DEAM07: Las Vegas Annual Meeting Archive
October 10 – 12, 2007 • Las Vegas, NV
DirectEmployers Association’s 2007 Annual Meeting (DEAM07) took place October 10–12 at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The program explored online recruitment, compliance and the changing U.S. workforce.
Presenters included Alexis Herman, former U.S. Secretary of Labor. Sessions examined career site optimization, recruitment marketing, blogging, diversity and sourcing, alongside Association updates and opportunities to connect with peers.
Explore the archived program and presenter list below.
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Program
Thursday, October 11, 2007
7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Welcome & Introductions
President’s Review/Update
Board Summary Report, State of the Association
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
DirectEmployers Today! An overview of how DirectEmployers Association is helping Members stay ahead of the changing talent market
9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Break
9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Supercharge Your Career Site: Turn your career site into its own “monster” and build your online candidate community through search engine optimization
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Aggressive Compliance: Be proactive, be compliant
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Lunch
12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Flexible, cost effective recruitment marketing: Home Depot shares search engine marketing metrics
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
It’s Raining CATS and BLOGS! How to blog your way to passive candidate domination
2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Break
2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Gambling on Job Boards? Improve your job posting odds by using data and essential intelligence provided by Arbita.
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Keynote: The U.S. Workforce: Ways To Understand It and Leverage It
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Hospitality/Networking Social
–Q & A/Continuing Discussions
–Opportunity to Meet Speakers
Friday, October 12, 2007
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Do-It-Yourself Diversity(TM): Developing a sustainable diversity and inclusion strategy should no longer cost organizations a fortune. In fact, when you learn how to do it yourself, monies will remain in your budget
9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Break
9:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Super Sourcing Secrets: One of the nation’s top internet sourcers teaches new and innovative ways to source passive leads using the recruitment easy-button
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Final Wrap-Up ~ Q & A
Closing Remarks
11:30 a.m.
Meeting Adjournment
Presenters
Presenter titles and affiliations reflect the time of the conference.
Keynote Presenter
- Alexis Herman, Workforce Expert & Former Secretary of Labor
Member Presenters
- Caroline Brown, Employment Branding Manager, Home Depot
- Angel Dominguez, Recruiting Technical Lead, Merck
- Robin Katzman, Board of Directors President, DirectEmployers Association
Guest Presenters
- Doug Berg, CEO & Co-founder, Jobs2Web
- Carmen Carter, Founder & CEO, Multicultural Women’s Council, Inc.
- Joel Cheesman, President, Cheezhead
- Quenmiko Covin, Client Director, JWT Employment Communications
- Doug Ries, Executive Vice President, Arbita
- Kurt Ronn, President & Founder, HRworks
- Shally Steckerl, Founder, JobMachine
Staff Presenter
- Chad Sowash, VP Business Development, DirectEmployers Association
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Venue
Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino
formerly the Aladdin
3667 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
DEAM07 took place at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Formerly the Aladdin, the newly rebranded resort hosted the Annual Meeting’s educational sessions and networking activities.