President's Message: Happy New Year from OHUG
Dear OHUG Members,
Happy New Year! I hope you and your families enjoyed a healthy and happy holiday season. With 2013 already underway, I wanted to take a moment to thank you for your continued dedication and participation in OHUG. We appreciate our members for the breadth of knowledge and experience they bring to the organization.
Last year was a strong year for OHUG. We held another successful annual conference in Las Vegas with more Oracle HCM users and experts in attendance, launched a new website and continued to move our organization forward with the creation of the executive board and partnership with a new association management company—SmithBucklin. I am looking forward to continuing to build on these successes in 2013. READ MORE.
Blazing New Trails: Join Your Industry Colleagues at OHUG Global Conference 2013
Join more than 1,800 of your closest OHUG friends in Dallas for the OHUG Global Conference 2013, June 10-14, at the Sheraton Dallas. This annual event is a week-long networking and learning opportunity for anyone working with PeopleSoft, E-Business, Fusion HCM and Taleo products.
While the global conference offers attendees countless opportunities to reconnect with old friends and make new ones, the main goal of the event is to support our members with a learning experience that is second to none. The OHUG Global Conference is your one-stop-shop for all your learning and networking needs.
Online Resources
- Registration – Registration is open. Register today and take advantage of the early-bird discount
- Agenda – Review the schedule of events and specific sessions to help plan your trip
- Location – Dallas and Sheraton Dallas
Promote Your Brand
Exhibitor booth space at the OHUG Global Conference 2013 is filling fast! Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to promote your product and/or service in front of top HCM decision makers! For more information, visit the
exhibits and sponsorship webpage and/or contact
Marc Ramos. For additional details and breaking information, visit the
OHUG website.
Enjoy the ‘Member Appreciation Night Out’ at the OHUG Global Conference 2013
A highlight of the OHUG Global Conference each year is the Member Appreciation Night Out. At this year’s conference, the event will be Wednesday, June 12, at
Eddie Dean’s Ranch. Festivities include music, drinks, appetizers, dinner, mechanical bull, armadillo racing station, line dancing and more! Don’t miss the fun!
Keynote Speaker Robyn Benincasa Dominates Extreme Sports and Business
Robyn Benincasa has made an art form of extreme performance by competing and winning at the highest levels of sport and business. In her 15 years as an adventure racer, she has biked through jungles in Borneo, climbed mountains in Nepal, trekked across lava fields in Fiji, rafted rapids in Chile—and racked up multiple world championship titles along the way. In her book, How Winning Works, Benincasa shares the same training tools and exercises that have become wildly popular in her seminars, showing you how to climb to new levels of professional and personal success. Her eight-step method has been thoroughly battle-tested—from the harsh environment of endurance racing to the high-stakes environs of the business world.
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OHUG Board Members Represent Organization at the 2013 Oracle IOUC User Group Summit
Thirteen OHUG board members and support staff represented OHUG at the recent
2013 Oracle IOUC User Group Summit. The conference had more than 100 attendees representing user groups in North America, Latin America, Europe Middle East Africa and Asia Pacific. Attendees participated in 10 HR breakout sessions, which focused on roadmaps, the future and support for E-business, People Soft HCM, Fusion and Taleo product lines, and mixing/matching of the Oracle HCM assets.
This year’s event expanded to include new tracks focused on HCM and customer experience. The summit provided an environment for attendees to participate in the Oracle Usability Lab Tours. There were many opportunities to network and share best practices with other user group leaders, including Taleo leaders (who were new to the summit), during “unconference” sharing sessions and networking receptions. OHUG Executive Vice President Ann Hansen synopsized the event with her observation that “The HCM track is impressive...the best HCM content at the summit to date.”
OHUG Releases Information About the New Taleo-PeopleSoft Integration SIG
OHUG is pleased to announce the addition of the Taleo-PeopleSoft Integration Special Interest Group (SIG). The primary purpose of the SIG is to provide a forum for Oracle customers and Oracle Product Management to share knowledge and collaborate on Oracle’s vision and emerging roadmap specific to the integration of Taleo and PeopleSoft HCM.
