Talent Show (aka Talent Summit)

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NEHRA’s Talent Summit SHOW: Turn Your Organization into a Superstar!

NEHRA’s hosting a talent show and you’re invited! No not that kind of talent show. This one won’t have singing and dancing (or will it?) but it will have jam sessions, meet & greet’s and a chance to explore what works and what doesn’t in the world of workplace talent. 

The day is sure to be a crowd pleaser, and you’ll walk away playing a new tune about the role of talent in your organization! Check out the agenda below.


March 16 - Sheraton Framingham Hotel - Framingham, MA

Pricing:
NEHRA Members -  $449 
Non-Members - $549

**BRING YOUR NON-HR BUSINESS UNIT MANAGERS/LEADERS FOR A SPECIAL RATE
Wish you could get your non-HR business unit leaders/managers to get more involved in Talent efforts at your organization? NEHRA wants to make it a little easier. Invite them to join you at a reduced rate. To register, make sure they provide your name as their HR colleague and use code: TalentFriend2023 at checkout to get a reduced rate of $199. To receive the discount the non-HR business unit leader/manager must provide a registered attendee’s name, otherwise full rate applies.  

 




THE LINEUP - CLICK HERE FOR SPEAKER BIOS


8:00 - 8:45AM - SOUND CHECK
Registration, breakfast, & networking
 


8:45 - 9:30AM - OPENING ACT (GENERAL SESSION) with ROMAN MUSIC THERAPY
Is Your Talent Strategy a Mega Hit or Total Flop?
SPEAKER: Meredith Pizzi, Executive Director, Roman Music Therapy

What better way to figure that out than by making live music? (No experience required!) 

Using music as a metaphor, Meredith Pizzi, founder of Roman Music Therapy will guide you to hear (literally) how your role as “conductor” contributes to or detracts from building and implementing an effective talent strategy within your organization.

Whether hiring up and coming talent (prospects), retaining solo-artists (individual contributors) or developing a world class orchestra (team/organization), walk away with a deeper awareness and renewed appreciation of what happens when all “band members” work together to turn your efforts into a mega hit!


9:30 - 9:45AM - INTERMISSION 


9:45 - 10:30AM - JAM SESSIONS (aka BREAKOUTS)
Session A: Branding & Attraction: Help your organization become the Taylor Swift (not the Kanye West) of your industry.
FACILITATORS: Jen Paxton, Co-Founder of Jamyr, Former VP People at Smile & Privy & Shannon Watson, Founder, Sankara Partners

Taylor Swift was able to become the powerhouse that we know today by leveraging her talent for writing authentic songs and devoting time and effort to her personal brand. She has gone from a lesser-known country singer to the pop icon who broke Ticketmaster with her overwhelming number of diehard fans. What if you could build a company brand and experience where candidates lined up to work for you? Maybe not as fiercely as the Swifties but definitely better than where you are today (and heads above your competitors). Discover the top must-haves when you are building an employer brand and talent attraction strategy through a facilitated workshop.


Session B: Recruitment & Retention:
Elevate Organizational Performance by Recruiting and Retaining the Right People

FACILITATORS: Chris Mannion, CEO, Sonar Talent & KeyAnna Schmiedl, VP, Social & Environmental Impact, Mozilla

Discover how to create an authentic candidate experience that attracts top talent and keeps them engaged for the long haul. Through case studies and data-driven insights, you'll learn how to align your Talent Acquisition (TA) strategy with your business goals, communicate clear expectations to new hires, and establish touchpoints for ongoing support.

With actionable steps to overcome challenges like recruiter layoffs and outsourced recruiting functions, you'll leave feeling empowered to create a sustainable TA strategy that drives business results.
 


10:30 - 10:45AM - INTERMISSION 


10:45 - 11:30AM - JAM SESSIONS (aka BREAKOUTS)
Session A: Branding & Attraction: Help your organization become the Taylor Swift (not the Kanye West) of your industry.
FACILITATORS: Jen Paxton, Co-Founder of Jamyr, Former VP People at Smile & Privy & Shannon Watson, Founder, Sankara Partners

Taylor Swift was able to become the powerhouse that we know today by leveraging her talent for writing authentic songs and devoting time and effort to her personal brand. She has gone from a lesser-known country singer to the pop icon who broke Ticketmaster with her overwhelming number of diehard fans. What if you could build a company brand and experience where candidates lined up to work for you? Maybe not as fiercely as the Swifties but definitely better than where you are today (and heads above your competitors). Discover the top must-haves when you are building an employer brand and talent attraction strategy through a facilitated workshop.



