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November 18, 2020 - |
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Agenda
Day 1 - 11/18/2020 |
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10:00 am - 10:05 am | Welcome & Virtual Conference NotesWelcome to the ALI Virtual Conference on Internal Communications Today. We will go over a few conference notes to help you maximize your experience. | |||
10:05 am - 10:20 am | Facilitator Welcome & Speed Networking - Internal Comms ProSara Jackson, Executive Director | Internal Comms Pro We've been separated for months, so take this time to meet your Internal Communication peers "face-to-face". You are encouraged to turn on your video as we play this quick speed networking opportunity to uncover your challenges and what brought you to this virtual conference. | |||
10:20 am - 11:00 am | Virtual Workshop: A Step-by-Step Process to Link Your Communications to Organizational Strategy and Measure Its Impact - Sinickas Communications, Inc.Angela Sinickas, CEO | Sinickas Communications, Inc. It’s hard to connect our work with our organization’s desired results unless we plan our communication strategies from the beginning to help deliver those results. This workshop will give you an easy-to-follow, step-by-step process to connect communication to business goals—and then prove the value of the communication. Specifically, in this session, you will learn the difference between communicating about an organizational strategy and communicating in a way that actually fulfills the strategy—sometimes without even mentioning the strategy itself. You will also be provided with a step-by-step process for engaging your executive management in communication planning in a way that feels like other, logical business processes they are comfortable with, including:
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11:00 am - 11:15 am | From Cubicles To Kitchen Tables: Uniting a Remote Workforce - Wells FargoKelli Carlson, SVP Voice of the Customer, Workplace Experience | Wells Fargo Learn practical tips you can implement immediately, helping you to:
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11:20 am - 11:35 am | Providing Your Deskless Workforce with the Information They Need in the Palm of Their Hands - Margaret Mary Health & theEMPLOYEEappAdam Fischmer, Marketing Specialist | Margaret Mary Health Details coming soon! | |||
11:40 am - 11:55 am | Managing Blended Teams: Are Your Prepared? - LaSalle NetworkJessica Schaeffer, Vice President of Marketing and Communications | LaSalle Network In this session, hear how one of the largest healthcare systems in the midwest has managed to communicate effectively with frontline, non-desk employees throughout the COVID-19 crisis. The speaker will be sharing the tools and best practices organizations are utilizing as they prepare to integrate some employees back into the office while others are dispersed throughout the country.
After this session, you will be able to confidently:
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12:00 pm - 12:40 pm | Refresh & Recharge - Sessions Resume at 12:40 pmTake this hour to digest what you've learned, answer emails, and grab a bite to eat. Questions? Send those over in chat as the ALI team will be behind the scenes during this time. | |||
12:40 pm - 1:40 pm | Scaling Online Training Through Team Captains and the Power of Play - Game On NationBlair Bloomston, CEO | Game On Nation We've got a full afternoon and no time to slow down. | |||
1:45 pm - 2:00 pm | Strategies for Engaging Remote, Non-Desk, Frontline, Dispersed Employees - Bright HorizonsKim Saltmarsh, Senior Manager, Internal Communications | Bright Horizons One of the enduring questions in the work-from-anywhere era has been whether wholly remote workforces could function effectively. At many organizations, that’s being put to the test. Learn how Bright Horizons has tackled a newly remote workforce, including learning:
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2:05 pm - 2:20 pm | Partner Spotlight: Connecting a Dispersed Workforce with a Mobile App - theEMPLOYEEappGreg Wilmot, Senior Account Executive | theEMPLOYEEapp Details coming soon! | |||
2:25 pm - 3:05 pm | Panel Discussion: How Coronavirus Has Transformed the Way We CommunicateEmily Lewis, Global Communications Associate | Citrix Jeff Corbin, Principal | ECA Consulting Group Sara Jackson, Executive Director | Internal Comms Pro Tarek Kamil, CEO & Founder | Cerkl Stan Heaton, Employee Communications Manager, Flight Operations | Delta Air Lines Details coming soon.
Moderator: Sara Jackson, Executive Director | Internal Comms Pro Panelists: Stan Heaton, Strategic Communications Manager | Delta Air Lines Tarek Kamil, CEO | Cerkl Emily Lewis, Global Communications Associate | Citrix Jeff Corbin, Principal | ECA Consulting Group | |||
3:05 pm - 3:15 pm | Day 1 Recap & Takeaways - Internal Comms ProSara Jackson, Executive Director | Internal Comms Pro Share your 'a-ha' moments from today's sessions. Tomorrow we begin at 10:00 am CST. |
Speakers


Kelli Carlson
SVP Voice of the Customer, Workplace Experience | Wells Fargo
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