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150,000 people stop and wait for pothole repair

February 15, 2010

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Race delayed by chuckhole
February 14, 2010 was the day that almost 150,000 people stopped and waited somewhat patiently for a pothole repair to take place. Surprisingly, no one was beeping their horn, and picking fights at the intersection. They were far more interested in sitting in the sun, drinking [...]

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Follow all the action from HR meets NASCAR here

February 14, 2010

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I just created a TWUB for the HR meets NASCAR event that is taking place at Daytona International Speedway, courtesy of Orlando Jobs. More coming later. #d500hr

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Related Posts:This blog is going to the Race at Daytona150,000 people stop and wait for pothole repairAnother ERE Shoutout

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HR Meets NASCAR at the Daytona 500

February 11, 2010

Thanks to Orlando Jobs for taking us to the Great American Race.
Here is a video by my buddy and sponsor Roger Lear talking about how his staff are preparing for race day at Daytona International Speedway. This is going to be an awesome event, and I am stoked about attending my first ever NASCAR race [...]

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Why I won’t watch “Undercover Boss”

February 11, 2010

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It’s not reality. It’s just a documentary
I haven’t seen Undercover Boss yet.
I probably won’t ever watch it. I don’t have much interest in so-called reality shows “formatted documentaries”.
I just don’t buy it.
Are you telling me:

The CEO went out “undercover” to work with his employees, and no one did anything to [...]

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Monday Shoutout: Who Dat?

February 8, 2010

New Orleans: City of Champions
I wrote the piece below the shoutout which discusses my take on New Orleans and the HR profession last year while attending the SHRM National Conference. I was struck by the dichotomy of New Orleans as a party place and a place of continuing poverty. While those issues won’t change because [...]

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This blog is going to the Race at Daytona

February 7, 2010

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Super Bowl Sunday
Today is Super Bowl Sunday. Like lots of other people, I will be watching as the game unfolds in Miami. I will be rooting for the Indianapolis Colts since I spent a decade living in Indiana. I won’t mind if the New Orleans Saints [...]

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Social Media and Marketing at Social Fresh Tampa

February 3, 2010

Social Fresh comes to Tampa

From Drop Box

I will be attending Social Fresh Tampa on Monday, February 8th at the Doubletree Hotel Tampa Westshore.
Social Fresh is a social media conference for marketers. Social Fresh Tampa will be the second event of 2010 for the group. Since Tampa is a marketing hot bed, this conference will focus [...]

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HR Carnival and Super Bowl!

February 3, 2010

Two Big Events, Back to Back
It’s Super Bowl time. The big game, Super Bowl XLIV, is being held in my home state of Florida this year, being carefully referred to by the news media as the “South Florida” Super Bowl rather than the “Miami” Super Bowl at the request of the NFL, since some of [...]

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Time Management: Huh?

February 1, 2010

I haven’t posted in a few days, but I will be posting several things in the next couple of days, I think. I have been kind of busy. Here is a quick list of things I am working on or involved with right now:

I was at ConnectHR in Washington DC last week. It was awesome. [...]

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