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Talent Talk Cafe - Week of Dec. 1st: Is Community For You? AND Recruiting Community...a time for action

Started Dec 1

Talent Talk Cafe - December / January schedule. PLUS another new voice joins the Team!

Started Nov 26

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Name:: Susan Burns

City:: Portland

State/Region (spell it out please, no abbreviations!):: Oregon

Country:: USA

How do you introduce yourself to people you meet in business?: Is this the elevator pitch or conversation over a nice glass of cab and dinner! I'm going for the dinner conversation ;-)!!

I'm the founder of Talent Synchronicity and at the core of my work is a deep passion to develop talent solutions through strategic alignment with business directives. I weave together technology, social media, branding, P & L experience, and alignment with business strategies to create intrinsic value.

I'm also executive director for The Future of Talent, which is a community of talent leaders who come together to design guiding forecasts and strategies in the areas of talent acquisition, branding, knowledge management, employee development, and leadership.

I'm also committed to my yoga practice and exploring how to integrate aspects of yogic philosophy into the business world as a means of furthering community, collaboration and innovation in the workplace.

Name someone you most admire: Gandhi

Company or business name:: Talent Synchronicity

Website:: http://www.talentsynchronicity@mac.com

Online profile/Homepage: http://www.linkedin.com/in/susanburns

What kind of networking are you open to?: Open networking, Referrals between friends

Who referred you to RecruitingBlogs.com?: Jason Davis....of course!

Which combination best describes your professional profile?: Corporate, Vendor/Consultant

How many years have you been in the business?: 10 - 14 years

Which industries do you work in now?: All Industries, Consumer Goods, Services, Technology

Which online communities do you actively participate in?: a:4:{i:0;s:8:"Facebook";i:1;s:8:"LinkedIn";i:2;s:7:"Twitter";i:3;s:5:"Other";}

What other social networking/sites do you like best?: Twitter and Facebook

Which conferences do you plan to attend in the next year?: ERE, Kennedy, RecruitFest, Recruiting Roadshow

What recruiting tools can you not live without?: Phone, Google search, LinkedIn, my network

Which blogs would you recommend people read?: Cheezhead, TalentBuzz, Fistful of Talent,

What do like best about RecruitingBlogs.com...: Community

...and what would you change and why?: Integrate Twitter community to share feeds from RB.com members; Enhanced chat features so its easier to follow conversations when not on the RB.com page; weekly new member highlights; What blogs/content to you read outside of the recruiting blogs that add value to your work...life; technology corner - what's new, what's hot and what's not - short features/interviews on new products or updates to existing - but ask the tough questions!

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Susan Burns's Blog

Well, Maren tagged me and here's my response as posted on Maren's blog Since I’ve been tagged by Maren and don’t have my blog up yet, long story - but soon…very soon, I’ll share my sorted details here and also celebrate Maren’s blog: 1. I’m a passionate talent strategist on the edge 2. I hiked 100 miles through the Patagonia wilderness 3. I love Twitter and think of it as an evolving e-learning and collaboration tool 4. I’m addicted to heated, power vinyassa… Continue

Posted on November 19, 2008 at 6:20pm — 3 Comments

Talent Talk Cafe

To see ALL Talent Talk Cafe posts please visit Talent Talk Cafe in the Forum section HERE ......we're rocking with our own category now!! Be sure to check out all of our new guest hosts and the topics they'll be covering. You can read it HERE!

Posted on October 22, 2008 at 9:00pm —

Talent Talk Cafe Transcript: Generations....Myths and Realities

This week's Talent Talk Cafe discussion was focused on Generations - the Myths and Realities of attracting, engaging and retaining talent. With so much discussion around the significant difference with each Generation what we really found out is that its more about connecting and establishing best practices for all. You can access the Chat transcript HERE and please sh… Continue

Posted on July 9, 2008 at 11:40am —

Talent Talk Cafe Transcript: Community - Moving to Action Part 1

Talent Talk Cafe, June 24th 3pm ET/ 12pm PT Community: Moving to Action Part 1 We started a conversation around Community by first addressing the ultimate question - What is Community? From there we asked - What happens if you build a recruitment strategy that begins by first establishing a deliberate community focus. This week we explored moving to action and integrating social media into your recruitment strategy: Setting expectations. Building a compelling case for… Continue

Posted on June 24, 2008 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

Building a Recruitment Strategy in A Social World

Join me this Thursday, June 12th, at 1pm ET for a Kennedy Information sponsored webinar. Event information follows and registration is HERE. You can also reference one of my previous articles Building a Recruitment Strategy in A Social World.… Continue

Posted on June 9, 2008 at 9:00am —

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At 3:41pm on November 26, 2008, Michael Hanson said…: Gobble, Gobble. :)

At 12:38pm on November 20, 2008, Neil Costa said…: It was nice to meet you at ERE in Ft Lauderdale.

At 5:48pm on November 19, 2008, Kari Quaas said…: Fantastic to meet you too. You're a wise and completely cool gal. I hope we'll be able to connect locally sometime too.

Kari : )

At 8:54pm on November 18, 2008, Julia Stone said…: How's Kennedy going? Wish I was there, good talk today at TTC though.

At 12:25pm on November 14, 2008, Kari Quaas said…: Thanks for the add, Susan. I enjoy the talks now that I've finally attended a couple. I'll keep coming.

See you at Kennedy. Funny to fly all the way to way to Florida to do that when we live so close. : )

At 9:14am on November 14, 2008, Shannon Myers said…: Thanks - and thank you for arranging the Talent Talk discussions. Great topics and moderators. I hope they keep coming!

At 11:45am on November 13, 2008, Rob McIntosh said…: Thanks.....Staying based in Atlanta

At 12:30am on November 4, 2008, Michael Marlatt said…: Talent Talk Cafe sounds very tantilizing, hmmm... how could I resist? :)
Yes, let's try to connect and work something out for after the new year.

Cheers!

At 10:30am on October 24, 2008, Harvey Clay said…: Hi Susan. Thanks for connecting and for the kind words. No plans yet for a Conference this Fall. Thanks for all you are doing with TTC. I really enjoy the dialog. I am on East Coast time, and am usually logged in to the Chats during a busy time in the day, so my participation has been minimal. I'll try and "step it up" in the future :-).
All the best,
~Harvey