6th Annual Digital Workplace Summit: Engagement Strategies For Employee Communications
6th Annual Digital Workplace Summit: Engagement Strategies For Employee Communications
Elevate Your Internal Communications & Employee Experience With Digital Communications Channels That Engage A Hybrid Workforce
March 22, 2022 - March 24, 2022 | Las Vegas & Virtual
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Catch up on internal communications technology trends for 2022
See what digital workplace success looks like from your internal communications peers
Boost the employee experience through the digital experience
Bring a human touch to new tools and technologies through elements that foster culture and connection in a hybrid work environment
BONUS: Register for this summit and get ONE FREE PASS for any 2022 virtual event!
With More ‘Digital Noise’ Than Ever, It Will Be Critical To Find Ways To Keep Employees Informed And Engaged—No Matter What Device They Are On, Or Which Time Zone They Are In.
Modern digital workplaces have never mattered more. As organizations have shifted to remote and hybrid work, digital workplaces have kept employees connected and productive. Attend this conference to see how others are doing it.
In this 3-day in-person or virtual experience, thought leaders and practitioners will share how their organizations have utilized their intranets, digital signage, social, video, mobile apps, email, and more to communicate key messages, engage employees and build a unified culture across geographies and changing work environments.
Including case studies from:
Adrienne Prather-Marcos
Vice President, Internal Communications Caesars Entertainment
Cody Loveland
Global Social Media Head Alcon
Susan (Zeile) Swanson
Sr. Director, Internal Communications Doma
Gretchen Papez
Director Of PR & Media Relations + Marketing Director The Valley Health System
Key Takeaways
Discover actionable tools and breakthrough strategies to help you navigate the variety of digital tools available and decide which will work best for your employees, including an inside look at how to:
Make a valid case for investing in new communication tools
Replicate multichannel communications approaches from the outside consumer world
Determine how many times to hit your staff with the same message and have it still be effective
Decide what info goes where—intranet, video, email, or other
Explore how employees can be creatively engaged to drive behavior change in the workplace in support of business and community goals
Align digital, print, social, and video-based storytelling for maximum impact
Secure organizational buy-in into technology investments
Customize and implement an employee app of your own—from employee research, to product pilot, to roll-out, to results
Deliver a seamless and integrated digital workplace
Transform an outdated intranet into a modern digital workplace tool
Foster communication and collaboration across the digital divide
and more!
Meet employees where they are, with the information they need
Build a digital workplace strategy that drives user adoption
Implement new and leading approaches and tools for measuring employee engagement
Harness the power of digital tools to communicate with employees during times of organizational change
Simplify the message
Ensure that your employee videos don’t fall flat
Empower employees to become external storytellers and advocates of your brand
Create a constant stream of content, stories and newsworthy headlines for employees to share
Utilize different digital tools to break down silos across your organization
Drive leadership involvement
Understand how digital signage, video, mobile and more can help create a more purpose-driven workforce
Meet Your Facilitator:
Geoff Ables is an international keynote speaker, best-selling author and executive coach. Geoff has inspired business audiences on 3 continents for over 25 years to develop the people, process, communication and technical skills needed to transform themselves and their businesses.As an executive coach, he has mentored dozens of clients throughout the world to improve their leadership skills in the areas of sales, customer care, marketing, project management and internal communication.
He is the author of the Amazon best-selling, The LUCK Principle: Business Results at the Intersection of People and Profit, and has contributed to two other books. LUCK is at the core of Geoff’s message of how businesses and individuals can create better relationships by improving how they Listen, Understand, Connect and Know the results that their efforts are producing. Geoff’s message applies to self-discovery, personal relationships, and customer and employee engagement.
In 2002 Ables founded C5 Insight, a customer and employee engagement consulting firm, and has consulted with hundreds of companies in a broad range of industries. The firm has twice been named to Inc. Magazine’s list of fastest growing companies.
Conference Sponsors:
New name, same commitment
SocialChorus and Dynamic Signal have joined forces to become Firstup, a leader in the digital employee experience, empowering companies to put employees first by reaching, connecting, and engaging every worker, everywhere. Equipped with data and insights from workplace communications, we’re unblocking human potential and delivering meaningful results that help businesses thrive in the new world of work.
