Employee Communications 101 Virtual Conference
11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. ET
- Leverage AI for Smarter Communication
- Embrace the Future of Work
- Elevate Your Employee Experience
- Bridge Hybrid and Remote Gaps
- Empower Managers as Communicators
- Foster an Inclusive Workplace Culture
- Measure Your Comms Efforts
Your Essential Internal Comms Roadmap for 2025
Effective internal communications and a strong employee culture isn’t just important — they're non-negotiable for organizational success.
Join us on January 30, 2025 for an engaging and fast-paced virtual conference featuring industry leaders, innovators, and experts who will share cutting-edge trends alongside timeless strategies, all designed to guide you and your team through the tactics you need to elevate your internal communications.
Learn practical and tactical ways to leveraging AI for personalized content, how to implement mobile-first strategies for accessibility, and why it’s critical to optimize employee experience platforms. We’ll cover ways to enhance productivity through newsletters, pulse surveys, and cohesive communication — all essential building blocks to creating genuine employee engagement and maintaining a connected workforce.
Get ready to revolutionize your approach to employee engagement and organizational culture. Register now and prepare to create a more connected, productive, and inspired workforce.
Top reasons to attend this virtual conference:
- You’ll learn from and interact with the top employee communications experts.
- You'll get essential takeaways you can apply right away.
- You'll get to connect with fellow communicators and share knowledge.
- You'll be able to watch from anywhere.
- You'll receive all presentation slides and handouts.
- You'll earn a Ragan Certificate of Learning.
- You'll get access to the on-demand recording for 12 months.
Agenda
Technology is transforming both our day-to-day jobs and our organizations' overall strategies. As a result, traditional employee communications tactics alone are no longer sufficient for the change management now necessary across industries. See how IBM has gone hands-on to engage employees around the world and of different areas of expertise, empower them to embrace AI in their work and educate them about the company's new AI strategy, as well as some of the other ways they are creating meaningful experiences every day. During this session, you will learn how you can:
- Go beyond content: Learn about the many different ways you can engage employees when you supplement your usual playbook of blogs, emails and town halls with unique experiences, especially intentionally bringing teams together in person as they return to the workplace.
- Bring your company's strategy to life: Discover how you can empower your employees to see their role in your evolving strategy and understand the company's mission and goals.
- Enable experiential learning: See how you can provide meaningful opportunities for employees to develop the skills now required in the modern workplace, whether that's generative AI, data analysis or industry-specific tools.
It's no secret that DE&I initiatives, CSR policies, and ESG principles have rapidly evolved with changes in terminology and focus. Despite a politicized environment, effectively communicating the business benefits of a more inclusive and adaptable workplace remains crucial and must be demonstrated through tangible results. Join this session to learn how leaders are successfully navigating these evolving concepts. You’ll learn:
- Holistic Alignment: Strategies to weave your company’s core values into every aspect of your organization to create a culture that truly reflects them.
- Engaging Communication: Techniques to articulate your efforts, commitments, and initiatives of corporate values in a compelling manner that resonates with employees and stakeholders alike.
- Empowering Cultural Ambassadors: How to leverage effective communication to transform employees into passionate advocates of your company's culture, extending impact both internally and externally.
- Adaptive Culture Strategies: Develop flexible approaches to culture-building that can evolve with changing societal expectations and business needs.
- Measuring Cultural Impact: Discover key metrics and methodologies for assessing the effectiveness of your cultural initiatives.
Explore key findings from more than 195,000 internal email campaigns deployed across 20 industries in ContactMonkey’s 2025 Internal Communications Benchmark Report. This virtual session provides actionable insights from some of the most comprehensive data in the industry, offering you a clear roadmap for enhancing your communication strategy. We analyzed across industries, including healthcare, technology, financial services, and more, with company sizes ranging from small teams to 10,000-plus employee enterprise organizations.
What you’ll gain:
- Industry-specific email benchmarks to measure your performance.
- Proven practices for engaging employees across sectors.
- Expert advice on interpreting data and showcasing the ROI of internal communications.
Join us to learn how top organizations are leveraging internal email to drive engagement and growth in 2025. This session is a must-attend for communicators looking to stay ahead of the curve.
Remote. Onsite. Hybrid. Flex. Work from home. Whatever the case, lines of communication need to be accessible, measurable, and strategic. Join this session to hear from an expert who will share their experiences and insights on implementing tools and tech that facilitate cross-departmental collaboration. You’ll hear:
- Collaborate Like a Pro: How to implement tools like project management software, communication platforms, and collaborative workspaces to enhance cross-departmental collaboration.
- Clear Channels, Stronger Teams: Learn the importance of establishing clear communication channels to set shared goals and foster a sense of belonging among team members.
- Removing Silos: Discover actionable ideas and practical tools to dismantle organizational silos, driving improved productivity, innovation, and employee engagement.
- Real-World Success Stories: Learn how other organizations have effectively implemented collaboration tools and strategies – and how you can apply these lessons to your team.
From intranets to messaging apps like Slack and Teams; project management tools like Asana, Monday, and Trello, to company newsletters: everything has a purpose in the Employee Engagement Ecosystem (EEE). Join this session to explore how to transform your digital workplace into powerful hubs of employee engagement – and where and when it makes sense to launch a newsletter.
