Maine HR Convention

May 8 - 11, 2023
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Maine HR Convention

May 8 - 11, 2023
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Back to the Samoset in 2023!

We return to the Samoset this May – the ancestral home of the Maine HR Convention. With a mix of everything the HR community loves about this conference – keynotes from around the country, information from the business and human sides of HR, networking, and camaraderie. Our purpose remains true – making a difference in the lives of your employees, the direction of your organization, your career path, AND how you impact your neighboring communities.

 

Three Important Items for 2023:

  • Monday Afternoon. Convention week starts on May 8, with a pre-conference keynote and reception in the late afternoon. Everyone registered for the Tuesday conference day will be able to join us for these bonus Monday activities at no extra charge! Plus, additional Monday programming for MESHRM Leadership Day and HR Basic Training.
  • HR Basic Training. For those new to HR (or early in your career), we have programming to meet your needs on Convention Monday and Tuesday, allowing you to mix and match with any of the other offerings designed for more experienced professionals later in the week. Learn More.
  • Health & Safety Policies. Your welfare is our first concern, and the Convention will adhere to all rules set by the State of Maine CDC, the host facility (the Samoset), and the needs of our attendees. As of 1/3/23, we anticipate no indoor mask requirement, though it is encouraged.

2023 Convention Registration Fees

Registration Rate (March 1)

One Day: $325
Two Days: $625
Full Convention: $845​


HR Basic Training Registration Fees

Two-day specialty track May 8-9  READ MORE

Registration Rate (March 1)

HR Basic Training: $625
HR Basic Training + Wednesday: $825
HR Basic Training + Wednesday and Thursday: $995

 

 


Recertification Credits

In 2023, we are applying for the following recertification credits:

  • SHRM RECERTIFICATION: We are a SHRM preferred provider and are applying for 18.25 PDC’s towards SHRM CP and SCP recertification.
  • HRCI RECERTIFICATION: We are applying for 18.25 GENERAL credits for PHR and SPHR, and 12.75 BUSINESS credits towards SPHR recertification. 

 


  • Katie’s Corner: Reflections

    This morning, I was browsing through some memories of the #MaineHRConvention in years past, and was overcome with feelings of nostalgia, energy, and PRIDE for the human resources community our event serves. Our return to the Samoset in May is a long-overdue homecoming for the HR professionals of Maine. This crowd has been through the wringer in navigating the health & safety, emotional wellbeing, and workload of their fluctuating workforce. It’s about time that we all get in a room and take one big (masked!) EXHALE together. I can’t wait to reunite with friends new and old, and produce an event worthy of this group’s time and energy. As you ramp up your plans for May – join the hold a seat list, book dinner reservations in Rockport, and wait patiently to book that coveted Samoset room – please consider the 2022 Maine HR Convention my team’s bottom-of-our-hearts THANK YOU to the people who take care of their people. We are truly in a debt of gratitude. Katie Jones Creative Director, COO The Maine HR Convention Katie@StrategicHRus.com

  • A Note from the Curator: 500,000. HR, Gratitude, and Hope

    For our friends in the HR orbit who deal in numbers and people. (That’s all of you!) On Monday evening, the President said, “We often hear people described as ordinary Americans. There’s no such thing. There’s nothing ordinary about them. The people we lost were extraordinary.” The HR community also has been extraordinary this past year, balancing numbers so organizations survive and recognizing that analytics matter little without seeing the people behind the numbers. There are countless stories of HR leaders rising to the occasion, tending to their employees, and reaching beyond their immediate circles. So, how do you grasp 500,000? Some draw the connection to lives lost in the wars of the last century. I imagine the combined populations of Bangor (my hometown) and Portland (which I now call home). Times FIVE. That thought nudged me from a self-defensive numbness to a gentle ache – and an elixir with two-part chemistry. The first part involves gratitude for frontline employees. Nurses jabbing arms. Clerks bagging groceries. The second part of the formula is hope – that uniquely human gift. Teachers planting seeds that will blossom into ideas. Ideas that might cool the planet, cool our heated political rhetoric, and warm the way we think about work, life, and the people we love. If you haven’t seen the Mars landing – watch this 3-minute NASA clip, which is awesome and sweetly geeky at the same time. If you want a little music to inspire – watch and listen to this clip created by “From the Top”. Here’s hoping that you are in good spirits, and that if you have lost a friend or family member, that this person resides in your heart as extraordinary. Bud Bernstein Curator for Strategic HR U.S.

  • A Note from the Curator: HR Superpower Alert

    We’ve witnessed the Maine HR community in action these past few months, and you’ve done extraordinary things, calling on your superpowers to make a difference in the lives of your employees and the continuity of your organizations. We intend to reward those efforts with an extraordinary Maine HR Convention in May; so please watch for the opening of registration next week. I’ve called on the superpowers of my Strategic HR team, a faculty scattered around the U.S., and a virtual platform in London, England called HopIn to provide you with something unique. An online experience that leaves you informed and inspired across three learning tracks, a Maine Great Leader series, six keynotes, and a journey around America to meet HR miracle workers in action. In just a few days, you’ll see what we’ve been cooking up behind the scenes. For now, here’s the start to an Emily Dickinson poem: “Hope” is the thing with feathers – That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all   Bud Bernstein Curator for Strategic HR U.S.

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Katie’s Corner: Reflections

This morning, I was browsing through some memories of the #MaineHRConvention in years past, and was overcome with feelings of nostalgia, energy, and PRIDE for the human resources community our event serves. Our return to the Samoset in May is a long-overdue homecoming...

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