The 44th Annual

Northern Ohio Human Resource Conference (NOHRC)

March 12, 2010

I-X Center • Cleveland, Ohio

CALL FOR SPEAKERS!

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 16, 2009!

**Read the following background information; then click on the "instructions" link (below) that will provide a list of the materials needed to complete the online application. There is a link to the online application on the Instructions page. Thank you!

The Cleveland Society of Human Resource Management invites you to submit an online presentation proposal to share your experience and expertise with colleagues at the Northern Ohio Human Resource Conference 2010 (NOHRC 2010). With your presentation, our conference will address the issues and challenges facing the business world today.

Your presentation proposal should present leading-edge information and practical application sessions about current human resource issues, research findings, case studies, future trends in human resource management/development; employee/management programs, techniques or processes; organization development and/or employment law.

The theme of this year’s conference is Release Your Brilliance. Our Keynote Speaker is Simon T Bailey, author of the book, Release Your Brilliance. Simon speaks about how we can all be brilliant in life and brilliant in business.

We will be offering the following Conference Tracks.

Conference participants will be Human Resource professionals, and are primarily generalists from entry level through senior level professionals. They work with employee/labor relations, benefits and compensation, performance management, collective bargaining/grievance resolution, employment law, training and development, leadership development, organizational and career development, executive development and strategic business partnering. Each concurrent educational session will last 1 hour. We will also host a number of power sessions that last 1.15 hours.

Conference Sponsorship

The Cleveland Society for Human Resource Management (Cleveland SHRM) sponsors this annual conference and exposition. Cleveland SHRM is an affiliate chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). The NOHRC 2010 Committee, a volunteer committee composed of HR practitioners and service providers, organizes implements, administers and evaluates the one-day conference.

Members of Cleveland SHRM, as well as non-members, are invited to submit proposals. There is no fee to submit a proposal and all proposals must be submitted online. Please read the INSTRUCTIONS carefully then complete the online presentation proposal form with all the information requested. Review for accuracy and completeness. The information you furnish will be printed in our brochure(s) as it is presented. Members of the NOHRC 2010 Committee will review all proposals.

Cleveland SHRM seeks to provide Information about the Proposals and Presentations to Guide You:

Proposals should reflect a diversity of presenters, content, and methodsbased on the following criteria:

1. Quality
2. Innovation
3. Proven Speaking Ability
4. Expertise
5. Diversity and Inclusion
6. Relevance

Presentations should provide our participants with information that willimprove their effectiveness on the job. Presentations are conducted foreducational purposes, not as a showcase for promotion of business, practice, service or product.

A Note Concerning Honoraria

Cleveland SHRM has a tradition of using educational conference sessions as a platform for innovation in the field of human resource management. We look for contributors who are willing to share their expertise without expectation of payment in the spirit of networking, a purpose for which the Society was founded.

Conference Educational Tracks

Conference educational tracks support the conference theme. We seek depth and development in concurrent session topics related to the theme; sessions that are appropriate and interesting to a range of experience levels; and the applicability of interests to the conference participants. Each concurrent educational session will last 1 hour. Our Power Sessions last 1.15 hours. We encourage our speakers to present information that can be approved for recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). Please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org for more information.

Commercialism

Presentations that are simply descriptions of company services or products will not be considered. All presenters must avoid commercialism, promotion, and advertising. Unauthorized advertising – materials that promote the author and/or company or service – may not be distributed unless authorized by the Cleveland SHRM NOHRC Committee. Statements made within each presentation are the sole responsibility of the presenter. Presenter statements should not be viewed as, or considered representative of, any endorsement or position taken on any product, service or issue unless specifically stated by SHRM.

Our Mutual Commitment:

  We expect presenters:

• To work closely with conference organizers in advance of the conference and adhere to deadline dates;
• To work cooperatively to refine the presentation and integrate it with other presentations;

• To make no substantial changes in content, format, audio/visual needs, room set-up, identity or number of presenters without prior approval of conference organizers.
• To design and provide high-quality handouts in electronic format for distribution on a conference website (www.nohrc.org);
• To recognize that a conference presentation is an opportunity to share information and is not a showcase for promotion of business, practice, service or product;
• To respect Cleveland SHRM as the sponsoring organization with either positive or neutral comments from the platform; and

In return, Cleveland SHRM will:

• Pay approved coach-fare air transportation for out-of-town presenters only. Please note that Cleveland SHRM does not pay expenses for a co-presenter.
• Provide a complimentary registration for the conference, including admission to the exposition, educational programs and social events; and
• Grant you valuable professional exposure. Cleveland SHRM conducts the area’s largest conference of human resource professionals.

 

Instructions for Submitting a Presentation Proposal - click HERE.