Start your day with a delicious continental breakfast, while mingling with fellow attendees and picking up your event materials. Don't forget to stop by and visit our sponsors for valuable resources and information. Enjoy complimentary coffee, tea, and breakfast items as you get energized and prepared for the day ahead.

Welcome to ALI’s Modernizing the Employee Experience.

In this fast-paced conference, you'll get to know your fellow peers, their biggest employee experience challenges, and a few innovative tips!

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York was able to successfully return many of its 3,000 employees back to its locations in early 2022. The success of their return was due to an integrated, human-centered approach that included a team of strategic communicators, technologists, facility planners, experience designers, and learning strategists. 

In this case study, you will:

• Gain insights into the collaborative efforts and strategies employed by the team to address the unique challenges associated with the return, while fostering an environment that nurtures personal connections, teamwork, and alignment with the Fed's distinctive mission
• Gain valuable knowledge about the role of strategic communication in disseminating crucial information, the integration of technology to support employee well-being and productivity, the meticulous planning of office facilities to ensure a safe and comfortable working environment, and the design of engaging learning experiences to help employees reconnect with the organization's mission
• Gain practical insights into the key elements of designing an integrated employee experience during a return to the office
• Understand how a human-centered approach, coupled with effective collaboration across disciplines, can yield successful outcomes while prioritizing employee safety, well-being, and engagement
• Be equipped with valuable knowledge and strategies to create a seamless, engaging, and fulfilling employee experience that fosters a sense of connection, purpose, and productivity in the post-pandemic workplace

Since the start of the pandemic, businesses have been working to find the balance between people and profits. Initially, the balance of power shifted strongly to employees (demanding higher salaries, WFH, benefits, etc.)... but as businesses face economic headwinds, they're reckoning with the hangover from the Great Resignation. They need to bring down the costs of their headcount, while continuing to drive growth through innovation and high productivity.  Businesses are struggling to align headcount costs, keep existing employees motivated and productive, drive innovation and protect their reputations.

You will gain valuable knowledge on the following key areas:

• Finding a Happy Medium: Discovering effective approaches that drive the bottom line while consistently meeting the evolving benchmarks of employee satisfaction
• Motivating and Engaging Existing Employees: Exploring strategies to keep employees motivated, productive, and committed during times of change and uncertainty
• Cultivating Innovation: Understanding how to foster a culture of innovation within the organization, promoting creativity and adaptability in the face of shifting market dynamics
• Safeguarding Reputation: Recognizing the importance of maintaining a positive employer brand and protecting the company's reputation amidst the challenges of cost-cutting and employee management

In this Q&A session you will learn how Gulfstream Aerospace, a global 19,000 person business aviation company, used one technology platform to reach desked and deskless employees. 

Attendees will learn:

• How technology can deliver the same employee experience to both desked and deskless employees
• How to leverage omni-channel internal communications 
• How decreasing email can lead to increased employee engagement
• Alternative strategies for reaching hard-to-reach employees

Take a break and network with your peers over complimentary coffee, tea, and refreshments. 

Make sure to visit our sponsors to explore the latest tools and innovations that can assist in internal communications, employer branding & enhance the employee experience.

The landscape of employee communications technology has never been more robust – which means even more options to create effective and modern employee experiences.

Today’s communications professionals must strategically and thoughtfully craft messages that create engaging experiences for employees. By leveraging your brand values and staying true to your organization’s culture, you can build purposeful and sustainable interactions.

In this case study, you will:

• Learn techniques for creating memorable experiences that leave a lasting impact on employees
• Gain practical knowledge and actionable strategies to effectively align employee communications, HR functions, and brand values
• Learn how to craft engaging experiences that resonate with employees, strengthen engagement, and create a cohesive organizational culture
• Be equipped to design purposeful and sustainable interactions that foster a positive employee experience and drive organizational success

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

**Everyone is financially responsible for their own lunch

Attendees will learn: 

• Building the business case for a team- good for people new to EB or looking to prove value
• Reporting on what matters
• Sustaining stakeholder engagement
• The importance of keeping your people first in your activation

Key Points We’ll Cover:

• What our pain point was/no EVP, no way to differentiate us
• How we went about the process—EB vendor, focus groups, revisions/tailoring
• Our steps to launch it internally/externally
• Getting internal partner buy-in
• Difference between EVP and EB/how we explained the difference to our teams/their roles in supporting it

Change management is gaining more visibility in corporations thanks to focus on employee experience and retention goals, but what about change communications?

