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Presented by:
Jessica Miller-Merrell, SPHR
Xceptional HR and
Carrie Corbin, MBA, SPHR
Rockstar HR

Join TAHRA this month for a special 4 hour lab (3.5 Strategic Credit Hours)!  This lab is a preview of the course that Jessica Miller-Merrell and Carrie Corbin will be presenting at the SHRM National Conference in Las Vegas - Social Media Bootcamp!  The fee to attend this special Lab will be our usual rate of $15 for members and $25 for guest and will be held from 1pm-5pm at Tulsa Tech - Lemley Campus.

BRING YOUR LAPTOP FOR HANDS ON TRAINING!

During this course, Jessica and Carrie will cover social media basics for the Human Resource professional including creating and using Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Blogging, and LinkedIn. This course is a foundational social media course specifically designed for the strategic human resource professional that is driven to understand the new online landscape and mitigate organization and corporate risk. 

This session will demonstrate to the HR professional, as well as provide case studies of more than 15 companies, how organizations are using social media strategies and tools to grow and build their talent pools, communicate more effectively with their current and future employee base and discuss the topic of current law as well as organizational ethics in the workplace. 

In addition to introducing these tools, they will discuss some facts, figures, and basic practical uses and applications for business, human resources, sales, finance, and marketing.  This session will provide a cross-functional point of view allowing for our attendees to become engaged and knowledgeable business partner. 

Social media monitoring and research strategies will also be covered and discussed including using a RSS as well as creating a Google Reader and leveraging tools like Google Alerts to monitor brand, employee activities, and corporate mentions on the internet. 

Special attention will be taken to provide the human resource and recruiting professional with time saving tips and social media monitoring practices with a focus on current and future employment law trends as well as recent case rules including the NLRB, Supreme Court, and the teacher who was terminated in Philadelphia for her comments about students on her anonymous personal blog. 

Attendees will receive a complete workbook that provides a social media investigation toolkit, social media policy guidelines and best practices, as well as online blogs and resources written by other human resource professionals. 

Speakers Bios

Jessica Miller-Merrell, SPHR known as @blogging4jobs is an Internet television host, author, speaker, new mother, and human resources professional with a passion for recruiting, training, and all things social media. Jessica is a leader in the HR social media community and has over 10 years of experience in human resources and recruiting. She hosts the first and only Internet webshow for job seekers on Mingle Media TV called Job Search Secrets weekly. Her book, Tweet This! Twitter for Business was released in February 2010.
Her company, Xceptional HR provides businesses with social media, recruitment strategies, and human resources consulting. Jessica received her Senior Professional in Human Resource designation in 2008. Jessica also holds a Bachelors degree in Anthropology and Business from Kansas State University. Jessica has been quoted in publications as an expert including Glamour Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, and SHRM's HR Magazine. To learn more about Jessica or her company, visit www.jessicamillermerrell.com or www.blogging4jobs.com.

Carrie Corbin, MBA, SPHR has 10+ years of corporate experience in leadership capacities as a senior human resources professional. She is solid business partner with a proven ability to leverage HR & Staffing strategy with business results. Carrie also moonlights as adjunct faculty, teaching in both the business management and human resource management fields.
Carrie is accredited as a Senior Human Resource Professional (SPHR) by the National Society of Human Resources Management and holds an MBA in Human Resource Management as well as a BS in Business Management with a social psychology emphasis.
Her strengths include strategy formulation and execution, designing and implementing enterprise wide policy & processes, organizational design and change management, with extensive experience working with senior leadership teams.