This fall, I will be on sabbatical and concentrating on writing a book. Given the efforts that will be made in this direction, I will be stepping down from my role as Social Media Director for the Wisconsin SHRM State Council, effective August 3. I have been on the WI SHRM State Council for the entirety of my time living in Wisconsin. It will also mean that, for the first time since last century, I will no longer be serving in a SHRM volunteer role (outside of student chapter advisor) in an official capacity at the local, state, or national level. In that time, I have served in the following roles:
- Treasurer – Golden Triangle Human Resource Association (January 1999 – Dec. 2001)
- College Relations Director – Mississippi SHRM State Council (January 2000 – August, 2002)
- Web Site Manager – Golden Triangle Human Resource Association (January, 2002 – August, 2002)
- Area IV Representative – National College Relations Committee – Society for Human Resource Management (November 2000 – August, 2002)
- Technology Advocate – Mississippi SHRM State Council (June 2001 – August, 2002)
- Vice-President – Golden Triangle Human Resource Association (Jan. 2002 – August, 2002)
- Area III Representative - National College Relations Committee - Society for Human Resource Management (August, 2002 - December, 2003)
- Area III Board College Relations Director - Societ for Human resource Management (August, 2002 - December, 2003)
- College Relations Director - Wisconsin SHRM State Council (August, 2002 - December, 2005)
- National HR Games Advisory Team - Society for Human Resource Management (April, 2003 - April, 2005)
- SHRM Foundation Undergraduate HR Program Directory Informal Advisory Board (February, 2004 - September, 2004)
- Foundation Director – Wisconsin SHRM State Council (January, 2006 – December, 2008)
- President-Elect – Green Bay Area SHRM (January, 2006 – June, 2006)
- President – Green Bay Area SHRM (June, 2006 – December, 2007)
- 2007 Wisconsin SHRM State Conference Planning Committee – Programming (Dec. 2006 – Dec. 2007)
- 2008 Wisconsin SHRM State Conference Planning Committee – Exhibits (December 2007 – December 2008)
- Past-President – Green Bay Area SHRM (January, 2008 – December 2009)
- District Director – WI SHRM State Council (January, 2009 – December, 2010)
- 2009 Wisconsin SHRM State Conference – Co-Chair (January, 2009 – December 2009)
- 2010 Wisconsin SHRM State Conference Planning Committee – Exhibits (Dec. 2009 – December, 2010)
- 2011 Wisconsin SHRM State Conference Planning Committee – Communications/Website (December 2010 – December, 2011)
- Social Media Director, WI SHRM State Council (January, 2011 – present)
Some items of note:
1. I still have a passion for SHRM and believe in their mission. SHRM has enabled me to keep up with the latest efforts in HR and provided me with the information to better serve my students...and I will still be connected as a student chapter advisor
2. I'm particularly proud of several of my accomplishments during this period, including:
*Getting the state council to provide financial support to student chapters who submit a merit award application to SHRM
*Doubling the amount of contributions made to the SHRM Foundation from the WI SHRM State Council and its respective chapters
*Winning the Career Achievement and Member of the Year Awards from the Green Bay Area SHRM chapter
*Co-authoring this
But, it took a first step...getting involved. If you count the above bullet points (22), you'll notice I wore multiple hats during a number of years. I made the time....you can too.
This is just a really long way of saying there is an opportunity to join the WI SHRM State Council as the new Social Media Director. If you know of someone in Wisconsin, who would be a good fit for the position (description here), please let me know.