Session B: Recruitment & Retention:
Elevate Organizational Performance by Recruiting and Retaining the Right People

FACILITATORS: Chris Mannion, CEO, Sonar Talent & KeyAnna Schmiedl, VP, Social & Environmental Impact, Mozilla

Discover how to create an authentic candidate experience that attracts top talent and keeps them engaged for the long haul. Through case studies and data-driven insights, you'll learn how to align your Talent Acquisition (TA) strategy with your business goals, communicate clear expectations to new hires, and establish touchpoints for ongoing support.

With actionable steps to overcome challenges like recruiter layoffs and outsourced recruiting functions, you'll leave feeling empowered to create a sustainable TA strategy that drives business results. 


11:30 - 11:45AM - INTERMISSION 


11:45AM - 12:30PM - JAM SESSIONS (aka BREAKOUTS)
Session C: Reward & Recognize: Have your employees feeling connected and marching to your company's drumbeat, rather than quietly quitting!
FACILITATORS: Kim Northup, Talent & Performance Principal Consultant, Workhuman & Joyce Silvia, Senior Consultant, Recognition Strategy & Communications, Workhuman

A “human workplace” is more than head count, more than even a mindset. It’s a new work paradigm that leverages the power of human connection to build resilient, high-performing teams. When done right, employee recognition creates a workplace culture that helps people thrive.

We’ll show you how to empower employees through social recognition, and how mutual appreciation and trust enables and rewards higher performance. The key is that the recognition is meaningful, and we’ll share best practices in how you can achieve this. Your employees and organization will reap the rewards. 

 

Session D: Develop & Deploy: Creating a Career Soundtrack – 3 Key Components to Support Employees In Pursuit of Meaningful Careers
FACILITATORS: Jessica Kaplan, VP, Talent Consulting & Executive Coach, ClearRock & Charu Manocha, Chief People Officer, Greenlight Biosciences

McKinsey recently surveyed employees who left their jobs at the height of the Great Resignation (between December 2020 and 2021) about why they left. Three top reasons for their departures were uncaring leaders, a lack of career development and advancement potential, and a need for meaningful work. Coupled with over 10 million job openings in the U.S. (but only 6 million people unemployed), retaining employees is even more crucial – a reality all of us in HR feel every day.

So how do we help employees to see a long-term future in our organizations and feel supported, while also meeting changing business needs?

Our answer: think of a movie soundtrack – a series of songs that build off one another to tell a cohesive narrative. In this session, we will ask participants to approach internal mobility as helping employees to understand the career story they want to create and to see talent development as providing opportunities to explore the different songs that will tell that story.

From this perspective, we will focus on three crucial aspects of developing and deploying talent: self-awareness, self-acceptance, and self-actualization. Through music and interactive exercises, participants will walk away with ways to support employees in becoming more aware of their aspirations, strengths, and areas of growth, and in understanding which opportunities will help them create meaningful careers by choosing to stay.


12:30 - 1:30PM: LUNCH & "MEET & GREET" (aka NETWORKING)
 


1:30 - 2:15PM - JAM SESSIONS (aka BREAKOUTS)
Session C: Reward & Recognize: Have your employees feeling connected and marching to your company's drumbeat, rather than quietly quitting!
FACILITATORS: Kim Northup, Talent & Performance Principal Consultant, Workhuman & Joyce Silvia, Senior Consultant, Recognition Strategy & Communications, Workhuman

A “human workplace” is more than head count, more than even a mindset. It’s a new work paradigm that leverages the power of human connection to build resilient, high-performing teams. When done right, employee recognition creates a workplace culture that helps people thrive.

We’ll show you how to empower employees through social recognition, and how mutual appreciation and trust enables and rewards higher performance. The key is that the recognition is meaningful, and we’ll share best practices in how you can achieve this. Your employees and organization will reap the rewards. 


Session D: Develop & Deploy: Creating a Career Soundtrack – 3 Key Components to Support Employees In Pursuit of Meaningful Careers
FACILITATORS: Jessica Kaplan, VP, Talent Consulting & Executive Coach, ClearRock & Charu Manocha, Chief People Officer, Greenlight Biosciences

McKinsey recently surveyed employees who left their jobs at the height of the Great Resignation (between December 2020 and 2021) about why they left. Three top reasons for their departures were uncaring leaders, a lack of career development and advancement potential, and a need for meaningful work. Coupled with over 10 million job openings in the U.S. (but only 6 million people unemployed), retaining employees is even more crucial – a reality all of us in HR feel every day.