The SIG was initiated by Deepak Rammohan and Tracy Martin, senior director, Oracle HCM product strategy and is open to all members of OHUG. It will be best suited for functional and/or technical clients who are live, or planning to be live, on both Taleo (version 10 or above) and PeopleSoft HCM (version 9.0 or above).
The SIG will provide frequent and relevant updates directly from Oracle to ensure our members are aware of the latest product direction. Leaders within the SIG recognize that effective decision making within your company can only take place if you are kept informed. The facilitated product focus groups requested by Oracle will ensure our members have an opportunity to express their business needs. These focus groups are attended by Oracle product strategists, management and development.
Oracle truly wants to hear what you—the customer—has to say. The best practices webinars assist members in getting the most out of their Oracle HCM investment. During these customer-driven sessions, attendees will have an opportunity to hear success stories from your peers. SIG leaders are
Nidhi Paul and
Ann Hansen. Join this SIG and let your company’s voice be heard by Oracle. For more information, visit the
Taleo-PeopleSoft Integration SIG webpage or email
taleo-ps.sig@ohug.org.
Oracle Customer Advisory Panel: Your Voice is Needed
Oracle conducts focus groups, surveys and polls across their customer base as part of the Oracle Customer Advisory Panel program, which provides feedback to Oracle executives, Oracle product development teams and various lines of business.
As a member of the Oracle Customer Advisory Panel program, you will be invited to participate in very short, highly targeted web-based surveys no more than once a month. Each invitation will describe the study topic, and you can decide to participate as frequently as you want. In return, Oracle will provide valid customers with invitation-only access to Oracle's Customer Connect community, the premier place to network with other customers and view results from recent customer panels.
To become a member of the
Oracle Customer Advisory Panel and participate in future research activities, visit Oracle Customer Advisory Panel, select your preferred language and register.
Webinar: The Journey to Oracle Fusion, SIG Kickoff and Networking Event
Date: February 8, 2013
Time: 1 – 2 p.m. EST
Topic: The Journey to Oracle Fusion, SIG Kickoff and Networking Event
Join the discussion as we talk with current Fusion customers who have started the journey to using Oracle's new product line for Core HR and Talent Management. Whether you have started your Fusion journey or are still considering the options, this webinar is a great opportunity to connect with other current Oracle users and learn from their experience. The webinar will review up and coming special interest group (SIG) and OHUG events as we prepare for the
OHUG Global Conference 2013, June 10-14, at the Sheraton Dallas. Contribute by sharing your experiences as well as help set the direction for upcoming webinar series. SIG leaders Steve Smith, WilmerHale, and Sheryl Johnson, PwC, will facilitate and Zachary Thomas, Oracle VP, Fusion HCM Product Strategy, will be available for your questions.
Register today!
Take Advantage of OHUG's Specialized Webinars
Preparing Presenters I: How to Select, Organize and Display Your Presentation Kent Sipes, CedarCrestone
February 22, 2013, 3 p.m. EST This session is designed for presenters in order to help equip them for greater effectiveness in communicating their important topics to session attendees. The material covers centers on the earliest tasks necessary to provide quality presentations, including material selection, organization and arrangement. Tips on effective use of PowerPoint (or other presentation applications) is also covered.
Preparing Presenters II: Presentation Skills Kent Sipes, CedarCrestone
March 22, 2013, 2 p.m. EST
This session will help you deliver your presentation with more confidence, clarity and connection! These basic presentation skills will help you master nervousness, focus your delivery and impact your audience. Participants will learn how to cope with, and even benefit, from these crises.
Preparing Presenters III: Special Presentation Challenges Kent Sipes, CedarCrestone
May 10, 2013, 2 p.m. EST
In this final session of this series, Sipes will cover special presentation situations, such as what to do when the tech breaks, running out of time, audience challenges and more. While the second of the three-part series dealt with basic presentation skills, this one will deal with less-typical situations that can derail a presentation.
For more information or to register for a webinar, visit the
OHUG webinar webpage.