In today’s remote and hybrid workplaces, internal communications strategies are crucial to employee engagement and experience.
Join us in New York City for an exclusive gathering of internal communications leaders, digital transformation advocates, and employee engagement experts. This is a unique opportunity to source and share solutions and best practices with your peers, find expert solutions to common digital employee experience communications challenges, discuss trends, and build your professional network.
Take part in in-depth conversations on topics like:
Intranet UX design and transformation, and how to select and implement the right digital communications platforms for your organization.
Technology-driven strategies to optimize content ideation, creation, and editorial management to keep employees engaged in the digital workplace.
How to get your audience’s attention in the age of distraction.
Leadership communication in the digital era, how to foster transparency and trust, and how internal communications professionals can be positioned as strategic partners within their organizations.
Effective communication strategies for cybersecurity change management and best practices for managing change in a digital workplace.
Applications for AI beyond content generation – learn how a leading organization is using AI to strengthen employee communications, engagement, and knowledge-sharing.
Strategies for multichannel digital storytelling to drive employee engagement and enhance the employer brand.
How to evaluate the success of communication initiatives in the digital workplace.
Who Should Attend:
This Conference has been designed for Vice Presidents, Directors, Managers, Specialists, Officers, Leaders, and Consultants in:
Employee Relations
Public Relations
Human Resources
Intranet Communications
Digital Communications
Strategic Communications
Global Communications
Organizational Development
Corporate Communications
Training & Development
Internal Communications
Employee Engagement
Employee Communications
Employee Experience
Strategic Planning
Benefits Of Attending This ALI Conference
Get practical insight from in-house communications practitioners and leaders from leading organizations through real-world case studies and intimate, interactive workshops.
Connect with your professional peers in a dedicated space for collaboration, thought leadership, and idea sharing.
Leave with a wealth of knowledge, resources, and a Certificate of Attendance to mark your commitment to excellence in DEX and internal communications.
Learn techniques to enhance the digital employee experience through strategic communications, understand the latest trends and technologies in employee experience, and come away with practical insights to drive greater employee engagement in the digital workplace.
This isn’t a passive experience! You will be encouraged to engage throughout the entire event through small group breakouts, networking breaks & more!
Leave with a thorough understanding of the latest best practices in digital communications—and how they apply or can be applied in your work context.
Benefits Of The 3-Day Pass
Maximize your time by signing up for our Pre-Conference Workshops on Tuesday, October 29th
Interactive Pre-Conference Workshops are led by thought leaders and experts on digital internal communications. Each small group session will prepare you for the conference the following day, provide you with practical answers to questions that keep you up at night, and inspire you to creatively tackle your most pressing internal communications challenges.
What People are Saying
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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!
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Chairperson's Welcome & Speed Networking
Scott Ashen, Vice President, Digital Workplace Practice | Integral
Welcome to Internal Communications Strategies in the Digital Workplace.
In this fast-paced forum, you'll get to know your fellow peers and share your biggest internal communications challenges, which will inform the breakout groups later in the day.
9:30 am - 10:05 am
Launching an Intranet for a Distributed Workforce at Saatva
Caroline Johns, Director of Corporate Communications | Saatva
Implementing an intranet in a fast-growing organization with a diverse workforce—spanning fully remote, hybrid, and on-site employees—presents distinct challenges. From securing executive buy-in to crafting an engagement strategy that resonates across all employee groups, all while demonstrating the platform's value, this discussion will explore key insights and lessons learned from the first year of the intranet's rollout.
You will learn:
Strategies to drive adoption and increase engagement
How to break down silos through user-generated content
Methods to measure success and demonstrate ROI
10:05 am - 10:40 am
Grabbing attention in a Digital Workplace: Strategies for Effective Communication
Kimberly Henderson, CEO & Founder | BeyondWURDS Executive Coaching and Consulting
In today's rapidly evolving digital workplace, the ability to cut through information overload and effectively engage colleagues is more crucial than ever. This session, presented by Kimberly Henderson, CEO/Founder of BeyondWURDS Executive Coaching & Consulting, offers practical strategies for mastering digital communication to drive collaboration and employee engagement.
Participants will gain valuable insights into:
Identifying and implementing the more effective digital communication channels for different types of workplace messages
Designing attention-grabbing content that respects colleagues' time while delivering maximum impact
Creating consistent communication rhythms that build trust and keep teams aligned
Leveraging multimedia approaches to increase message retention and engagement
Measuring communication effectiveness and adapting strategies based on feedback
Through examples and case studies, attendees will leave equipped with actionable techniques to transform their digital workplace communications from noise to meaningful connection that drives organizational success in an increasingly digital world.
10:40 am - 11:10 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 and be sure to fill out your evaluation forms.
11:10 am - 11:45 am
Using AI to Mine New Wisdom from a Century of Learning
Joel Willcher, Global Director of Internal Communications | McKinsey & Company
Buried deep inside cabinets lining long corridors of a warehouse in Florida sit nearly 100 years of accumulated wisdom and experience from generations of McKinsey & Company leaders dating back to its founding. These archives, a 10-terabyte repository of over a million pages of memos, photographs, letters, videos, speeches, and oral histories hold many valuable lessons for McKinsey employees today. So how is McKinsey making that vast body of knowledge more broadly accessible and actionable to its knowledge workers, and what are the applications for AI in internal communications, employee engagement, and knowledge management that go beyond mere content creation?
