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HR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENTS
Bangalore HR Summit 2009
December 18–19, 2009 – Bangalore, India
Hosted by the Institute of HRD, the Bangalore HR Summit is an international convention for Human Resources Professionals aimed at bringing together HR professionals, academics, researchers, and management professionals to deliberate on this year’s theme Innovation in HRM. This two-day event will include presentations eminent speakers of national and international repute, who will share their expertise in enhancing organizational effectiveness through innovation in human resources management.
PAST APPEARANCES
How to Become a Successful HR Business Partner
2009 Pacific West HR Conference
September 14–16, 2009 – San Francisco & Palm Springs, California
Join Valerie and the VF&Co team at the annual Southern California regional conference in beautiful Palm Springs. CEO Valerie Frederickson will be presenting on How to Become a Strategic HR Business Partner II, a follow–up to last year´s popular The Emerging Role of the HR Business Partner. This is one of Valerie´s favorite SHRM conferences because of all the charming and smart attendees. Plus, we can party in some cool swimming pools and have a good time the week before the twins come.
How to Become a Successful HR Business Partner
2009 HR Star Conference, San Francisco
July 15, 2009 – South San Francisco, California
Join Valerie Frederickson and the VF&Co team at the annual HR Star Conference in SF. Valerie will be presenting on How to Become a Successful HR Business Partner, a follow-up to last year’s popular The Emerging Role of the HR Business Partner. The presentation will give the audience the chance to do several real-life case studies together. Additionally, VF&Co will be hosting an invitation-only lunch panel this year. Topic: employee engagement.
How to Become a Successful HR Business Partner
PIHRA District 7 May 2009 Meeting
May 21, 2009 – Long Beach, California
PIHRA District 7 serves the greater Long Beach area and gets together once a month to network and learn from an expert guest speaker who will enhance their profession. Due to a special request from the chapter´s professional development chair, Valerie has agreed to bring back her most popular presentation, The Emerging Role of the HR Business Partner, for a speaking engagement at the chapter’s May meeting.
How to Become a Successful HR Business Partner
2009 HR Star Conference, Atlanta
May 13, 2009 – Atlanta, Georgia
Please join Valerie at the 2009 HR Star Conference in Atlanta for a day of learning, sharing, networking, benchmarking and community building. Valerie will be speaking on tools and best practices for HR business partners whose companies are going to come out of the recession ahead.
How to Become a Successful HR Business Partner
NCHRA’s 25th Annual HR West Conference 2009
April 28-29, 2009 – South San Francisco, California
Valerie will be presenting How to Become a Successful HR Business Partner, featuring the seven concerns CEOs have and what you can do to help, plus case studies and practice sessions! Come learn and network!
The Emerging Role of the Strategic HR Business Partner
PLUS Global Executives Summit
Plus Relocation Services Inc., a global relocation services provider for nearly 40 years, is hosting their 4th Annual Global Executives Summit, an educational networking event for global relocation professionals. This full-day event is designed as a forum for intimate, open conversations on issues impacting the field of relocation services and expatriate issues.
The Emerging Role of the Strategic HR Business Partner
2008 PIHRA Annual Conference
Valerie Frederickson will discuss the issues around the HR Business Partner role including background and experience needed to succeed in this position as well as consulting processes that should be part of your tool kit. Also, James Holland, Partner of VF&Co will present on the topic of RIFs and raise questions like: What resources can help you through the process? How do you deal with emotional fall-out among survivors?
The Emerging Role of the Strategic HR Business Partner
BIO 2008 Human Resources Conference
Valerie Frederickson will present Your HR Career at this conference designed to engage HR professionals in the biotech field. The focus of this year's conference is "Taking Care of Business, Taking Care of People: Maximizing HR's Effectiveness." Sessions at the conference will examine the expertise required of the HR function in this industry to effectively meet new expectations and address HR issues and challenges specific to the biotechnology industry.
The Emerging Role of the Strategic HR Business Partner
2008 HR West Annual Conference
Valerie Frederickson will discuss the issues around the HR Business Partner role including background and experience needed to succeed in this position as well as consulting processes that should be part of your tool kit. Also, James Holland, Partner of VF&Co will present on "The War for Talent: Only the Creative Win" and raise questions like: What innovative ways are there to engage the emerging workforce? How can you tap into underutilized talent pools? How can diversity of thought be used efficiently?