Simpplr is today’s modern employee intranet. Our software helps companies engage their workforce by streamlining internal communication and forging employee connections.
Founded in 2014, Simpplr’s modern intranet platform accelerates employee engagement, collaboration, and productivity. The company has raised a total of $61.1 million from Tola Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures, and Still Venture Capital. Simpplr is headquartered virtually with offices in California and India, and is a recipient of the 2021 Inc. Magazine Great Places to Work Award. For more information, visit https://www.simpplr.com/
Simpplr is headquartered in Redwood City, CA with an office in Gurgaon, India, and is backed by Norwest Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures, and Still Venture Capital. Visit simpplr.com and join the conversation on Twitter @simpplr.
With a vision to unify, strengthen and advance the public relations profession, the PRSA Las Vegas Valley Chapter serves to build value and demand for, and global understanding of, public relations. Collectively, we help to advance public relations professionals by offering development opportunities and career refinement through continuing education programs, networking events with industry leaders, exclusive membership access to events and trendsetters, information exchange forums, and research findings conducted on national and local levels.
Join Your Peers For Interactive Discussions Designed To Provide You With Solutions For Your Most Pressing Challenges.
Meet and network with like-minded peers in small group break outs
3 information-packed days
1 track learning environment
Case studies, panels, and interactive hands-on breakout sessions
Access to presentations and recording post-conference
Certificate of attendance for CEU’s
Networking list to continue the conversation after the training ends
Content from leading organizations, consultants, and visionaries delivered to you wherever you are and available to access and share with colleagues later
Guaranteed extensive, how-to instructions that you can use immediately
Opportunity to ask questions to speakers and peers in real-time
This isn’t a passive experience!
Safe Gathering Protocols:
We know the internal communications community values in-person collaboration. We’re committed to creating a safe and comfortable environment for all attendees.
We will be following current CDC recommendations and local guidelines to ensure a great experience, along with putting in place measures to keep you safe during the ongoing pandemic. (If you are not comfortable attending in-person, we are also offering a virtual option for this event.)
To join us in Las Vegas, you will be asked to provide proof of your COVID-19 vaccination status or a negative test (taken within 72 hours before entry to the LVCC) and you will not be required to wear a mask while indoors. As of February The State of Nevada and Clark County does not require and will not enforce that all individuals, regardless of vaccination status, wear a mask indoors. Masks are not required for outdoor networking opportunities; however, we encourage you to do what you are most comfortable with in this case. For the most up-to-date requirements and updates, check the Nevada Health Response site.
Here are highlights of the measures we’ll be following (subject to change based on recommendations):
Vaccinations required for all attendees (all event staff is 100% vaccinated), or proof of negative test within 72 hours before entry
Masks will NOT be required indoors when not actively eating or drinking
Limited attendance with typical gatherings of 50-100 attendees to allow for high quality, high-value learning and networking
Modified event space to support physical distancing in seating arrangements and during networking opportunities
Adapted ways food and beverage services are provided to limit risk/exposure
Hand sanitation stations throughout the event space
Thank you for your support and collaboration in making this an event you can attend safely and confidently!
What People are Saying
“This was great, I enjoyed getting together in groups as well. It was nice to hear what other organizations do, what others think of the hybrid work place and it gave great ideas to share with our organization.”
Conference Attendee
5th Annual Digital Workplace Summit: Employee Engagement Tool
September 2021
“Super use of technology to drive excitement and engagement.”
Conference Attendee
5th Annual Digital Workplace Summit: Employee Engagement Tool
September 2021
“Great examples of how Leaders should address staff authentically, keeping things short and sweet, focusing on community and importance of telling stories. So many good takeaways!”
Conference Attendee
5th Annual Digital Workplace Summit: Employee Engagement Tool
September 2021
“Really loved this. It encouraged creative, out-of-the-box thinking.”
Conference Attendee
5th Annual Digital Workplace Summit: Employee Engagement Tool
September 2021
“Very useful in-the-trenches advice.”
Conference Attendee
5th Annual Digital Workplace Summit: Employee Engagement Tool
September 2021
“Thank you for providing so many great and fun examples for communicating with your associates- truly valuable and I’m excited to share with our Benefits Specialist and PR!”
