March Meet & Greet Networking Event

Virtual LERA with Co-Host DC LERA

Wednesday, March 29, 7:00 – 8:15 pm

The board members of VLERA and DC LERA are excited to be co-hosting this virtual Meet & Greet networking event on Zoom for all VLERA, DC LERA, and LERA members, students, and anyone with an interest in meeting others within the Labor and Employment Relations community!

Together, DC LERA and VLERA will also be raffling off prizes for attendees!

The raffle prizes for this event will be:

(1) Free 1-year membership to LERA
(2) Free 1-year memberships to DC LERA
(1) copy of either an electronic or Google Books (recipient choice) of the 2022 release of the Edward Elgar Handbook on Globalisation and Labour Standards (K.A. Elliott, Ed.) https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/handbook-on-globalisation-and-labour-standards-9781788977364.html
(3) $25 Amazon gift cards (digital, sent to your email)
(1) copy of a book by DC LERA board member David Jacobs (which one? It’s a surprise!)
(1) Copy of DC LERA board member Steve Silvia’s 2023 book, The UAWs Southern Gamble: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501769702/the-uaws-southern-gamble/#bookTabs=1

Additionally…

All attendees will receive 50% off 1 year of VLERA membership dues—discount codes good towards Regular or Student VLERA memberships

Register before 3/22 and your name will be entered for THREE entries into the raffle! All registrations on or after 3/22 will qualify for 1 entry per registrant.

Please RSVP below if you can join us!

Event Structure

Introduction/Explanation
Structure of the event
- - We will assign everyone to breakout rooms manually.
    - We will have questions for you to use as icebreakers should you wish to use them. They will be posted to the chat as a guide incase you get stuck, but feel free to stray from them if you’d like.
    - Before the end of each session in the breakout rooms, you will see a pop-up letting you know it’s time to prepare for a room switch. You’ll then meet another new person(s)!
  - (3) 5-minute 1-on-1 sessions in virtual breakout rooms where you’ll each get the chance to meet some new members of the community
  - (2) 10-minute sessions with 3-4 members in each room to give people the opportunity to get to know one another in a small group setting..
- If there is an issue in the room, feel free to use the chat to message one of the board members or go into the main session so Brandie or Kimberly can come to the rescue.

Last 15 minutes
- Live Raffle with all attendees in the main room
- Announcements
- Departure

Registration and Cost

FREE! To register for this event, please submit your booking by clicking the link below, which will redirect you to the Virtual LERA website. You will receive a Zoom link from Virtual LERA on the day of the event.

March Meet & Greet Networking Event

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