So how do we help employees to see a long-term future in our organizations and feel supported, while also meeting changing business needs?

Our answer: think of a movie soundtrack – a series of songs that build off one another to tell a cohesive narrative. In this session, we will ask participants to approach internal mobility as helping employees to understand the career story they want to create and to see talent development as providing opportunities to explore the different songs that will tell that story.

From this perspective, we will focus on three crucial aspects of developing and deploying talent: self-awareness, self-acceptance, and self-actualization. Through music and interactive exercises, participants will walk away with ways to support employees in becoming more aware of their aspirations, strengths, and areas of growth, and in understanding which opportunities will help them create meaningful careers by choosing to stay.


2:15 - 2:30PM - INTERMISSION 

 

2:30 - 4:00PM: CLOSING SESSION: THE RECORDING STUDIO (WORKING GENERAL SESSION)
Play the Same Tune with Julie Quinne, Leadership Strategist, The Uncommon Collaboratory

A well-executed finale should leave the listener with a sense of completeness and closure - tying together the various themes introduced throughout the piece and providing a satisfying conclusion to the overall narrative. Our finale will do just that. Designed to be a rousing and inspirational culmination of the day’s learnings, you will:

  • Synthesize the themes covered throughout the day to create a “core learning takeaway” in each area (Branding/Attraction, Recruitment/Retention, Reward/Recognize, & Develop/Deploy).
  • Work together to identify immediate and practical steps to take in key areas relevant to your organization
  • Produce your own Talent Strategy Overview to take back to your team

The finale will prepare you to wow fans back at the office (and create new ones!)

 
4:00PM: CURTAIN CALL
Closing remarks and final bow


Thank you to our Event Sponsors!

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Cancellation Policy: Requests for cancellations must be received via email a minimum of 5 days prior to the event.  The refund will be subject to a $100 cancellation fee.  If a request for refund/ cancellation is received within 5 days prior to the event, you will have the option to transfer the registration to another individual or forfeit the registration fee.

Jessica Kaplan

VP, Talent Consulting & Executive Coach

ClearRock

Jessica is ClearRock’s Vice President of Talent Consulting. Through developing meaningful relationships, listening intently, and providing thoughtful expertise, Jessica helps leaders to unlock their own potential and that of their team.

With over 20 years of experience in HR, talent optimization, and leadership development, Jessica is a trusted advisor to leaders, enabling and propelling business strategy through talent. As a facilitator, she connects groups of individuals in engaging and impactful learning experiences. And as a coach, Jessica creates space for leaders to find greater professional clarity, challenge old
assumptions, and maximize their effectiveness and influence.

Before joining ClearRock, Jessica held roles as HR Business Partner to the Chief Operating Officer at Tufts Medical Center and Vice President of Talent for Benchmark Senior Living, where she spearheaded the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion approach. Prior to that, she was the Senior Director of Talent & Leadership Strategy for Bright Horizons Family Solutions, creating talent
processes and programs for over 30,000 employees and serving as a thought leader for the organization.

Charu Manocha

Governing Board Member

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

As a former Chief People Officer at GreenLight Biosciences, Charu has over 25 years of experience in leading HR functions in multiple industries, including biotech, consumer products, technology, automotive, and consumer services. Her mission is to bring the voice of all stakeholders and collaborate inclusively to drive sustainable growth for the organizations she serves.

She has delivered transformative results in a broad array of markets by elevating the HR function and demonstrating expertise in reinventing HR in the age of generative AI, information overload, divisive rhetoric, and social media. She has also led talent and HR functions in high growth start-ups, large scale transformations, mergers, acquisitions, and private equity restructuring business environments. She is passionate about creating high energy, high performance, high trust, diverse and inclusive work environments, and investing strategically to attract and develop the best talent.

Chris Mannion

CEO

Sonar Talent

Chris Mannion is the co-founder and CEO of Sonar Talent. This breakthrough talent intelligence platform unlocks untapped talent pools to help companies accelerate hiring. From military aerospace engineering to e-commerce supply chain operations, Chris' eclectic background enabled him to build a new recruiting operations capability at Wayfair in 2019. Bringing together a team of 40 recruiters, analysts, and product managers, Chris led the transformation of the 400+ global recruiting team. Drawing upon years of operational expertise and knowledge, he is now spearheading the launch of a revolutionary product to transform the recruiting industry.

