The following sessions were individually eligible for continuing education credit.  Please print the certificates for the sessions you attended.  Certificates for MCLE sessions are not available here as those certificates were given at the conclusion of the session.

NOTE:  Please only print certificates for the sessions you attended AND signed the record of attendance.  PARMA retains the record of attendance in case of audit.

A2_It's About Process, Retention and Access Certificate

A3_Inclusion Ergonomics for the Differently-Abled Workforce

A4_Litigating and Winning Industrial Retirement Cases

A5 Covering Up The Sins of the Flesh - Coverage and Risk Management for Sexually Based Torts

A6_Don't Be Frozen Out When Faced With Disability Leaves-Let It Go Instead and Claim Victory

B1 D-Reptile-  Successful Resolution Using Defense Reptile Strategy

B4 Power of the Pen-Creating Effective Documentation in the Workplace

B5 How a Trier of Fact Reaches Decisions

D3 E3 Leadership Session I and II - Attendance at Both Required

D4 Taking a Claim Through the Litigation Process Start to Finish

D5 Officer Involved Shootings-Preparing for the Plaintiffs Big Bang Theory

G3 Shared Services Agreement-How Good is that Mutual Hold Harmless Anyway

G4 Kid Gloves or Iron Fists - Dealing with Whistleblowers in the Workplace

G5 Psychiatric & Stress Claims - How Not to Go Crazy 
Just Because Your Employee Did

H2 Trying a Workers' Comp Case

H3 Top Ten Do's and Don'ts in Conducting Performance Evalutions

H4 The Basics of Disability Rights and Public Transportation

H6 Tapering Injured Workers Off Prescription Drugs

Continuing Education Credit through the Insurance Educational Association (IEA) and the HR Certification Institute is also available.  Pre-approved reporting forms are provided below:

IEA Continuing Education Reporting Form – click here

HR Certification Institute Recertification Credit Form – click here

Program ID:  225631

Title: 2015 Annual Conference

Start Date:  2/8/2015

End Date:  2/11/2015

Recertification Credit Hours Awarded: 15 Specified Credit Hours: HR (General) Reviewer Comments: HR (General) Credit Awarded.

Please Click here for the IEA CE Reporting Form

2015  Conference Handouts

30 questions Public Sector Risk Managers Quiz

A0_Intro To Insurance Contracts

A0_Risk Management 101-1

A0_Risk Management 101-2

A0_Risk Management 101-3

A0_Workers' Comp 101

A0.2_Workers' Comp 101

A2 Certificate

A3_Inclusion Ergo for Differently-abled Workforce

A3 Certificate

A4_IDR Update_RS

A4 Certificate

A5_Covering Up The Sins of the Flesh

A5 Certificate

A6_Don't Be Frozen Out-Disability Leave Interaction

A6 Certificate

B1_1_D-Reptile

B1_2_D-Reptile

B1_3_D-Reptile

B1_4_D-Reptile

B1_5_D-Reptile

B1 D Certificate

B4_Power Of The Pen

B4 Certificate

B5_How A Trier of Fact

B5 Certificate

B6_Identify RisksVulnerabilities

B6_School_Vulnerability_Assessment_Training_Flyer

C1_Managing Your Police Department Workers' Comp Program

C2_Emerging Health Wellness  Safety Strategies

C4_We The Rude Angry and Violent People

C5 - Risk Management Nightmares

C6_Stop Treating Strains and Sprains

D1_Workers'CompBINGO

D1_Workers'CompBINGOHandout

D3_Moving From Conflict to Consensus

D3_E3_Moving From Conflict To Consensus

D3 E3 Certificate

D4 - Litigation Process Start to Finish

D4 Certificate

D5_Officer Involved Shooting

D5 Certificate

D6_Things That Go Bump In The Night

E1_Ed Code 101

E2_Public Risk-The Trivial Defect Doctrine

E3_Moving From Conflict to Consensus

E4_AM I COVERED

E5_Exposure Assessment

F1_5 Steps to Better Health Outline

F2-G2_Risk Transfer, Compliance and Verification Parts 1 and 2

F3_Workers' Comp Fraud

F5_1_Job Accommodation

F5_2_Job Accommodation

F5_3_Job Accommodation

G1_Disrupting The Disruptions

G3_Shared Services Agreement.1

G3_Shared Services Agreement.2

G3_Shared Services Agreement.3

G3_Shared Services Agreement.4

G3 Certificate

G4 Certificate

G5_Psychiatric & Stress Claims: How Not to Go Crazy Just Because Your Employee Did

G5 Certificate

H1_Identify Safety Issues

H2_Trying a WC Case

H2.2_Trying a WC Case

H2.3_Trying a WC Case

H2.4_Trying a WC Case

H2.5_Trying a WC Case

H2.6_Trying a WC Case

H2 Certificate

H3 Certificate

H4_The Basics of Disability Rights and Public Transportation

H4 Certificate

H5_Training Development

H6-1_Tapering Injured Workers Off Prescription Drugs

H6-2_Tapering Injured Workers Off Prescription Drugs

H6 Certificate

PARMA is pleased to announce that the interactive smart phone application, EventLink is being brought back for the 2015 PARMA Conference! 

