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DISRUPTHR NEWS: Beyond Perfect Polish: What Makes a DisruptHR Talk Unforgettable?

Hello Disruptor! Have you ever wondered what makes a DisruptHR Talk truly great? Forget perfect polish or pro speakers - to me, it's all about passion and pushing boundaries. I've seen many nervous first-timers, and the timing of the slides getting away from some speakers, but their ideas? Interesting. That's the DisruptHR spirit: sharing bold ideas, even if it shakes things up a bit. And guess what? A DisruptHR idea doesn't have to be "disruptive" to be impactful. Some of my favorite Talks...

3 months ago • 2 min read

G'Day Disruptor! 2023 will go in the record books as one of the biggest years for DisruptHR events, and one of the best - if not the BEST! We're already seeing scheduled events in 2024 pop up on our Upcoming Events calendar, and I know that many more dates will be announced after the first of the year. I hope that you'll make plans to attend, be a speaker, or sponsor a DisruptHR event in your city in 2024! Every day, I see comments and posts on LinkedIn from people who have joined the...

5 months ago • 3 min read

Բարև խանգարող! As I've shared in previous editions of this bi-monthly newsletter, we're excited to be celebrating the 10th anniversary of DisruptHR on December 13, 2023, with our eighth event in Cincinnati, OH — where DisruptHR began back on December 13, 2013. It's been an amazing journey since then! We've grown from a small group of passionate HR professionals located in our city, to a global community, which now includes 154 licensed cities in 34 countries. 😮 And along the way, we've helped...

6 months ago • 2 min read

Hello Disruptor! What makes a DisruptHR Talk great? I shared seven tips in the last DisruptHR NEWSletter for giving a great DisruptHR Talk, but I believe that more goes into making a Talk great than the delivery. Some of my personal favorite DisruptHR Talks have been given by people who were terrified to take the stage (it showed), got behind on their slides (but recovered with humor), or had never spoken on stage before (so they were a little rusty). But they all believed in their ideas and...

7 months ago • 3 min read

Bonjour perturbateur! As the Chief Excitement Officer for DisruptHR, I'm often asked for my opinion on what makes a DisruptHR Talk great. As someone who has watched hundreds (maybe thousands) of DisruptHR Talks, here are a few tips I give: Be ready to go as soon as you're introduced. Don't reference people or things going on at the event or stuff mentioned in other Talks. Get right into your message. Your opening should be awesome. Share a surprising fact. Shock people. Say something...

8 months ago • 3 min read

Ahoj Disruptore! Recently, I joined one of our most prolific DisruptHR Organizers - Bill Banham on the poplular HRchat podcast to discuss all things DisruptHR. (Bill co-organizes events in London UK, Cambridge UK, Norwich UK, Birmingham UK, and Buffalo NY.) We spoke about the unanticipated wild ride that DisruptHR has been on over the last 10 years — including through a global pandemic that wiped out in person events for over one year — and how it continues to explode around the world. Just...

8 months ago • 2 min read

Hallo Disruptoren! DisruptHR events were created for the purpose of providing a place where people could come together and connect, have fun, and share ideas. Last week, I shared a post on my personal LinkedIn profile reflecting on how I felt in March 2020, when what was shaping up to be a year with a record number of DisruptHR events went to zero events within a period of 2 weeks. Like many during that time, I wasn't sure what the future would hold, or if that future would include DisruptHR....

9 months ago • 3 min read

Γεια σου Disruptor! In 2013, we held the first DisruptHR event in Cincinnati, OH. Our goal was simply to bring together business leaders from throughout our city and region who were interested in sharing disruptive ideas about the future of work. We decided to borrow the format of Ignite Talks, with 5-minute Talks and 20 slides that advance every 15 seconds, and we settled on our purpose with inspiration from TED — "Ideas worth spreading... about the future of work." At that first event, 13...

9 months ago • 2 min read

G'day Disruptor! 2023 is a big year for DisruptHR in many ways! On December 13, 2023, DisruptHR will be 10 years old! It's hard to believe that it's been 10 years since our first event was held in Cincinnati, OH on December 13, 2013. Back then, my co-founder and I never expected that DisruptHR would be anything more than a one-time event in Cincinnati, but it was clear the first night that people loved the fun format, and the opportunity to hear from new voices with ideas about the future of...

9 months ago • 2 min read

Hello Disruptive One, It's so great to see so many upcoming DisruptHR events confirmed and scheduled around the world! If you'd like to see if an event is coming soon near you, you can always check out the Upcoming Events page on our website to find out. Just within the next week, DisruptHR events will be occurring in the following cities: Winnipeg, MB - March 23 Nashville, TN - March 23 Wellington, NZ - March 30 Boston, MA - March 30 If you haven't had the opportunity to attend a DisruptHR...

about 1 year ago • 1 min read
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