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Human Resources

Supervising Smart

Thursday, 1 – 2:15 p.m.

The core of an effectively managed organization includes the fully engaged energy, creativity, talent and passion of its employees. Supervising smart requires a different set of competencies from those that make you successful at achieving your organization’s mission, but these skills are just as essential. This session will be a self-assessment of a wide variety of supervisory areas to ensure you’re following best practices in interviewing and selection, performance feedback and reviews, delegating and motivating employees – all of which contribute to a well run and highly functioning organization.

Arlene Vernon, senior human resources consultant, Stanton Group

Ask the HR Expert

Thursday, 2:45 – 4 p.m.

Your staff members are your most important resource, but most nonprofit managers aren’t human resource experts. This open forum question-and-answer session is ideal for supervisors, managers, and executive directors who want a second opinion regarding their HR, compliance and people-management issues. From employee relations to hiring and firing to policies and procedures, the HR expert will be able to address your questions and issues. Join this lively session, get the answers you need, and see that you’re not alone in your HR quandary.

Arlene Vernon, senior human resources consultant, Stanton Group

The Intersection Between Technology and the Workplace — Practical and Legal Pointers

Friday, 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

In this session you will get an in-depth look at workplace technology issues, including employee use and abuse of the Internet, email, cell phones, personal Web pages and blogs. We will also discuss employee privacy issues arising from the use of technology, as well as an employer's right to monitor and control an employee's use of technology in the workplace. The presenters will use real examples of use and misuse of technology and provide participants with practical and legal insight into how to benefit from use of technology while limiting risks created by abuse of technology.

Ingrid Culp, attorney, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.; Norah Olson Bluvshtein, attorney, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. and Teresa Thompson, attorney, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

Minnesota's Changing Workforce: Implications for Your Organization

Friday, 2:15 – 3:30 p.m.

As Minnesota’s population continues to change, so too does the labor market. Several demographic factors play into the current and future labor market, including age and rural/urban migration, to name a few. Attend this session to learn about Minnesota’s changing population as well as impacts for nonprofit and government employers, including what you can expect as your consider your human capital needs now and in the years to come.

Tom Gillaspy, Minnesota State Demographer