Best
Selling Author, Kevin Cope, named Opening Keynote for South Texas HR Symposium
Best selling author and business executive, Kevin Cope, has been named as
opening keynote speaker for the 8th Annual South Texas HR Symposium (STXHRS).
For over 25 years, Kevin has promoted the idea that the brightest minds in
business see the big picture without losing sight of the details, thrive
despite uncertainties and complexities, and consistently make game-changing
decisions that deliver results. In short, Kevin has promoted the idea that
business acumen is an essential characteristic of a business leader.
Kevin is the President and CEO of Acumen Learning and is a trusted resource and
confidant to top business leaders around the world. Having mastered his
business acumen at the Covey Leadership Institute, Kevin spent a decade helping
FranklinCovey define the role of a leader in the 21st century.
In 2002, Kevin Cope founded Acumen Learning, a boutique training company that
has introduced their 5 Drivers Business Model to 16 of the FORTUNE 50, helping them
develop employees that drive and are driven by the business. Kevin is a sought
after keynote speaker and author of Seeing the Big Picture, which has been
praised by business leaders as a smart, insightful, and straightforward
approach to understanding the business of business.
Symposium participants will learn the 5 Drivers Business Model (Cash, Profit,
Assets, Growth and People) and how they can personally contribute to their
company's moneymaking process. HR professionals will improve their ability to
see The Big Picture and create HR strategies that align with executive
insights.
/ Kevin will launch his new book Seeing the Big Picture in March 2012. By
special arrangement with Acumen Learning, each paid Symposium attendee will
receive a copy of Kevin's book (a $21.95 value). Click here to read the
forward by Stephen M.R. Covey, Author of New York Times bestseller The
SPEED of Trust. For more information visit
Acumen Learning.
The South Texas Human Resources Symposium (STXHRS) is the leading professional
development event for Human Resource professionals in Central and South Texas
scheduled for April 30-May 1, 2012 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
in san Antonio, Texas. Symposium participants will have the opportunity to earn
HRCI credits toward recertification during the Symposium, network with other HR
professionals and review the latest in HR-related products and services.
J.R.
Martinez
2011 turned out to be a banner year for J.R. Martinez -- not only did he and
his dance partner, Karina Smirnoff, take the coveted mirror ball trophy on
ABC's "Dancing With The Stars" season 13, he was also named the 2012 Tournament
of Roses Grand Marshal. Tournament President Rick Jackson selected J.R. for
this prestigious honor stating, "J.R. is an inspiration to us all and a natural
fit for our theme Just Imagine." He was the November 7, 2011 cover of People
Magazine, featured in the Sexiest Man Alive issue and was named one of their 25
Most Intriguing People of the year.
J.R. is an actor, spokesman and retired soldier. He played 'Brot Monroe' on the
Emmy Award winning daytime drama "All My Children." In true Hollywood fashion,
he was encouraged by a friend to go on the open casting call that AMC put out
for a veteran to join the cast. After several meetings with producers he was
cast and an actor was born. Due to his popularity, what started as a three
month story arc, developed into a three year stint. His role as an injured Iraq
combat veteran mirrored his own life. AMC ended its 41-year run on ABC
September 2011.
Jose Rene Martinez was born June 14, 1983 in Shreveport, LA to Maria Zavala. He
has two sisters, Consuelo and Anabel, who were raised in El Salvador with his
mother's family. Anabel died as a toddler before he ever meet her. At nine
years old J.R. moved with his mother to Hope, AR, where he lived until he was
17. At 17, he moved to Dalton, GA, a place he proudly calls his hometown.
During his senior year he played strong safety for the Dalton High School
Catamounts when they went to Georgia's State Championship. Playing professional
football was his dream until he suffered an injury his senior year.
After high school he joined the army. J.R. was proud to serve, as a way to give
something back to a country that had already given so much to him and his
family. In September of 2002, J.R. underwent Basic and Advanced Training at
Fort Benning, Georgia, where he gained skills as an 11-B Infantryman. After
reporting to Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in January of 2003, he was assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division.
