Increasing SHRM’s Visibility and Influence 

 

• The New Republic Magazine’s Conference on Health Care
  SHRM was the exclusive sponsor of The New Republic’s “Health Care Reform: Will It Work?” conference this past week.  SHRM’s CEO Lon O’Neil, along with members of the Government Relations team, joined other influential leaders at the event to hear first-hand from White House Health Care Director Nancy-Ann DeParle, Members of the House and Senate, and other experts on the prospects for getting health care reform enacted this year.  Panelists included Shannon Brownlee, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation; George Halvorson, Chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente; Representatives Jim Cooper (D-TN) and Anthony Weiner (D-NY); and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR).

The SHRM-sponsored conference was broadcast on C-SPAN.  You can view the entire event by clicking HERE.  If you encounter problems with the program loading, refresh your browser.

• The Working Mother Magazine’s Worklife Congress
  SHRM helped sponsor Working Mother magazine’s Conference in New York.  The conference, which explored a variety of family issues ranging from work/life balance to workforce readiness and retention of talented workers, also highlighted Working Mother’s “17^th Annual 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers Awards.”  Some of the companies honored at the event for their efforts to create a corporate culture of workplace flexibility included such companies American Express, AOL and Booze Allen Hamilton.