The 2015 HRPA Conference and Trade Show is under way!

HRPA’s Conference & Trade Show will once again explore the business side of HR. ​Over three days—January 21-23, 2015 in Toronto, the event will examine how modern human resources practice combines complete understanding of the organization with deep HR knowledge to create and execute human capital strategies that get results.

View Conference Program​ (PDF)

Here’s the latest on Twitter from attendees, exhibitors and top HR influencers:

  1. HR has to fight for the right to diagnose problems and implement solutions, survey data is currency for HR

    1. This is what (part of) a room of 3,000 HR professionals looks like.

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  2. HR needs our currency, which is data, information we can go to the table with.

    1. Just received an important homework assignment from – an energetic and powerful presenter

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  3. “Avoid survey fatigue by surveying 1/12 of your employees every month” Data gives you currency to fight for changes

  4. Knowledge hoarding-sabotage prevented by socialization. HR often owns the social budget at work. says

  5. Without currency, we can’t go to the table and fight for what we deserve. We need data, that’s our currency

    1. To dos for pros – keys for me, learning and socialization are key to developing capacity

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  6. Survey your employees once a month, but only 1/12 of your employees at a time.

  7. Accelerate your knowledge test:

  8. As HR people, we gotta fight for the right to diagnose the employees of your organization, conduct engagement surveys

    1. homework from Nick Bontis

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    1. Great keynote! Thank you

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    1. HR Pros: fight for the right to survey employees and act on their responses 5 To dos

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  9. needs to fight for surveys, how else can they do a proper diagnostics?

    1. And it’s HR’s responsibility to improve it (collaboration). Agreed – talking about this tomorrow –

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    1. Things to do when we return to the office says we need to survey employees once per year.

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    1. Ready to rock at ! We’re right by the TD charging lounge – drop by and say hi!

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  10. The contest is on! attendees, RT this for chance to win 1 of 2 Kanata blankets. 1st winner announced later today

  11. “HR needs to fight for the right to diagnose our orgs with surveys”

  12. for the right to do surveys to diagnose your organization. Every employee once a year.

  13. Not surveying ur people, it’s like driving the 401 with ur windows painted black

    1. Our homework from

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    1. Nick Bontis’s take always and homework from his Information Bombardment keynote session @

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    1. Your homework from awesome!

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  14. Enjoying the morning keynote at ? Be sure to hit the tradeshow after. It opens at 10 am.

    1. Homework:

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    1. Homework from

    1. The ROI of is ‘s biggest opportunity

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  15. Great way to start the conference with keynote with a highly informative and very entertaining session

  16. No such thing as added value. it’s people period.

  17. As HR people we gotta fight, stop being polite- act alittle more like finance

    1. Look what we’re cooking up at today! Drop by booth 443 for a sweet attraction strategy.

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  18. I think knowledge hoarding/sabotage points to a culture of individual recognition/reward versus valuing enterprise contribution

  19. Without the people walking in the door, you’ve got nothing as an organization.

  20. Rt : Knowledge hoarding is bad enough, but knowledge sabotage is worse

  21. Knowledge is power so avoid hoarding/sabotaging it and share it! Collaboration is everything to increase productivity

  22. Reduce waste. Rsrch over past 18 months shows increasing trend toward knowledge “hoarding” over collaboration.

  23. How to increase collaboration? Increase socialization! Connect w others. Critical choice!

  24. To address this we need to have people talk to each other.

  25. In companies, knowledge hoarding and sabotage only happens if HR let it says

    1. That’s me LOL “: Work out your brain as well as your body, …

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  26. Knowledge sabotage is so much worse than knowledge hoarding totally agree

  27. Knowledge sabotage is when you don’t hoard, but only give partial info!

  28. knowledge sabotage is worse. Only giving part of the knowledge to your colleagues

  29. says his recent research shows increase in knowledge hoarding. Knowledge=power. Knowledge sabotage even worse

  30. Knowledge is power, organizations need more collaboration and needs to spearhead this shift in the workplace

  31. Knowledge hoarding is bad enough, but knowledge sabotage is worse

  32. So true! Don’t squander it. The scarcest resource you possess is your attention. RT :

  33. Are u an member? Come see us our booth #345

  34. ‘s research shows a problem regarding knowledge hoarding. If this exists it is because HR allows it

    1. good news. we can train our brains. say the colour of the word. try it.

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  35. Accelerate collaboration and sharing.

  36. Knowledge is power, because of that, people will keep it to themselves sometimes, don’t knowledge hoard

  37. RT : Are you attending tomorrow? Visit HireRight and an AMEX gift card could be yours!

    1. hashtag of the day schedule

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    1. All systems go for ! Come visit booth 225 for a chance to win a Kate Spade bag or a trip to Punta Cana,

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  38. Excited to be speaking at for the 7th year in a row – join and tomorrow on the top Recruitment Trends

  39. “Collaboration is everything.” “Accelerate collaboration. Share, don’t hoard info/power.”

  40. says Canada business does not spend enough on mental fitness and learning and development

    1. First thing we need to do is improve collaboration – there is too much waste of knowledge

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  41. Our organizations have so much waste. We have to accelerate collaboration. Choice to share knowledge, not hoard it. Work smarter!

    1. We need to accelerate collaboration- don’t choose to hoard!

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    1. Plan on visiting the Expo? Check out our survival guide:

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  42. Its CRAZY in here! Hello everyone! Come visit us at stand 141. We have for you 🙂

  43. Check out and follow for all your Monster, Booth pictures and RT to all your followers!

    1. Do you know these? As a parent get to know them 😉 !

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    1. Can you read this? Only some people can. Train your brain to support thinking flexibility.

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    1. Making English more efficient 😉

  44. Solution: improve mental fitness, reading speed, info absorption? Hmmm…

    1. Our kids have figured out we need to improve our speed.

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  45. Attending and have questions about ? Come visit us at the tradeshow: booth 411.

    1. : Cool mind test! Can u do it? ” Give it a try!

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  46. The best part of mental fitness exercises is that you can see the benefits right away!

    1. Cool mind test! Can u do it?

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