July 2010 NTCA Fort Worth Breakfast

 

Date:

July 29, 2010

Where:

Stockyards Hotel
109 E. Exchange Avenue 
Fort Worth, TX 76164
1-800-423-8471

Agenda:

7:30 – 8:00am Registration & Networking
8:00 – 8:30am Breakfast
8:30 – 9:30pm Speaker

Topic:

What You Need to Know Now: Current Trends & Best Practices in Workforce Recognition
Receive an extra raffle ticket for each guest you bring!

 
Speaker:

Kimberly Smithson-Abel, Inspirus (formerly Diamond H Recognition)


This program qualifies for recertification credit for the Certified Compensation Professional (CCP®), Certified Benefits Professional® (CBP), Global Remuneration Professional (GRP®) and Work-Life Certified Professional (WLCP®) designations granted by WorldatWork Society of Certified Professionals.  For more information on recertification, visit the WorldatWork Society website at www.worldatworksociety.org.

This program has been approved for 1.0 General Recertification Credit Hour toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit. For more information about re-certification, please visit the HRCI website at www.hrci.org.
Cost:

Register by Fri., July 23
NTCA Members - $30.00
Non-members - $35.00
Financial Aid Application

What You Need to Know Now: Current Trends & Best Practices in Workforce Recognition
Workforce recognition is a complete approach to recognition that utilizes a portfolio of recognition programs of varying types across an organization to motivate and engage a workforce. Statistics prove that rewarding employees in a method that keeps them engaged and interested positively correlates to the employees’ performance, which in effect positively impacts the firm’s bottom line. Firms that successfully integrate workforce recognition average a three-year revenue growth of more than 20% and an overall improved corporate culture.

In her presentation, total recognition expert, Kimberly Smithson-Abel of Fort Worth based Inspirus™ will discuss six trends of workforce recognition and explain how each of these trends improves a company’s overall workforce recognition strategy.

Kimberly Smithson-Abel, Inspirus (formerly Diamond H Recognition)
 Kimberly Smithson-Abel joined Diamond H in 2006 as Vice President of Strategy and Business Development from Prosperiti, a privately held company where she served as Vice President of Business Solutions and later, as President. Prosperiti focused on providing enterprise performance management and total reward systems to Fortune 1000 companies.

At Inspirus (formerly Diamond H), she is responsible for leading the product development effort for the company's Inspirus™ Technology platform, which is used to design, develop and manage reinforcement, recognition and reward (R3) programs that are truly measurable. She is the company's resident subject matter expert in total recognition and a recognized leader in the field.

She is the co-founder of the National Association of Employee Recognition, which is now called Recognition Professionals International (RPI), and is a leading industry author and spokesperson on the subject of enterprise recognition. Her books include "Middle Management; Your Lifeline to Recognition Buy-In," "The Power of Delivering People-Pleasin' Praise," "Six Secrets of Successful Recognition," and "Value of Impact on Recognition Programs."

Prior to joining Prosperiti, she was the founder and served as Vice President of Product Visioning and Performance Services for Cultureworx. Previously she was Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Incentive Automation.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Organizational Communications from North Central College in Naperville, Illinois and an Executive MBA degree from Loyola University in Chicago. She also has over 15 years of experience in Performance Solutions Consulting and Total Recognition Product Management.