Day 1: General Sessions
July 17, 2024 - |
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Day 1: General Sessions - 07/17/2024 |
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8:30 am - 9:00 am | Registration: Badges, Breakfast, & BeveragesEnjoy complimentary coffee, tea and continental breakfast as you meet your fellow attendees. Sign-in, pick up your materials and enjoy a continental breakfast before we start the day. Be sure to stop by and visit your sponsors! | |||
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Chairperson's Welcome & Speed NetworkingCody Loveland, Founder & Owner | CBL Leadership Group Welcome to the 11th Annual Strategic Internal Communications Conference.In this fast-paced forum, you'll get to know your fellow peers, their biggestinternal communications challenges, and a few fun facts. | |||
9:30 am - 10:05 am | How a Centennial Celebration – and a Successful Comms Plan, can Build Pride, Create Inspiration, and Provide PurposeEric Haman, Director, Global Corporate Communications Faced with a once-in-a-career opportunity and high expectations, how do you connect ~11,000 team members across 50 locations and 20 countries to a common purpose? Learn how a successful campaign, a lot of creativity, and engaged participation at all levels–from management to the shop floor, can build pride, create inspiration, and provide a renewed sense of purpose. | |||
10:05 am - 10:40 am | Uplevel Your Internal Communication Team: Take Your Team from Scrappy to SynchronizedAmanda Todd, Director of Internal Communications | Expel Pinaki Kathiari, CEO & Owner | Local Wisdom Join the ranks of savvy communicators who've embraced the Local Wisdom Internal Communication Team Maturity Model Assessment–a game-changer in shaping your team's journey and influencing your key stakeholders to invest more resources. The model helps uncover your teams’ current maturity, define where you want to go, and clearly articulate how greater investment will result in measurable business impact. This session not only unveils the cutting-edge and updated framework, but also provides precise use cases you will be able to immediately apply after the session. | |||
10:40 am - 11:10 am | Morning Networking Mixer: Connecting with Attendees and SponsorsEnjoy complimentary coffee, tea, and other refreshments as you network with your peers. Be sure to stop by and visit your sponsors and be sure to fill out your evaluation forms | |||
11:10 am - 11:45 am | Bringing the Employee Voice to HealthcareRachel Medanic, Engagement Strategist | Rachel Medanic Communications Alan Flippen, Assistant Vice President for Communications and Content | Mount Sinai Health System Giving employees a way to communicate broadly outside of their immediate team is often uncertain territory for large organizations that aren’t used to the real-time employee voice or traditionally have only an annual employee survey. Health care professionals at Mount Sinai Health System embraced channels for peer-to-peer recognition in ways that created positive impacts for the average employee’s feelings of connectedness and belonging. Stephanie Ramos, Director of Internal Communications at MSHS leads a team that was supported by a formal champion program and change management strategies from Rachel Medanic, an internal communications consultant that gave significant results that continue to compound. In this session attendees will learn:
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11:45 am - 12:20 pm | Fireside Chat: Internal Communications Best PracticeTarek Kamil, CEO & Founder | Cerkl Learn from Cerkl CEO and a Cerkl client about the best practices for internal communication they have developed at their organization. Hear about how they overcame some challenges that many communicators face and leave with a deeper understanding of the impacts you can have at your organization. Whether you're a seasoned communication pro or just starting your journey, this discussion will provide valuable insights and practical tips to help your organization thrive through strong internal communication. | |||
12:20 pm - 2:15 pm | Lunch On Your Own, But Not Alone — Reservations Are Booked!Reservations have been made at a number of local restaurants.Don't miss this opportunity to have lunch with your peers at a local Boston hot spot! **Everyone is financially responsible for their own lunch. | |||
2:15 pm - 2:50 pm | Interactive Group Session: Strategies for Internal Communication AlignmentCody Loveland, Founder & Owner | CBL Leadership Group | |||
2:50 pm - 3:05 pm | Data - Backed Best Practices for Internal EmailsMelissa Katski-Berry, Enterprise Accounts Sales Manager | PoliteMail After years of predictions email was being replaced, it’s stronger than ever and remains the primary corporate communicationschannel. And why not?It helps you reach targetedaudiences with ease, requires little to no training, is a simple store of information and searchable record of communications.But email isn’t perfect, and corporate communications must overcome overloaded inboxes, short employee attention spans, and aplethora of unread and ignored critical messages. The solution to overload is email intelligence – and PoliteMail can offer best practices based on analysis of over 3 billion internal emails sent to nearly 14 million employees globally. | |||
3:05 pm - 4:05 pm | Sponsor Showcase and Networking Break: Discover the Latest InnovationEnjoy complimentary coffee, tea, and other refreshments as you network with your peers. Be sure to stop by and visit your sponsors! | |||
4:05 pm - 4:45 pm | Panel: Overcoming Challenges in Internal Communication PracticesHelen Tarleton, Director, Employee & Community Engagement | UCB | |||
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Close Of Day 1 — Join Us For A Networking Reception @ Venue BarDon't stop the conversation! Join us at the lobby bar as you networkwith your peers and sponsors in the adjacent at the #ALIcommsParticipate in raffles & sign-up for dinner with your peers! | |||
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Dinner With A Group — Reservations Have Been MadeWant to keep the conversation going? Join a group of attendees for dinner at a local Boston hot spot. Sign-up at the registration desk or during the networking reception to join a group at tonight's dine-around. Reservations have been made. **Dutch treat |
Speakers
Jenifer Bice
Head of Internal Communications | Pinterest
Michelle Ross-McMillan
Sr. Consultant, Technology Innovation Analyst | Nationwide
Katie Rezek
Account Executive | Contact Monkey
Caitlin Russell
Head of Internal and External Communications | Cloud Software Group
Charlotte Bowen
Account Executive | Contact Monkey
Cristina Girgis
Employee Engagement Consultant
Jackie Berg
Head of Research & Business Development | Brilliant Ink
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