2009 Employee Communication Conference
IABC 2009 Employee Communication Conference
22–23 October
Le
Méridien King Edward
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
This event will sell out. Attendance is strictly limited to 120.
Register and make your hotel reservation today!
Feedback from the 2008 Employee Communication Conference:
"I enjoyed my experience at the conference and I came away with some valuable information and ideas that I can implement immediately."
- Holly Elrod, Project Manager, Cox Enterprises, Georgia
"I came back to work energized, excited, and ready to get busy on some new projects. I learned so much and enjoyed the opportunity to visit with other communicators. Good job!"
- Laura Haywood, Communications Specialist, Southwest Power Pool, Arkansas
"Good speaker/topic lineup, great keynotes and the perfect number of attendees. I have a lot of good take-aways and am inspired to try to implement some of them."
- Tony Spilde, Public Relations Representative, MDU Resources Group Inc., North Dakota
Why This Conference?
Don’t miss the definitive conference that demonstrates the employee communicator’s critical role in delivering profits, quality products and happy customers.
Companies need powerful employee communication now more than ever before. Effective workplace communication is the lifeline that connects employees to the CEO’s business agenda, motivates the workforce to give the company 110 percent and drives the organization’s financial results.
With IABC’s annual Employee Communication Conference, you’ll have the rare opportunity to learn how your peers are delivering real business value, pushing the envelope in employee communication with social media tools and using big, bold approaches to lead their organizations through these extraordinary times.
Now is the time to inspire your employees to deliver their best. The definitive best-practice event for internal communicators will show you how it’s done.
Schedule at a glance
Thursday, 22 October
8–8:45 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
8:45–9:45 a.m. |
Opening Keynote Address:
Keeping the brand fresh: Leverage your internal brand to drive employee engagement
Presenter / Richard Ellis, APR / McDonald's Restaurants of Canada Limited |
10–11:00 a.m.
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Workshops:
How to transform your intranet into a dynamic employee communication tool
Presenter / William Amurgis / American Electric Power
How to inspire true employee participation through communication
Presenter / Janice Smith / Delta Hotels |
11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
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Workshops:
But I don't want feedback! Getting leaders to engage in meaningful two-way communication with their employees
Presenter / Susan Quinn-Mullins / Quinn-Mullins & Associates
Stop telling, start involving
Presenter / Tim McCleary / The Involvement Practice |
12:30–1:45 p.m. |
Luncheon Keynote Address:
Taking the "corporate" out of corporate communication
Presenter / Steve Crescenzo / Crescenzo Communications |
2–3 p.m.
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Workshops:
Shifting from monologue to dialogue: Accelerating strategy and driving employee engagement with social media
Presenter / Carolyn Ray / NATIONAL Public Relations
Presenter / Jennifer Rock / Best Buy
Weathering the storm: Strategies for communicating with employees during tough times
Presenter / Laurie Smith / CNW Group |
3–3:30 p.m. |
Coffee Break |
3:30–4:30 p.m.
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Conference Wrap-Up:
Take the day's major lessons and create a communication strategy for 2010
Presenter / Steve Crescenzo / Crescenzo Communications |
Friday, 23 October
7:30–8 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
8–9:00 a.m. |
Morning Keynote Session:
Tales from the world’s laziest communicator: Engaging employees through social responsibility communication
Presenter / Lynn Patterson / Royal Bank of Canada |
9:15–10:15 a.m.
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Workshops:
Finding the perfect fit: Engaging your audience through demographics
Presenter / Angie Andich / KPMG Canada
Presenter / Gillian Welsh / KPMG Canada
The upside of the downturn: Engaging employees to make a difference
Presenter / Nadine Pettman, ABC / Devon Canada Corp. |
10:30–11:30 a.m.
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Workshops:
Unleashing your corporate blog-ability
Presenter / James D. Lynch / American Express
Engaging the Millennial workforce: What used to work, doesn't
Presenter / Diane Gayeski, Ph.D. / Ithaca College |
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. |
Closing Luncheon and Keynote:
Web 2.0 in employee communication
Presenter /
Donna Papacosta /
Trafalgar Communications
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