 

Hailing from the UK, Chris was the first in his family to attend college and learned the value of strategic career planning early on. He worked his way through various jobs to pay for school, including delivering newspapers and flipping burgers at McDonald's. Chris earned a scholarship from the Royal Navy to study aerospace engineering at the University of Liverpool and joined the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm after graduation. His career path has been meandering, including earning an MSc in Guided Weapons Systems from Cranfield University and an MBA from MIT Sloan.

 

Chris lives in Greater Boston with his wife, Nora, their daughter Susanna, and their loyal terrier, Ruby. Chris is passionate about creating more equitable career opportunities for his daughter and future generations, especially those without generational wealth or networks to access high-growth careers. He is a dedicated casual runner, completing several half-marathons, two regular marathons, and an ultra marathon. He and Nora share a love of travel and have journeyed extensively to explore culinary destinations worldwide.

Kim Northup

Talent & Performance Principal Consultant

Workhuman

Kim Northup, SPHR, is a Principal Consultant – Talent & Performance at Workhuman, the world's fastest-growing Social Recognition and Continuous Performance Development platform. Kim has over 25 years of experience in a variety of HR/talent roles working with small and global companies in a variety of industries. Her HR consulting expertise includes talent management, executive coaching, diversity & inclusion, and leadership development. Internal HR roles have ranged from Business Partner to talent development leader, creating, redesigning, and implementing strategic talent programs to drive employee engagement and business outcomes. Her passion is driving employee development and engagement, knowing that impacts both business results and how people show up in their personal lives.

Jen Paxton

Co-Founder

Jamyr

With a master’s degree in Opera, Jen Paxton didn't think she would have a career in Talent Acquisition or PeopleOps, however, she fell in love with helping candidates find the right role. She started her career at JobSpring Partners placing technical professionals then moved on to Robert Half before deciding to move to an in-house recruiting team. She has grown teams at later-stage startups like Fiksu and LevelUp and built Recruiting and PeopleOps strategies from scratch at small startups like Logentries, TrueMotion, Privy, and Smile. She has been a part of three successful acquisitions and almost all of her companies have won “Best Place to Work” awards at least once while she was there. She loves coaching managers, fostering a feedback culture, and building programs that will help develop a sense of belonging. Jen has recently made the switch from People Leader to the Co-Founder of Jamyr, a video content platform that helps companies engage and attract candidates. In addition to her career, Jen is a mom of two girls, loves being outdoors, eating tacos, and drinking her weight in loose leaf teas.

Meredith Pizzi

Founder & Executive Director

Roman Music Therapy

Meredith Roman Pizzi, MPA, MT-BC, is a thought leader and passionate champion for the music therapy profession. Ms. Pizzi has devoted her career to developing business models for the delivery of music therapy services. She advocates for music therapy on the systems level, and guides burgeoning music therapists in developing both clinical competencies and the professional skills required as a business owner. She has founded several music therapy organizations and programs, including Roman Music Therapy Services and Sprouting Melodies®, an award-winning early childhood music program with worldwide reach. She also co-founded Raising Harmony, which trains music therapists, parents and early childhood professionals on use of music therapy strategies and tools with young children. Roman Music Therapy Services partners with companies, healthcare organizations, human services agencies and schools to provide goal-driven wellness programming where music is used as a platform to facilitate positive change. Ms. Pizzi also supports and consults with companies and organizations on program development, using music-based tools for creative problem solving and out-of-the box thinking.

Julie Quinne

Leadership Strategist, Consultant, and Coach

Julie Quinne

Julie Quinneis a leadership strategist, consultant, and coach who works with leaders,consultants and coaches to improve organizational results, increase motivation,and create deeper meaning in both work and life. Drawing from 20+ years as anexecutive-level transformational change leader, her expertise in theneuropsychology of motivation, and her passion for ending suffering at work,Julie delivers the practical tools and infectious energy needed to make big,meaningful shifts. A published author on the topics of perseverance andpurpose, she is the creator of the Uncommon Leadership Framework™, founder of theUncommon Collaboratory, and she most enjoys inspiring change-thirsty leaders totake action and get results. 

