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#TChat Radio is all new and live Wednesday, August 14, 2013, at 6:30 pm ET (3:30 pm PT). Remember, the #TChat Twitter chat will follow from 7-8 pm ET. Last week we talked about the ingenious super heroes within all of us -- complete with Star Wars, Brady Bunch and MacGyver references. This week we're going to try and bridge the elusive gap between ingenuity, intrinsic motivation, employee engagement, workplace software adoption and the disruptive technologies of today that supposedly enable all of the above. According to this week's guest, disruptive workplace technologies are not new, but the impact they can have in business (and do) is something that enterprises can no longer ignore. This includes social collaboration, social learning, video technologies, gamification, 3D printing and so much more -- but the keys are the adoption and business outcomes. Join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman as we welcome our special guest: Jim Lundy, CEO and Lead Analyst at Aragon Research Inc., a leading technology research firm. This will be another important show for us all, so let's fuse world of work disruption and adoption. In a good way.

#TChat Radio is all new and live Wednesday, August 7, 2013, at 6:30 pm ET (3:30 pm PT). Remember, the #TChat Twitter chat will follow from 7-8 pm ET. Luke: I can't believe it. Yoda: That is why you fail. Many of us remember this "Star Wars" scene. Fact is, in our world, the positive power of the "workforce culture" is within us all, yet according to dismal engagement surveys, no one believes it. That is why we fail. Last week we talked about why collaboration today leads to successful tomorrows, and this week we're going to discuss identifying the capabilities inside each person, and the organization as a whole, that you may not even know exists, yet can be accessed easily to transform culture and attract and retain talent. The sixth sense ability is something organizations long for, to look inside themselves, to listen to themselves and each other, to encourage their workforce to reflect and create -- and grow strong individually and together. Join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman as we welcome our special guest: Marcia Conner, Principal of the SensifyGroup, collaborative learning thought leader and author. Her new book, Enginuity, will be out early next year and touches on the topic above. In it Marcia demonstrates the 5 keys to revving up your ingenuity engine to find that hero inside of you, ready to look in, get out, and save the day. This will be another important show for us all -- may the "workforce" be with you.

#TChat Radio is all new and live Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at 6:30 pm ET (3:30 pm PT). Remember, the #TChat Twitter chat will follow from 7-8 pm ET. Even though we didn't have a radio show last week, we still had a powerhouse crowdsourced #TChat. Segue -- according to this week's #TChat Radio guest, "Collaboration and cooperation are the only way to succeed today. It's how we scale." And with U.S. companies spending 39 percent more on social learning in 2012 than they did the year before according to Bersin by Deloitte, we'll discuss why this is all so critical for personal and professional growth and success. With an explosive demand for social learning, formal and informal knowledge sharing, and increased collaboration, employers are finding new ways to enrich people's careers, foster their engagement and retain them at the company. Join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman as we welcome our special guest: Nick Kellet, social collaboration proponent and co-founder of List.ly, a service that curates the Web's best social lists. This will be another important show for us all, so we hope to "hear" you here! **A special thank you to our "world of work" partner Achievers. Learn more here!

#TChat Radio is all new and live this Wednesday, July 10, 2013, at 6:30 pm ET (3:30 pm PT). Remember, the #TChat Twitter chat will follow from 7-8 pm ET. We went from the big data show to July 4th and now we're back with the big summer social boom. The social boom of being hyper-connected digitally professionally and personally, yet disrupted and starved for quality "face time" with family, friends and colleagues. A billion work emails later and how productive are we? Add in your social footprints and what's truly the best way to interact with one another? Forget work-life balance. We're just looking for the right fit. Join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman as we welcome our special guests: Judy Martin RYT, work-stress management consultant, speaker, author and founder of WorkLifeNation.com -- and Heidi Hanna PhD, health and performance coach, speaker, author and founder of SYNERGY. This is another important show for us all, so we hope to see you here! **A special thank you to our "world of work" partner Achievers. Learn more here!

