2011 Milliman Breakfast

Thank you to Milliman USA, specificly Stephanie Eng, for the invitation to the 2011 Milliman USA breakfast held at Safeco Field. It was a pleasure to see Stephanie and the other consultants from Milliman, including John, Greg, Larry and Connie. It was also great to see friends from the Northwest Compensation and Rewards Forum and from past and existing project work. The panel was very informative and the audience asked good questions of the panel members.

My main take away is that merit budgets continue to remain conservative and the trend is that those budgets will continue to remain tight for the next few years at least. My second take away is that while pay and benefits remain very important, especially in recruitment efforts, the culture and work experience are key in motivating and engaging existing employees.

I look forward to the Northwest Compensation And Rewards Forum meeting in October. It's great to get out and visit with other like minded professionals.

2010 Milliman Annual Breakfast

A big thank you the compensation consulting team at Milliman USA especially Stephanie, John, Gregg, and Larry for the invitation to their annual breakfast at Safeco field. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and I especially enjoyed seeing friends and listening to a great panel discussion.







Debbie and Windsor stepped up to the plate on the panel presenting some great information and fielding audience questions.

I hope to be able to attend again next year!

NW Kidney Centers Breakfast

My dad and I attended the 8th annual NW Kidney Center breakfast this morning. It was a very well attended and well run fund-raiser. They had close to 900 people in the room. The conversation at our table was fun and the presenters were very interesting.

You can learn more about NW Kidney Centers at their website or you can follow them on Twitter.



Beautifully designed handouts



Waiting for everyone to arrive