Conference Attendee
5th Annual Digital Workplace Summit: Employee Engagement Tool
September 2021
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Pre-Conference Workshops: Find out why ALI workshops are consistently rated as valuable time spent! - 03/22/2022
8:00 am - 8:30 am
Continental Breakfast & Coffee
Enjoy complimentary coffee, tea and continental breakfast as you meet your workshop leader and fellow attendees.
8:30 am - 10:00 am
How to Create an Annual Plan, or a New Roadmap, for Your Digital Workplace to Guide It to Long-Term Success
Geoff Ables, Managing Partner | C5 Insight
Digital is transforming our workplaces at an ever-increasing pace. But many digital workplace projects are being left behind. One of the most critical reasons: not understanding the unique planning process.
This session will dive into what should be included in your annual plan, how to build it, and what to consider leaving out. You will leave equipped with the knowledge needed to build a roadmap that ensures long-term success, including how to:
Get your team engaged
Set priorities and understanding what realistically can and cannot be done
Build your business case
Measure the ROI
Benchmark user satisfaction
Analyze and constantly improve your digital workplace plan
You'll take away a workbook with how-to instructions for creating your plan, and a list of ideas for either a new project launch or an annual plan for moving an existing project forward.
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Morning Refreshments & Networking Break
Enjoy complimentary coffee, tea, and other refreshments as you network with your peers.
10:15 am - 11:45 am
How to Build Unique Communication Campaigns That Drive Participation: An Audience-Centric Approach to Engagement
Preston Lewis, Founder + CEO | Intactic
As a communicator, you can produce more effective employee communications just by developing a deeper understanding of your audiences. In this engaging workshop, you will come away with a unique methodology for building strategic communication campaigns. The audience-centric approach employs a collaborative mapping technique that harnesses the collective insight of your communication and design teams. It 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:
Apply the basics of the audience-centric communication planning methodology
Integrate thinking models from change management, learning, and communications design
Discover new ways to identify and meet the needs and preferences of your audiences and stakeholders
Select and integrate new technology into your organization’s culture, based on specific learning styles and audience concerns
Build multi-dimensional campaigns that sustain mindshare and momentum, and change attitudes and behavior to meet business objectives
11:45 am - 1:15 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 Las Vegas hot spot! **Everyone is financially responsible for their own lunch.
1:15 pm - 2:45 pm
Refine Your Digital Event Communication: A Workshop on Preparing for Internal Events
Marissa Reale, Senior Communicator | Local Wisdom
Pinaki Kathiari, CEO & Owner | Local Wisdom
Exhaling at the end of a successful internal event is incredibly rewarding. But the grueling time spent planning and organizing it, not so much. There’s so much to balance— many cooks in the kitchen, gaining alignment, navigating new relationships plus juggling multiple other priorities on a backdrop of how our pandemic world sees-saws between in person and virtual.
Despite what may feel like the odds stacked against you, this is vitally important work that brings company culture to life and makes employees feel the culture, creates excitement, increases their sense of belonging, welcomes diverse perspectives and motivates the team. It’s why we continue to organize enriching experiences for them.
Marissa Reale is Senior Comms Strategist at Local Wisdom, working in one of their client studios. She supports a portfolio brand and leads communications strategies for milestone observances, speaker events and employee resource groups related to mental health and well-being.
In this interactive and highly engaging workshop, Marissa shows you how to cut through the noise when there’s so much to do and how implementing a communications plan and run of show can help you get organized, stay focused and meet your employee engagement goals. Whether it’s a company town hall, an appreciation rally, strategic announcement, or whatever, this session gives you insights on where to start, how to hone in on a single vision, and ways to delegate the work. On top of that, you’ll get access to templates and tools built from her wisdom, and you’ll get to experience the creative process with fellow workshop attendees.
You’ll want to attend this workshop so you can walk out with:
Aligning on a unified vision and keeping stakeholders involved
Creating a run of show and identifying authentic topics and engaging speakers
Collaborating with leaders, departments, and ERG groups
Creating a comprehensive communications plan
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm
Close of Workshops
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Networking Reception for Workshop Attendees
Cheers to a great day full of content! Join us in the hotel lobby main bar for complimentary drinks and networking with your peers.