KeyAnna Schmiedl

VP of Social and Environmental Impact (SEI)

Mozilla Corporation

Intention-to-impact. KeyAnna transforms environments into places where diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging become part of the fabric. By observing the landscape, creating customized strategies, implementing the plan and adjusting as needed for optimal results, individuals are inspired to action. With a track record of creating sustainable change and an understanding that the atmosphere is created from the top, KeyAnna is a trusted partner for the C-Suite and beyond. She provides leadership with the intel to make impactful decisions, helps them work through personal belief systems by moving from careful to thoughtful, and provides the knowledge to build a foundation of inclusion.

 

As the VP of Social and Environmental Impact (SEI), KeyAnna Schmiedl oversees Mozilla’s SEI strategy, initiatives and goals. KeyAnna has extensive experience developing global strategies that interlace equity and inclusivity as key influences of company cultures, from organizational design, competency modeling, safety and wellness, talent acquisition, and learning and development.Prior to this, KeyAnna was global head of Culture & Inclusion at Wayfair and previously she worked with top organizations such as Harvard University, Santander Bank and IBISConsulting. KeyAnna received the industry’s esteemed Diversity Leader Award granted by the Diversity Journal® due to her stand-out work in creating an open, equitable, and inclusive workplace culture which also saw her featured on the Boston Business Journal and Fortune’s 40 Under 40 list and was named a DEI Trailblazer by Business Insider in 2021.

 

KeyAnna holds an Advanced Graduate Certificate in Organizational Learning & Development from Suffolk University, an MBA in Human Resource Management and Bachelor of Science in Human Services from Fitchburg State University. KeyAnna resides in the Greater Boston area with her husband, two boys, and a growing menagerie of pets.

Joyce Silvia

Senior Consultant

Workhuman

I am a communications professional, listener, relationship-builder and positivity-promoter. I am also a wife, mother, baker, and juggler of many things. Whether you’re a person or a company, I love hearing your story and translating it into something tangible and relatable for your employees, stakeholders, and audiences. I’m proud to have spent more than 15 years keeping employees central in everything I do, whether it’s helping their voices be heard or giving them the information they need to fulfill – and enjoy – their roles.

At Workhuman, I am privileged to get insight into our client company cultures across many industries, including biotechnology, financial, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, and utility. We’re building cultures of gratitude and human connections for leading global brands that help unlock their employees’ passion and potential. Our mission is to lead the movement to celebrate the power of humanity in the workplace through gratitude and peer-to-peer social recognition. And we’re having fun doing it!

Shannon Watson

Director

Sankara Partners Inc.

Shannon is an HR tech start-up specialist with a strong background in employer branding and HR systems development. She has a passion for connecting companies with the best talent and helping create a culture of success and innovation. She began her HR career as an HRBP at Localytics, where she quickly learned branding best practices from their marketing and events teams.

After joining Starry Internet, she went on to become an HRIS & Program Analyst before returning to the employee branding space with Global Partners LP. As the Senior Manager of Employer Branding, Shannon started the mechanics of Global Partners employer brand that included sharing employees stories and driving inclusiveness.

Shannon continues to provide guidance and support to companies in the areas of employee branding, HRIS, and recruitment. Her strengths include finding each company's niche and curating innovative programming to assist companies in achieving their goals. Shannon is a driven and creative individual with a passion for helping businesses achieve success. Shannon currently leads operations for Sankara Partners and continues to help smaller businesses scale their HR operations. 

Thursday March 16, 2023
8:00am – 4:00pm
Sheraton, Framingham, MA

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Talent Show (aka Summit) - March 16, 2023
03/16/2023 at 8:00 AM (EDT)   |  8 hours  |  Attendance Required
03/16/2023 at 8:00 AM (EDT)   |  8 hours  |  Attendance Required NEHRA’s hosting a talent show and you’re invited! No not that kind of talent show. This one won’t have singing and dancing (or will it?) but it will have jam sessions (aka breakouts), meet & greet’s (aka networking), and a chance to explore what works and what doesn’t in the world of workplace talent. The day will be fast paced and cover employer branding & recruitment (become the Taylor Swift of your industry), onboarding (do you have the right band members in place?), retention and recognition (give people a reason to stay and not quietly quit) and employee development (taking your team from a one hit wonder to platinum performers), you’ll walk away playing a new tune about the role of talent in your organization. Interested in sponsoring? Contact Stacey Shipman, Director of Sponsor & Member Relations at sshipman@nehra.com for more information.
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03/16/2023 at 8:00 AM (EDT)   |  8 hours  |  Attendance Required
03/16/2023 at 8:00 AM (EDT)   |  8 hours  |  Attendance Required