{"id":861,"date":"2008-03-18T01:00:50","date_gmt":"2008-03-18T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/?p=861"},"modified":"2008-03-18T01:00:52","modified_gmt":"2008-03-18T09:00:52","slug":"is-the-online-hr-conference-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/?p=861","title":{"rendered":"Is the Online HR Conference the Future?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bill Kutik, the organizer of the HR Technology Conference, recently wrote about VIEW<\/a>, an HR virtual online conference and trade show that debuted on Dec. 12 and 13.<\/p>\n

Registration was easy, though too nosy about my buying intentions. Creating my avatar was fast. Navigation was pretty intuitive. Getting into sessions or to booths was straightforward with no problem finding the right breakout “room.” The sessions all came through properly on my laptop. Even the event’s special requirements of updating my Java from Sun and getting Instant Messaging from Yahoo! were made a snap by the event software. Though I did have trouble finding the bathrooms.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Id suggest that we\u2019re a long way from eliminating the face to face HR conference. There are a couple of major factors that drive people there that might be too hard to get online.<\/p>\n

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  1. Quality networking. Real quality networking that yields long term relationships with people you will call \u201call the time\u201d can only be had meeting someone face to face and getting a real connection. This may not be as true for younger generations, and of course I recognize the fact that people are getting married after getting to know each other on the web for 6 months before meeting. However, it\u2019s still more likely that you\u2019re going to call someone and ask them how they deal with ABC if you\u2019ve met them and had a discussion getting to know each other. IM for 5 minutes just doesn\u2019t cut it.<\/li>\n
  2. Free gifts. This might sound really stupid, and I\u2019ll first admit that I don\u2019t take any stuff from vendors just because I usually can\u2019t get anything else into by luggage. However, people love tradeshows in part because they get to walk around from booth to booth and get the free stuff. Then the vendors get to talk to people, and get leads. Honestly, if all you\u2019re doing on-line is clicking on a link with a flash presentation, that is something you could do at home. There is just no incentive to bring buyers into the vendor space.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Perhaps I\u2019m showing some signs of old-fashionedness, but bringing people physically together is still important. While I\u2019d personally rather not spend the money or the time going somewhere, the time spent once there with people is usually pretty good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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