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Okay, so this has been a crazy hectic week for me and I’ve been derelict in my blogging duties. But I’m home now, surprisingly awake for how little sleep I’ve had, and I’ve got not one, but two, HR Happy Hours to tell you about! Both are a little different than our normal shows, both are a little crazy, and that means you really need to check them out!

First up, last Wednesday the HR Happy Hour #17 was on location for the Fail Spectacularly Party in Chicago! Now, let me just preface this show by saying that in the most appropriate fashion, the show got off to a very rough start when Blog Talk Radio Site went down! Epic. Fail. But oh so perfect considering the circumstances. Steve totally rose to the occasion though, and with our awesome roving reporter Eric Winegardner, we made it through and had a lot of fun too. Check it out below:

Second, HR Happy Hour #18 was a part of the festivities of a little unconference you might have heard of: HRevolution. What made this show really special, was that it was the FIRST TIME Steve and I did a show together in the same location. Darlings, this shit just got real. We were running around grabbing attendees to chat, hi-jinks occurred, and Eric Wingardner helped out with the roving again. He works for cookies I’ll have you know. Seriously though, this show was so much fun and was the one I had been anticipating the most. Check it out below:

As always, check out #HRHappyHour, #FailChicago, #HRevolution for all the twitter bacckchannel craziness! Not to mention that Trish Mcfarlane has a YouTube page you need to check out for some fun videos that may or may not show people pacing in hallways, Ben Eubanks showing off, and me dancing with myself.

Our 16th HR Happy Hour is in the can and I have to say it was one of the most engrossing conversations we’ve ever had! The topic of the night was “Is HR dead?” and boy did that stir up interest. Yes? No? Should we even ask the question? If we ask the question does that mean yes? If we don’t ask the question are we ignoring the issue? Why does HR always ask this question when no other disciplines, like Marketing, does? You can see already that the conversation got deep and controversial fast. You need to check it out below!

What did I tell you, that hour just flew by! As always, check out the twitter back channel at #HRHappyHour and we’ll see you next week for two on location shows: The Fail Spectacularly Party on Wednesday and HRevolution on Saturday!

I can’t understand how spring and summer can pass by in a haze of laziness only for fall and winter to smack me around with busyness. Is busyness even a word? Anyway, I’m going to be bouncing around the US over the coming months, though not as much as I had wanted to originally. And who knows, things will probably change. If there is one constant this year, it’s that my plans rarely survive a few months.

Nevertheless, here’s where I’m going to be:

Talent Camp, Oct. 18th through 21st: The totally awesome Susan Burns is bringing together a lot of really cool people to talk about some big ‘What if’ questions about talent. I hear there will be a beach house, wine, and a lot of deep conversations. I expect to learn a lot and don’t think I won’t be sharing the learning with all of you.

HRevolution, Nov. 6th through 7th: HR Bloggers Unite! Finally an “un-conference” dedicated just to us. What started out as a simple thought on Twitter has blossomed into something that is going to be fun, casual, and a great opportunity to meet some of the coolest bloggers out there. I expect geeking out, maybe a live HR Happy Hour, and no small amount of laughter.

Washington, DC, Jan. 26th through 28th. I will be in DC on a secret mission and I’m going to want to tweetup with you, yes you! I will either be really happy and in a mood to celebrate, or I’m going to be sad and need some cheering up. Either way, we’re going to have some fun so keep your calendar free!

Here’s where I wish I was going to be:

Talent Management Summit, Oct. 26th through 28th: Originally, I was planning on attending and I’m very sad I can’t go now. If you are attending, you lucky person you, please be sure to give Lisa and Sharlyn hugs for me and call Jason a punk monkey (and then give him a hug) for me.

Fail Spectacularly Party, Nov. 4th: Jason and Laurie are throwing a party and we’re all invited! It will be a night of schmoozing, fun, and you better bring your story to share.

Dudes, what is with me and not making it to Chicago for stuff? I live well within road trip distance. Dammit, I will make it out to Chicago this year! That’s all for me, for now, so my question is this: Where are you going to be?