Silicon Valley Women in HR...& Friends Mailing and Event Announcement

Dear Friends,

How are you? Happy March!

We are holding formal meetings once every two months, and for those in-between months, we encourage you to plan coffee, lunch, dinner or an event on your own! You can use our LinkedIn group to publicize your event. This will give you some latitude in location and timing, and that should help more of us come out and meet each other.

I recently wrote about how our group works and how I depend on a lot of people's contributions of time, professional services, and space.

I also explained how I pay for the website hosting and domain name through my own checkbook and the ads on our website you may click on along with our Amazon links below my signature.

Two people contacted me about this, and there may be others with the same question about ads that show on the site. I do not control the ads you view on the site. They are controlled by the cookies on your own computer. This is a process called “personalization.” If you shop on Amazon and look at a product, the next time you visit, you’ll see that product along with recommendations for similar items. 

One way around that is to clear your cookies on your browser. Another way, and this is more effective for me, is to go to http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and go through their menu of cleaning up advertising and making choices. I do this every couple of weeks and it has helped a lot. 

Today I'm writing about our March event, the HR Symposium discount, and a request. 

Our March 16 Community Event

We're pleased to announce that Diane Cusano will present “Inspiring Yourself to Thrive by Reframing Your Thoughts.” I’m interested in leaning how to change my own thought patterns and coach others to do the same Please see the event details and RSVP link by clicking here.

HR Symposium Discount

The HR Symposium as again provided our group members with a discount. If you register right away, your registration fee is $199. Please review the site at www.hrsymposium.org, and if you want to attend, mail your check with a note that you’re with our group to:

Helen Heath

HR Symposium

1648 Graff Court

San Leandro CA 94577

Please Join Our LinkedIn Group

Please join our group on LinkedIn so you’ll be updated on announcements and posts. Because it is much easier to send mail through LinkedIn than my home email, I strongly encourage you to join the group. You can post articles of interest, questions, meetings, resumes and jobs.

Thank You for Our Last Event

Karen Mathews Radau presented "Best Practices - Giving Productive Feedback,” a very interesting and useful talk. I enjoy presentations that help me in my personal life as well as my professional life.

Not only do I hope to see you at our next event, I do hope you’ll take advantage of this opportunity to plan some extra networking events. I would love to attend some!

All the best,

Marcia

Marcia Stein, SHRM-CP, PHR

Author: "Strained Relations: Help for Struggling Parents of Troubled Teens" and "Recruiters on Recruiting"

      



   

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Silicon Valley Women in HR...& Friends Mailing and Event Announcement

Dear Friends,

How are you? I'm going to have to adjust to thinking about 2016!

We are holding formal meetings once every two months, and for those in-between months, we encourage you to plan coffee, lunch, dinner or an event on your own! You can use our LinkedIn group to publicize your event. This will give you some latitude in location and timing, and that should help more of us come out and meet each other. I think this bi-monthly schedule is working well for us.

Please join our group on LinkedIn so you’ll be updated on announcements and posts.

Sometimes I'm asked how our group works, and I'd like to share this information with you. I depend on a lot of people's contributions of time, professional services, and spaces.

As you know, we do not charge dues nor do we charge for events other than a dinner at a restaurant. This is free to us only because we find great people to host us, generously providing space and their time.

Events are planned by volunteers - see details below - and I could not do all of this without them. Furthermore, the continuation of this group depends on having wonderful volunteers. If you'd like to contribute, please see the paragraph below.

Potential speakers submit their topics for consideration and they sometimes drive a long way to make presentations, share information, keep our skills updated (or add to them) and keep us updated on current trends. What would we do without them?

In fact, what would we do without the volunteers, hosts and speakers? We'd be a Q&A group on a website rather than the dynamic group we are. I hope you take advantage of these meetings!

And one more thing: who pays for the website domain name, the time to put together invitations, mailings, and send everything out? It's my time and my checkbook. What is helpful is when you click on one of the ads on our website or purchase something from our Amazon links (see them below my signature). I usually earn enough through the advertising clicks to pay for the hosting.

Today I'm writing about our January events and needs. 

Our January 13  Volunteers' Meeting
Our group runs on the power of our volunteers. They select topics and speakers, organize the details with the location host and make sure the meetings run smoothly. I deeply appreciate all of their work! You're welcome to join this group and work on our 2016 events. If you're interested, please click here for details.

Our January 20 Community Event
We're pleased to announce that Karen Mathews Radau will be presenting "Best Practices - Giving Productive Feedback." I'm looking forward to learning more for my professional and personal use. We can always learn more about this, can't we? Please see the event details and RSVP link by clicking here.

Survey for 2016 Locations
if you have a meeting space we could use, please complete the form by clicking here. Ideally, this would be near 101 from North San Jose up to Mountain View.

