Mega & Super Mega Webinar Update on A-Team and discussion questions

2 Mega / Super Mega Chapter Staff Contacts Your hosts: Karen Verrico, CAE SHRM Field Services Director Shelly Trent, SPHR SHRM Field Services Director

3 Happy Retirement, Karen! We wish you the best!  Karen has been with SHRM for 8 years and will be retiring in mid- August  If you have worked with Karen over the years, you might want to send her a note  For the time being, Shelly Trent will be the staff contact for Mega and Super Mega chapters until another staff member is assigned

4 Federal Initiative

5 Importance and Purpose of the SHRM Advocacy Team (A-Team)  Intended to build upon successful but ad-hoc country- wide efforts in place Two participation levels  HR Advocate  Advocacy Captain  Four “soloist” lobbyists vs. “choir” of 270,000+ SHRM activists  Members represent diverse opinions (260,000 voices of information)  Members comprise entire spectrum of employer settings

6  Developed to ensure when policy decision-makers (legislators, regulators, etc.) develop workplace policy, the voice of HR is heard via a “local network”  Since MoC’s are most responsive to their constituents, informs legislators of policy impacts upon employers in her / his district  SHRM members best understand / are best suited to communicate how public policy affects employees, employers & the HR profession as a whole  SHRM’s Regional-Chapter structure & congressional districts do not align Importance and Purpose of the SHRM Advocacy Team (A-Team)

7 A-Team Target States Alabama Delaware ColoradoAlaskaHawaii Arkansas Illinois ConnecticutArizonaKentucky Florida Nevada GeorgiaLouisianaMassachusetts Kansas New Mexico IdahoMichiganMississippi Maine Ohio IndianaMinnesotaMissouri Nebraska Oregon IowaMontanaNew Jersey New York Pennsylvania MarylandNew HampshireNorth Dakota Rhode Island Texas OklahomaNorth CarolinaSouth Dakota Washington Virginia TennesseeSouth CarolinaUtah Wisconsin West Virginia WyomingVermont California California

8 A-Team Staff Contact Information Chatrane Birbal Senior Associate, Member Advocacy W: Duke Street Alexandria, VA 22314

9 Topics Sent in for Discussion *6 to unmute your phone  How to increase member engagement - attendance at meetings  New member orientation ideas  Surveying members - how often, tool used  Promotion of scholarship opportunities - what do other chapters do to garner interest  Volunteers - Any special training for volunteers wanting to get on the Board  Thank you for your participation and for your volunteer work for SHRM! Karen Verrico, CAE SHRM Field Services Director Shelly Trent, SPHR SHRM Field Services Director