Event Calendar

Start Date: 1/15/2025 7:45 AM EST
End Date: 1/15/2025 10:00 AM EST

Venue Name: Westwood Country Club

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Organization Name: HR Alliance DC

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Join us at the Westwood Country Club for the HR Alliance DC Annual Meeting and our First Program of the Year!

Networking: 7:45 - 8:10 AM
Arrive early for an opportunity to meet new people!

Program Description:

In the era of hybrid and remote work, maintaining genuine connections with colleagues, clients, and contacts presents a unique set of challenges. In this session, Jason Levin will address common concerns surrounding keeping in touch and offer practical strategies for fostering authentic relationships. Participants will explore the importance of maintaining connections, learn how to overcome barriers to reaching out, and gain actionable insights for developing an intentional keep-in-touch strategy.
 
Learning Objectives:

• Understand the academic research supporting the importance of maintaining relationships and its numerous benefits in personal and professional spheres.
• Learn how to apply research findings to develop your own relationship-building strategy.
• Identify strategies to develop an intentional mindset and overcome self-imposed barriers to keeping in touch, such as feelings of awkwardness or disingenuousness.
• Review actionable strategies for staying connected, including methods for reaching out and nurturing relationships effectively.
• Discover how to leverage these strategies to enhance networking efforts, amplify professional growth, and navigate career development successfully.

Speaker: Jason Levin, Founder, Ready, Set, Launch, LLC®

Jason Levin founded Ready, Set, Launch, LLC® after a career in brand management at Unilever, consulting at Accenture and employer branding sales at Vault.com.  In 2022, he wrote Relationships to Infinity: The Art and Science of Keeping in Touch.  

Jason speaks on building and maintaining authentic relationships at staff retreats, conferences and training sessions. He helps his executive clients implement successful business development strategies, nourish their networks, clarify their personal brand, and advance in their careers.  

Jason lives in Washington, DC and is a frequent guest on WTTG Fox 5.  He is married to a lovely red-headed attorney entrepreneur and they have two active red-headed sons.  With his wife, Lori Mihalich-Levin, they co-host the Parents at Work Podcast.

Professional Development:
This program has been pre-approved for 1.5 HR (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR®, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®).



HR Alliance DC is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities. This program is valid for 1.50 PDCs for the SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit shrmcertification.org.


Pricing for this Program:

• Members:
  • Individual and Organizational Members - Free; Guests - $50
  • Annual Sponsors - Free; Guests - $50
• Org. Member Substitutes - Free (promo code must be entered)
• Public (Non-Member)
  • HR Practitioners: $75
  • Service Providers/Vendors: $125