Archive for November 6th, 2009

HRevolution, it’s all you hear about on twitter among HR professionals these days, and there’s a reason for that.  It’s going to be the hottest social media HR blogging event ever.  Whether you’re a new blogger or an old pro-HRevolution gives us a voice, a chance to learn from one another, and a place to dance.  Yes, I said dance.  There’s this thing called the Red Shoe Project where people are photographed wearing red shoes-and they raise money to help non-profit organizations.   A lot of people will be wearing red shoes.   Let the party begin.  Yes, I love red shoes, and HR people who wear them.  How did HRevolution get started?

It began with Trish MacFarlane and her tweet like this:

“Think we should plan a #HR blogger conference. 1 day. Blog specific learning/sharing.” @beneubanks @theredrecruiter@stelzner @lruettimann5:32 PM Jun 29th from TweetDeck

And the rest was history.  Trish, Ben and Steve went to work.  They set up a wiki: http://hrevolution.wetpaint.com to assess the interests of potential attendees.  The planning committee was flooded with support.  Sponsors came forward asking how they could get involved,  HR people started asking questions, and suddenly what started as one little tweet turned into entire movement of passionate  human resource professionals who love to tweet, blog, write, and share information with one another.  I look forward to meeting colleagues from around the U.S.  It will also be interesting to learn how experienced bloggers and HR pros are using social media technology to move their departments forward.

This is my first HRevolution.  Anything with both HR and Revolution in the same title simply must be a good thing.

I’ll be mad tweeting from the event, so it is with carpel tunnel and sore thumbs I bid you goodnight.  The next blog post will be from Louisville.  Your twitterpal,

@HRMargo