Event Details

RVSHRM Half-Day Seminar

Registration is Closed.

HR Recharge: Powering Ahead

August 22, 2024 - The Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center

7:30 am - Noon

Unlocking Immediate Wins in HR with AI (1 hour)

Paul Carney

In a Forrester Consulting commissioned by Workday in August, 2023, they found that 70% of people leaders believe AI will be crucial for success in HR in the next five years, but only 34% of employees said they have a good understanding of AI and how it can be used in the workplace. In addition, despite data privacy, bias and ethical concerns, AI is being deployed at a rapid pace, with 52% of HR leaders participating in a June 2023, Gartner benchmarking session indicating that they were exploring potential use cases and opportunities when it came to generative AI.

This session is an invaluable opportunity for HR professionals like you to expand your toolkit and bridge the gap in your breadth and depth of HR knowledge. Mastering AI tools and techniques is not just about keeping pace with technology; it's about leveraging these advanced resources to fill in knowledge gaps, enhance decision-making, and drive productivity.

Learning to utilize AI not only streamlines operations but also significantly boosts your capacity to deliver increased business outcomes, making you more valuable and strategic assets to your organization. You will leave equipped with practical, actionable strategies that you can implement immediately, marking a significant step in your professional growth and contribution to your company.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify and Master the Key Elements of Effective AI Prompts
• Translate HR Challenges into Structured AI Queries
• Differentiate Between Simple and Complex AI Prompts for Diverse HR Scenarios
• Implement AI Strategies for Enhanced HR Decision-Making and Efficiency

About Paul:

From the intricate world of business and technology to the dynamic domain of human resources, Paul Carney has covered it all. As a guiding force behind Carter Bank & Trust, Paul performs today as their Chief Human Resources Officer. With over 30 years of experience across business, IT, and HR, Paul seamlessly blends his roles to be a trusted HR advisor.

And Paul isn't just all talk; he’s penned his wisdom into his insightful book, Move Your Æ(ash): Know, Grow, and Show Your Career Value. Lauded for its innovative way to calculate a person’s career value, the book launched in 2018 and quickly found its place on the desks of many ambitious professionals. Paul's expertise is not limited to HR alone; he earned respected accreditations from the Blockchain Council as an AI ExpertTM and Certified Prompt EngineerTM.

Away from the hustle and bustle of his professional life, Paul shares an active life with his best friend and wife, Lisa, in Oak Ridge, NC. Together, they relish the simple joys - quality time with their two adult children, the natural beauty of the beach, and their shared love for wine. And this isn't just any ordinary love for wine; Paul and Lisa turned their passion into achievement when they received the prestigious Level 2 Award in Wine, making every sip an educated experience of aromas and flavors.

Moving from Conflict to Collaboration (1.5 hours)

Henry Yampolsky

Moving from Conflict to Collaboration is a highly interactive and thought-provoking workshop which challenges common perceptions of conflict and teaches the participants how to respond to conflict with strength, clarity, and compassion as opposed to reacting to it with fear, avoidance, or aggression. This workshop introduces the participants to four principles of conflict transformation and presents practical tools for integrating these principles into practice. As part of this workshop the participants will also learn how to use mindfulness, active listening, curiosity, and engagement with complexity and nuance to shift difficult interactions into opportunities for growth, connection, and dialogue.

About Henry:

Henry Yampolsky, J.D. is a best-selling author of Dis-Solving Conflict from Within: An Inner Path for Conflict Transformation. He is a mediator, educator, lawyer, and a multi-time TEDx speaker. Henry serves as the Assistant Director for Education, Outreach, and Conflict Resolution with Virginia Tech’s Office for Equity and Accessibility. He is also an affiliate faculty with Virginia Tech’s Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention where he teaches Conflict Resolution, Mediation, and Peacebuilding.  Henry has taught and lectured around the world including at: Columbia University School of Law, the New York Peace Institute, Bharathiar University in Coimbatore, India, Swiss Mediation Society in Zurich, the International Gandhi Center in New Delhi and at the Sattva Summit in Rishikesh, India. This summer Henry will be on the faculty of Nelson Mandela Washington Fellowship, where he will be teaching conflict resolution to emerging African leaders. Henry is also the recipient of the prestigious Fulbright Professional fellowship. Prior to embarking on a career in peacebuilding and conflict resolution, Henry was an award-winning trial lawyer in Philadelphia, specializing in Civil Rights and Labor and Employment law. He is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Henry has earned his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Temple University and also has a BS in International Relations from the University of Scranton. Originally from Kyiv, Ukraine, Henry can be found on his motorcycle in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia.

Employment Law Changes Impacting your Business in 2024 (1 hour)

Jim Cowan

A Discussion of the upcoming FTC Noncompete Rule, Overtime Changes under the FLSA, Expanded Religious Accommodation Obligations, and an update from Virginia’s Legislative Session.

About Jim:

Jim is the Chairman of CowanPerry PC, a corporate law firm with offices in Blacksburg and Roanoke. CowanPerry specializes in representing businesses and their owners on corporate, tax, employment, immigration, intellectual property and commercial real estate matters. 

Over the past 30 years he has represented companies throughout our region in federal and state courts across Virginia in the defense of employment cases and in business litigation. Jim also serves as outside general counsel to a number of prominent companies and non-profits in the region.  Jim has been recognized for his expertise in employment law for over a decade as one of “The Best Lawyers in America” and as a Virginia “Super Lawyer;”and has also been repeatedly named to Virginia Business Magazine’s “Legal Elite” for Labor/Employment and Business law.