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Dinner With A Group - Reservations Have Been Made
Day 1: General Sessions - 03/23/2022
8:00 am - 8:30 am
Registration: Badges, Bagels, & Beverages
Enjoy complimentary coffee, tea and continental breakfast as you meet your fellow attendees.
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Chairperson's Welcome & Speed Networking
Geoff Ables, Managing Partner | C5 Insight
Welcome to the 6th Annual Digital Workplace conference. In this fast-paced forum, you'll get to know your fellow peers, their biggest internal communications and digital workplace challenges, and a few fun facts.
9:00 am - 9:35 am
Leveraging Data to Create an Engaged Workforce
Robin McCasland, SCMP, IABC Fellow, Senior Director, Corporate Communications | Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma & Texas
Now more than ever, employee communication professionals have access to data and analytics that help them demonstrate their value to the business bottom line. Knowing how to interpret and apply what the data reveals helps shape communication that improves and sustains good employee engagement across an organization.
In this session, you’ll learn how to
Analyze and interpret data to inform your communication plan;
Distinguish the communication channels that work best for your organization, based on its specific engagement challenges; and
Have meaningful conversations with leadership to influence how they communicate with the workforce.
9:35 am - 10:10 am
Employee Experience Model : The “New State of Work”
Preston Lewis, Founder + CEO | Intactic
If people feel challenged with the technology they use at work, it impacts morale, performance and overall culture. It’s time to co-create the digital workplace technology roadmap and facilitate a new conversation about how to modernize the digital workplace. The “New State of Work”
10:10 am - 10:25 am
Digital Workplace Tool Spotlight: Understanding the Evolution of the Intranet
Think back to your first intranet. The industry has changed a lot over the years with many twist and turns, a reshaping of who owns it, and ultimately how it proves its value. In this session you will learn:
How the industry has evolved over the past 20 years
A framework to benchmark where your organization currently stands
What we’ve learned by clarifying its purpose, understanding what drives success, and why deployment models have changed
How the intranet is now reinventing itself as the core technology to enhance employee experience, and what to expect in the future
10:25 am - 10:45 am
Morning Refreshments, Networking Break + Visit Your Sponsors
Enjoy complimentary coffee, tea, and other refreshments as you network with your peers. Be sure to stop by and visit your sponsors.
10:45 am - 11:20 am
How GoDaddy Looked Inside To Build A Modular Intranet From Existing Resources
GoDaddy launched their new intranet, Inside GoDaddy, to over 11k employees in November 2020. This resource leverages and expands on tools that were already being used by various teams in different ways, including—SharePoint Online and ServiceNow.
Hear how a large, geographically dispersed organization created a modern intranet without investing in any new tools, including:
How multiple departments came together to complete this project
Obstacles you can expect along the way, and how you can avoid or mitigate them
Lessons learned about how employees use our tools to find information
11:20 am - 11:55 am
Communicating with Purpose: How Atrium Health Uses Storytelling To Engage & Connect Their Workforce
Chris Berger, Vice President of Enterprise Communications | Atrium Health
Join Chris Berger, VP Enterprise Communications at Atrium Health as he shares how they use the Firstup platform and mobile app to amplify their ‘Connect to Purpose’ stories across their vast healthcare network.
Description:
As a nationally recognized leader in innovative research, education and patient care, Atrium Health employs more than 70,000 team members across 40 hospitals and more than 1,400 care locations across the south east. Despite the many patients that come into their care, its the stories of the lives they touch that connects them to their purpose, and to each other.
At Atrium Health, they start meetings with a ‘Connect to Purpose’—a sharing of a story that helps remind each and every one of them why they do what they do. These stories are one of the key building blocks for what is an internal communication platform rooted in storytelling.
Powered by Firstup, Atrium Health utilizes an employee communications platform and mobile app, branded Teal Insider, to reach their vast network of clinical locations and frontline workers, who don’t all have access to a desktop computer terminal. Through this app, their communications team is able to amplify the human stories for their entire workforce to embrace.
Join Chris Berger, VP Enterprise Communications at Atrium Health as he shares a few of these incredible stories with you—along with how his team drives employee engagement, including:
How to build a foundation for sharing and dispersing content that resonates
The value of personalized content when communicating with such a vast network
How to highlight caregiver and staff stories, while building a larger corporate story
How they use segmentation and targeting to reach the right audience at the right time
So grab a seat—you won’t want to miss this opportunity to see and hear the incredible stories and successes from Atrium Health.
