Welcome to the ALI Virtual Conference on Internal Communications Today.

We will go over a few conference notes to help you maximize your experience.

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.

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:

• Determining which stakeholder groups are most important in helping to achieve a particular goal
• Identifying the ideal behaviors for each stakeholder group to reach the goal
• Discovering through informal research which knowledge and attitude messages are contributing to the current (incorrect) behaviors and which messages would better motivate the ideal behaviors
• Choosing the best channels for the ideal knowledge and attitude messages
• Setting measurable objectives for the messages and channels
• Developing measures that will connect your communications with achievement of the ideal behaviors and organizational goals

Learn practical tips you can implement immediately, helping you to:

• Connect beyond the office walls
• Normalize inclusion

Details coming soon!

Take 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.

We've got a full afternoon and no time to slow down.
This session will help shake things up and energize you after lunch.

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:

• Transparency from leadership is key for engagement
• Video is king, but it's not the solution for everything
• How to keep employees informed, but don't oversaturate
• Before you communicate put yourself in your employee's shoes

Details coming soon!

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

Share your 'a-ha' moments from today's sessions.

Tomorrow we begin at 10:00 am CST.