2015 Personnel Winter Conference
Tentative Agenda
January 29-30
Hilton Columbia Center
Columbia, SC
Wednesday, January 28
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
Stop the Clock! Learn Ways to Improve the Efficiency and
Effectiveness of Your Team
Tony Bagshaw & Emily Douglas, Battelle for Kids
Thursday, January 29
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Registration
Coffee & Networking
Sponsored by FACES, Inc.
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Welcome
Bill Briggman, Personnel Division President
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. State Superintendent of Education (Invited)
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Diversity Partners in Education
Preston Edwards, Publisher
11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Break
Sponsored by Kelly Services
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Real Talk: Recruiting Diverse Candidates
12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Awards Luncheon
Co-sponsored by CERRA
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Teacher Absence: Research Review and Ideas for Action
Hank Harris, Human Capital Enterprises
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Classification and Compensation Study
Mike Verdoorn, Fox Lawson and Associates
4:00 p.m. – 4:10 p.m. Break
Sponsored by Colonial Life
4:10 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. Harnessing the Power of Research to Inform Data-Driven Hiring and Increase Student Achievement
Dr. Donald Fraynd, TeacherMatch
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Reception
Co-sponsored by Childs & Halligan, P.A. & TeacherMatch
Friday, January 30
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by Duff, White & Turner, LLC
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Welcome & Business Meeting
Bill Briggman, Personnel Division President
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. PEBA Introduction
Peggy Boykin, PEBA
9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Twitter, the Basics and Beyond
Kitty Tripp, Greenwood District 50
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Effective Hiring and Selection
Tony Bagshaw, Battelle for Kids
11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Promising Practices for Recruiting Diverse Educator Talent
Tony Bagshaw, Battelle for Kids
12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Lunch & Retirement
Speaker: Jane Turner, CERRA
Sponsored by Frontline Placement Technologies
1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. The Talent Management Revolution
Patrick Mackelvie, Cornerstone OnDemand