First off, I should let you know that I am a poor substitute for Harrison Ford.
But, don’t let that dissuade you from saving October 16th as the date for a terrific conference that I’m helping to plan. The title is “Raiders of the Data Ark” and the subject is “2014 Data Privacy & Cyber
For many years, employers set up firewalls at work that prevented employees from going to certain websites.
Didn’t want your employees shopping at Amazon? Block the site.
Didn’t want your employees posting updates at Facebook? Block the site.
But here’s the reality: Smartphones have made those firewalls meaningless. Information, as I’ve said before, wants to
The American Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Law Annual Conference is going on right now in Atlanta, Georgia. As I’ve recapped on this blog before (here, for example), there are some terrific programs and educational opportunities there.
I wasn’t able to make it down this year, but due to the wonders of technology,
Next week, I’ll be speaking at the HR Compliance Conference in San Francisco on “Hiring Without Headaches: Ten Things You Need To Know About Hiring in the 21st Centry“. It’s not too late to join us and I hope, if you read this blog, that you’ll say hi when I’m out there.
The program
This afternoon, I’m speaking at Workforce HR’s Techweek Conference on “Going Mobile”. It’s not too late to join us here as it is an online conference.
Oh, and did I mention that it’s FREE. There, got your attention.
One of the topics that I’ll be talking on is the legal risks involved with “going mobile”
A confession.
I’m a little tired about writing about social media and labor law. Perhaps you are a little tired about reading about it too.
Unfortunately for us both, expect a lot more about it over the next years because the National Labor Relations Board has social media in its sights and its not
UPDATE: The Conference has been postponed until Fall 2011.
I’m looking forward to next week’s BizBuzz Social Media Conference at the Connecticut Convention Center. I’ll be speaking on the "CEOs Who Bl
og" panel discussing this blog along with some tips to companies who are considering jumping into the social media scene.
For
The American Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Law Section kicks off its annual conference tomorrow in Chicago and, by all accounts, it appears its going to be bigger and 
better than ever.
Over 1300 people have registered for the conference, and the programming looks first-rate, with NLRB Chair Wilma Liebman, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, and various
We had a great turnout and reaction to the presentation yesterday at the CBIA Human Resources Conference in Rocky Hill. My thanks to all who sat in our packed room and the great questions that everyone asked.
A few observations from the conference:
Along with Brent Robertson from Fathom, I’ll be speaking at tomorrow’s annual CBIA Human Resources Conference in Rocky Hill. The topic: Social Media — Use and Misuse.
You can download the brochure here and register here. There are lots of other good programs on the agenda as well.
For those that follow the