Upcoming Webcasts

We all know that no employee learns from a single exposure to a training. Indeed, within two hours, more than 50% of content is forgotten, and within a week, 95% is forgotten. It is no wonder training seldom results in transfer to the workplace.

This webinar will review four important techniques that overcome the forgetting curve. These techniques include booster quizzing, social elaboration, strategic coaching, and depth of processing.

In this hands-on webinar, we will teach HR professionals techniques to incorporate these techniques into both their formal and informal trainings. Within a week, your trainings will be significantly more effective and transfer will increase.

Workplace mental health issues present significant costs to Canadian businesses. Estimates are as much as $1,494 per person per year. How much does that add up to at your organization? These costs are not obvious, and are hidden in places like turnover, drug plans, absence, disability claims and presenteeism. However, they can be tackled while also improving employee engagement—if you have an integrative mental health program.

Whether your goal is to understand the impact of the recently released National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace, to develop a new strategy and plan or to improve what you are doing now, this webinar will provide the guidance you are looking for. Three industry experts will demonstrate how an approach that is measurable, integrative and flexible is able to deliver financial ROI and employee engagement.

Our presenters will identify successful approaches to identifying risks, building a business case, increasing leadership awareness and developing and training people managers and employees. During this webinar you’ll have an opportunity to compare your mental health readiness to the average of your competitors—getting instant, confidential results—with Morneau Shepell’s free Mental Health Pulse Check tool.

It was just a few short years ago that video interviewing entered the talent acquisition landscape – and had a significant impact on the candidate experience and the interviewing process. Video technology has come a long way in that very short period of time and the usage has expanded out in to many aspects of daily HR life. Join Lizz Pellet a noted thought leader in Talent Management to explore some of the best practices and trend data that has shaped a new way we “view” this technology.

Learn:

• How the technology evolved over the past three years
• Best practices for using the technology in HR as a whole
• How companies are getting a better ROI than expected
• What to expect in the near future
• Trend report: survey data from recent HR.com survey

Mobile technology is on the rise and has taken the globe by storm. Mobile devices -- including the smart phone, cell phone, tablet, e-reader, and MP3 player -- have become integrated with culture and society. Valuable uses for mobile devices include communicating, collaborating, retrieving information, gathering information, and managing both knowledge and learning. In this session we will examine the features, benefits, and business applications for mobile technologies. We will also consider instructional design strategies for mobile learning (m-learning). Our main goal is to explore ways in which HR professionals and those with people care responsibilities can use mobile technologies to increase employee productivity and knowledge. So join us as we discuss how "HR Goes Mobile".

Welcome to the Institute for Human Resources in Social Media and Employee Communications! Thank you to everyone for your participation and support. Join us over the next two days for our exciting lineup of speakers with many informative sessions covering the hot topics and trends surrounding the Social Media and Employee Communications community. This introductory session will give you an overview of the Institute for Human Resources – Social Media and Employee Communications certification program. The Institute for Human Resources (IHR) Social Media and Employee Communications certification program launched in July 2011 with a two-day virtual event and had presented virtual events typically on a quarterly basis thereafter.

The purpose of this session is to provide you with an update on the webcast topics and speakers that will be presenting over these two days. In addition, for those of you who have not participated in one of these events in the past, you will be shown how to register for any newly-added webcasts and make use of the virtual Exhibit Hall, where you can increase your knowledge on product and service suppliers in the social media and employee communications space. You will also learn how to network with your peers by visiting the lounge.

As our economy begins to get back on track – more companies are hiring and there are a whole lot of possible candidates to choose from. How do you go about finding the Right people for the Right jobs? How do you sort through all the hay to get to that perfect needle?

We will show.

In this webinar you will learn how to hire the right people the first time - get those you hire placed into the right jobs by utilizing a customized benchmarking process, in-depth personal assessments, a healthy dose of Emotion Intelligence, and a whole lot of effective coaching so you can build an atmosphere of creativity and accountability for your client or your employer.

This presentation is designed to give HR professionals some background knowledge as well as tips and techniques on using social media to increase emplyee engagement and productivity. Barbara Fowler will share some case studies in various industries and some software packages that are being used by companies. Additionally, we will cover some research that has been conducted evaluating whether social media helps or hurts employee productivity and engagement. We will speak on both internal social media sites like Yammer as well as external sites like Pinterest, Linkedin and Facebook. We will cover how to introduce social media and what checks and balances are needed to encourage use but discourage sharing of inappropriate content.

Google+ provides businesses with an incredible set of tools allowing them to get closer to their customers. Learn how brands, companies, organizations, communities and other groups are creating their presence on Google+.

So, how do businesses maximize their impact in Google+? What’s the best way to use Pages? How should Google+ fit into business’ social media strategy and other online marketing? How should you use Communities to build a tribe. You will get answers to all these questions and more during this Google+ webinar!

You will learn:

• How To Get Started on Google+
• Creating Your Google+ Profile
• Finding People to Circle
• Creating Your Google+ Business Page
• Optimizing Your Profile & Business Page
• How Google+ and YouTube work together
• Engaging Customers with Google+ Hangouts
• Share your passion with others in the Google+ Communities
• Google+ Local and why it's important
• Using Google Authorship to Stand Out in Search

Social Media is here to stay. So have you created policies and procedures for how your organization addresses the use of social media? Do you understand the tools, their capabilities, and how each generation utilizes these social media tools?

Join the 1-hour webinar “Let’s Get Social!” to learn:

1. The different types of social media tools out there.
2. Trends and statistics based on usage for each generation.
3. Suggested policies and procedures for social media that will make millennial’s to baby boomers happy.
4. How your organization’s culture could improve based on these policies and procedures.
5. Examples of how a middle of the road social media policy can actually improve customer service and sales.

You’ll walk away from this webinar with a clear understanding of the power of social media and how your organization can benefit from creating a clear and concise social media policy - one that will make all generations and levels of leadership happy.

As an employee, you're a representative on behalf of your company. But what does your current professional online appearance show? But it’s more than just building out your social network platforms — they just help enhance the message. So what else can I be doing on behalf of my company to increase their credibility? Helping your employees utilize the latest social media tools to invest themselves into bettering their professional brand will only reflect the company in a positive light not only by the Employees but by existing customers and future clients as well. This presentation will explore how to have your Employees maximize their social media presence not only to enhance their own career development but to also further the Corporate Brand they represent. It will offer direction to HR Managers and Senior Leaders to enlighten your employees on what the Corporate Brand is so that they can link it with the development of their personal professional appearance.