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Agenda
Day 2 - 05/10/2023 |
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8:00 am - 8:30 am | Registration Opens: Breakfast, Beverages & Visit Your Sponsors | |||
8:30 am - 9:00 am | Chairperson's Welcome & Speed NetworkingGeoff Ables, Managing Partner | C5 Insight Welcome to the 7th Annual Modern Intranets For The Digital Workplace Conference. In this fast-paced forum, you'll get to know your fellow peers, their biggest digital workplace challenges, and a few fun facts. | |||
9:00 am - 9:35 am | Holistic Employee Access & Knowledge Sharing: Quick Lean SolutionsJames (JJ) Jones, Technical Product Manager & Knowledge Management & Talent Data | Amazon | |||
9:35 am - 10:15 am | Elevating Your ERG Landing Page: 10 Ways to Make an ImpactMaceo Owens, Community Manager, Employee Resource Group | KAYAK/OpenTable ( Founder of The ERG Movement) Current Intranet: Google Sites + Jira Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) play a crucial role in promoting diversity, inclusion, and support within an organization. However, many ERGs struggle with visibility and engagement. In this session, we will cover 10 ways to spice up your ERG landing page and capture the attention of potential members. You will learn the importance of a well-designed landing page, the elements necessary to convey your ERG's mission and values, and how to create a sense of community and urgency. Whether you're a seasoned ERG leader or an Internal Communications Specialist, this session will provide practical tips for creating a landing page that truly resonates with your target audience. By the end of this session, you will have a clear understanding of how to make your company's ERG landing page effective, engaging, and impactful. | |||
10:15 am - 10:30 am | Challenges In Internal Communications & How To Solve For Them | An Employee Experience Platform For Today’s WorkforceAmanda Berry, Corporate Communications Manager | Simpplr Internal communication has a direct impact on an organization’s success. When done well, it builds employee engagement, company culture, and trust in leaders. Part of any good strategy is being able to recognize and solve for some of IC’s biggest challenges. In this session, learn strategies, insights, and tactics for tackling some | |||
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Morning Refreshments, Networking Break + Visit Your SponsorsEnjoy complimentary coffee, tea, and other refreshments as you network with your peers. Visit your sponsors to check out some of the latest tools and innovations supporting internal communications. | |||
10:50 am - 11:25 pm | From Theory To Action: Building A Human-Centric Digital Internal Communications StrategyPreston Lewis, Founder + CEO | Intactic As a communicator, you can produce more effective employee communications by developing a deeper and more emotional understanding of your audiences. In this interactive workshop, you will come away with a unique methodology to move from theory to action and build strategic communication campaigns that will engage stakeholders at all levels of your organization. You will learn how to harness the collective insight of your internal communication and design teams by using a collaborative mapping technique and human-centric approach to strategy development. This renowned technique has resulted in successful enterprise-wide programs for companies such as Gap Inc., GE, Starbucks, Oracle, and Genentech. In this comprehensive and hands-on workshop, you will leave with tools to help you:
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11:25 am - 12:00 pm | Empowering Digital Workplace Teams: Strategies for Successful Implementation of Tools and ProcessesColin Steger, Digital Workplace Consultant | Southwest Airlines In today's fast-paced business environment, employee engagement is more critical than ever. Drawing on his expertise, Colin will provide practical tips and best practices for building an engaging and supportive workplace culture that drives employee satisfaction, productivity, and retention. Attendees will learn how to leverage technology to create engaging internal communications, create a culture of recognition and reward, and establish a feedback mechanism that promotes continuous improvement. Whether you're a communications professional, HR leader, or business executive, this session will provide valuable insights into transforming the internal customer experience and achieving rapid employee engagement in the digital age.
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12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Create a Content Contributor CultureTaylor Nunley, Intranet Content Manager | Community Health Systems You’ve built an intranet, identified content owners, and taught them how to use the system. Now what? Staying engaged with your content contributors is key to maintaining an up-to-date and evolving intranet or digital workspace. This workshop will share ideas on how to create and cultivate a content contributor culture that is replicable for users of any platform! Attendees will learn:
