One of the biggest benefits I've reaped from my involvement in the blogosphere is the chance to connect with and learn from some really smart people. In particular, people whose background and focus areas are different than mine, but who work in professions that are complimentary to mine in that they are trying to drive business success through their own specialties and via their own target audiences.
One of these people is Paul Hebert, the mastermind behind Incentive Intelligence. Now, Paul has brought together an eclectic group of experts, bloggers and thought leaders - Influence Insiders- who will gather monthly via the magic of blogtalkradio and host a conversation about influencing business performance through employees, channel partners and consumers.
Influence Insiders will go on the air the first Wednesday of every month, starting this Wednesday, November 4, from 12 noon to 1 p.m. Eastern Time.
You can find our station at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/i2i
The call in number will be the same for every episode: (646) 381-4430.
Blogtalkradio is essentially a big conference call that is recorded and shared. During the call people can chime in and ask questions, add to the conversation and in general be a part of the fun.
In addition to yours truly, calling in from the sunny (at least today) suburbs of Minneapolis, the Influence Insiders team includes (in no particular order):
•Frank Roche (Philadelphia): Partner iFractal – sponsor and contributor to very popular KnowHR blog. Frank and his team focus on helping their clients talk to their employees. In the past Frank led Mercer’s Human Capital Practice in the Netherlands and worked at Hewitt Associates.
•Heather Margolis (Boston): President Channel Maven Consulting – Prior to her current role Heather led channel programs for companies like EMC, EqualLogic, and Dell.
•Julien Dionne (Ottawa, CN): Julien authors the very informative blog LeapComp and works with OpenSymmetry a consultancy that specializes in Sales Performance Management strategic planning, business process optimization, technology assessment and system integration engagements across diverse industries and software providers. He has worked with Accenture and nGenera prior to OpenSymmetry.
•Lance Haun (Portland, Or): Lance has a long history in the HR field and authors the highly rated and read blog YourHRGuy – now called Rehaul. He currently is VP Outreach for a company called Meritbuilder – an online employee reward/recognition portal with a unique feature of being portable – moving with the employee as they move.
•Todd Hanson (Appleton, WI): CEO of Catalyst Performance Group. Todd’s group is heavily into measuring the ROI of marketing and incentive/reward programs. They are currently measuring the ROI on the recent Motivation Show, works in partnership with the ROI Institute and he authors the blog called the ROI of Engagement.
•Paul Hebert (Greenville, SC): Managing Director I2I – author of Incentive Intelligence, contributor at Fistful Of Talent and general good guy. 20 years helping companies design and operate incentive, recognition and loyalty programs – degree in Statistics, worked on the Space Shuttle and B1 Bomber while employed at Rockwell and did a stint at a branding and corporate identity firm.
For more details, go to Paul's blog post announcing the show.
I'm looking forward to a great conversation, that I hope will include you!
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