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Phoenix is hot and it’s getting even hotter with this year’s Western Region IPMA-HR Conference, Ignite Your HR Fire!

Don't miss out on the early registration discount for the West’s premier public sector HR professional conference!   The entire conference is only $249 if you register by February 15, 2012.  Network and reach out to HR professionals from the Western Region of IPMA-HR.   The conference committee has prepared an exceptional educational program themed “Ignite Your HR Fire”.  The $249 registration includes three dynamic keynote sessions and fifteen concurrent sessions.  For an additional $99, you can attend a preconference workshop prior to the conference. 

Featured keynote speakers include:

Joe Contrera, author of Light’Em Up and president and founder of Alive at Work

Pamela Jett, CSP, internationally recognized communication skills expert, professional speaker and author

Patrick Henry, singer, songwriter, and professional speaker on Keeping Your Team in Tune

Additional conference topics include:

• Authentic Leadership and Influencing Others
• RAPID Innovation:  Converting Ideas into Results
• Corporate Compliance and Professionalism in an Age of Social Media
• Strategic Workforce Planning: More Than Just Counting Heads
• Transforming Public Safety with Talent Management
• The Business Case for Mandatory Mediation in the Public Sector
• Best Practices for Ending Employment Relationships
• Snipers, Steamrollers, and Chronic Complainers: Tools for Dealing with Difficult People
• Public Sector Pension Reform
• A Business Case for Diversity
• HR Directors Panel on Wellness
• Compensation and Benefits
• Due Process and the Right of Free Speech
• Charting Your Course as an HR Leader
• Professional Ethics: A Preventative Maintenance Approach

Preconference topics include:

• Navigating the Leave of Absence Maze: From ADA, FMLA to Organization Leave Programs presented by Mountain States Employers Council (MSEC)
• Topic TBD presented by ELI Inc.

Additionally, the conference will include the annual Western Region President’s Reception with our wonderful Exhibitors and Sponsors, the annual Awards Luncheon, and will close with a great keynote address from Patrick Henry from Nashville, TN who will entertain attendees through his use of music.

Join your colleagues at the year’s hottest event for public sector human resource professionals.  Register NOW to get for the best conference rate and Ignite your HR Fire!:

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