11:55 am - 12:30 pm
Interactive Group Breakout Session : Discuss Your Biggest Digital Workplace Challenges With Your Peers
Preston Lewis, Founder + CEO | Intactic
Based on your questions and feedback, we will break the room into small groups to brainstorm ideas around your assigned challenge or topic. You will then pick a spokesperson to present these ideas to the group.
All ideas & tactics will be gathered and shared for future reference.
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 Las Vegas hot spot! **Everyone is financially responsible for their own lunch.
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Mini Workshop: Technology Is Important . . . But Content Is Still KING! How To Become A Content Creator
Steve Crescenzo, CEO | Crescenzo Communications
No matter how many bells and whistles your technology has, it will fail if you are just pushing out bad corporate content to people. Today’s employees are stressed out, and busier and more distracted than ever. They could be seeing your content on a phone, a tablet, a computer . . . or not at all! The way they want to consume information has changed dramatically in the past five years alone. This session will turn you from a ”writer” to a ”content creator,” and show you how to use the latest tools to reach, inform, motivate and engage your most important audience: Employees.
Leave this engaging workshop with new ideas and practical advice on how to:
Craft content for mobile devices that people will actually read
Tap into the power of “user generated content” to drive employee engagement
Use “new” tools like social media and multimedia to make boring corporate content more compelling
Work with internal clients—including top executives—to improve their content across the board.
Take the “corporate” out of corporate communications and replace it with “creative.”
2:45 pm - 3:20 pm
How Verizon’s Digital Workplace Team Drives Engagement With Their Users
Verizon launched Slack to 130k employees over the course of 4 months in 2020. Learn how the Digital Workplace team is using this platform to connect people, applications and information in an engaging and fun way.
Hear how the Digital Workplace Team:
Delivers a positive user experience using channels to support change efforts
Builds the users digital dexterity with weekly tips and feature release information
Solicits feedback from users to drive conversation with our product partners
Grows a group of advocates who assist with supporting the channels
3:25 pm - 3:45 pm
Afternoon Refreshments, Networking Break + Visit Your Sponsors
Enjoy complimentary coffee, tea, and other refreshments as you network with your peers. Be sure to stop by and visit your sponsors.
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
Staying Connected While Hundreds of Miles Apart: Remote Working Fueled by Collaborative Technology
Courtney Carr, APR, Account Director & PRSA Las Vegas Board Member | Shank Marketing (Tribal and Commercial Gaming)
Working remotely can be one of life's greatest pleasures—but only if done well. In this session we will talk about how technology can create an immersive and collaborative environment for remote teams. While exploring different technology options like direct messaging tools (Slack), task trafficking platforms (Monday.com), and forms that update in realtime (Google Docs), we'll debunk some of the myths surrounding the digital workforce.
As more and more people find themselves working remotely, this session will give you real life examples about:
Encouraging real time conversation between yourself and your team
Taking the brainstorming from the whiteboard to Google Docs. We'll explain how you can still bounce ideas around and keep the creative juices flowing despite not being in the same room
Managing workflow when you aren't in a "bullpen" with your team
4:15 pm - 5:00 pm
Emerging Tech Talk Panel: Inside Look at Top Internal Communications Tools
Chris Berger, Vice President of Enterprise Communications | Atrium Health
Susan (Zeile) Swanson, Sr. Director, Internal Communications | Doma
Choosing the right channel for your employees is half the battle. Take a deeper look at the tools available for you to engage, inspire, and motivate your employees. 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
Enjoy complimentary drinks on us as you continue the conversation with your peers and our sponsors.
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Dinner with a Group - Reservations Have Been Made
Want to keep the conversation going? Join a group of attendees for dinner at a local Las Vegas 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.
Day 2: General Sessions - 03/24/2022
8:00 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast, Bagels, & Beverages & Visit Your Sponsors
Enjoy complimentary coffee, tea and continental breakfast as you network with fellow attendees on this final day.
