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EYES Wide Shut!

This past weekend, I attended HRevolution which is considered to be an "unconference". While at first I did not really understand what that meant, nor did I care because quite honestly, I was going to meet alot of really cool online "HR geeks" like me that I have never met in person. I knew a few but most of them, I only met via twitter chats such as "T-Chat" or blog talk radio shows (which I love by the way) such as " Drive Thru HR " and " HR Happy Hour ". Much to my delight and amazement, I not only met some awesome people and learned some amazing things, I really came to understand what it means to run an "unconference". At least I think I do. There are some rules, like no Power Points, no scripted message, no requirements to appease the speaker and stay in all sessions till the end and more. There are also some, well, I guess you could say open communication rules (really "no" rules related to communication