Frequently Asked Questions

We’d love to have you! Having a personal connection with each and every one of our members is part of our secret recipe here at UWEBC. We’d love to have a conversation with you to determine how we can best meet your needs. Send us a quick note to get started!

Our practice directors are Matthew Cone (Customer Service & Marketing), Heidi Rozmiarek (Technology, Data & AI), Jenny Patzlaff (Supply Chain & Manufacturing), and Doug Barton (People). They’d love to hear from you! You can find more information about each of them, including their contact information, on our Meet Our Team page. Connect with them on LinkedIn and/or send them an email!

Click “Sign In” in the white bar at the top right of the website and enter your username and password. If your company is a member and you don’t have a UWEBC web account, click “Register for an account” from the Sign In page to create your username and password.

1. Click “Sign In” in the white bar at the top right of the website.
2. Click “Register for an Account.“
3. Follow the instructions, making sure you select your company from the dropdown menu and that you use your work email address.
4. You will receive a confirmation email to verify your email and complete setting up your account, including setting your password.

Yes!

When your company joins, anyone from your company can participate in any UWEBC offering. Peer Group content is aimed at the senior practitioner to director level, and Special Interest Groups vary depending on topic. We encourage you to look around at all of our offerings, including those not traditionally in your area of focus, to find the topics that interest you most. All Peer Group and Special Interest Group meetings are recorded and available to view asynchronously.

Contact the Practice Director of the relevant practice area to get started! We’ll connect with you to get additional details and go from there.

We would be happy to connect you with someone from another member company. Contact the Practice Director of the relevant practice area or use the “general” option, and we’ll direct your request to the right place.

If you wish to undertake a Member-to-Member Collaboration (M2M), we ask that you fill out the M2M form and submit it to the Practice Director of the relevant practice area. He or she will then seek permission from the most appropriate companies and make introductions.

There are three different ways you could this:

1. Register for an upcoming Peer Group meeting in your area of interest. Once you have done that, you will receive meeting announcements for future meetings of that Peer Group.
2. Visit your My Account page – sign in using the button in the top right of the website then click My Account – and edit your email preferences. Select as many peer groups as you’d like, and you’ll be added to the email lists for those groups.
3. Contact the Practice Director of the peer group you’re interested in and ask to be added to the list for future meeting announcements.

You can find meeting information in several ways once you are signed in:

1. Click on the Events menu and select Events Calendar OR visit the practice area page that interests you and scroll down to the list of events on that page.
2. Navigate to the event or meeting that you’d like to attend and click on it from the list.
3. Click the button to Register! Note: you will need to be signed in to register.
4. Don’t forget to add the event to your calendar!

There is no limit to how many people can register for our virtual meetings.

In the unlikely event that we reach capacity for an in-person meeting, we will try to move the meeting to a larger room. If that is impossible, we will notify you that you are on a waiting list.

We’d love to have you present at an upcoming meeting! Contact the Practice Director for the practice area you’d like to present on.

Absolutely. Employees of member companies can attend any and all Peer Group meetings. We encourage cross-pollination of innovative ideas as a core UWEBC value!

A non-member may attend once as a guest of a member attendee. Please notify us ahead of time by contacting our events team, as we will need to get them a Zoom link for a virtual meeting or print a name tag and table tent for an in-person meeting.

We do recognize that there are many unfilled jobs for people with very specific skill sets, so we try to be as helpful as possible. We can’t make position postings on behalf of member companies, but we can provide information about various UW resources and career opportunities boards for students and alumni.

Whether you’re trying to access a meeting in progress or view a recording of a past meeting, our events team is here to help you. Send us a quick message to our events email where the team is standing by!

All Peer Group meetings, Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings and Executive Retreats are free of charge for all employees of member companies.

The UWEBC provides programming in its four core focus areas — Customer Service & Marketing, Technology, Data & AI, and Supply Chain & Manufacturing. Additionally, we offer a SIG for Human Resources Executives.

We encourage cross-pollination of innovative ideas as a core UWEBC value. Please share our events with your colleagues; there is no limit on how many focus areas a company can participate in.

You will receive a confirmation email with parking recommendations about one week before the event. More parking details for UWEBC events can be found here.

Each meeting includes a contintenal breakfast and lunch. Please contact our events coordinator, Pema Bhutia five business days prior to the start of the event if you have any special dietary requests, (e.g., vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free).

The majority of attendees wear casual to business casual clothes.

The only exception is for meetings at the Madison Club, which has a business professional or business casual dress code. Approved dress at the club consists of a collared shirt, tailored slacks and nonathletic shoes. Check their website for most current information.

Upon arrival, a UWEBC staff person will greet you with a nametag. The meeting will kick off with a brief welcome by the Practice Director, followed by presentations and group discussions. Because the UWEBC focuses on peer-to-peer learning, Peer Group and SIG meetings are not classes, but interactive learning events. Click here to see what a Peer Group meeting looks like.

Attendees do not receive printed presentations, but you will receive an email after the event with links to available PDFs and videos of presentations.

Our in-person events do fill up, and we’ll do our best to accommodate you. If you can’t make a Peer Group meeting in-person, most are available online, as well.

In either case, please contact our Events Coordinator with your cancellation,  registration change, or need to access materials online.

Following the event, you will receive an email with links to PDFs of the presentations. Most Peer Group meetings also include Mediasite video of the presentations.

When you sign in to our website, you can access all past meeting assets, including PDFs, Mediasite videos and additional resources. Or, check out your Peer Group’s Digests.

Please note some presenters do not allow us to record or distribute their materials.

As our users, your feedback is important to us and we want to help you find what you’re looking for. Contact Marketing Specialist Taryn Johnson.

Contact the Practice Director of the relevant focus area to discuss your interest in presenting.

A nonmember may attend once as a guest of a member attendee. Please notify us ahead of time by contacting us, as we will need to print a name tag and table tent.