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Day 2 Kick Off & Chairperson Address
Geoff Ables, Managing Partner | C5 Insight
9:00 am - 9:35 am
Ditch The desk: Managing An Employee-Centric Mobile App
Alyssa Hagan, Director, Communications & Content | Encompass Health Corporation
Reaching deskless workers can be a challenge with only traditional communications channels at your disposal. After extensive research to understand how to support its unplugged healthcare workers, Encompass Health launched an employee mobile app in 2015 with the goal of engaging its workforce through content and helpful self-services tools its employees both needed and wanted.
In this session, you will learn:
How to build an employee app that suits your dispersed workforce
Tangible ideas to create an app adoption strategy that answers employees’ all-time-favorite “what’s in it for me?” question
How to engage and support content contributors to take part of the app management burden off your team
Ways to measure your app’s success
9:35 am - 9:50 am
Drinking Your Own Champagne: Learn How Firstup Used Its Own Technology During A Merger
Chuck Gose, Head of Community & Industry Insights | Firstup
It’s one thing to partner with a software company who tells you what you should do. It’s another thing to partner with a company that follows its own advice. Firstup walks the walk, talks the talk and delivers.
In the summer of 2021, two workforce comms heavyweights SocialChorus and Dynamic Signal merged to form Firstup.
In this conversation, you’ll see:
The importance of leadership communication at the onset of change
The vital role internal communications plays during mergers
How communication can be the catalyst to bring cultures together
And what you won’t see:
A boring product demo
9:50 am - 10:10 am
Morning Refreshments, Networking Break + Visit Your Sponsors
Enjoy complimentary coffee, tea, and other refreshments as you network with your peers. Be sure to stop by and visit your sponsors.
10:10 am - 10:45 am
Future Channels 2022 and Beyond: Incorporating Short-Form Content Into Your Communications Strategy
Michael Lantzy, Co-founder | soundbite.ai
Over the past five years, consumer adoption of short-form audio and video content has skyrocketed with platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat. Platforms like these are driving a massive shift in employee communications preferences, making secure short-form audio and video a must-have within organizations over the coming years for all generations within the workforce.
Yet, many communications teams have struggled to incorporate short-form content? Why? A couple of the most critical reasons, not understanding how and why it should fit into your communications strategy. And analysis paralysis, which keeps many organizations from being able to deploy and iterate quickly.
This session will dive into what short-form content is, how to gather and create it, and how it can quickly integrate and deploy into an enterprise communications strategy. You will learn the benefits of creating more authentic connections, storytelling, and aligning short-form content with communications initiatives that result in greater employee engagement and sentiment. You will leave equipped with the knowledge needed to build a pilot roadmap that ensures long-term success, including how to:
Align short-form content with your company's strategic goals
Get your team engaged
Build your business case and securing business ambassadors
Benchmark user satisfaction and analyzing engagement to improve your digital communications plan
You'll take away a guide with step-by-step instructions for creating your case for short-form audio and video, and a list of ideas that will help you communicate better with your employees.
10:45 am - 11:15 am
Interactive Live Tour of Microsoft Viva For Communications!
Geoff Ables, Managing Partner | C5 Insight
In this session you’ll get a tour of some of the recently introduced employee engagement offerings from Microsoft including:
Viva Connections: For integrating Teams and SharePoint
Viva Insights: For real-time feedback on productivity, well being, management and leadership
Viva Learning: A simple and free learning solution built into Teams
Viva Topics: Making knowledge and communication more findable across the organization
You’ll learn what each of these solutions are, see brief demonstrations of each, learn about the free versus premium features, and how to interact with your SharePoint Administrator or Partner to get these deployed within your organization.
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Morning Refreshments, Networking Break + Visit Your Sponsors
Enjoy complimentary coffee, tea, and other refreshments as you network with your peers.
Be sure to stop by and visit your sponsors!
11:30 am - 12:05 pm
Drinking from the Fire Hose – Leveraging All Communications Channels During a Crisis
Gretchen Papez, APR, Director of PR & Media Relations + Marketing Director | The Valley Health System
When a crisis hits, chief communicators must have a channel at their fingertips, from digital outreach to in-person communications. This discussion is based around preparation for and response to a multitude of crises: mass casualties, continued pandemic response and cyberattacks/cybersecurity/technology disruptions, and can be applied to other crises, including weather/environment, company disasters and even private situations.
