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Beyond the intranet: build a thriving digital community your employees will actually use

15 August | 12:00 p.m. CT

Traditional intranets and employee apps are struggling to keep up with the modern, hybrid workforce. Employees are scattered across remote locations, offices, and the frontlines. Communication is no longer top-down – it's multi-directional and social. Join us to discover how to build a thriving digital workplace that fosters authentic connections, empowers employees, and drives collaboration across your entire organization. Learn to leverage AI, mobile-first strategies, and community-building tactics to create a vibrant digital hub that replaces the watercooler and keeps everyone engaged.

Key Takeaways:

  • Foster Authentic Connections: Discover how to move beyond one-way communication and build a digital workplace where employees can share ideas, connect with colleagues, and feel like they belong, no matter where they work.
  • Supercharge Workplace Comms with AI: Learn how Appspace AI streamlines content creation with auto-generated text and visuals, enhances engagement through auto-translation and narration, and optimizes publishing with data-driven insights.
  • Drive Collaboration in the Hybrid Workplace: Explore strategies for empowering employees to collaborate effectively across teams, locations, and devices, leading to increased productivity and innovation.

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Speakers:

David FleckDavid Fleck 
Senior Director of Product and Partner Marketing

David Fleck is a marketing leader with comprehensive experience building and executing successful marketing plans to differentiate companies from competitors and drive revenue. Fleck has the ability to unite cross-functional teams around common goals in highly competitive markets. 

 

Lauren PattonLauren Patton
Director of Internal Communications and Engagement

Lauren Patton leads internal communications and global engagement at Appspace and uses Appspace to deliver messages to and engage team members in hybrid and remote environments around the world. She's passionate about empowering leaders and team members to own their messages, helping knock down barriers to information, and evangelizing the power of “speaking human.” 

 

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Earn one (1) point toward Global Communication Certification Council (GCCC) recertification for this webinar. Learn more.


 

AI and Internal Comms: Smarter, More Personal Workplace Interactions

21 August | 12:00 p.m. CT

Artificial intelligence (AI) is shaking things up in today’s modern workplace. Nowhere is this more apparent than how it is impacting communications

Join internal communications veteran and expert, Carolyn Clark, for an informational and engaging webinar on how to harness AI for comms, responsibly and ethically.

You’ll discover how AI is reshaping internal communications, empowering personalized connections and tailoring employee engagement. Delve into the ethical considerations of AI integration and gain actionable strategies for its responsible implementation within your organizational processes.

By Joining This Session, You’ll Learn These 3 Takeaways:

  • Techniques for leveraging AI to personalize internal connections and enhance employee engagement
  • Best practices for maintaining transparency, fairness, and privacy when integrating AI into communication strategies
  • Tips for blending AI into internal communications ethically and effectively, positioning your organization for future success

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Speakers:

Carolyn ClarkCarolyn Clark
Vice President of Corporate Marketing and Internal Communications

Carolyn Clark is the Vice President of Corporate Marketing & Internal Communications at Simpplr, a modern intranet platform. A seasoned leader, with deep roots in employee communications and employee experience, Carolyn joined to help Simpplr elevate the employee experience by driving innovation and reimagining how employee communication is delivered in today's world. 

Throughout her career, Clark has intentionally diversified her experience to all facets of communication. From producing broadcast news to consumer and product public relations, media relations and corporate communication. Before joining Simpplr, Clark led internal and HR communication at major tech companies including Yahoo, Oath (Verizon Media), Pandora, GoDaddy, and Opendoor. Clark has led countless transitions, navigated more crises than she can count, and shepherded thousands of employees through complex acquisitions and integrations. She has a passion for navigating difficult situations and an ability to drive employee experience strategy through complicated corporate issues. 

Clark lives in North Carolina with her husband and energetic 9-year-old daughter.

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Earn one (1) point toward Global Communication Certification Council (GCCC) recertification for this webinar. Learn more.


 

Harnessing the Power of LumApps and AI With Google

28 August | 1:00 p.m. CT

Join us for an exclusive webinar where Mary Kaplan and Lisa Capra, Product Marketing Managers at LumApps, will showcase how LumApps can revolutionize your Google Workspace with the advanced capabilities of Google Vertex AI. Discover the seamless integration that transforms your internal communications, enabling you to craft a unified narrative that significantly enhances employee engagement, fosters seamless collaboration and drives substantial productivity gains. Recognized as a leader by Gartner and Forrester, LumApps is not merely a tool but a catalyst for modern business innovation. Don't let this opportunity pass by —see firsthand how LumApps can elevate your organization to new heights.

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Speakers:

Mary KaplanMary Kaplan 
Product Marketing Manager, LumApps

Mary Kaplan is a Product Marketing Manager at LumApps, where she helps companies discover more effective ways to communicate and collaborate through their intranet.  Mary works with Chief Communications Officers, along with other executives and business stakeholders, to help them reduce silos of information and improve the corporate culture of their businesses through effective communications.  She focuses on delivering technical strategy in collaboration with internal sales executives and LumApps leadership team, to advocate for solutions that meet communicators' needs.  She also helps mentor and train new members in the Austin (and now remote!) office.  

 

Lisa CapraLisa Capra
Product Marketing Manager, LumApps

As a Product Marketing Manager, Lisa works to articulate the value of the LumApps Employee Intranet in a way that resonates with customers. By driving product adoption and advocacy, Lisa's role is the listening function of LumApps, representing the customer's voice. Her goal is to drive consistent, compelling messaging and positioning about all LumApps products and new features. She also plays a leading role in ensuring messaging and brand accuracy both internally and externally.

 

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Earn one (1) point toward Global Communication Certification Council (GCCC) recertification for this webinar. Learn more.


 

Designing With the Ears for Enhanced Productivity and Well-Being

17 September | 10:00 a.m. CT

Renowned sound and communication expert Julian Treasure's closing keynote at the 2024 World Conference focused on the forgotten skill of listening. In this engaging and transformative talk he explores how to design the sound in the spaces we spend over 90% of our lives in, in order to enhance both productivity and well-being. Be sure to attend with headphones on to gain the full benefit of this exciting talk as Julian demonstrates the power of sound and shows how to use it to your advantage.

Topics he will cover include:

  • Indoor Environmental Quality
  • The four effects of sound • Cross-modal effects
  • The cost of noise in our most important buildings
  • The benefits of well-designed sound
  • How to design with the ears • Soundscaping
  • Real life examples

What you'll learn...

  • The power of sound and how it affects our happiness, effectiveness and well-being
  • Common errors in creating spaces for work, learning, healing and recreation
  • The four steps to designing spaces that sound as good as they look

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Speaker:

Julian Treasure headshotJulian Treasure

Julian Treasure is a top-rated international speaker on sound and the critical communication skills of listening and speaking. Collectively, Julian’s five TED Talks have been viewed over 150 million times. How to speak so that people want to listen is the sixth most-viewed TED talk of all time. In live or virtual keynotes, or in bite-sized appearances via ThinkersOne, Julian delivers engaging, entertaining and transformational content, and is equally potent and effective with live or virtual delivery. ‍ His talks enhance business effectiveness, particularly for those in sales or leadership roles, as well as enriching relationships at work and at home. His presenting skills and innovative use of sound make his talks visceral and potent experiences that are always highly rated by delegates. In addition to keynote speeches, Julian can also arrange structured training or workshops for your company.

 

 

Earn one (1) point toward Global Communication Certification Council (GCCC) recertification for this webinar. Learn more.