In March of 2003, J.R. was deployed to Iraq, and on April 5, less than a month
into his deployment, he was serving as a driver of a Humvee in Karbala, when
his left front tire hit a land-mine. Three other soldiers with J.R. were
ejected from the burning vehicle, but he was trapped inside and suffered smoke
inhalation and severe burns to more than 40 percent of his body. J.R. claims
that while he was fighting for his life and awaiting medical help in Iraq, his
sister Anabel, appeared to him, giving him the strength to stay alive.
After he was pulled out of the Humvee, J.R. was evacuated to a local medic
station in Iraq and then Landstuhl, Germany, for immediate care. He was
eventually sent to Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) in San Antonio, Texas. He
spent 34 months in recovery at BAMC and underwent 33 different surgeries
including skin grafts and cosmetic surgery.
During his time in recovery, a nurse asked him to speak to a burn patient, who
had just seen his body for the first time and had become withdrawn. After an
approximate 45-minute visit, the patient opened the curtain letting light in
his room and his heart. J.R. then understood the impact he had on this patient
and decided to use his experience to help others, visiting with several of the
patients in the hospital, sharing his story and listening to theirs.
J.R. has become a highly sought-after motivational speaker, travelling the
country to spread his message of resilience and optimism. He devotes himself to
showing others the true value in making the most of every situation. He is
called on by a wide-range of groups, including large corporations, veterans
groups, non-profits and schools, and has shared the stage with the likes of
global self-help guru Tony Robbins and Evangelist Dave Roever.
J.R. has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and The
New York Times. He has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, 60 Minutes, The
View, CNN, FOX News, Good Morning America, Rachel Ray, Univision, along with
other major national outlets.
While J.R.'s experience was certainly life-changing, amazingly he claims this
is actually a change for the better. "I discovered it is what is inside a
person that matters most and I wouldn't change anything.absolutely anything!"
states J.R. "I do believe everything happens for a reason, and I'm extremely
grateful for that day because it led me into this life!"
When he does have leisure time J.R. likes to spend time with his girlfriend
Diana, his black lab, working out and completing his book. He resides in Studio
City, CA. His website:
www.knowjr.com
The
Drum Café!
"On behalf of Statoil, thank you and your drum team for an excellent and
inspiring performance. The Drum Café performers were all excellent and the
message of collaboration, team work, and leadership was well received and
linked to our strategic objectives. I received many internal compliments for
selecting the Drum Café. I cannot thank you enough for meeting and truly
exceeding my expectations for this event".
James J Tastard
Vice President, Human Resources
Statoil North America
The final general session of the 2012 South Texas HR Symposium will be an
energizing, interactive program by The Drum Café! The Drum Cafe is a unique,
hands-on experience of teambuilding, learning, and motivation that draws the
parallels between what it takes to make music and the dynamics of working
together in a professional organization.
Because music is a universal language, it transcends those barriers,
traditional or otherwise, that tend to come between us professionally such as
hierarchy, functional area of expertise, or geographic dispersion, as well as
personal barriers such as gender, age, or cultural background.
There are no spectators in a Drum Café! No musical experience required! It is
an interactive event where each individual becomes a performer and is involved
at the same level as his/her colleague, encouraging a cooperative,
non-competitive relationship amongst the group. The process of creating music,
like business, has to be understood by everyone to succeed. In a Drum Café, we
all succeed or not - together.
Over the years, the Drum Café has performed for political luminaries such as
Nelson Mandela, Prince Charles, President George Bush, Colin Powell, and Tony
Blair, as well as corporate giants Microsoft, BMW, Motorola, IBM, McDonalds,
Coca Cola, and Nike just to name a few.
You don't want to miss this unique, energizing experience!
Questions?
Please contact Mary Woods, SPHR, 2012 Symposium Director at
830-792-7375 or
symposium@sahrma.org