#TChat Radio is all new, live, Wed June 26, 2013, at 6:30 pm ET (3:30 pm PT). PLEASE NOTE NEW DAY/TIME -- just prior to our popular Wednesday #TChat Twitter chat, from 7-8 pm ET. Join us for both events! Big data is a big deal for HR and yet shouldn't be daunting. It's all about measuring AND forecasting specific business analytics, from recruiting to outplacement and in between. Organizations need regular access to workforce metrics that provide actionable information and insight. Data should be fluid across systems while being able to "crunch the business" with a variety of sound snapshot and predictive analytics for HR needs, including: Talent Pool Viability Skills + Competency Analysis Hire Quality + Cultural Fit Employee + Contingent Engagement Hiring vs. Workforce Development Workforce Growth Rates + Costs Talent Retention + Turnover Overall Business Impact Join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman as we welcome guests: Christene Pantalone, Manager of HR Analytics at Highmark, and Andrew Courtois, Workforce Analytics Consultant at Peoplefluent. This will be "big deal" show, so we hope to see you here! **A special thank you to our "world of work" partner Achievers.Learn more here!

#TChat Radio is all new on Tuesday, June 11, 2013, at 7:30 pm ET (4:30 pm PT). "Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." --George S. Patton Even though General Patton (think WWII) was considered a stubborn, hard-ass of a leader, he certainly had the right ideas about getting people motivated and innovative to take ownership over their development. Today, even the toughest of leaders are encouraged to show their softer, open side -- and they're the ones win the hearts and minds. When leaders are more open, harmonious and connected to those they lead, even the most mundane of tasks are also executed with harmony between all parties regardless of rank. This kind of leadership generates higher levels of engagement, productivity and business results. Join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman welcome this week's guest, Dan Pontefract, Senior Director, Learning & Collaboration at Telus and author of Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization. This will be another great "open leadership" show, so we hope to see you here! **SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: We're thrilled to announce our first "world of work" partnership — with Achievers. Read about it here!

#TChat Radio is all new, Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at 7:30 pm ET (4:30 pm PT). Consider the job candidate experience today – five generations of gender, ethnic, cultural, skills and experience diversity clamoring for full-time, part-time and increasing freelance/contract employment in the world of evolving project-based, collaborative work. How do you think your candidate experience fares today and how does it affect retention and your brand? How do you think your organization compares with its immediate competitors as well as other industries? And how are you benchmarking to know? To discuss this and more, join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman as they welcome this week's guests -- HR/recruiting thought leaders and two Talent Board Candidate Experience Awards co-founders -- Gerry Crispin, Principal and Co-Founder of CareerXroads, and Elaine Orler, Founder and President of Talent Function Group. This will be another great "world of work" show, so we hope to see you here! **SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: We're thrilled to announce our first "world of work" partnership — with Achievers. Read about it here!

#TChat Radio is all new on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at 7:30 pm ET (4:30 pm PT). There are reasons why some online communities grow and thrive while others fade away into obscurity. One of the primary reasons involves like-minded individuals aggregating and communicating around relevant topics, as well as having the ability to come and go as they please, and welcome other like-minded individuals as they please (think #TChat). They are built on open networks, authenticity, transparency and trust. Creating these inclusive environs in the enterprise has proven more difficult, but there are best practices to follow. Enterprise community management is more than installing a social collaboration platform and waiting for the magic to happen. Join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman welcome this week's guests, Maria Ogneva, Director of Product Marketing, Chatter Communities, Salesforce (Formerly Yammer), and Jeff Willinger, Director of Collaboration, Social Computing and Intranets, Rightpoint. This will be another great "community management" show, so we hope to see you here! **SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: We're thrilled to announce our first "world of work" partnership — with Achievers. Read about it here!

#TChat Radio is all new on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at 7:30 pm ET (4:30 pm PT). Doesn't everybody love their job? Unfortunately no. Too many are not happy, disengaged and feel they just aren't being recognized. At all. Major shifts in technology, social media and management strategy (or lack thereof) have drastically changed how we work, and not for the better. In fact, lost productivity of actively disengaged employees costs the US economy $370 billion annually according to Gallup research. But when employees are recoginized and rewarded, they are more engaged and emotionally connected to their work, sometimes upwards of four times more so than their unrecognized counterparts. How should we do that today? Well, #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman welcome this week's guests, Stan Phelps, founder of 9 INCH Marketing and author of "What's Your Green Goldfish," and S. Max Brown, Principal at Rideau's Recognition Management Institute and keynote speaker and keynote speaker. This will be another great "world of engagement" show, so we hope to see you here! **SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: We're thrilled to announce our first "world of work" partnership — with Achievers. Read about it here!