MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
MEMBERS FIRST! It is hard to believe another year has passed since our inaugural Community Report was launched. We had another very busy year in 2019 with a great deal of growth and focus on serving the needs of our Membership! The year started with the celebration of our 80th Anniversary as a chapter. Marketing and social media awareness initiatives were set in motion to help promote and celebrate our 80 years with the entire HR community. We also took the opportunity in our 80th year to step back and review our organizational structure and made some changes including the consol- idation of our Chapter and Conference boards into one DallasHR Operations Board launching on January 1 of 2020. We grew our chapter education offerings by expanding our DallasHR programs to half-day seminars offering three continuing education hours and we held strong on our commitment to build a new Online Learning Center (OLC) by launching the Center in November. The OLC now houses 200+ educational sessions in eight tracks available anytime a member or prospec- tive member needs access. Our signature event, The HRSouthwest Conference, continued to grow and gain approval for our participants. With 1,412 attendees present, we provided 129 concurrent
sessions and 30 Knowledge Hub sessions fea- turing 20-minute learning modules. Our attend- ee satisfaction score remained high at 98%! We continued our commitment in Collin CountyHR with five educational programs and five networking opportunities around Collin County. DallasHR members who live or work in Collin County continue to have easier access to DallasHR programs. We finished the year with 2,295 members (a new record) representing a 5.4% growth over 2018. We have truly established a strong pres- ence in the HR Community and offer a variety of programs to keep our MEMBERS FIRST! Thank you to all our dedicated volunteers who helped make 2019 an incredible success! We look forward to the future.
Brad C. Shanklin Executive Director Dallas HR Management Association
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