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Last week we attended the Human Resource Professionals Association Conference and Tradeshow. We were very excited to show off our new and improved booth at the tradeshow and we had many excellent conversations with people about workplace investigations and mediation. I had the privilege of speaking at the conference on the subject of investigative interviewing. I was impressed with the size of the audience and how engaged they were with the topic. 

The demand for investigation workshops has been incredible! We are happy to say that we are producing some of the best educational programs for investigations available anywhere. In the last two weeks we have completed two - two day workshops - for the Ontario Provincial Police. They are a great organization to work with and we are proud to have assisted them with their ongoing professional development needs.

We will have a FactFinders Newsletter coming out in the next day or two but I wanted to let you all know about the DVD preview video we just posted to the website. This video is the only one of its kind on the market. Take a look at the preview and consider getting a copy of the DVD. It will be very useful to anyone looking to enhance their interviewing skills.

Well it has certainly been a long time since I have blogged. I am hopeful that this latest effort is a turning point towards greater frequency of blogging. However I have always believed there is little point to send things into the blogosphere unless they serve some purpose. In this case we have a big announcement to make.

Check our latest career opportunity for an Investigations Intern click here

Check out the latest edition of FactFinders. In this edition we discuss the value and necessity of a proper process for managing evidence in all investigations. Click here to be directed to the newsletter. 

This month I have donated my upper lip for men's health and the fight against prostate cancer. Traditionally men don't look after their helth needs until it is too late. The reasons for this are numerous and complex but is primarily due to a lack of awareness of the health issues men face. This can largely be attributed to the reluctance of men to openly discuss the subject and the old ‘it’ll be alright’ attitude.

Once again our team has attended the annual educational conference for the Council on Licensure Enforcement and Regulation (CLEAR). Every year over 400 regulatory professionals gather at this conference to exchange ideas and learn from one another's experience and innovations. We are proud to be presenting our ideas and experiences in dealing with fraud related issues by regulated professionals and illegal practitioners.

Following an extensive procurement process in response to a request for proposals by the Ontario government, Benard + Associates was selected as a qualified vendor for the provision of workplace discrimination and harassment investigations. We are proud to be among the few successful candidates and look forward to working with the program.   

I just posted another video to our home page. It is a presentation I provided in Chicago last May to a group of lawyers and investigators from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing. It was my great privilege to speak to this group. A video doesn't replace the real thing but I decided to add it to our website to give people the opportunity to see some of our educational work.