Session Title: Being an AI-Savvy HR Manager: An Interactive Skills Workshop
September 16 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
LUCAS FENDER
Session Description:
As AI evolves from a “future trend” to a daily necessity, HR professionals must move beyond theory and into practical application. This interactive skills workshop is designed to bridge the gap between AI curiosity and HR competency. Attendees will follow-along using their own devices to work through real-world HR scenarios, ranging from talent acquisition to employee relations, using a variety of generative and specialized AI tools. We will focus on “prompt engineering” for HR, maintaining data privacy, and leveraging mobile AI for on-the-go productivity.
Learning Objectives:
Construct “Structured Prompts” to generate compliant job descriptions and interview rubrics that reduce administrative load (SHRM Competency: HR Expertise).
Utilize Mobile AI Voice Interface to role-play and prepare for difficult employee conversations or performance reviews (SHRM Competency:Communication).
Analyze Employee Sentiment Data using AI to identify workplace trends and retention risks from raw survey text (SHRM Competency: Analytical Aptitude).
Evaluate AI Ethical Risks, specifically regarding PII (Personally Identifiable Information) and algorithmic bias (SHRM Competency: Ethical Practice).
***We will use tools such as Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, and Google AI Studio. Attendees are highly recommend (although not required) to bring their own devices (phone and/or laptop) to follow along, as the presenter demos each tool.
Lucas Fender is an HR innovator and a familiar face in the SHRMJC community, where he has previously served as President and Director of Finance. With a career built at the intersection of people and numbers, Lucas currently specializes in using technology to modernize retirement plans, making them more efficient and significantly easier for HR teams to manage.
As founder of the Johnson County AI Club, Lucas is a passionate advocate for AI literacy in the workplace. He believes that AI should be a practical tool for every modern HR professional. In this workshop, he brings that mission to life, sharing tools and techniques to help organizations stay competitive and compliant in an increasingly automated world.
