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It’s a SHRM thing – Illinois style

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Last week I had the opportunity to attend ILSHRM11 right here in Chicago. What a fantastic event! As if the ride there and back with Sabrina Baker wasn’t fun enough. (Here are the two of us blogging away on Twitter)

Starting off with a BANG! on Sunday night and a meetup with so many wonderful folks with whom I’ve had the pleasure of connecting online, meeting most of them at SHRM11 in Vegas a few months back, and meeting new friends at this fantastic conference and after hours events.

The conference speakers were outstanding, the food was fantastic, and the ILSHRM #hashtags were flying by at 90 to nothing on twitter.

Although I had never had the privilege of attending a statewide SHRM conference before, I heard from all the HR pros and speakers who attended this event that it was truly 1st Class, all the way. John Jorgensen and his team really went all out in making sure this event was first rate. Read his wrap-up on the conference HERE.

I am honored to have been selected as a benefit judge and in participating in this years BC/BS  WOWIE awards where State Farm was honored as top employee benefit provider for the State of Illinois. KUDOS to them for providing extensive benefit’s in employee wellness.

I had a blast and most of the attendees cannot seem to stop ranting and raving on a job “Well Done.” I look forward to ILSHRM12 and I hear planning is already underway. Gonna be hard to top this years event, I’m sure.

I’d love to hear your comments on your experience.

SHRM junkies and tattoo parlors

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So we’ve all been talking SHRM11 until we’re blue in the face. The hype for the upcoming conference has almost become unbearable and the pressure is mounting.

I was recently in a local Tattoo Parlor (d0 they still call it that?) with a friend who was getting a monkey tattoo (not as bizarre as it sounds) and had a brief moment of stupidity in thinking, “hey, I should get the SHRM logo tattooed on my left ankle! That’s when you know you’ve seen too much publicity of an event! You’ll be glad to know that moment of stupidity was as I stated “brief” and subsided.

In all sincerity I am totally stoked about going to Vegas for the SHRM11 Conference but can’t decide if it’s the conference I’m hyped up about or just going to Vegas, seeing as how I’ve never been and always wanted to go.  I’m sure it is the combination of the two.

I’m also excited about meeting so many of you and having a little #F2F (face to face) action. I’m met so many of you online through Twitter especially and now on Facebook and I’m looking forward to seeing your gorgeous faces in person. I enjoy interacting with all of you on a regular basis.

So, that being said – I’ll see you in Sin City!