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Agenda
Day 1 - 05/07/2020 |
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12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Virtual Conference Opening - Welcome!Michelle Bolda, Senior Partner | Rogue Services and Solutions Welcome to ALI's Virtual Conference on O365 for Internal Communications! During today's sessions, you'll learn from top communications professionals on the best tips, tricks and strategies for utilizing O365 within your team. | |||
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Virtual Speed NetworkingDuring this time, we'll breakout into virtual session rooms where we'll get to know one another and the challenges we're all facing. | |||
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm | Microsoft Tips & Tricks: Get Your Pressing 365 Questions AnsweredLaurel Dzneladze, Employee Communications Digital Platforms Leader | LinkedIn Perhaps you've been using Microsoft 365 for years while others are just getting started. This quick and informative session will show you the platform, provide you with tips on using the hottest features, and showcase solutions to the most common challenges. | |||
1:00 pm - 1:10 pm | BREAKRefresh your coffee, grab a snack or check your email. We'll return back in 10 minutes! | |||
1:10 pm - 1:30 pm | Driving Virtual Collaboration and Engagement Across your Organization using O365 ToolsJessica Schaeffer, Vice President of Marketing and Communications | LaSalle Network With more companies adopting virtual collaboration as part of day-to-day best practices, it’s crucial for companies to first get employees bought in and excited about using new tools. During this session, we'll discuss strategies to help drive engagement and collaboration across the organization utilizing 0365. | |||
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Ensuring Success With Yammer - From Rolloout and BeyondThomas Lawler, Senior Content Creator | Ascension A collaboration tool in and of itself does not guarantee user adoption and success. Instead of scheduling a Yammer launch and wondering if it will tank, imagine if you knew in advance exactly what would lead to its ultimate demise so you could plan accordingly. Or, conversely, if you didn’t want your Yammer network to fail, you could flip these learnings on their heads and…whoa..let’s slow down. We’re getting a little ahead of ourselves here. Learn this unique viewpoint on the front-lines with a dotcom pioneer in successfully building online communities to also seeing Yammer networks come and go over the years, including:
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1:50 pm - 2:10 pm | Group Breakout SessionBrainstorm your biggest challenges with your peers, and learn solutions from leading consultants. | |||
2:10 pm - 2:30 pm | Microsoft Teams & Yammer: Why They're Not the Same, What's Different, and How Each Enhances CollaborationLoni French, Associate Director, Internal Communications | Microsoft MVP Need to tap into the collective knowledge of colleagues and provide an integrated, collaborative solution for colleagues working together on projects, in departments, and around company initiatives? Leave this session with practical advice and insights to provide clarity to your organization on leveraging Microsoft’s collaboration suite of tools to provide business value, including:
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2:30 pm - 2:40 pm | BREAKRefresh your coffee, grab a snack or check your email. We'll return back in 10 minutes! | |||
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm | Digital Etiquette and Digital Boundaries - Critical Rules to Avoid Disruption When Working RemoteGeoff Ables, Managing Partner | C5 Insight Many businesses may have recently transitioned into remote, digital workplaces due to COVID-19. Others may not have the knowledge or ability to move online. The future is unclear, but the present state of business is highly volatile at the moment for many companies. One thing, in particular, is apparent:
Empowering employees to work remotely allows businesses to stay functional in times of uncertainty. In this session, we’ll discuss the digital tools used at C5 Insight to work together better.
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3:00 pm - 3:20 pm | Focus on People, Purpose and Performance During a Culture TransitionJason Rubsam, Sr. Manager, HR Digital Transformation | Wabash National Wabash National Corporation is transforming their culture. Change started in 2018 with a focus on People, Purpose and Performance. With a strong desire to foster innovation and enable collaboration, new workspaces and digital tools were deployed…but change never comes easily. In this session Jason will share insights on driving tech adoption using his experience enabling 2800 users with Microsoft Teams and Office 365.
Hear lessons learned (so far) from an ongoing digital transformation journey, including:
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3:20 pm - 3:45 pm | Speaker Panel: Learn More From Today's Speakers, and Some New FacesWe’ll ask each speaker to share their biggest piece of advice or ‘a ha’ moment around using O365 as well as address your final questions. | |||
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Wrap-Up: Thank You for Joining Us!Share your biggest takeaways, and what you've learned that you plan on implementing within your organization. |
Speakers


Jason Rubsam
Sr. Manager, HR Digital Transformation | Wabash National


Loni French
Associate Director, Internal Communications | Microsoft MVP


Thomas Lawler
Senior Content Creator | Ascension


Michelle Bolda
Senior Partner | Rogue Services and Solutions
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