Human Capital InstituteReviews of hci.org

The timeframe was great, the facilitators were knowledgeable and interesting, and the food was good.

The content covered engagement from many angles. I thought every presentation I was a part of had helpful, practical take-aways and things to consider. The facilities were also great as well as the food and refreshments.

This is for the EEE conference, which I thought was a very good conference. A few suggestions for next time: - because it's a smaller conference (which I love), it would be great to offer participants a searchable database to find each other afterwards - even a simple form to enter your name and LinkedIn info would be good. - it would also be great to intersperse more interaction / conversation opportunities. The day got long with being talked to while sitting in those chairs, so a lightly structured roundtable session would have been nice to have once or twice. - the workshop style sessions were the most helpful to me - the faciltator from Scotland (blanking on her name!) who had us writing about our own employee onboarding - anything to help us quickly apply what was being talked about to our own organizations was really engaging - There were two accessibility "oops" I thought I'd pass along. First, the facilitator who told people to stand up if ... (I wouldn't do that - not everyone can comfortable stand up). And second, the HCI research session about employee engagement - the colors on the slides made the information REALLY hard to read. Someone who was color deficient or blind would never be able to read those. - I also would have appreciated a group walk or 5 minute stretch or yoga or something midday to have some social connection and also to get out of those rooms! - the food and service were really great and much appreciated!

I recently attended the EX conference and found it to provide great speakers and a good location/venue. There were several different definitions being used for "employee experience" which altered my expectations and my takeaways. From a tactical standpoint, I would have appreciated power strips at the tables in the conference rooms so I could easily take notes on my laptop the entire day. Also, the music between sessions was fun, but during the sessions it was too loud and distracting. The food quality was wonderful, but as a diabetic I would have appreciated low carb options at the lunch.

Being in person made the experience great, especially getting to meet other professionals and learning from them their challenges and successes.

The speakers were phenomenal and were able to give great insight to how things are working in their companies and can be applied to other organizations looking to enhance their employee engagement experience

I really enjoyed the HCI conference. This was my first event with the organization, and I really enjoyed the size of it. It was not overwhelming, unlike SHRM, where you frequently get locked out of sessions and have to run around an entire convention center. The timing of the events were great. The topic covered was great, and I appreciate the diversity of the speakers. I look forward to attending another HCI conference in the future, and hope they maintain the smaller size, because it really made a positive impact.

Don't expect to have an easy time trying to figure out how many credits you have towards recertifcation. They require a certain amount of credits, but there is not an easy way to determine how many you have. You need to count them invidually. Then to make matters worse, their recertification process requires you to upload a copy of your HCI transcript, but that cannot be downloaded. I guess they want you to screenshot it. I am incredibly disappointed, but have to play their games because I need recertification.