The HRevolution 2010 event is coming to Chicago on May 7th-8th! HR professionals from around the country will be converging for 24 hours+ of mind-bending, trend-setting discussions, yet space is limited, so… SIGN UP NOW!
This is the second rendition of the event, and it’s going to be twice as good as HRevolution 2009. Why is that? Well, we have past attendees who can speak out to the event’s powerful impact, some new additions to the planning crew, and an actual website this time around.
Human resources professionals have the opportunity to do some wonderful things. And in the past few weeks, I was able to be a part of something that is simply amazing. What is it, you ask?
Do Amazing Things
This was a group eBook project organized by Chris Ferdinandi of Renegade HR. To learn more about this project, click here for his post. If you want to skip everything else and leap directly to the free eBook, it can be found at this link. The cool thing about the free guide is that it’s licensed via Creative Commons, so you can share it with anyone you wish. And with the all-star cast that Chris put together, I’m willing to bet that you’ll want to!
The Cast
China Miner Gorman from SHRM
Michael VanDervort from Human Race Horses
Lance Haun from Rehaul
Karla Porter from the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber in PA
Paul Hebert from I2I
Jim D’Amico, recruiter extraordinaire
Victorio Milian of Creative Chaos Consultant
(Me!)
Steve Boese from Knowledge Infusion
Nathaniel Rottenberg from Rypple
Trish McFarlane from HR Ringleader
Jessica Lee from APCO Worldwide
If you like it, please let Chris know. I’m sure he’d appreciate it.
Something Else Pretty Cool
It’s tough to digest all of the great ideas that are found in an eBook like this one. Pretty soon, I’m going to develop a free training course based on the guide and open it up to the public. Make sure you’re subscribed here so that you don’t miss the announcement!
SHRM 2010… It’s coming up in just a few short months in San Diego, California. Are you going? Back when SHRM 2009 was going on, I was salivating to attend, and I was really looking forward to SHRM 2010. When I found out it was going to be across the US, my excitement waned. I can’t make that trip.
People often ask if I will be attending this event or that function. Remember, people, I’m an entry level HR pro (in terms of years worked, anyway). I do not have the means to support multiple conferences each year. And my employer being a nonprofit doesn’t really help, either. I’d love to be able to meet some friends (like my pals at HRCP), be a social media evangelist, and generally raise some havoc. But as of this moment, it’s not going to happen.
This post was written last week, and I have since written about HRevolution (the HR unconference) and announced the new look for the blog. But you still want to see me in action, right? Continue Reading
It has been a wild journey, and HRevolution 2009 is in the books. What can I say? It was, quite simply, an amazing experience. I’ve read plenty of accounts about HR tweetups and HR unconferences, but nothing quite prepares you for what occurs once you arrive. Wait a minute, you don’t know what an HR unconference is? It’s basically a conference with much less formality and structure. Instead of being governed by rules and overbearing planners, an HR unconference is more free-flowing and open to the whims of the attendees. While HRevolution wasn’t as lax as a normal unconference, it still had a lot of flexibility and fun thrown into the mix. Here’s a quick breakdown of my own timeline surrounding the event. It’s a weird, rambling version of the events, but I have to untangle it all before I can make sense of anything!
