Getting Going with Social Media September 23rd, 2009

Sean Conrad

One of the key note speakers at our user conference last week was Kris Dunn, who discussed how HR pros can use social media to stay current. It was a great presentation, and got a lot of our customers pumped about diving into social media.

Let’s face it though, as an HR pro, you probably have enough stuff on your plate, and while you may see the value of social media, the idea of adding more to your to do list can be daunting. At this point, you may be thinking, something like “I’m just too old for this” - well, as Kris pointed out in his session, do you want to be a dinosaur? You are reading this blog, so you’ve already dipped your toe into social media.

To help get you started, I wanted to share a couple resources with you:

If you are trying to figure out how to use Twitter and why you should bother, I’d check out this post Heather wrote a few months back. She explains the value of Twitter for HR professionals, as well as some tips and other resources for getting started.

There are a lot of blogs in the HR space, and figuring out which ones are most relevant to you can be time consuming. We’ve created a search tool that includes all of the top HR blogs - think of it as Google for HR blogs. Just enter your search terms and you’ll be able to dig up relevant posts on your topic.

If you want to be more proactive, you can set up a Google Reader account. Steve Boese did a post earlier this week that I really recommend reading on how to bundle your favorite blogs on reader.

Speaking of Steve, Donna Ronayne of Halogen will be a guest on this week’s edition of the HR Happy Hour podcast, which Steve hosts along with Shauna Moerke, aka HR Minion. Be sure to tune in!

Tags: HR, talent management, Web 2.0

Halogen Wins Top Training Award September 21st, 2009

Donna Ronayne

I am thrilled to share some great news today. We have won a Top Training Product award from Human Resource Executive Magazine for Halogen eLearning Manager! As the industry’s first performance-based learning management system, Halogen eLearning Manager delivers an innovative approach to training and development, by fully integrating learning with performance appraisals and other key talent management functions.

As an organization, we are focused on delivering products that are ‘right to market’ by addressing real-life requirements of organizations and HR professionals, as well as industry best practices. This approach which is focused on meeting actual business needs, has resulted in Halogen winning multiple awards for Halogen eAppraisal, and Human Resource Executive Magazine awards for Halogen eSuccession, Halogen eCompensation, and now Halogen eLearning Manager.

The big breakthrough with our approach to learning management is that we are able to deliver users with a truly seamless, closed loop experience while boosting return on talent management investments.

Traditionally, performance management and learning management systems have been separate applications. As a result, many learning management systems have not delivered on their promise to improve employee performance or drive the effective use of training resources, resulting in the broad user dissatisfaction reported by numerous research groups. We’re proud that Halogen eLearning Manager fully integrates learning and performance management in a tangible, practical way that’s never been done before.

We will be at the HR Technology Conference next week to receive our award, and are looking forward to seeing everyone there. If you are going to be at the show, please stop by to see us in booth #408.

Tags: learning management, performance management, performance-based learning