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HR Blogger’s Guide to SHRM 2011

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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Yes, yes my friends you read correctly.  We are afterall only 5 days away from the start of the 2011 SHRM Annual Conference. You’ve made the decision to go to SHRM Annual conference starting Sunday, June 26th.  Awesome, me too.  Maybe you’ve never gone to SHRM or you could be just overwhelmed with the sheer [...]

June 21, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

How Celebrities Use Social Media

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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Arguably Lady Gaga is the celebrity queen of social media.  With more than 11 million Twitter followers and over 37 million Facebook Likes, she is one of the most celebrated and engaged celebrities on social media.  Her twitpic this Sunday had over 24,000 views in just a few hours.  Over a breve, a friend of mine [...]

June 5, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Social Media Boot Camp for HR at SHRM 2011

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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In just a few short weeks, I’ll be landing in Vegas for the SHRM 2011 Annual Conference.  An estimated 25,000 HR professionals will be attending the world’s largest global human resources conference.  And I’m excited to be speaking along side other celebrities like Sir Richard Branson, Michael J. Fox, Arriana Huffington, Barry Reid, CEO of AARP, and [...]

May 25, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

How Important Is Domestic Partner Benefits to HR?

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

In reflecting on the 2010 SHRM Conference in June of this year, where I attended a session called Employee Benefits; Just How Competitive Is Your Company? where the speaker Steve Williams Ph. D., SPHR threw out the number that now 33% of companies offer benefits for domestic partners and said that if you’re not providing this benefit you need [...]

September 21, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

When Going Viral Goes Bad–3 Cases for Social Media SWOT

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Social Media case studies abound have hit the social media interwebs this week.  Three very powerful and different cases have reared their heads.  It is very important to conduct a SWOT analysis to analyze the environment in everything we do.  As the grey area between professional and personal continues to lessen, what we say offline [...]

August 4, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Follow Up–Practioner’s Criticism into SHRM’s Blog Squad

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

The SHRM 2010 annual conference is in the books. I think that by any measure it would be rated as highly successful. Prior to the conference I had a guest post, Practioner’s Criticism into SHRM’s Blog Squad.  My thanks to Jessica for giving me the space to share my opinion; I was honored to do so.  In the [...]

July 11, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Video–Networking with SHRM 10 at Beyond.com

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

I had the pleasure of having Beyond.com serve as a sponsor for my trip to the Global SHRM conference last week.  I took a few minutes to speak with Rich Milgram, the CEO of Beyond.com about networking, the job search, and how a niche job search site like Beyond.com can help.  You might be surprised in how large and [...]

July 6, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

SHRM Outside the Conference. Outside the Box

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

As a first time atendee to the SHRM Global Conference, I wanted to get the most out of every single minute in sessions, keynotes, and evening activities. A conference is more than just sessions, tracks, talks, and the bookstore.  It’s about a state of mind and experiencing your conference experience outside the box and outside of [...]

June 30, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

HR 2.0 & Embracing the Change Lepper

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Change. It’s coming. The concept of change is an underlying theme and focus for the 2010 Global SHRM Conference where I am serving as a member of the SHRM Blog Squad.  Certainly, the simple fact that I am a member of this group of bloggers is reflective of the concept, necessity, and importance of change even [...]

June 29, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Next with SHRM–Day 1 Recap

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Sunday’s conference festivities kicked off with an impromptu flash mob dance at SHRM’s Annual Global Conference held in San Diego, California June 27-30th, 2010.  The more than 11,000 attendees, up 4,000 from the 2009 conference heard SHRM CEO, Lon O’Neil (@ShrmCEO) discuss the changing field of Human Resources and business and how SHRM is moving to Next [...]

June 27, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Why Golf & Social Media Matter in HR

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

As a member of the SHRM Blog Squad and an author who writes about the business case for social media and who is also an experienced HR practioner and consultant, I don’t mind talking about why social media matters.  And I’m proud of SHRM for jumping in with two feet into the world of social media. Picture social media [...]

June 27, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

iPads, SHRM, & Getting My Nerd On

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

I am almost 24 hours away from landing in sunny San Diego to serve as a member of the SHRM Blog Squad.  As a first timer to the conference but not a stranger to large conferences, I’ve come prepared.  Here are some topics you can expect over the next few days.  If you have one in [...]

June 25, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Me + SHRM x (Blog Squad) = Dangerous

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Earlier today, SHRM announced their Blog Squad for the 2010 National SHRM Conference, and I was humbled to be included along with four other savvy, experienced, and influential Human Resource bloggers.  They are pretty awesome and I highly recommend you check ‘em out. David Bowles, Ph.D., co-author of Employee Morale: Driving Performance in Challenging Times and blogger at Morale at Work. Rachel [...]

June 10, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

We Should Be HERE

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

I just got back from the largest interactive media and technology conference, South by Southwest or SXSW for short.  It was amazing.  The conference was more than nerd heaven.  It was full of cutting edge technology and start ups and entrepreneurs who are blazing the trails and setting the bar. I met some wonderful people [...]

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