And now for something completely different…….

Something new from the folks behind the recruiting unconference. Pub talks are exactly what they sound like, meeting and talking in a pub, and for the inaugural pub talk we are going to Paris, the night before the HR Tech World Congress, which means everyone is in town.

What is a pub talk?

It is a meeting of folks with something to share. Taking our inspiration from the things we love like HR Open Source and BurningMan (yes, you read that right), we have created an event where everyone has something to give. Your cost of admission is having something to share with others who need to hear what you have to say. This can be a case study, your experience or knowledge, some data, everyone has something to share. You can register what you have to share when you grab your ticket, and to keep it manageable there is only 100 tickets.

There won't be any tracks, presentations or pitches. Everyone wears a badge, not with their name or title, but what you have to share, then we leave you to get on with it. We have confidence that you will be able to find what you need, drink some beer and have a great conversation.

Creative Chaos: Networking for Humans

To conclude the event at 8.00 we will be launching the first showing of Creative Chaos: Networking for humans.

This is a one man pub talk in which Bill Boorman will share the lessons of building a global network, with the intention of being a human not a brand. If you ever wondered how we have been able to build tru without spending anything on marketing, breaking all the rules in the process, this is how. It is called Creative Chaos because John Sumser described Boorman as just that, and it kind of fits.

This talk will cover topics like:

> Being human

> The rules of the pub

> We all have a great life on Facebook

> When the fan hits the s***t

> you can keep your business card

> Networking without purpose

> The douchebag rule

> Don't live life as a hashtag

> The return on irrelevance

> The Fin effect

> Anything else he thinks about on the day

This will be a real pub talk, one man and a bar stool, and plenty of opinions. Part stand-up, we expect heckling, anything could happen!

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