An Unconference you say.....

In May this year Bill Boorman is bringing is hugely successful and popular TRU Events to Australia (#truaus) & New Zealand (trunz), something I am looking forward to immensely. As the only person in either country to have attended one of these events I thought I would impart my experience and divulge to you why this event is so special (and no Bill is not paying me to write this, although if he wants to….).

Firstly the The Recruitment Unconference, TRU, is like no other all day conference. There are no presentations, there is no scripted commentary, all rules are thrown out the window, and anything that resembles a traditional conference is quickly dealt with and kicked out the door. You will not find yourself sitting in rows, you will probably stand most of the time if your lucky, and if anyone starts to take over the show, just cut them off, seriously. That’s right, everyone at this event is on equal footing and you are encouraged, if not expected to speak your mind.

The day has one format and one format only, Tracks. These tracks are essentially topics that for a 45min session approx. those who wish to join in and discuss that topic are welcomed to. There will be Track Leaders, who will facilitate the track and encourage participation from all, these track leaders we could call them somewhat experts (bad word to use in Social Media I know) of that particular topic/track. You will find the Tracks cover a wide range of Social Recruiting and general recruitment topics and issues.

The best thing of all though, if you do not like the conversation that is going on, simply get up, don’t worry about excusing yourself, and move to the next track. You will find at least 5 tracks on at any one time, so something is bound to be of interest.

With multiple tracks on at once, multiple varieties of tracks through-out the day, and the ability to attend what you want when you want, a TRU event is like no other event the recruitment industry has seen. It’s a breathe of fresh air and encourages you to get involved and stay involved. The networking and sheer enthusiasm I experienced in London is something i know that we proud and competitive Aussies can double at least.

Now with any recruitment event there is the usual After-conference-drinks. Well of course this will happen as well. We can call it a Tweet-up, a Undrinks event but rest assured it will happen. So with that who would like to help organise this? Melbourne has some of the best pubs/bars/venues in Australia so who is keen to join me in sorting this out, umm did I just volunteer myself?

So with all that, hopefully now you have a better understand of what #truaus & indeed #trunz is all about. In short, you can look forward to a unscripted, unformatted, unreal event talking Social Recruiting and Recruitment topics in May, and unlike any other conference, you will walk away with more information, ideas and energy to get back to work then from any other conference.

And stay tuned through-out the day for a Secret Track, A pub track or something wacky that I am sure will occur, that’s the great spirit of this event, anything goes, well almost anything.

If you want to know more check out the TRU website, drop me a line or even the man himself Bill Boorman.