Learn about how McKinsey is using AI to tap its vast knowledge archive, helping knowledge workers see patterns, avoid past pitfalls, pursue new ideas faster, and even ask one of its firm’s founding leaders about evergreen topics like feedback, firm values, adopting new technologies or developing meaningful client relationships.'
In this session, you will:
Get insights into AI beyond content generation.
Understand how you can use AI to revolutionize employee knowledge management, employee engagement, and your internal communications strategies.
Discuss where AI will next transform workplace knowledge transfer.
11:45 am - 12:20 pm
Fireside Chat: Employee Engagement through Digital Multichannel Storytelling
Jacks Kernohan, Internal Communications Specialist | S&P Global
Effective employee engagement goes beyond traditional communication—it requires compelling storytelling across multiple digital channels. This fireside chat will explore how organizations use video, social media, intranets, and more to create authentic, impactful narratives that connect employees to company culture and goals.
Key Takeaways:
How to craft and distribute compelling stories across digital platforms.
Strategies to encourage employee and leadership participation in storytelling.
Measuring the impact of digital storytelling on engagement and culture.
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 New York hot spot!
**Everyone is financially responsible for their own lunch.
2:15 pm - 2:50 pm
Attendee-Led Breakout Groups – Share Challenges and Discuss Solutions with Your Professional Peers!
Scott Ashen, Vice President, Digital Workplace Practice | Integral
Take part in breakout discussions on topics sourced from the attendees. Lead a conversation and add your voice to the conference!
2:50 pm - 3:25 pm
Building a Security-Savvy Workforce: Effective Communication Strategies for Cybersecurity Change Management
Building a security-savvy culture is an internal communications and employee engagement challenge, and managing it is crucial to a productive digital workplace. Take part in a wide-ranging discussion where you will discover how to create an effective cybersecurity change management communications plan. You will also understand how to create clear, impactful cybersecurity communications by translating jargon into accessible, actionable language. Discuss methods to engage team members and build a security-conscious culture through regular touchpoints and drive proactive, cyber-secure behavior in your team members, and walk away with:
Strategies for cybersecurity change management communications plan: define your goal (what is the change in culture and employee behavior that needs to happen?), identify your audience, and craft a plan—from channel selection to the delivery timeline.
An understanding of the elements of an effective cybersecurity communications plan and how to translate highly technical terms into easily digestible content.
New ideas to engage team members and build a security-conscious culture— Establish regular touchpoints with team members, such as Cybersecurity Awareness Month, leader blogs, newsletters for security and IT messaging, and social media tools like Viva Engage.
3:25 pm - 3:40 pm
DIY with AI: Scaling Internal Video Production to Empower Employees
Brittany Du Bois, Content Marketing Manager | PlayPlay
Video has become an essential tool for effective employee communication, fostering engagement, alignment, and connection across teams. But creating professional-quality videos in-house can feel overwhelming, especially when budgets and timelines are tight.
The good news? AI is here to help. By integrating AI into your video production workflows, you can create impactful internal videos faster, more affordably, and with greater creativity than ever before.
In this short session, you’ll learn how to:
Streamline in-house video production to enhance employee engagement and communication.
Leverage AI tools to boost creativity and productivity while maintaining a human touch.
Explore diverse video formats to keep internal messaging fresh and engaging.
Demonstrate the impact of in-house video creation on cost savings and team alignment.
AI won’t replace your role in employee communications—but it can make you more effective than ever. Join us to discover how you can become the go-to resource for innovative, scalable video content that resonates with your workforce!
3:40 pm - 4:00 pm
Afternoon Refreshments, Networking Break + Demo From Your Sponsors
Enjoy complimentary coffee, tea, and other refreshments as you network with your peers.
Be sure to stop by and visit your sponsors!
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Panel: UX for Intranets: Getting Everyone on the “Similar” Page
Moderator: Scott Ashen, Vice President, Digital Workplace Practice | Integral
Angela Perry, APR, Senior Associate Director of Communications| H&H
Elyse Laporte, Internal Communications and Employee Branding Specialist | Plusgrade
EJ Sepp, Intranet Senior Manager - Knowledge & Innovation, Holland & Knight LLP
Meredith Daniels, Deputy Director Employee Communications | State of New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Our panel will share their perspectives and tips for intranet design, focused on providing a unified intranet user experience while effectively managing the needs and nuances of individual stakeholder groups within your organization. Bring your questions, discover new strategies, and share your insights! We’ll cover topics like:
Formulating intranet design guidelines for multiple internal stakeholder groups across desktop and mobile.
Managing user expectations and providing direction to stakeholders regarding intranet design.
Content creation governance strategies for your organization’s intranet.
Ensuring user-friendliness across desktop and mobile devices.
4:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Day 1 Wrap-Up
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Close Of Day 1—Join Us For A Networking Reception @ Yotel, 4th floor rooftop bar
Don't stop the conversation!
Join us at the Yotel, 4th floor rooftop bar for complimentary drinks and networking with your peers. as you network with your peers and sponsors in the adjacent at the #ALIcomms
Participate in raffles & sign-up for dinner with your peers!
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 New York 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
Joel Willcher Global Director of Internal Communications | McKinsey & Company
Caroline Johns Director of Corporate Communications | Saatva
George Rosales Managing Partner | Bounce Marketing & Consulting
Ada Rosales Founder & CEO | Bounce Marketing & Consulting
Chuck Anderson Internal Communications & Employee Engagement Lead, Oncology Business Unit | Takeda
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