HRMAJ Conference 2008

hrmaj-2008Francis Wade, President of Framework Consulting, will be speaking at the 2008 Conference of HRMAJ in Ocho Rios on November 21-23.

The topic will be “Building Professional Relationships.”

For more information, click on the graphic at left to be taken to the HRMAJ website, or visithttp://www.hrmaj.org

Downloads Page is Back Up

 

downloads_iconTo all readers of the Framework site:

You may have noticed that our download page has been down for some time.  The good news is, that it’s back up and the papers that we have written are once again available for circulation.

While the page is still being updated, it can still be accessed freely by clicking on the following link: http://fwconsulting.com/d-loads

MyTimeDesign

After a couple of years of research and hard thinking, I am finally releasing to the public a 12 week time management program based on the ideas I developed in the 2Time Management System — http://2time-sys.com

The program is intended for busy professionals who are interested in creating a unique time management system for themselves that meets their day to day needs.

For more information about the MyTimeDesign program, see http://MyTimeDesign.com

CaribHRForum 2008 Survey

 

caribhrforum-logoSponsors of this year’s annual CaribHRForum’s electronic survey expect to reach over 3000 Human Resource Professionals across the CARICOM region this year, easily becoming the most wide-spread effort to gather information from a single profession. 

The 2008 survey which was released on Monday September 15th, 2008, focuses on the single topic of regional HR conferences and the role they play in bringing together HR professionals. 

It is being conducted by a volunteer team at CaribHRForum, the online forum that was formed in 2003 by Francis Wade, a management consultant who recently moved home to the Caribbean.

According to Wade, “the survey has grown in leaps and bounds since it was inaugurated last year, and the team now comprises a Jamaican, a Trinidadian, a Kittician and a Bahamian who have only met in cyber-space.  We got to know each other through CaribHRForum and have worked together for months to put this together, mostly using Facebook, an online social networking service.”

CaribHRForum, with over 200 members, is the largest professional networking group of its kind that is built on cyber-services such as a discussion list, a blog on CaribHRForum.com and a news ezine – CaribHRNews.

In fact, the idea of a large, all-encompassing regional conference was first discussed at length within CaribHRForum’s list, which sometimes sees up to 20 emails per day in a region-wide discussion.

“Sometimes the conversation gets heated, and there is a great deal of participation from many members who share their perspective, while learn from each other.”  A recent group conversation on the industrial relations climate in the region is still generating some sparks after more than a week,” said Wade.

It was another hot conversation on CaribHRForum that provided the theme for this year’s survey.  While Jamaica has the larget  conference each year, with some 500 participants, there are other territories in the region that don’t even have an organization formed. Many are unaware that conferences and organizations like CaribHRForum exist and end up practicing in isolation from their colleagues. 

“Hopefully,” Wade says “the results of the survey will do much to help us bring the professionals of the region together.  We should learn a lot about what people are looking for in attending a conference, and help make our own conferences compelling.”