The app is available for iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, and any smart phone mobile device that has web-enabled browser capability, and offers many useful year-round features.

Click here to access the application for download.

Or, you can scan this QR code with your smartphone:

Participants who download the PARMA Conference App on their SmartPhone and stop by the PARMA booth will be entered into a drawing for a $250 Amazon Gift Card. The drawing will take place during the Conference, stop by the PARMA booth for more details

Special thanks to our overall app sponsor (and PARMA Platinum Sponsor): 

Act fast to secure your sponsorship today!

To purchase:

Please click here to fill out the 2015 App Sponsorship Form

Questions?  Contact:

Gloria Peterson, PARMA Executive Director at:

(844) 467-2762 or

ed@parma.com

1x Opportunity - $4,500 No Longer Available

Overall application sponsorship:

Sponsorship includes logo at start-up, logo in watermark for schedule, one banner ad with video and green package.

• Opportunity Specs:
  • Logo at start-up: Any size logo - .jpg or .png only, 300 dpi, with transparent background
  • Logo in watermark: Any size logo - .jpg or .png only, 300 dpi, with transparent background
  • One banner ad with video: 
    • Banner ad: 320Wx55H pixels .jpg or .png format 300 dpi 
    • Video will live on and be launched from the App Exhibitor Profile.
      • Format is preferred in HD h264 with ACC audio.  
      • If video is shot in 16:9, we can accept it in that format.
      • Cropping it to 3:2 would be fine, but if only adding letterbox to output 3:2, then our system will do that automatically if needed. .mov and .mp4 format accepted.
  • Green Package:
  • Company's .jpg logo: Attendees see this on your mobile app exhibitor profile.
  • Product literature, show brochures, press releases, and other .pdf documents you would like included in your exhibitor profile. Saving you money on printing!
  • Your company information remains available on the mobile app for an entire year.  It's a place to point new business prospects whenever new information about your company or products becomes available, on a device they use daily right in the palm of their hands
  • Specifications:
    • Logo: .jpg or .png only, 72dpi, size should be no larger than 300 pixels per side.
    • Document Handouts: PDF format only. Product literature, press releases, show specials, announcements, etc.

3x Opportunity - $2,000

Exhibitor Banner advertisement with landing page

Includes rotating banner ad into full page ad or exhibitor detail information page.

• Opportunity Specs:
  • Rotating banner ad: 320Wx55H pixels .jpg or .png format 300 dpi 
  • Full page ad: 320Wx418H pixels .jpg or .png format 300 dpi
  • -OR- Exhibitor detail information page: 
    • Logo: .jpg or .png only, 72dpi, size should be no larger than 300 pixels per side.
    • Document Handouts: PDF format only. Product literature, press releases, show specials, announcements, etc 

3x Opportunity - $2,000

Exhibitor Multimedia Package - located in landing page for exhibitor:

Includes a rotating banner ad linked to a full page ad or exhibitor detail information page with video.

• Opportunity Specs:
  • Rotating banner ad: 320Wx55H pixels .jpg or .png format 300 dpi 
  • Full page ad: 320Wx418H pixels .jpg or .png format 300 dpi
  • -OR- Exhibitor detail information page: 
    • Logo: .jpg or .png only, 72dpi, size should be no larger than 300 pixels per side.
    • Document Handouts: PDF format only. Product literature, press releases, show specials, announcements, etc 
    • Video: will live on and be launched from the App Exhibitor Profile. Format is preferred in HD h264 with ACC audio.
      • If video is shot in 16:9, we can accept it in that format. Cropping it to 3:2 would be fine, but if only adding letterbox to output 3:2, then our system will do that automatically if needed. .mov and .mp4 format accepted.

5x per day Trade Show Alert - $1,000

Trade Show Alerts

Alerts of text messages sent out by show personnel can be sold.  Typically these are limited to a max of 5 per day.

• Opportunity Specs:
  • Subject Title Line: Alert subject lines or titles longer than 29 characters will be automatically and randomly abbreviated by the mobile app. So, to maintain content and context, consider keeping your subject line fewer than 29 characters.
    • Utilize a Call to Action or a Strong Message to grab the users attention.
  • Body: The body of the alert message can be scrolled to accommodate lengthier messages, and can contain full URLs to link the user to a webpage.
  • Please provide:
  • Date/Time Alert will be scheduled to send
  • Alert Subject Title
  • Body of Alert message
  • Note: The three most recent alerts appear at the top of the Dashboard page, and all alerts are saved under the "Alerts" Dashboard icon.
  • On the Apple and Android app version, "Push notification" alerts can be set to be received as "overlay" messages, shown below. The user simply taps the message to open the app and be taken to the alert message.

Ad Examples

Full Page Ad:

Banner Ad:

Exhibitor Detail Information Page:

February 12-15, 2017

43rd Annual Risk Management Conference
Ride the Risk
Disneyland_® Hotel
1150 West Magic Way
Anaheim, California 92802

Thank you to all of our sponsors, exhibitors, and attendees for another great PARMA Conference!