- Enhancing Intranet Usability: Best practices for designing an intuitive and user-friendly intranet that encourages employee interaction and engagement, such as surveys and employee spotlights.
- Elevating Newsletter Impact: Techniques for crafting compelling newsletters that capture attention and drive engagement.
- Empowering Digital Workplaces: Evaluate the latest tools and tech that can transform your digital workplace into a seamless, productive, and engaging environment.
- AI-Powered Content: Discover how to leverage AI tools like ChatGPT, Descript and Writesonic to efficiently improve scheduling and content brainstorming.
- Elevating Engagement Through Data Insights: How to measure employee interaction, optimize content delivery, and create a seamless digital employee experience that drives productivity.
Managers play a pivotal role in critical cultural carriers and effective two-way conversation with employees. This session will arm managers with essential tools and strategies to excel as communicators. We’ll tackle how best to address difficult conversations like performance issues, conflict resolution, and company-wide tough news. You’ll learn:
- Effective Comms Techniques: Proven communication techniques that middle managers can use to convey messages, provide constructive feedback, and foster open dialogue within their teams.
- Building Trust and Credibility: Strategies for team building, including best practices for transparency, consistency, and integrity in communication.
- Leveraging Tech for Communication: The digital tools and platforms that can enhance collaboration within teams, especially in remote or hybrid work environments – plus, best practices for using technology to maintain regular check-ins and virtual team-building.
- Confident and Sensitive Approaches: How to handle challenging situations with confidence and empathy, such as mediating disputes, announcing layoffs, and managing sensitive personal issues.
Generative AI programs are the true standouts for this season of transformative tools. The future is already here with endless potential for human/AI collaborations, however, gaining leadership buy-in is crucial for a successful implementation. This panel session will provide you with the strategies and insights needed to effectively communicate the value of gen AI to your organization's leadership, ensuring alignment and support for AI-driven initiatives.
- Articulating the Value Proposition: How to communicate the strategic value of generative AI to leadership, emphasizing its potential to drive innovation and improve business outcomes.
- Engaging Stakeholders: Techniques for engaging and aligning key stakeholders, including executives, managers, and IT and content teams, to ensure a unified approach to AI adoption – plus how to set up a AI Task Force.
- Mitigating Risks with Policies: Best practices for identifying and mitigating risks associated with AI us, including ethical considerations, data privacy, and security concerns.
- Demonstrating Quick Wins: Strategies for identifying and implementing quick-win projects that showcase the immediate benefits of generative or other forms of AI.
- Success Stories: Real world examples from industry leaders who have successfully implemented AI policies or task forces in their organizations.
Join us for this closing fireside session to learn how to create engaging stories that truly connect with your audience and boost your credibility. This engaging discussion will cover practical techniques and share real-world examples to help you craft compelling narratives. Whether you're an aspiring thought leader or a seasoned professional, this session will equip you with the storytelling tools to make a lasting impact in your field and inspire meaningful change.
- Authenticity in Storytelling: Discover the importance of authenticity and vulnerability in creating meaningful connections through storytelling.
- Engaging Your Audience: Gain insights into tailoring stories to different audiences by understanding their demographics, interests, and pain points. Learn to segment your audience and use interactive storytelling techniques, such as polls and visual elements, to maximize engagement and impact across various platforms, including LinkedIn, internal blogs, and X.
- Actionable Strategies for Implementation: Ways to use LinkedIn, internal platforms, and X to share your stories and build a strong personal brand.
- The Employee Value Proposition: Understand how these techniques enhance your thought leadership and support your organization by highlighting a culture of knowledge sharing and professional growth.
Speakers
INTERESTED IN SPEAKING?
Please reach out to Director of Event Programming
Alyssa Smith.
Top things you’ll learn at this conference:
- Boost employee culture: Discover proven strategies to cultivate a positive employee culture that fosters engagement, productivity, and collaboration.
- Multi-channel strategy guide: How newsletters and intranets can be central to your comms strategy, and techniques to enhancing engagement through personalized content, interactivity, and real-time updates – plus, how to ensuring mobile-friendly access.
- Empowering middle managers: Unlock the potential of the comms cascade, focusing on managers as key communicators. Learn how to equip them to effectively bridge the gap between leadership vision and frontline execution.
- Next level content creation: How AI tools like ChatGPT, Descript or video creator Lumen5 can help quickly craft compelling employee stories or automatically schedule a content calendar.
- Maximize Comms ROI: Leverage advanced analytics to drive communication strategies with AI-powered sentiment analysis, real-time feedback, and predictive modeling. Plus: Measure, optimize, and prove the ROI of your internal communications initiatives.
VIP | Regular Rates | |
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Virtual Conference Registration | $1,399 | $1,599 |
Virtual Conference Ragan Insider Member | $1,349 | $1,549 |
Nonprofit/Gov Event Registration | $1,299 | $1,499 |
All attendees will receive the recording of the event.
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Who Should Attend?
You can’t afford to miss this if you work in:
Employee Communications • Internal Communications • Executive Communications • Human Resources • Employee Engagement • Corporate Communications • Employee Experience • Culture • Employee Resource Groups • Future of Work • Change Management
Get Recognized!
Each registration comes with a personalized "Employee Communications 101" Certificate of Completion for attending.
Lawrence Ragan Communications, Inc is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities.
This program is valid for 4 PDCs.
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