WI SHRM STATE COUNCIL ANNOUNCES
ENTERPRISING LEADERSHIP GRANT WINNERS
OCTOBER, 2009
The WI SHRM Enterprising Leadership Grant was established in 2008. It awards a chapter or chapters a grant to support a “partnership” with another WI-based organization that promotes communication and collaboration between HR and other business professionals/organizations across the state. It funds initiatives that are innovative and strive to bring business professionals together toward a common cause, led by the HR community.
Up to $5,000 is available for Wisconsin SHRM Chapter(s) to implement an activity or initiative in the area of Enterprising HR Leadership. Criteria include having 1) a partnership with an organization outside the SHRM that has goals/objectives that help advance the HR profession, and 2) a joint planned activity or initiative with that organization that demonstrates Enterprising HR Leadership (Communication, Collaboration and/or Education of/between business professionals).
We are pleased to announce that this year, the grant is being awarded to two WI SHRM Chapters:
Central Wisconsin SHRM (CWSHRM), and Greater Madison Area SHRM (GMASHRM). The $5,000 grant will be divided between the two chapters, each receiving $2,500 each to fund their worthy endeavors. The award is being presented to each chapter at the October State Council Meeting, during the WI SHRM Annual State Conference in WI Dells.
Central WI SHRM has chosen to partner with The North Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Board, a public/private partnership between government and business that plans, administers and coordinates Workforce Investment Act (WIA) employment and training programs for adults and youth in nine North Central Wisconsin counties: Adams, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Portage, Vilas, and Wood.
Greater Madison Area SHRM has chosen to partner with The Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC), whose mission it is to promote economic development through microenterprise. It’s mission is to provide access to capital including direct lending, one-on-one individualized business assistance, business education, and asset-building financial awareness and education programming with an emphasis on women, people of color, and people of lower wealth and incomes.
All applications we received were worthy of support, so the decision was a difficult one. Each amply demonstrates the council’s objective of advancing the impact of HR across the WI business community and serving WI HR professionals. Please join us in congratulating these two chapters!