Click here for the full conference brochure and fillable/printable registration form.    

Exhibitor Registration

Click here for the Exhibitor/Sponsor brochure.

Click here for the exhibit rules. 

Key Conference Dates & Deadlines

Questions? Contact Brenda Johnson at (888) 907-2762 x548 or exhibit@parma.com.

Feb 9

Feb 10

Feb 11

Feb 12

View Our 2014Conference Videos!

Click here to view online videos which are updated each day of the conference!

2014  Conference Handouts

A1_40YearsOfPARMA_1

A1_40YearsOfPARMA_2

A2_PeaceOfficerPrivilegesInCivilLigitationIntroToPitchess

A3_GoingColdTurkeyOpiodsProp 215OtherDrugs

A4_Bionomics_PreventingSprain_StrainstheOldFashionWay

A5 Liens:   Knowing When to Hold'em and When to Fold'em

A6_StructuredSettlements_1

A6_StructuredSettlements_2

A6_StructuredSettlements_3

B4_YouCan'tAlwaysGetWhatYouWant

B6_HowYouSayItIsSometimesMoreImportant

C1_OneOfTheseThingsIsNotLikeTheOtherB6_HowYouSayItIsSometimesMoreImportantThanWhatYouSay

C2_HazardousRecreationalActivities

C3_InvestingInSafetyProducts

C4 What Just Happened In Workers' CompensationC3 Investing In Safety Products

C6 County of LA Fire Department Carve Out

D1_Strategies for Monitoring Your TPA & Claim Files

D3 Defending Police Officer Presumption Cases

D4_Actuary 102 and 201

D5_SexualHarrassmentTraining

D6StrategiesForMonitoringYourTPAAndClaimsFiles

E1_iHurt, uHurt, wii All Hurt

E2_Maturing Governance Risk and Compliance at CalPERS

E3 Update on Social Media in Public Workplace

E4 ProblemSolvingThroughCreativeCriticalThinking

E5 Leaves, Leaves and More Leaves

E6_InsuranceWithBobMarshburn

F1 How To Win:   Litigating Industrial Disability Retirement

F2_Choosing Your Sir

F3_2013DisasterLessonsLearnedBestPractices

F4 ProblemSolvingThroughCreativeCriticalThinking

F5_60 Best Practices in 60 Minutes

G1 Doing More With Less

G2 UC Irvine WC and Disability Management ProgramG1_DoingMoreWithLess

G3_IntroToWorkers'CompensationPart_II

G4 Public Records Act

G5 Strategies For Mitigating Risk Through Effective Communications

H1_Workers'CompandLiabilityBINGO

News

PARMA Hires Executive Management Team

We have some exciting news!  After completing our strategic plan and identifying some important areas for growth, PARMA is excited to announce that for the first time, we have contracted for an Executive Director. Gloria Peterson has joined team PARMAand will guide our organization through the changes outlined in our strategic plan (hyperlink). Gloria is a partner with Advocacy & Management Group, Inc. (AMG) based in Sacramento and will be joined by the following team of professional staff members with expertise in all facets of association management.

• Loni Schwabenland joins PARMA is its new accountant. Loni holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from the University of Phoenix. She will bring to PARMA over 25 years experience in all aspects of accounting functions at both large corporations and smaller businesses. Her extensive experience in multi-entity accounting and audit/analysis, she will prove to be an invaluable addition to PARMA.

• Sarah Spencer joins PARMA as the Communications Manager. Ms. Spencer has over four years of non-profit experience and manages the various digital and social media sites for several non-profit organizations. Ms. Spencer will manage PARMA’s digital and social media updates and all other communications.
   
• Ellyse Dill joins PARMA as its Membership Services Specialist.  Ms. Dill brings business management and marketing as well as customer service skills to PARMA.  She will be responsible for membership activities and provide technical assistance for all of PARMA’s members and leadership.

With the new staff, PARMA has the following new address and phone number:
 

1 Capitol Mall, Suite 800

Sacramento, CA 95814

1-844-GO-PARMA (1-844-467-2762) 

Many of you have come to know Brenda Johnson and Shanti Rood of Accent on Meetings.  For over 20 years, Brenda has guided PARMA through conferences by planning and carrying out virtually the entire event.  Shanti has supported Brenda for over 10 years in planning the conference and brought incredible creativity and imagination with countless projects.  These things will not change and they will continue to be valued members of the PARMA family and can still be reached at (888) 907-2762.

PARMA Staff Contacts

Mailing Address

1 Capitol Mall, Suite 800
Sacramento, CA 95814
1-844-GO-PARMA (1-844-467-2762) 

Executive Director

Gloria Peterson
Extension: 104
ed@parma.com

Conference Manager

Becky Denhalter
Extension:  118
events@parma.com

Membership Services

Allie Johnson
Extension:  135
membership@parma.com

Communications & Website

Jonathan Flom
jflom@amgroup.us