The ones who started it all...

We have about thirty posts here today from some of the people I respect most in this industry. It’s not because they’re the smartest (although many are brilliant). It’s not because they know all the secret tips and tricks (although they could teach us all a thing or two). It’s not even because they are good looking (those avatars don’t show everything) ;-). It’s because they take the time and make the effort to continue pushing this profession and the people in it to be better. Every. Single. Day. We’re all better off for your efforts!

Because we have so many great posts, I’m going to keep my commentary to a minimum and just share the links to these fantastic recaps, takeaways, and nostalgic moments. If you set aside twenty minutes to start digging into the posts below, I can pretty much guarantee that you will find new blogs/people to follow. Fair warning: you’ll also have an insatiable desire to attend the next HRevolution. What can I say? It’s an awesome event. :-)

Speaking of awesome… We are going to be partnering with the HR Technology Conference to offer a special one-day HRevolution event on October 2nd, 2011 in Las Vegas! More details to come, but if you have been wanting to attend the event but you’re out in the western US, this is going to be your big shot! Stay tuned.

The posts

• Cathy Martin of Intellectual Capital Consulting shares why you should go to HRevolution
• Dwane Lay of the Lean HR Blog offers up the HRevolution speaker playlist and asks what we learned today
• Paul Hebert of Incentive Intelligence writes on his personal blog about why the event sucked
• Lisa Rosendahl of Simply Lisa tells us about passion, energy, and intention
• Mike Haberman of HR Observations reviews the session on managing virtual teams and talks about world class HR
• Krista Francis of AliveHR! brings us thoughts about this (f)unconference
• Benjamin McCall of Rethink HR shares his next steps after HRevolution
• China Gorman compares and contrasts events as two sides of the conference coin
• Donna Rogers, the HR Warrior, shares about her thoughts as a SHRM-ie at HRevolution
• April Kunzelman tells us why her first HRev won’t be her last
• Robin Schooling, one of the sweetest/nicest ladies I know, talks about cursing and HR(!)
• Mike Krupa, the only guy I know who is tech geekier than me, says that, by golly there was tech talk at HRevolution
• Joan Ginsberg offers two of her valuable insights into the event
• Kathy Duffy shares with us about supporting innovation through HR
• Paul Smith talks seriously (and not so seriously) about HRevolution sucking and even gets hijacked by Mike Krupa
• Shauna Moerke, the esteemed HR Minion, lets us know she needs a tardis (time machine, for the less geekily inclined)
• Mervyn Dinnen is one of the nicest guys I’ve ever met, and he’s from the UK, so you know I dig his accent; he wrote about the HRevolution love shack
• Gareth Jones talks about his views of the event in Brits Abroad
• Maren Hogan gives us a great view of the emotional/spiritual side of HRevolution by talking about building a history
• Matt Stollak of True Faith HR gives us three shots in Skullcrusher, Dubculture, and Blue Monday
• Tim Gardner, the no-longer-anonymous HR Introvert, talks about fear and influence in the ATL
• My own post, in case you missed it, was about HRevolution being exponentially better this year.
• Jon Ingham, one of our UK visitors, shared about love in HR and at HRev. Speaking of Jon, he also hosted an international HR carnival a few days back and it’s pretty interesting. We could all stand to be a little better rounded in HR, and looking at the international HR scene is a great way to start on that.
• The Monster team’s all star photographer Alana brings us a great helping of HRevolution photos
• Chris Havrilla of Recruiter Chicks tells us what HRevolution has for the recruiters out there

And that’s not all. We have videos from the event coming soon thanks to Maren Hogan and some more great stuff on the horizon. Remember, HRev isn’t your usual conference. We keep the good stuff coming all year long! Thanks again to our sponsors, facilitators, and attendees for making the event as successful as it is. We appreciate you all!