The Emerging Role of the Strategic HR Business Partner
2008 San Francisco HR Star
In this highly interactive session, Valerie Frederickson will discuss the background and experience needed to succeed in an HR Business Partner role as well as consulting processes that should be part of your tool kit. Also, Valerie Frederickson & Company will host a luncheon for conference attendees as Valerie Frederickson moderates a panel of HR executives.
The Emerging Role of the Strategic HR Business Partner
2008 Cleveland HR Executive Summit
Join 125+ Vice Presidents & Directors of HR from Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan for an inspired day of sharing solutions, offering insights, exchanging successes, exploring ideas and high-level networking. Valerie Frederickson and Mathilde Pribula will be moderating discussions on the following topics: The Strategic Role of HR Business Partner, Fostering Relationships with C-Suite Executives, The Emerging Workforce, Working with Boards of Directors, and Creating a Culture of Thought Diversity.
The Emerging Role of the Strategic HR Business Partner
2008 Atlanta HR Star Conference
In this highly interactive session, Valerie Frederickson discussed the background and experience needed to succeed in this position as well as consulting processes that should be part of your tool kit. After the conference, Valerie Frederickson hosted and moderated a panel of experts who pioneered this role in their organizations. Speakers included Orlando Ashford from Coca-Cola, Stacie Hagan from Earthlink and Joan Tolliver from Cbeyond.
The Emerging Role of the Strategic HR Business Partner
2008 LA HR Star Conference
Valerie Frederickson & Company hosted a luncheon for conference attendees as Valerie Frederickson moderated a panel of HR executives including Mike Stark, CEO of Roadlink, Andy Jentis, VPHR at Alcatel-Lucent and Ken Barry, VPHR at Semtech Corporation. The discussion revolved around the challenges and role of the HR Business Partner.
Compensation Career Strategies
2007 Silicon Valley Compensation Association
Valerie Frederickson took a humorous and serious look at compensation careers in the past and present, and share practical tips on how compensation professionals could manage their careers for future success.
Super Size Your HR Career
2007 Presidio Benefits Group Speaker Series
How do you stand when compared with your peers? Are you headed for continued success? Valerie Frederickson shared valuable information on what HR professionals can do now and in the future to maximize their careers.
Managing Your HR Career
2007 13th Annual Arizona SHRM State Conference
Valerie Frederickson offered a fresh perspective on where to go next with your career and how to get there.
Managing Your HR Career
2007 San Francisco HR Star Conference
Using real-life case studies from HR Generalist to Vice President, Valerie Frederickson gave attendees practical tips and purposeful ideas for furthering their own careers in HR. The presentation included fresh perspectives on what CEOs desperately wish HR would do differently, steps to revitalize a career at any stage, and how to strategize for career success.
Managing Your HR Career
2007 Los Angeles HR Star Conference
Taking an insider's look at the current trends in HR careers: the new jobs, the new responsibilities, and where the money is, Valerie Frederickson spoke to hundreds of HR professionals. Attendees walked away with practical tips and purposeful ideas for furthering their own careers in HR.
The New War for Talent: Competing for the Best Life Sciences Talent in a Diminishing Pool
2006 MEDIC Conference
Valerie Frederickson was a featured presenter at the 2006 MEDIC Conference in San Francisco
and led a panel of HR executives in a discussion for Human Resources professionals in the life sciences
industry about specific strategies for recruiting and retaining talent as the
pool of great life science employees diminishes. Attendees rated this presentation as their conference favorite.
HR Executive Career Success in the New War for Talent: Careerpathing to Win in the Global HR Marketplace
VF&Co Speaker Series
As more and more companies expands beyond US borders, HR
executives must have the skills and experience to make strategic decisions
to manage their company’s global human resources. Valerie Frederickson
led a panel of Senior HR Executives in a discussion on the issues facing
HR executives seeking to move up and move in to corporations with an international
presence.
Demystifying Diversity: How You Can Meet Your Organization's Hiring Objectives
2006 SHRM Workplace Diversity Conference
At the Society for Human Resource Management's national 2006 Workplace Diversity Conference, Valerie was asked to present this session twice. Using three case studies, she described untapped sources of executive candidates, strong candidate pools, and a step-by-step process to guide your next diversity executive hire.
