June Gloom? What June Gloom?
We’ve just returned from a wonderful trip to San Diego for the annual SHRM Conference and Expo. The weather was great! The locals call it “June Gloom,” but I call it perfect: overcast with temperatures in the 60s. (It’s in the nineties here at home today. Ugh.) Plus, we were able to visit with HR professionals from all over the place. HR people are some of the best people on the planet. There was certainly no gloom inside of the convention center.
We were delighted to meet up with several of the instructors who teach PHR and SPHR prep classes using the HRCP Program. Amanda Close, who teaches in the Seattle area, came and hung out with us in our booth for three days. She is a better salesperson by far than any of us! Plus she’s a warm and wonderful person. Lucky are the HR folks who prepare for the exam under her tutelage.
Our booth also became the meeting spot for the Jacquelyn Thorp fan club. She instructs prep courses in Southern California using the HRCP Program. We had people stopping by our booth throughout the day looking for Jacquelyn. She has quite a following. Like a rock star.
Sheri Bias came by while I was away from the booth, and I’m so sad I didn’t have the chance to meet her. She works with HR Synergy and has provided invaluable feedback on our human resource development unit.
Beth Berret stopped by to say hello. She uses the HRCP Program in their Ph.D. program at Alvernia University. (A little-known fact about the HRCP Program is that it is used for educational and training programs that have nothing to do with human resource certification. Universities love the HRCP Program because it is more current than a textbook. We update the HRCP Program every year, and textbooks are out-of-date before they even come off the press, with a new edition still three to five years away.)
It was fun to meet Ben Eubanks from UpstartHR in person. He’s been so kind to mention us frequently on his website. He has sent a good many PHR and SPHR hopefuls our way.
We talked to dozens of people who used our materials to prepare for the exams, and dozens more who plan to in the future. It was a great event for us. I wish the SHRM conference were in San Diego every year. Love that June Gloom!
July 1st, 2010 at 4:54 pm
It was a lot of fun to meet you too, Laura! You and Terri are classy and I hope some of that rubs off on me.
Keep up the great work!