Being able to define the change is critical, but without effective communications, even the best laid plans can fall apart. The Internal Communications team at TransUnion lead the company's largest and most significant change campaign in its over 50-year history--incorporating approximately 3,000 employees into its ranks which increased its population by 50%.

The team had to invent their playbook as they went along as they worked to support the integration of people, processes, and systems across three companies acquired over the course of 4 months. Their story is intriguing, complex, and inspiring.

Tune in to learn how to lead a strategic transformation through their innovative, agile, and cohesive approach to change communications.

Attendees will leave the session learning more about:

●Differentiation and intersections between change management and change communications

●Key components of a successful change communication program

●Strategies for working within a complex stakeholder environment

●Lessons learned from a 4,000 employee acquisition integration change communications program

In this "no-pressure" setting, you'll be able to ask your most pressing questions and receive honest feedback from your peers.

Moderator: Preston Lewis, Intactic

Join us for an evening of continued networking and conversation at the lobby bar for the #ALIcomms reception. Mingle with your peers and sponsors while enjoying drinks, and participate in raffles for a chance to win exciting prizes. Plus, sign up for a group dinner to continue building relationships with your colleagues. Don't miss out on this opportunity to connect and unwind after a successful day of learning and collaboration.

Keep the conversations and networking alive! Join a group of attendees for dinner at a popular NYC restaurant. Reservations have been made, so sign up with an ALI team member to secure your spot for tonight's dine-around. Please note that everyone is responsible for their own expenses.

Enjoy complimentary coffee, tea and continental breakfast as you network with fellow attendees on this final day.

St. Jude moves to a Workday ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solution in July, combining business processes from Human Resources, Finance and Supply Chain into one system. Hear more about their readiness journey to engage employees and leaders through stakeholder management, training and communication.

• Identify key stakeholders to help support your decisions and change champions to help you promote them.
• Understand the importance of readiness measurement and agility in your communication approach.
• Engage your employees and your project team in fun and creative communications.
• Look beyond “Go-Live” to position the organization for success

• How does your partner define success for the year? 
• What are they measuring themselves against at year-end? 
• What is this team doing that the rest of the organization can benefit from? (and vice versa) 
• When you can articulate these 3 areas; your internal communications strategy will be clear for you to deliver on and easier for employees to understand 

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.

Ever wish you could access all the best practices, real-world experience, ideas, hot tips, and expert coaching you need to solve your most burning internal comms challenges?

Now you can!

Here's how it works:

Submit a meaty challenge or opportunity* you'd like expert IC coaching and peer support on–or just come along to listen and support others!

We'll select one person to 'Spotlight' at the event–they'll share their Challenge/Opportunity, get some coaching and then we'll harness the wisdom of the group in a fast-paced, facilitated conversation designed to deliver tangible takeaways and next steps.

Whether you're in the spotlight or supporting someone else, you are guaranteed to leave the event with fresh ideas, insights and inspiration you can apply to your work immediately

AI is fast becoming the hot topic of the year! In fact, AI tool ChatGPT is one of the fastest growing tech platforms with over 1 million registered users in just 5 days. With the advent of various AI tools currently in use and on the horizon, staying up to date will become even more important part of the communication role.

In this session, you’ll learn how

• Improving efficiencies by leveraging AI.
• Uncovering the capabilities and benefits of AI within your internal communications channels
• Discover current resources available to improve your communication performance.
• Collecting AI information for great storytelling and idea generation

You've submitted your biggest 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 workplace and communications strategies.

We hope you enjoyed the Modern Employer Branding & The New Employee Experience Conference. Thank you for being a part of it!

Share your thoughts and photos from the conference using the hashtag #ALIcomms on social media.

You will receive a link to OneDrive next week, where you can access copies of all presentations from the conference.

Once again, thank you for attending and we hope to see you again soon!