Best Places to Work in ME is a research-driven program from Best Companies Group that examines your company’s practices, programs and benefits and surveys your employees for their perspective. Companies that meet certain criteria are considered the Best Places to Work in ME.

A limited number of individual tickets are now on sale for $130 each. Tables were only available with sponsorship. Tickets will sell out – Do Not Wait!

Continue the celebration by reserving a room at the Best Western Civic Center! Call 207-622-4751 and let them know you are attending the Best Places to Work in Maine event!

For HR and leadership who want to understand more about what makes a Best Place to Work for in Maine, join us for the Best Places Mastermind Seminar to occur before the awards celebration on October 8 at the Augusta Civic Center. This seminar will provide 1.5 HR Credit.

This seminar has limited available seating. Tickets are now available for $40 each. Do Not Wait!

3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. – Keynote Speaker: Maximizing Employee Potential – Strategies for Inclusion in Exceptional Workplaces.

• Jaime Raul Zepeda, Executive Vice President at Best Companies Group, will delve into the latest research by Best Companies Group on inclusion and belonging. Data driven trends will be shared to help organizations enhance their employees’ connections to their work and workplace.

3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. – Panel Discussion: Best Places to Work for Strategies for Sustaining Long-term Success

• A panel discussion featuring HR and business leaders discussing their strategies for maintaining a thriving workforce and organization. The discussion will include insights from some of the state’s most innovative business minds. Followed by a Q&A.

• Panelist – Elissa Hamblen, Human Resource Director, Mathews Brothers Company

• Panelist – Mary Kozicki LaFontaine, Director, Employee Development & Engagement, Sebego Technics, Inc.

• Panelist – Matt Scott, Vice President, Dave’s World

• Moderator – Jaime Raul Zepeda, Executive Vice President at Best Companies Group

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Since 2004, Best Companies Group has specialized in identifying and recognizing great employers to work for. We are an independent research firm that ranks companies based on our established research methodology. Our surveys provide actionable, hard-to-obtain data that companies use to improve employee recruitment and retention.