HR conference brings 880 to downtown Kalamazoo
by Kalamazoo Gazette
Tuesday September 25, 2007, 3:50 PM
MLive.com, MI
Gazette Staff Reports
KALAMAZOO — A leader of the Kalamazoo Human Resource Management Association said the organization is encouraged by the turnout here at the 2007 state conference of the Michigan Society for Human Resource Management.
And they are encouraged by the reception the event has received from downtown businesses.
The event, which started Monday and runs through Wednesday at the Radisson Plaza Hotel & Suites, was expected to attract up to 800 people — professionals, vendors, speakers and others. It has actually drawn about 880 people, according to Laura VanPopering, co-chairperson of the conference and co-owner of VanPopering, McLogan Executive Search Inc. in Kalamazoo.
The Kalamazoo organization, which works to foster the growth and development of human-resource professionals, is hosting the event.
VanPopering said downtown businesses have welcomed convention-goers from 21 Human Resource Management chapters with discounts on everything from running shoes, jewelry and submarine sandwiches, to jewelry, antiques and last-minute printing supplies.
Titled “People, Passion, Profit: HR Delivering Value,” the conference is intended to give human-resources professionals information on industry trends and help them advance in the industry.