Why Growth is Often Sideways: Plotting Your HR Career Path in Biotech
2006 BIO HR Conference
Careers in human resources are typically more of a constellation–in which you gain expertise in several different aspects of HR–than they are a pyramid to be climbed. How can you make sure that you are going up and not just going sideways? At the 2006 BIO HR Conference, Valerie led a panel discussion with Elizabeth Frisby, VPHR of Nektar Therapeutics; Lynn Lester, VPHR of Cambridge Antibody Technology; and Marilee Moy, VPHR of Nikon Precision Inc.
The New War For Talent: Identifying, Developing, And Retaining Stars During Boom Times
VF&Co Speaker Series
According to surveys, finding and keeping valued employees is the #1 worry of CEOs. Valerie led a panel of Silicon Valley experts who offered their perspectives on the challenges, trends and practical solutions to retaining your most important asset—your people. The panel included Ray Martinelli, SVPHR, ServiceSource; Marlene Muraco, Shareholder, Littler Mendelson P.C.; Laura Owen, Senior VP, Global Human Resources, Macrovision Corporation; Seamus Owen, VPHR, Tradebeam, Inc.; and Garry Ronco, SVPHR, JDS Uniphase. Sponsored by Valerie Frederickson & Company, ABD Insurance and Financial Services, and Littler Mendelson P.C.
How to Get Published
Valerie joined a panel of successful authors and columnists for a lively, informative panel discussion to provide key insights about how to get published at the Silicon Valley chapter of the American Society for Training and Development. The ASTD is an international non-profit association of over 70,000 people, working in the field of workplace performance in 100 countries worldwide.
Navigating the Difficult Job Market
At the 8th Annual Women in Leadership Conference at Haas Business School, Valerie joined select corporate executives and successful women who have made their way through the job seekers’ minefield to share insiders’ tricks and tips for finding a job. The annual WIL conference is the longest running student run conference at Haas, attracting over 400 participants including current MBA students, Haas undergraduates, alumni and career women from the greater Bay Area.
Getting Beyond the Resume – An Employer’s
Perspective
Valerie Frederickson and Ruth Ross, SVPHR with Wells
Fargo, share their professional insights about how to look
beyond the resume to size up a candidate’s cultural
fit and what critical steps to take after the interview process
to ensure long term, well-matched executive hires. Event sponsored
by VF&Co.
Career Lifecycles
Valerie shares with this group of senior female financial
executives her personal insights on how to positively impact
the direction of your career and how to gain more joy along
the way. The Financial Women's Association of San Francisco
(FWA) is a professional organization committed to furthering
the advancement of women in the financial sector, as well
as women in financial functions in other business sectors.
Getting Beyond the Resume–Executive Interviewing, A Candidate’s Perspective
What are the critical actions required to successfully secure
the next step in your career? A discussion of the changing
role of the recruiter and how to get them working for you;
how to overcome job search roadblocks and establish real opportunities;
preparation for interviews with search firms and with the
target employer; and how to create maximum impact in the first
90 days on the job. Presented to Bay Area Kellogg Alumni Association.
Designing Effective Termination
Packages
A discussion of employment termination best practices including
the strategies, pitfalls, and tactics of designing appropriate
packages based on everyone’s special needs and the selection
and management of outplacement firms. What’s new and
what’s hot? Presenters include: Mary LaVigne-Butler
and Hope Case, lead employment attorneys with Gray Cary Ware
& Freidenrich, and Valerie Frederickson. Event sponsored
by VF&Co.
The Changing Nature of Global Executive Positions
Presented to the graduating class of the Transnational Executive
MBA program at the University of Hayward (TEMBA). A discussion
of internal and external self-marketing and positioning, and
career pathing for entrepreneurs and recent MBAs.
Following Your Dreams and Finding Your
Passion
For Bring Your Children to Work Day at a technology company,
Valerie spoke to more than 100 employees and their children exploring
the nature of work and developing one’s interests in a career.
Rebuilding Your HR Career
After the Dot Bomb
At the 2002 Annual NCHRA Conference & Tradeshow,
Valerie and a panel of senior HR executives discussed how
the HR profession has been irrevocably changed by the dotcom
explosion and subsequent implosion. This session focused on
how individual HR professionals can help rebuild the profession
as well as refocus their careers for increased job satisfaction
and to be better able to compete in the marketplace. Panelists
included: Gary Albright of Veritas, John Brennan of Wind River,
and Peggy Seabourn, formerly of the Pacific Stock Exchange.
