2024 Farm Credit Foundations HR Conference


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Certification

Attendance at this conference qualifies toward continuing education credits. Submit the certification document for credit.

HRCI Certification Document

SHRM Certification


Sept. 24-26
Bloomington, MN
Cost: $1,500

 


Agenda - Day 2


Thursday, September 26

 

7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast

 

8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Breakout Session 3

Benefits

Karen Barnes (view bio)
Senior Benefits Consultant, Farm Credit Foundations

Amber LaBelle (view bio)
Benefits Manager, Farm Credit Foundations

Eliott Axelrod (view bio)
Benefit Counselors, MetLife

In this session, you will learn about:

  • Changes in benefits for 2025, including new supplemental health benefits available with MetLife.
  • Utilization data/costs – high-cost claims and specialty drug impacts to premiums.
  • Education on the mental health tools and resources available to employees.
  • Year-in-review since transitioning to Voya as our 401(k) Plan Recordkeeper, including tools and resources available to employees to ensure retirement readiness.

HR Metrics, Discovering Insights and Providing Value

Beth Ostrem (view bio)
Vice President Consulting, Farm Credit Foundations

Michelle Meyer (view bio)
Vice President Technology and Innovation, Farm Credit Foundations

Understanding the power of metrics can increase the value we provide to our organizations, generate support for our recommendations, and increase recognition of our contributions. Join us as we discuss HR metrics – including metrics organizations are currently using and future opportunities to strengthen our use of data.

 

10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Break

 

10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Growing Your Internal Brand in a Splintered Environment

Rebecca Morris Hoeft (view bio)
CEO and Founder, Morris Hoeft Group

Building a cohesive internal brand is challenging, and it has become even more so in today's splintered environment where employees are bombarded by countless distractions.

At the same time, employees desire deep connections within their workplace and wonder: Who? Where? How? They seek others who share their professional desires, values, and personality. They look for inclusive spaces to connect and unite, becoming part of a tribe of like-minded colleagues they can collaborate with.

In this session, we will cut through the noise and “best tips” to explain strategies to grow your internal brand communities despite the overwhelming distractions, showcasing examples of organizations experiencing exponential growth. We will demystify the challenges of building an internal brand community (without white labeling, AI, influencers, etc.) and reveal how successful leaders effectively break through the omnimedia using a simple method tested by time and billion-dollar organizations. Join this interactive session to uncover the secrets and learn how to apply these strategies to your own internal brand.

 

11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Conference Wrap Up

Teresa Heath-Alva (view bio)

CEO, Farm Credit Foundations

 

11:30 a.m.

Adjourn