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What's your blog URL or website?: http://www.hrinterop.org/blog

What is your Twitter URL?: http://twitter.com/hrinterop

What is your HR area of expertise?: * Founder of the HR-XML Consortium, Inc. and HRInterop.org
* Speaker and writer on HR e-business and HR system integration topics.
* Developer of award-winning HR information services (HR Executive Magazine's Product of the Year and Decade).
* Experienced data modeler and information architect.

What is your current title?: Consultant

Do you currently manage other HR professionals?: no

How did you hear about HRM Today? Please be specific.: twitter

What's your Hometown?: Raleigh

Are you interested in being contacted about HR opportunities?: no

Chuck Allen's Blog

Enterprise Service Buses: Demystifying ESBs for HR System Stakeholders

Posted on June 17, 2009 at 8:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

Join us for a Webinar on July 15 Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: http://www.hrinterop.org/webinar/

The term "Enterprise Service Bus" continues to create confusion. This is in part because the term is used in a few different ways. "ESB" sometimes is used in describing an architectural approach towards enterprise integration relying on intermediary software to perform message brokering, routing,… Continue

Slides from Serious Games Webinar

Posted on May 19, 2009 at 11:57pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

I was really pleased with last week's webinar on serious games. Thanks again to attendees and to the panelists, Randy Brown, Virtual Heroes; Steve Mahaley, Duke Corporate Education; and Karen Sopko, Creative Bandwidth Games.

The application of game technology and "game mechanics" to human capital management purposes at first seems to be a new and radical departure from conventional practices. However, I think in some sense it represents technology catching up with tried and true… Continue

Webinar: Serious Games for Human Capital Management

Posted on March 31, 2009 at 7:45pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

My previous post to HRM Today introduced the topic of "Serious Games." Below is information about a free webinar for those who want to learn more.

Title: Serious Games for Human Capital Management

Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Time: 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM EDT

Join us for a Webinar on May 13. Space is limited.…

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Serious Games for HCM

Posted on February 16, 2009 at 9:50am 0 Comments 0 Likes

I have written in past posts on my blog about how HR services have been influenced and advanced through the incorporation of ideas that grew up outside of the HR field (examples of such influences being customer relationship management, supply-chain management, and business intelligence). Those looking for the next source of big ideas to shape HR and human capital management (HCM) need to keep an eye on the field known as "serious… Continue

Cloud Computing, Vendor Hype, Rants, and HR

Posted on December 10, 2008 at 11:00am 0 Comments 0 Likes

Along with the growing cloud-computing hype is growing push back along the lines that cloud-computing is merely a new way for vendors to pitch the same offerings wrapped up in the latest buzzword. Shally Steckerl, a recruiting strategist and consultant, delivers a blistering post along these lines on ERE.net.

It is easy to sympathize with Shalley and other users of HR services who see new… Continue