon
Sponsored by NeoGov |
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1:15 pm - 2:30 pm |
Josh Schwartz
The Harford
"OPEB Funding/GASB 45 Mitigation
Strategies" |
Jason Ferrara
CareerBuilder.Com
"Navigating the Changing Internet
Landscape to Assemble the Most Effective Workforce" |
Matt Gist
Ensz & Jester, P.C.
Kevin Parr
MARCIT
"Pre-Litigation Strategies -
Don't Get Burned" |
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2:30 pm - 2:45 pm |
Break |
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2:45 pm - 4:30 pm |
Darren Dupriest
Validity Screening Solutions
"Background Check Policies:
Ensuring your Recipe has the Right Ingredients" |
Michael Long
Perceptive Software
"Bringing Efficiency and Simplicity to
HR Operations with Document Management and Workflow" |
Jeff Amell
The Hartford
"A Fresh Recipe for Fully Insuring
Retiree Health" |
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6:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
Annual Dine
Around
Sponsored by Hay
Group |
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TUESDAY |
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6:25 am |
Ed Knowles Fun
Walk and Talk |
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7:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Exhibit Area
open |
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7:30 am - 4:30 am |
Registration |
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:30 am - 10:00 am |
Keynote Speaker
R. Crosby Kemper, III |
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10:00 am - 10:15 am |
Break |
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10:15 am - 11:30 am |
Mira Mdivani
Mdivani Law Group
"Immigration
Compliance: So You Thought All You Need was I-9's" |
Scott Letourneau
NeoGov
"Save Time and Money by Automating
your Hiring and Employment Process" |
Amanda Jay and Marc Walker
Hay Group
"Leadership Run Amok" |
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11:30 am - 1:15 pm |
Lunch on your Own |
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1:15 pm - 2:30 pm |
Bob Lavigna
Partnership for Public Service
"Getting On-board: A Model for
Integrating and Engaging New Employees" |
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Carl Bosland
Bosland Consulting Group
"FMLA Workshop" |
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2:30 pm - 2:45 pm |
Break |
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2:45 pm - 4:00 pm |
Erik Bergrud
Park University
"Public Service Academy" |
Tim Davis
Constangy, Brooks, & Smith
"Dirty Dishes, Leftovers and
Spilled Milk: Cleaning Your Kitchen with an HR Audit" |
Julie McKee
FBD Consulting
"How to Conduct an Internal
Investigation: The Cracker Jack Caper" |
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4:00 pm |
Annual Business
Meeting |
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6:30 pm - 7:00 pm |
Evening Reception
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7:00 pm - 11:00 pm |
BBQ Dinner
Buffet and Music |
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WEDNESDAY |
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7:30 am - 9:00 am |
Registration |
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8:00 am - 9:00 am |
Full Breakfast
Sponsored by The
Hartford |
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8:30 am - 9:30 am |
Tina Ott-Chiappetta
IPMA-HR Staff
"Legislative Update" |
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9:30 am - 11:00
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Keynote Speaker
Charles Gusewell
"Other Places, Other
Lives" |
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11:00 am - 11:30 am |
Closing Remarks
Robbin Cooper, Central
Region President
Joe Lubin,
Central Region Vice-President
Lois Gartman,
Conference Host Chair
Pam Kannady, IPMA-HR
President |
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Keynote Speakers:
**DAVID NASTER, international authority on the
benefits of humor and laughter. Author of You Just
Have to Laugh and When Work Gets TOUGH-you just
have to laugh.
David
is a comedian with high quality content that truly makes
a difference in people’s lives. After experiencing his
keynote, your life will improve. He guarantees it. A
national authority on the enormous benefits of laughter,
David will share with your audience what he knows best:
No matter what life throws your way, “You Just Have To
Laugh!” His presentation proves that FEAR is the core of
any tough time and FEAR can be managed, even erased,
with humor. Naster is an expert at using humor to
produce a positive perspective.
**R. CROSBY
KEMPER, III, was appointed Chief Executive of the
Kansas City Public Library in September, 2005. Kemper
has done independent scholarship work in New Haven,
Connecticut; served as executive director of the British
Institute of the United States in New York; and served
as English instructor at the University of Sichuan in
Chengdu, China.
Kemper
is chairman and founding member of the Show-Me
Institute. He was appointed by then Missouri Governor,
Bob Holden, to chair the Blue Ribbon Task Force,
Citizens Commission on the Future of Higher Education in
Missouri. Currently, Kemper is on the Board of Trustees
for the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, the private,
nonprofit corporation that has owned and operated
Monticello since 1923; the advisory board of University
of Missouri Press; and the boards of National Frontier
Trails Museum, Midwest Research Institute, Black
Archives of Mid-America, KIPP (Knowledge Is Power
Program) and the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He
is an emeritus member of the Board of Commissioners of
Tower Grove Park in St. Louis, a position appointed by
The Missouri Supreme Court.
Kemper has
served as chairman, CEO, and executive vice president
for UMB Financial Corporation and UMB Bank, n.a. in
Kansas City, and president of UMB Bank in St. Louis.
Kemper wrote and edited the book titled Winston
Churchill: Resolution, Defiance, Magnanimity, Good Will.
He received his bachelor's degree in history from Yale
University.
**CHARLES W. GUSEWELLE, Award-winning Kansas
City Star columnist writes about the things we
already know-the ordinary but indispensable, and
sometimes ridiculous, happenings of our lives.
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