The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world’s largest human resource management association. The Wisconsin State Council SHRM represents 18 chapters along with national SHRM at-large membership totaling over 6,000 HR professionals across the state.  The council is involved in a variety of leadership and support roles within the human resource management profession.
 
A Partnership or Sponsorship opportunity with the Council creates visibility for your organization and financially supports our efforts to provide up-to-date industry information and education to our members and to serve as a unified voice for human resource professionals.

 

The Wisconsin SHRM State Council offers partnership opportunities limited to ten organizations on an annual basis.

 

Legislative Partner ($5,250) - SOLD (renewal 05/01/2025)
  ** Exclusive - Limited to one organization **

• Logo displayed on home page of the Council Website for 1 year.
• Logo will be linked to company website.
• Logo will rotate with other partners.
• Partner will provide a monthly educational update on legislation, court decisions and other appropriate employment law topics.
• Publications will be posted to the council website and included in monthly council communication.
• Partner will be the headline pre-conference legislative keynote speaker on Wednesday afternoon at the year’s WI State SHRM Conference.
• Signage at the conference acknowledging the sponsorship.
• A full page color ad in the WI State SHRM Conference program.
• One booth in the state conference exhibit hall.
• 4 tickets for Thursday lunch and evening event at our October State Conference
• Listed in the following year website vendor directory
• Partner will also be key speaker and sponsor at WI State SHRM Legislative conferences.

Educational Partner ($2,750)
** Limited to ten organizations:

• Logo displayed on home page of the Council Website for one year.
• Logo will be linked to company website.
• Logo will rotate with other partners.
• ½ page color ad in the Wisconsin State Conference program.
• Partner will provide an educational article for forwardHR, the official publication of the Wisconsin SHRM State Council, mailed bi-annually to 6,000 SHRM members & other influencers throughout the state.
• Partner will provide the WI SHRM State Council monthly educational updates to be posted on the Council website and in council communications to its 3,800 member database.

These partnerships will focus in the following areas.  One organization in each area of focus will be selected annually.
 

Category	Renewal	Organization
Total Rewards-Employee Benefits/Compensation	December 1, 2024	Hausmann Group
Recruitment/Staffing		Available
Safety and Compliance	May 1, 2025	J.J. Keller
Health & Wellness		Available
Executive Coaching & Development		Available
HR Strategy		Available
Talent Management - Leadership/Performance Management/Development/Succession Planning		Available
Recognition	May 1, 2025	Royal Recognition
Workforce Readiness	December 1, 2024	Wisconsin Technical Colleges
Continuing Education		Available
Legislative	May 1, 2025	Boardman Clark
Self-Funded Education	December 1, 2024	The Alliance
Payroll		Available
DEI & Workplace Culture		Available

  As an Educational Partner with WI SHRM you have the opportunity to publish an article in our biannual forwardHR magazine.  Key points to remember:

• Each edition has a theme.  You will have the opportunity to craft an article in alignment with the theme or you can submit a topic of your choice that aligns with your Partnership category, hot topic in the industry, etc. 
• You will submit your article to an online library
• Submit your articles in Microsoft Word format.  A template is available to download HERE.
• Content should not exceed 500 words
• Include a short bio of the author
• Include a photo of the author in a separate file as a high resolution jpeg

Sponsor Opportunities

Many sponsorship opportunities are available with the Wisconsin SHRM State Council. Investment as a sponsor will expose your brand to many HR Professionals at our individual events. Consider being a sponsor of one of these events and/or offer an in-kind donation!

 

Shirts provided to all state council members. Company logo along with WI SHRM Council required logo on shirts.

Opportunities vary based on the event. Contact Amy Doepke for more details.

Additional opportunities to connect with over 6,000 human resource professionals throughout the state include: