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The wrap-up at #chru4 – sung by Tim Casswell

Tim Casswell and his team spent the day drawing what they heard at the fourth connectingHR unconference, held at The Spring in Vauxhall, London. At the end of the unconference provided his review of the day’s proceedings . . .

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The HR challenges around developing a socially engaged organisation

The fourth ConnectingHR Unconference is looking at the power of a socially engaged organisation. Delegates spent some time discussing the issues around this topic (using the world cafe process) and then posted the issues they wanted to discuss further on … Continue reading

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The starting song at #chru4

Doug Shaw started today’s fourth Connecting HR unconference by leading through a song . . .

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Learning in a Gen Y organisation

Louisa Fryer, an L&D partner at Asos, talked through what a Gen Y organisation requires from L&D at TrainingZone Live 2012. Here Louise explains more . . . listen to ‘Louisa Fryer on gen Y learning ’ on Audioboo

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So why aren’t L&D professionals using free tools to make training more engaging

Julie Wedgwood‘s session at TrainingZone Live 2012 looked at free tools that trainers can use to help make sessions more interactive and engaging. All the tools were free and @happyhenry has listed them here. I caught up with Julie after … Continue reading

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The people journey at the Olympic Delivery Authority

Michele Owens, head of HR and OD at the Olympic Delivery Authority talked through the ‘people journey’ in her keynote at TrainingZone live 2012. Clearly, the Olympic Games is a huge project with an enormous audience – as can be … Continue reading

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Winners of the Towers Watson’s Awards for Excellence in HR Journalism 2012

The winners of the Towers Watson’s Awards for Excellence in HR Journalism 2012 were announced last night. HR Journalist of the Year – National Media Winner: Andrew Hill, Financial Times Highly Commended: Peter Crush, Freelance HR Journalist of the Year … Continue reading

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21 hours, 20 collaborators, one blog post, Twitter and one Google doc

In less than I day we (I say ‘we’ because this is about me and 19 other collaborators) created a narrative for the story of a socially engaged business. Amazing. When I set out the idea I didn’t realise it … Continue reading

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Help write the story of a socially engaged organisation

I like Pecha Kucha presentations – 20 slides timed to change every 15 seconds. You have to tell your story quickly. I did one at Ignite Bristol last year and helped out organising Ignite Bath earlier this year. I thought … Continue reading

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Round-up of posts from the L&D Connect Unconference

The inaugural L&D Connect Unconference took place last week. Around 30 or so delegates came together to make connections, share thinking and discuss their L&D challenges. This was the first L&D unconference in the UK (I’m not aware of any … Continue reading

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