Retooling Your Career
2002 Annual Conference of the Professional Businesswomen of
California. Valerie Frederickson joins other career futurists
during this conference seminar to explore how to embrace change
in the job market and map out your own success strategies.
The PBWC Conference features a diverse range of opinion leaders
and experts in women's health, finance, business, life balance
and politics.
How to Recruit and Train
a Board of Directors
Valerie participates on a panel in a discussion of recruiting
strategies, selection and competencies criteria, and appropriate
activities for board members at each stage of a company life
cycle.
Mergers & Acquisitions:
The Effect on HR
To ensure a successful transition, it is critical that HR
understand all financial, legal, operational and other aspects
of M&As. Valerie moderates a discussion with a panel of
seasoned top HR executives on such topics as what to expect
from the challenges of the M&A process, the crucial role
of HR, and how to prepare for sudden acquisitions.
The HR Revolution
Today’s employers are placing greater emphasis on the
business acumen of the HR executives they hire, and are automating
and outsourcing many of the transactional responsibilities
of HR. Valerie moderates this panel featuring Silicon Valley
HR executives who are defining the new rules of success in
HR.
Succession Planning–Who needs it?
Whether a company is large or small, building a succession
plan into an overall strategic plan is critical to stability,
growth and sustainability. Valerie moderates a panel discussion
on the critical success factors of succession planning. with
Don DeVito, Management Consultant with LightPointe Communications
and former VPHR of Philips Digital Video Group, and Cathy
Murphy, current VPHR of Visx.
Managing Layoffs with Compassion
Judy Starling, Senior Director of HR at Oracle, joins Valerie
Frederickson to present the best practices for managing employee
terminations, including how to evaluate package options; prepare
for emotional fallout; coordinate group and executive layoffs;
and when to call your attorney.
Coaching Yourself in Your HR Career
To get one of the coveted top jobs in HR these days, you must
have board level presence, advanced employment law knowledge,
personal relationships with executive recruiters, and an enormous
Rolodex. With a panel of top HR executives, Valerie discusses
the strategic and practical techniques you can use to develop
yourself and polish your career.
Blazing New Trails (Careers)
The Women in Leadership conference is the longest running
student run conference at Haas Business School, attracting
over 400 participants. On this conference panel, Valerie offers
strategies for successful career changes.
Job Search Strategies
Along with panelists such
as Ravi Mohan, General Partner, Battery Ventures, Cheryl Sinclair,
Dancing Star Coaching LLC and Al Cotrone, Director Officer
of Career Development, UMBS, Valerie discusses the hidden
job market, interviewing and networking with this local MBA
alumni group from University of Michigan.
Managing the Financial Aspects
of HR
Develop your strategy to demonstrate your business acumen
and ensure a seat at the table with the CEO. Valerie moderates
a panel to explore this topic with Maureen Harrison of Grey,
Carey, Weir & Friedenrich and Fred Holland of Philips
Emerging Electronics Solutions.
Managing HR Through Turbulent
Waters
During more difficult times, how can HR both contribute meaningfully
to the business side of the equation, and concurrently help
themselves and fellow employees stay focused? Valerie leads
a panel discussion about change management along with Denise
Kalos of C-Change and Mark Bernardi of Trinchero Family Estate
Wines.
Maximizing Your HR Career
Valerie brings together
and moderates a panel to discuss current employment trends
and how HR professionals can continue to develop professionally.
Panelists include: Toni Wilson, VPHR of CSAA, Alan Chin, VPHR
of Avinon, and Lester Gabis-Levine, Senior Director, Organization
Development for ProBusiness, Inc.
Translate Your Business Plan into a Staffing Strategy
Valerie brings together and moderates a panel to explore how
successful HR professionals can translate their companies’
business plan into a strategic HR plan with measurable and
achievable goals. Panelists include: Loran Kaminski, VP of
Worldwide Staffing at PeopleSoft, Greg Steinberger, National
HR Director from Thelen, Reid & Preist, and the Senior
Staffing Manager from Excite@home, Aida Lachaux.
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