Innovation isn’t a word that typically comes to mind when people think about government. Yet the ability to think critically and creatively about how any organization adapts in a world that is changing at a dizzying pace can’t be underestimated. How do we make the abstract idea of innovation into a reality in our workplaces?

Through a series of quick-paced activities, our April seminar–featuring Wayne Scott–introduces participants to cutting-edge concepts about organizational innovation: what it is, how to create work environments that nurture it, and what leaders can do to make it happen.

The seminar will be held April 8 in Room 112 at Clackamas Community College Wilsonville Campus, 29353 Town Center Loop E, Wilsonville. Check-in and breakfast is 8:30 a.m., and the seminar will be 8-9:30 a.m.

Wayne Scott is the Manager of Training and Organizational Development in Multnomah County where he teaches classes on change management and innovation. Prior to moving into organizational development, Wayne worked for many years as a program manager in the juvenile justice field, introducing a number of innovations to front-line practices, and has taught in the graduate social work program at Portland State University. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago and earned his masters in Social Service Administration from the same school in 1989.

Please register by Friday, April 2, 2010.

Dear HR Colleague:

In another year of tight fiscal budgets and the continued need for good stewardship of training budgets, we encourage you to consider a prudent investment – joining your local Oregon IPMA-HR chapter!

Oregon IPMA-HR serves its members with up-to-date training opportunities that address the hottest topics facing Human Resource professionals.

Our theme for this year is Tools for Tough Times.

Upcoming Programs:

• March 4, 2010 – Legal and Legislative Update – Lisa Umscheid
• April 8, 2010 – Managing in Tough Times:  Organizational Development on a Tight Budget and Managing Those Who are Left, breakfast seminar – Wayne Scott
• June 17, 2010 –Dispute Resolution in the Workplace – Mike Neimeyer

Benefits to being a local Oregon IPMA-HR Chapter member are:

Discounts on IPMA-HR Events – Enjoy $5 discounts on bi-monthly lunch seminars, and additional discounts on other events such as conferences and the “Developing Competencies for HR Success” training.

Tuition and Profession Development Scholarships – Becoming a member of Oregon IPMA-HR provides you with an opportunity to apply for an Oregon IPMA-HR Scholarship towards college coursework or conference registration costs.

Unmatched Networking with Other Public Sector HR Professionals. Attending these informational programs not only gives you the tools to address these issues immediately in your entity, but also gives you the opportunity to get to know your colleagues who are some of your best resources to obtain support to enhance your career and continue your professional development.

Professional Resources IPMA-HR Oregon offers an informative website, www.ipmaoregon.org, the opportunity to give and receive professional expertise on issue facing public sector human resource professionals each day, and access to the chapter’s membership directory for possible mentoring opportunities.

Additional benefits:

As a chapter affiliated member of national IPMA-HR, you also receive these benefits:

• Weekly HR Bulletin delivered via email
• Member rate for all IPMA-HR professional development activities, IPMA-HR Western Region Conference and National Conferences, HR Competency Training Program, and monthly training webinar

We look forward to you joining our local chapter and sharing in our continued success and commitment to the Oregon Human Resource profession in the public sector!

Sincerely,

Your IPMA-HR Oregon Chapter Board

Membership Application Form for 2010 [PDF]

The chapter is in the process up creating a new system to manage communications with members and others in the human resources field in Oregon. A new mailing list for the chapter is being established, and those interested may join the mailing list using a subscription form provided on this site. The same form may be used to unsubscribe from the list.

Initially, those who are on the existing mailing list will be added automatically. Because a different e-mail server is being used for the new system, however, it is possible that some addresses will be rejected as undeliverable because different agencies use different ways to filter e-mail to reduce spam.

Our new e-mail list is titled news@ipmaoregon.org. Messages to the list will be sent by editor@ipmaoregon.org. If you were getting e-mail messages from the chapter, and then from time to time find you are not, please use the subscription form on this site (the Tab above is Mailing List) to re-register your e-mail address. You will be asked to confirm your subscription.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact editor@ipmaoregon.org.

All materials from the spring conference [April 17] sponsored by the Oregon Chapter of IPMA-HR and the Oregon Public Employer Labor Relations Association are now available for retrieval.  Presentations are converted to PDF format. Here are the downloadable files:

Conference Program [PDF]

Conference Speakers Bios [PDF]

HR_Diagnostics [PDF]

HR_101 [PDF]

Interest Arbitration [PDF]

Summary of Dr. Glass Study on Domestic Violence [PDF]

Domestic Violence Definitions and Tools for Managers [PDF]

Domestic Violence Packet [PDF]

Preparing to Downsize [PDF]

Legislative Update 2009 [PDF]

Appreciative Inquiry [PDF]

It’s time for Oregon Chapter members to pay dues for 2009.  E-mail dues statements will be arriving shortly. To get a head start, members can download the application from the membership page, or directly.

In addition to the great benefits offered by the chapter, the Board has made no increase in rates for individual agency members (still only $35 a year), and realigned the non-national membership rates to be more in line with encouraging national IPMA-HR memberships.