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12:30 pm - 2:00 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 Chi hot spot! Everyone is financially responsible for their own lunch. | |||
2:00 pm - 2:40 pm | How Improving The Engineering Experience Is Accelerating InnovationChristy Punch, Sr. Product Manager, Engineering Experience Global Digital Services| Liberty Mutual Within the last five years, more companies are beginning to create roles and entire teams focused on the developer or engineering experience. What started primarily at companies in the tech industry has gained traction in all industries as technology innovation has become a critical business driver and competitive advantage. What exactly is ‘engineering experience’ and how is it different from ‘employee experience’? Christy Punch, Sr. Mgr., Product Owner of Engineering Experience at Liberty Mutual will talk her role and share how her team’s focus on delivering digital experiences where an engineer is able to do their best work is accelerating value for the business and for Liberty Mutual customers. What you’ll learn:
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2:40 pm - 3:15 pm | Migrate or Recreate? Shearman & Sterling's Journey to a Modern Intranet: A Work in ProgressEJ Sepp, Intranet Manager | Shearman & Sterling LLP EJ Sepp is the Intranet Manager for global law firm Shearman & Sterling LLP where he oversees the data and design implementation for the firm’s new intranet rebuild in SharePoint Online In This Session:
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3:15 pm - 3:55 pm | The Top Digital Workplace Communications Tools At Your Fingertips: Q&A, Demos & RefreshmentsWith the variety of tools available it's hard to navigate and choose the one that is best for your organization. In this fast-paced session you'll have the opportunity to see demonstrations of top digital workplace and communications tools of your choice. We'll alert you when it's time to switch—grab a sweet treat on your way. | |||
3:55 pm - 4:30 pm | Collaboration Fundementals: What Every Colleague In Your Organization Needs To KnowMichael Blumenthal, Microsoft Product Manager | NORC | Microsoft MVP Collaboration is a team sport! In this session, learn the fundamental digital literacy skills your staff needs to be their best team players in a modern hybrid workplace! A workplace can be a diverse mix of tenures ranging from new hires to decades-long employees, a mix of generations from millennials to baby boomers, and vary on many other aspects too. That’s a lot of different perspectives and experiences that people bring to work with them every day. But can they all agree on how to collaborate?
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4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Panel Discussion: Modern Intranet Top Practices: Key Strategies To Make Or Break Your IntranetKate Keating, Manager, Employee and Leader Communications, Department of Communications | Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Megan Dold, Deputy Global Communications Director | Financial Times Group Christy Punch, Sr. Product Manager, Engineering Experience Global Digital Services| Liberty Mutual Preston Lewis, Founder + CEO | Intactic Moderator: Preston Lewis, Found & CEO | Intactic In this "no-pressure" setting, you'll be able to ask your most pressing questions and receive honest feedback from your peers. More panelists TBA! | |||
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Close Of Day 1—Join Us For A Networking Reception @ Midway Club Gleacher CenterDon't stop the conversation! Join us for networking with your peers and sponsors overlooking the river at the #ALIcomms reception. Participate 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 Chi hot spot. Sign-up with an ALI team member to join a group at tonight's dine-around. Reservations have been made. Everyone is on their own financially. |
Speakers


Amanda Berry
Corporate Communications Manager | Simpplr


Dux Raymond Sy
Chief Brand Officer | AvePoint


Taylor Nunley
Intranet Content Manager | Community Health Systems


Colin Steger
Digital Workplace Consultant | Southwest Airlines


Kelli Carlson
SVP Workplace Experience Strategy Leader | Wells Fargo


Maceo Owens
Community Manager, Employee Resource Group | KAYAK/OpenTable ( Founder of The ERG Movement)


Theresa Chu
Founder and Principal, Corner Communications


EJ Sepp
Intranet Manager | Shearman & Sterling LLP


Megan Dold
Deputy Global Communications Director | Financial Times Group


Kate Keating
Manager, Employee and Leader Communications, Department of Communications | Northwestern Memorial HealthCare
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