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#HREvolution wrap: Hey, I’m being followed by monkies!

May 2, 2011

 Wrapping HR Evolution from Atlanta Forget the monkey reference, I just need a title….no wait, I am going with the monkey theme after all.   #HREvolution is more fun than a barrel of monkies!  I really enjoyed my second swing through the trees with HR Evolution.  Great opportunities for networking, connecting, and learning.  Here are the things [...]

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Spotlight your event on SlideShare

February 9, 2011

SlideShare and Hashtags go together like… I just got a really awesome tip in my mailbox from the fine folks at SlideShare.  Their email mentions a great new service for people wanting to promote the speaker content of their event, after the event is over.   You can get see the specific details below, but the [...]

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LinkedIn beta test makes LI Groups visible, searchable, shareable

December 9, 2010

Image via CrunchBase I got the following message in my LinkedIn mailbox the other day:  I am pleased to announce that LinkedIn has selected Social Media Marketing as a beta group for open discussion, a new feature. This means that all future discussions will be fully visible, searchable, and shareable on the Web. Since we [...]

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My VIP Royal Welcome at Zappos

December 3, 2010

I got crowned at Zappos Last night, I called in to HR Happy Hour and made what has been described on Twitter as “@mikevandervort’s fanboy moment with @jamstar. Very cute.”.  I was raving about a company that everyone knows about, but I was raving about my own personal experience with them.  On #HRHappyHour, I mentioned [...]

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It all began with one little tweet

September 21, 2010

Image by Thomas Hawk via Flickr I ran across a very interesting, still developing case study in social media policy last night that serves as an excellent example of the way human resources will be involved in making decisions about social media behavior in the future.  Please note, what I am writing about here is [...]

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Me and social media before I found Punk Rock HR

August 17, 2010

Looking back on getting started What you see below is the fourth blog post I ever wrote for the very first incarnation of Human Race Horses.  I sound  like I am trying to be pompous and grandiose.    I suppose everyone needs to sound like and asshole for a little while until they find their real [...]

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2010 HR Florida Monster Social Tweetup and Networking event, and other stuff!

August 15, 2010

Monster Social and HR Florida Tweetup to rock Orlando! A whole bunch of really dedicated folks from HR Florida are working reall hard this month to put the finishing touches on what may the very biggest and best state conference in the United States.  Where else will you be able to attend a conference where the [...]

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Over There: A look at SXSW Interactive from the UK

August 14, 2010

Ever thought of going to SXSW? I have wanted to attend this event for the past three years.  I hope that I will make it in March 2011.    If I do, I will be part of a small but growing contingent of HR people who are venturing outside the HR conference world to attend these [...]

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I am sick and tired of social media!

July 25, 2010

Image by mvndrvrt via Flickr On the edge Are you feeling it yet?  That creeping feeling of discontent, that sense of things being not quite the same as they used to be when you first started, that nagging lack of fulfillment? No, I am not talking about your job, although current research shows that 32% [...]

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Why social media is just the new old fax machine

April 7, 2010

Image by aliceinreality via Flickr Facebook and Twitter are just tools If you have a chance to attend any of the Recruitment Symposium events that Jobing is holding around the county, I strongly urge you to do so.  They are turning out to be very strong events with a lot of engagement and dialogue and [...]

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