Enjoy 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! 

Welcome to the 13th Annual Strategic Internal Communications Conference.  

In this fast-paced forum, you'll get to know your fellow peers, their biggest internal communications challenges, and a few fun facts. 

How can a simple staff story spark cross-department connection, engagement, and even win awards? One Good Thing began as a Lean project at the University of California, San Francisco. It evolved into a popular feature that celebrates staff voices and spreads good news across the enterprise. With more than 200 stories in five years, it showcases a successful model for using storytelling as a strategic tool to strengthen culture, build community, and prove that positivity has a measurable impact. Get the scoop on what didn't go so well and join in a robust Q&A on how peers are turning “good news” into great strategy. 

With high visibility mergers and acquisitions, success isn’t just defined by financial models, legal frameworks, or operational integration—it hinges on communication. Whether you're merging global giants or acquiring a high-growth startup, good communications ensure seamless synergy and avoid cultural chaos. 

 You’ll walk away with a framework to: 

• Create communication plans aligned with deal objectives. 

• Identify and engage key audiences at every step. 

• Develop a repeatable communication playbook so you can tailor for your organization 

Enjoy 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.

Demonstrating metrics dashboards, KPIs, and how data informed strategy 

Discover how one large company has successfully fostered continuous learning and mentorship across a remote-first workforce—without relying on traditional in-person interactions. Attendees will gain practical strategies for building skills traditionally gained in mentor-mentee relationships, learn tools and techniques to create a culture of shared knowledge, and explore scalable approaches to professional development that keep employees engaged and growing—no matter where they’re located. 

Reservations have been made at a number of local restaurants.
Don't miss this opportunity to have lunch with your peers at a local San Francisco hot spot!
  

**Everyone is financially responsible for their own lunch. 

When California’s insurance market was in crisis, the pressure to fix it wasn’t just external. Inside the Department of Insurance, Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s team faced a major challenge: shifting long-held internal mindsets and operational habits to support a bold, forward-looking solution. 

This session offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at how internal communications helped lay the groundwork for the most sweeping insurance regulatory reforms in decades. You’ll learn how leadership secured internal alignment around a complex and high-risk initiative, how staff were brought along through transparency and strategic narrative-building, and how internal trust empowered more confident and coordinated external communications with the public and media. 

We’ll walk through the mechanics of creating predictability and transparency during organizational change, equipping teams to manage complexity, and using internal briefings, listening sessions, and message training for external-facing teams to avoid confusion and panic – internally and externally. This effort was more than policy change, it was about managing resistance, building clarity, and sustaining momentum. 

Whether you're supporting culture change, regulatory shifts, or public engagement, this case study offers practical lessons in how internal communications can be a quiet but powerful engine for lasting change. 

Take advantage of this interactive break to connect with our sponsors and experience their products and services firsthand. Each sponsor will host live demos at their table—giving you the chance to explore innovative solutions, ask questions, and find the tools that best support your work. 

Big-picture discussion on trends, challenges, and opportunities for Internal Communications leaders.

Don't stop the conversation!  

Join us at the lobby bar as you network with your peers and sponsors in the adjacent at the #ALIcomms 

Participate in raffles & sign-up for dinner with your peers! 

Want to keep the conversation going? Join a group of attendees for dinner at a local San Francisco 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.