In October 2002, Alice assisted HRSWC in launching the first HRCI Certification Crash Course, which began her speaking affiliation with the Conference, providing study materials and resources to HR professionals hoping to earn their PHR and SPHR certifications. Since then, Dendinger has established a reputation as one of the Conference’s most popular speakers, consistently receiving exceptionally high ratings from attendees. She has continued to take part in the Crash Course program in addition to conducting pre-conference workshops and concurrent educational sessions.

Since 1995, Dendinger has been an active volunteer with Texas SHRM, comprised of 18,000 members, 34 affiliate Society for Human Resource Management ("SHRM") chapters and 32 student SHRM chapters throughout the state. She served as state director of the organization in 2007 and 2008. She is also a past president of the Austin Human Resource Management Association. Dendinger has been invited to participate as a luncheon speaker or keynote at almost all 30 chapters in Texas and is considered one of the most active members on the SHRM Speakers Bureau.

For the past 12 years, Dendinger has led the Alice Dendinger Alliance Group, providing HR consulting, coaching and mediation services. In addition, she recently launched PivotU – Advance the Talent, a training, learning and transformation company providing focused and facilitated solutions to the professional development of a business’ employees, supervisors, managers and leaders.

The HRSouthwest Conference is the leading regional human resources conference in the United States and the State of Texas SHRM Conference. HRSWC provides more than 130 educational sessions from thought-leading speakers, numerous networking events and an exciting Marketplace of more than 200 HR solutions and services providers. More information can be found at www.hrsouthwest.com.