Thank You for Our Last Event

Our Planners and Volunteers were Marilyn Messer and me, Marcia Stein. Thanks really go to Marilyn for planning and following up on the details for our year-end dinner. Thank you!

Not only do I hope to see you at our next event, I do hope you’ll take advantage of this opportunity to plan some extra networking events. I would love to attend some!

All the best,

Marcia

Marcia Stein, SHRM-CP, PHR

Author: "Strained Relations: Help for Struggling Parents of Troubled Teens" and "Recruiters on Recruiting"

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Silicon Valley Women in HR...& Friends Mailing and Event Announcement

Dear Friends,

How are you? This year has just flown by and now we're in the holiday season.

We are holding formal meetings once every two months, and for those in-between months, we encourage you to plan coffee, lunch, dinner or an event on your own! You can use our LinkedIn group to publicize your event. This will give you some latitude in location and timing, and that should help more of us come out and meet each other. I think this bi-monthly schedule is working well for us.

Please join our group on LinkedIn so you’ll be updated on announcements and posts.

With fewer events I'm sending fewer mailings, and I want to mention our December and January events. 

Our December 9 Year-End Community Dinner

This event is open to all and you can click here for details. I hope you can join us as it's a great way to talk more with some of the wonderful people in our group.

Our January 13  Volunteers' Meeting
Our group runs on the power of our volunteers. They select topics and speakers, organize the details with the location host and make sure the meetings run smoothly. I deeply appreciate all of their work! You're welcome to join this group and work on our 2016 events. If you're interested, please click here for details.

Survey for 2016 Locations

if you have a meeting space we could use, please complete the form by clicking here. Ideally, this would be near 101 from North San Jose up to Mountain View.

The January 20 event is "Best Practices - Giving Productive Feedback" with Karen Matthews. Details will be posted in January.

Thank You for Our Last Event

Our Planners and Volunteers were Diane Cusano and Trudy Schapansky.  The topic was “There is a 'Me' in Teams" with ArLyne Diamond, Ph.D. Many thanks to all!

Not only do I hope to see you at our next event, I do hope you’ll take advantage of this opportunity to plan some extra networking events. I would love to attend some!

All the best,

Marcia

Marcia Stein, SHRM-CP, PHR

Author: "Strained Relations: Help for Struggling Parents of Troubled Teens" and "Recruiters on Recruiting"

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Silicon Valley Women in HR...& Friends Mailing and Event Announcement

Dear Friends,

How are you? Are you ready for all of the year-end activities? I'm not!

I start my posts with a few personal notes and then delve into upcoming events. You can skip down to event announcements, but I encourage you to read this important update about our group.

We are holding formal meetings once every two months, and for those in-between months, we encourage you to plan coffee, lunch, dinner or an event on your own! You can use our LinkedIn group to publicize your event. This will give you some latitude in location and timing, and that should help more of us come out and meet each other.

Please join our group on LinkedIn so you’ll be updated on announcements and posts.

With fewer events I'm sending fewer mailings. I do want to mention two special recognition "months" that landed in October.

October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I had two kinds of breast cancer, surgery and chemo in 2000 and I'm fine. The key really is early diagnosis. It used to be that this was a real death sentence as it was for my mom, but it doesn't have to be that way now. Being diligent with your self-exams, having good doctors who take you seriously and don't delay definitive diagnosis, and good treatment are imperative. 

Here are a couple of extra tips. If a friend or colleague says they have breast cancer, don't tell them it's their fault, don't tell them to take vitamins, don't blame their diet. Just ask "how can I best support you" and if they tell you how, do it! Maybe that means a ride, maybe it means a movie. Sometimes it just means you stop by or call.

It was also Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Domestic Violence is not exclusively about hitting, punching, other violence including murder. It's also about emotional abuse, the kind of violence producing bruises you can't see on a person. Please read more about it on this site, and do something about it if you or a friend need help. There are resources and there is hope.

Our November 18 Community Event

This event is open to all, and the topic is “There is a 'Me' in Teams” with our guest speaker ArLyne Diamond, Ph.D. Please RSVP if you're attending. If anything comes up at the last minute and I need to reach attendees, I can't do it unless you have registered. Additionally, we will need to escort you inside the building so being on time is essential for this event. You can read about our event here and if you’re attending, please register.

Thank You for Our Last Event

Our Planners and Volunteers were Christine Young, SPHR, Idit Stefanson, and Melissa Katz,  The topic was “Taming the Abrasive Leader" with Patrick Reilly. Many thanks to all!

Not only do I hope to see you at our next event, I do hope you’ll take advantage of this opportunity to plan some extra networking events. I would love to attend some!

All the best,

Marcia

Marcia Stein, SHRM-CP, PHR

Author: "Strained Relations: Help for Struggling Parents of Troubled Teens" and "Recruiters on Recruiting"

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