International Strategic HR Conference 2010
Held at the Mary Ward House in London, UK, on 26th March 2010, the fourth International Strategic HR Conference featured presentations on 'Bringing People Together to Fight Poverty', 'The INGO Management Agenda', 'Leader Development for All' and 'Working with Partners: Is HR being strategic enough?'. These presentations were also accompanied by two break-out sessions which focused on 'Preventing Corruption in Humanitarian Operations' and 'Climate Change and the Role of the HR Function'. The conference concluded with a relevant 'thought piece' and a final opportunity to network at a drinks reception.
Speakers:
Marg Mayne, Chief Executive Officer, Voluntary Service Overseas
VSO - Bringing People Together to Fight Poverty
Audio (note: low volume)
Presentation
Jo Hennessy, Director of Research and International Development, Roffey Park
The INGO Management Agenda
Audio (note: low volume)
Presentation
David G. Altman, Executive Vice-President of Research, Innovation and Product Development, Center for Creative Leadership
Leader Development for All
Audio
Presentation
Uma Narayanan, Human Resource and Organisational Development Consultant
Working with Partners: Is HR being strategic enough?
Audio
Presentation
Shay McConnon, Author and Founder of People First Limited
Thought Piece
Audio
Videos
Coming soon.
The Agenda:
| 9.30 |
Registration |
| 9.50 |
Welcome from People in Aid Executive Director Jonathan Potter |
| 9.55 - 10.10 |
Introduction from Richard DaCosta, People in Aid Trustee and Conference Chair |
| 10.10 - 10.40 |
Marg Mayne, Chief Executive Officer, Voluntary Service Overseas
VSO - Bringing People Together to Fight Poverty
|
| 10.40 - 11.10 |
Jo Hennessy, Director of Research and International Development, Roffey Park
The INGO Management Agenda
|
| 11.10 - 11.30 |
Reflections, Q&A, discussion in chaired plenary |
| 11.30 - 12.00 |
Refreshment break |
| 12.00 - 12.25 |
David G. Altman, Executive Vice-President of Research, Innovation and Product Development, Center for Creative Leadership
Leader Development for All
|
| 12.25 - 12.50 |
Uma Narayanan, Human Resource and Organisational Development Consultant
Working with Partners: Is HR being strategic enough?
|
| 12.50 - 13.10 |
Reflections, Q&A, discussion in chaired plenary |
| 13.10 - 14.10 |
Networking lunch |
| 14.10 - 15.00 |
Break-out sessions, either;
Marie-Luise Ahlendorf, Senior Programme Coordinator, Transparency International
Preventing Corruption in Humanitarian Operations
or
Charles Whitehead, Facilitation and Consultancy for Change Consultant
Climate Change and the Role of the HR Function
|
| 15.00 - 15.20 |
Summary, reflections, Q&A, discussion in chaired plenary |
| 15.20 - 15.40 |
Refreshment break |
| 15.40 - 16.00 |
Ben Emmens, Director of HR Services, People in Aid
The People in Aid Perspective: What next?
|
| 16.00 - 16.50 |
Shay McConnon, Author and Founder of People First Limited
Thought Piece
|
| 16.50 |
Networking reception |
Summary
We would like to extend our thanks to all participants for their attendance and to our guest speakers, Marg Mayne, Jo Hennessy, David Altman, Uma Narayanan, Marie-Luise Ahlendorf, Charles Whitehead and Shay McConnon, who did a fantastic job. We would also like to thank Richard DaCosta for chairing the conference; the discussion was well-led and lively.
Feedback for the event was extremely positive with 95% of attendees stating that the conference was of significant use to them.
Also for those who requested it, here is the link to the Transparency International report on Preventing Corruption in NGOs.
Pictures
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