You will walk away with the key action items to execute your own crisis communication playbook:
Key Bullet Points
Advance Planning
Immediate Response & Communication
Media Requests
Best of the Rest
12:05 pm - 12:30 pm
Rapid-Fire Panel : Get Your Biggest Digital Workplace & Internal Communications Questions Answered
Gretchen Papez, APR, Director of PR & Media Relations + Marketing Director | The Valley Health System
Adrienne Prather-Marcos, Vice President, Internal Communications | Caesars Entertainment
You've submitted your biggest internal communication challenges, you've continued to submit questions over the past 24 hours, and this is your opportunity to get answers to those questions.
With an expert speaker panel with a variety of experience levels - you're bound to takeaway practical ideas that will immediately enhance your internal communications strategies.
12:30 pm - 12:45 pm
Key Takeaways & Conference Wrap-Up
Speakers
Adrienne Prather-Marcos Vice President, Internal Communications | Caesars Entertainment
Chuck Gose Head of Community & Industry Insights | Firstup
Chris Berger Vice President of Enterprise Communications | Atrium Health
Robin McCasland, SCMP, IABC Fellow Senior Director, Corporate Communications | Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma & Texas
Cody Loveland Speaker & Consultant | CBL Leadership Group
Preston Lewis Founder + CEO | Intactic
Pinaki Kathiari CEO & Owner | Local Wisdom
Geoff Ables Managing Partner | C5 Insight
Steve Crescenzo CEO | Crescenzo Communications
What People are Saying
“This was great, I enjoyed getting together in groups as well. It was nice to hear what other organizations do, what others think of the hybrid work place and it gave great ideas to share with our organization.”
Conference Attendee
5th Annual Digital Workplace Summit: Employee Engagement Tool
September 2021
“Super use of technology to drive excitement and engagement.”
Conference Attendee
5th Annual Digital Workplace Summit: Employee Engagement Tool
September 2021
“Great examples of how Leaders should address staff authentically, keeping things short and sweet, focusing on community and importance of telling stories. So many good takeaways!”
Conference Attendee
5th Annual Digital Workplace Summit: Employee Engagement Tool
September 2021
“Really loved this. It encouraged creative, out-of-the-box thinking.”
Conference Attendee
5th Annual Digital Workplace Summit: Employee Engagement Tool
September 2021
“Very useful in-the-trenches advice.”
Conference Attendee
5th Annual Digital Workplace Summit: Employee Engagement Tool
September 2021
“Thank you for providing so many great and fun examples for communicating with your associates- truly valuable and I’m excited to share with our Benefits Specialist and PR!”
Conference Attendee
5th Annual Digital Workplace Summit: Employee Engagement Tool
September 2021
New name, same commitment
SocialChorus and Dynamic Signal have joined forces to become Firstup, a leader in the digital employee experience, empowering companies to put employees first by reaching, connecting, and engaging every worker, everywhere. Equipped with data and insights from workplace communications, we’re unblocking human potential and delivering meaningful results that help businesses thrive in the new world of work.
Simpplr is today’s modern employee intranet. Our software helps companies engage their workforce by streamlining internal communication and forging employee connections.
Founded in 2014, Simpplr’s modern intranet platform accelerates employee engagement, collaboration, and productivity. The company has raised a total of $61.1 million from Tola Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures, and Still Venture Capital. Simpplr is headquartered virtually with offices in California and India, and is a recipient of the 2021 Inc. Magazine Great Places to Work Award. For more information, visit https://www.simpplr.com/
Simpplr is headquartered in Redwood City, CA with an office in Gurgaon, India, and is backed by Norwest Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures, and Still Venture Capital. Visit simpplr.com and join the conversation on Twitter @simpplr.
A dedicated website is now available for attendees to book hotel rooms online. Reservations can be made starting Wednesday, March 2nd at this web address below. Please book online or call the hotel by Monday, March 14thto make your reservations at the discounted group rate of $219 per night. If calling, please mention the “6th Annual Digital Workplace Summit/Advanced Learning Institute” group rate.
Nonprofit/government employees are eligible for a $200 discount. Contact us at 773-695-9400 or connect@aliconferences.comto receive your promotion code.
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