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• Future-Ready HR: Hands-On AI & Automation with REBL Risty

  • When
    Wednesday, March 11, 2026
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    8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
  • Location
    Virtual
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  Future-Ready HR: Hands-On AI & Automation with REBL Risty

  Discover how automation can transform the way HR operates! REBL Risty, founder and owner of REBL Labs AI and REBL Marketing Inc, a woman-owned business, will demonstrate how to automate key HR processes, using the onboarding journey as a real-world example. Attendees will learn how AI and automation tools can streamline repetitive tasks, improve accuracy, and create a more engaging employee experience. Leave this session with a practical framework you can take back to your own organization—plus a clearer picture of how to scale HR’s impact with technology.

  Learning Objectives:
  

  • Understand the benefits and risks of automating HR processes.
  • Explore step-by-step how to automate the employee onboarding process.
  • Learn how to integrate AI-powered workflows into existing HR systems.
  • Identify best practices and pitfalls to avoid when implementing automation.

  Important: This will be a hands-on session. We recommend attendees to have access to a paid version of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Co-Pilot to fully participate.

  Meet Our Guest Speaker:

  REBL Risty

  

  Rebecca “REBL” Risty is the founder and CEO, also known as Head REBL, of REBL Labs AI & REBL Marketing Inc., a San Diego-based woman-owned agency helping organizations build AI-powered marketing teammates that streamline operations, reduce overwhelm, and accelerate growth.

  With 15+ years of experience in branding, automation, and strategic content systems, REBL is on a mission to make AI practical and approachable for business leaders, especially those juggling too many hats. Her work empowers HR leaders, marketers, and business owners to rethink how work gets done by combining smart automation with custom AI tool stacks.

  She holds a BA in Communications (minor in Biology) and an MBA in Marketing & Entrepreneurship. Before launching REBL Labs, she held leadership roles at Qualcomm and the World Trade Center San Diego.

  Her innovation and leadership have earned recognition from:

  • San Diego Business Journal – CEO of the Year Finalist
  • Connected Women of Influence – Emerging Woman Owned Business Award
  • Businesswoman of the Year Finalist·       Connected Women of Influence – Emerging Woman Owned Business Award
  • Businesswoman of the Year Finalist

  An Army brat with German American and Korean heritage, REBL’s global upbringing and entrepreneurial roots, starting with a Polynesian entertainment business and even a neighborhood restaurant, fuel her belief that bold ideas and better systems can unlock new levels of freedom and success.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Policies Don’t Create Culture — People Do: Restoring Civility, Connection & Community at Work

  • When
    Wednesday, April 08, 2026
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    7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
  • Location
    SD Tech by Alexandria, 9605 Scranton Rd. San Diego, CA 92121
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  Policies Don’t Create Culture — People Do: Restoring Civility, Connection & Community at Work

  In today’s fast-paced, polarized, and increasingly digital workplaces, organizations are discovering that policies alone cannot create a healthy culture; people and daily interactions do. This session explores how civility and respect serve as the foundation for trust, collaboration, and psychological safety, ultimately driving engagement and performance. Participants will examine the hidden costs of workplace incivility and disconnection, and why belonging is built through small, consistent leadership behaviors rather than large initiatives.

  Drawing on research from organizational psychology, neuroscience, and real-world leadership experience, this session provides practical tools leaders and HR professionals can immediately apply to strengthen connection and rebuild community at work. Attendees will learn how to model respectful communication, navigate tension constructively, and foster environments where employees feel seen, valued, and motivated to contribute. Through interactive reflection and actionable strategies, participants will leave equipped to transform everyday moments into culture-shaping opportunities. The result is not just a kinder workplace but a stronger, more resilient organization.

  Learn how to:

  • Describe how civility and respect contribute to trust, psychological safety, and organizational performance.
  • Recognize the hidden costs of workplace incivility—including disengagement, turnover, and reduced collaboration—and their impact on culture.
  • Apply practical leadership behaviors and communication strategies that strengthen connection, belonging, and everyday positive interactions.
  • Navigate tension and difficult moments constructively to model the behaviors that build a resilient, inclusive workplace community.

  We look forward to seeing you there!

  Meet Our Guest Speaker:

  Devin C. Hughes

  

  Devin C. Hughes is an award‑winning keynote speaker, bestselling author, and internationally recognized expert on workplace culture, belonging, and leadership. Known for his dynamic storytelling and evidence‑based insights, Devin helps organizations transform disengaged, siloed environments into connected, high‑performing cultures where people thrive.

  Drawing on decades of experience advising Fortune 100 companies, startups, and mission‑driven organizations—including Disney, Google, State Farm, Lockheed Martin, and the Department of Defense—he delivers practical frameworks leaders can immediately apply to strengthen engagement, communication, and collaboration.

  
  

  
  

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