Silent Auction Benefiting the SHRM Foundation

Each year in May, Dallas HR conducts a silent auction prior to the monthly luncheon benefiting the SHRM Foundation. Last year, over 100 items were sold in the auction helping raise over $8,000 for SHRM Foundation. We expect this year’s auction to be another great success with lots of exciting and valuable items available for bid. So come to the May luncheon, bring your checkbook or credit card, and help contribute to an organization dedicated to the advancement of the HR profession through research and education.

Here is a sample of the many fabulous items we will have available.

• Nordstrom Spa Gift Certificate
• Best Software ABRA HR Software for 75 employees - $2000 Value
• Golf for 4 at Brookhaven Country Club
• 2 Pair (one ladies/one mens) Maui Jim sunglasses and case - $300 Value Each
• 3 Hours Career Coaching from Career Management Partners
• $100 Gift Certificate to Elizabeth Arden
• 3 Wine Tasting Events at Tony’s Wire Warehouse – Value of $1,400 each
• 1 CD copy of DFW Annual Salary Survey – Value of $1,125
• 4 Orchestra seats for the May 25 Dallas Summer Musicals – “Little Women”
• “Trail Drive” Framed Artwork – Limited Edition
• Signed Michael Weems Candle Holders – Value of $125/each
• Registration to 2007 SHRM National Conference

Bidding opens at 10:45 and closes at 11:45 a.m.

About the Foundation

The SHRM Foundation was founded in 1966 as a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). It is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors from the HR profession, including academics, practitioners and representatives from SHRM. The Foundation funds research, publications and education to advance the HR profession and enhance the effectiveness of HR professionals. To support its important work, the SHRM Foundation conducts an annual fundraising campaign. All contributions to the Foundation are tax-deductible.

The Foundation promotes research, innovation and the use of research-based knowledge. With an annual budget of approximately $1 million, it funds major research projects that have a direct and practical impact in advancing the HR profession. The Foundation puts out RFP's to the research community and then evaluates the research proposals it receives. Using its "LIVE" criteria: L-Leverage, I-Impact, V-Visibility, E-Enhances the profession, the Foundation selects projects to fund.

The Foundation also funds practical publications on specific issues such as the highly acclaimed book, Making Mergers Work: The Strategic Importance of People and the new DVD Fueling the Talent Engine; Finding and Keeping High Performers. Other Foundation projects include educational scholarships, the Effective Practice Guidelines series, and online directories of undergraduate and masters degree programs in human resource management.

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