innovation & flexibility in the workplace

brought to you by: iwin & UK Non-profit Leadership Initiative (NLI)
Nov 12th, 9:00am to 10:30 am EST
register by: Nov. 11th @ noon
presenters: Lynn Bertsch, MBA, Director of Employer Engagement, iwin; & Mac Werner, MSW, Research Associate, iwin
Fee: $75.00 for non-NLI members & $50.00 for NLI members. RT Partners received 2 Free lines
format: webinar


to register
Visit www.kynonprofits.org to register.
Partners, please e-mail leeannwalton@uky.edu to register.

who should attend?
non-profit business leaders, directors, board members and human resource professionals

description:
Recruiting, retaining and energizing employees during tough economic requires innovation, out-of-the box thinking and an understanding of what motivates employees to excel. Learn how flexibility can be used as a strategy to motivate and engage employees who are having to do more with less, forego salary increases and deal with the challenges of work and life in the 21st century. 

about our presenters:
Lynn Bertsch is iwin's Director of Employer Engagement. She has over 25 years professional and management experience, working for several Fortune 500 companies including IBM, Pitney Bowes, Wang Laboratories, DuPont and Westinghouse.  In addition, she has worked for an affiliate of Central Bank (Kentucky Finance Corporation) and Kentucky State University.  Before joining the University of Kentucky’s Institute for Workplace Innovation, she was a Manager, Organizational Development in Human Resources and responsible for all facets of organizational development programs, including succession planning, performance management, tuition reimbursement, and leadership development programs.  She was recently recognized with a corporate award for her contributions to employee and leadership development.

She has extensive experience interacting with employees at all levels of the organization, including senior executives.  Her outreach experience includes interacting with members of the workforce and economic development as well as the education community.  Among her major achievements is serving on the South Carolina Governor’s Workforce Education Taskforce, where she chaired a subcommittee whose recommendations for education reform were adopted by the State Legislature.  In addition, her organization twice received the South Carolina Job Creator Award for establishing model programs such as school-to-work/career internships which led to permanent positions with her company.

Mac Werner is a research associate at iwin. He is currently co-managing a Ford Foundation funded study examining the effects of quality work environments on business outcomes and employee work/life effectiveness. He is also the co-principal investigator of the Bluegrass Region High-Tech Entrepreneurial Environment Project - see this link for more information. As a research associate, Mac’s responsibilities at iWin include project management, data management, survey content/design, data analysis and report writing.  His focus has been in the area of applied workplace-based research studying effective workplace practices. 

Mac has a B.S. in business from the University of Evansville, a M.S.W. from the University of Kentucky and is currently completing course work toward a Ph.D. in social work.  His background includes over a decade of experience as a small business owner and substantial experience in program management and design. Over the past four years, he has worked extensively in the field of social science research, focusing on program evaluations in the criminal justice and child and family welfare systems. 

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