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    Strategies for Attracting and Retaining Tomorrow's Workforce: What is it, where are they and how do we keep them

    Date: March 23, 2017, 8:30am
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    Location:
    Puritan Conference Center
    245 Hooksett Road
    Manchester, NH
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    Meeting
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    DWC member organizations can send 1 person free to this event. You can also join now and send one member free to this event and all future DWC events this year! The cost for non-members and additional employees from our members is $75 for the day. This includes the full agenda of amazing content below along with breakfast and lunch. 

    Agenda

    8:30am – 9:00am                

    Breakfast, Registration, and Networking

    9:15am – 10:15am             

    Opening Remarks and Key Note Speaker; Paul LeBlanc, President, Southern NH University 

    10:30am – 11:30am               

    Break Out 1

    1. Diversity Recruiting Best Practices Presented - Kim Dukes, 
      Session pending approval for 1 credit toward re-certification for SHRM and HRCI
    2. ESL Training Strategies to Attract, Grow, and Retain a Diverse Workforce - Tina M. Sharby, CHRO, Easter Seals
      Session pending approval for 1 credit toward re-certification for SHRM and HRCI

    11:45pm – 12:30pm            

    Lunch and Networking

    12:30pm – 1:30pm             

    Rolling Up Your Sleeves and Putting Diversity to Work, Kari Heistad, CEO, Culture Coach International
    Session approved for 1 credit toward re-certification for SHRM and HRCI

    1:45pm – 2:45pm               

    Break Out  2

    1. Transgender Inclusion in the Workplace - Linda Johnson, Esquire, McLane Middleton; Tracey Sponenberg, SVP, HR, Granite Group; and Karen Young, VP & Chief Inclusion Officer of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
      Session approved for 1 credit toward re-certification for SHRM and HRCI
    2. What IS Vocational Rehabilitation Anyway? - Terri Tedeschi, Business Relations Consultant for NH
    3. Vocational Rehabilitation. 
      Session pending approval for 1 credit toward re-certification for SHRM and HRCI

    3:00pm – 4:00pm                   

    Closing Panel – Moderated by Loretta Brady

    Representatives from Education; Municipalities; Community Services; Corporate Best Practices

    More information on our presenters can be found here: Speaker Biographies

    To register for the event, please click here: Strategies for Attracting and Retaining Tomorrow's Workforce: What is it, where are they and how do we keep them