6th Annual Modern Intranets for the Digital Workplace
6th Annual Modern Intranets for the Digital Workplace
Deliver a better digital employee experience to drive communication, collaboration & culture
October 11, 2022 - October 13, 2022 | New York, NY
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Pre-Conference Workshops: Tuesday, October 11
General Sessions: Wednesday, October 12
Thursday, October 13
Align Employees, Leadership, & Communications With Modern Digital Workplace Solutions
A Conference Built For Communicators!
Employees are at the center of what we do as communicators. With the ever-changing workplace, employee needs continue to evolve. Now is the time to focus on employee experience, and how your Modern Intranet can help.
How can you create a compelling intranet that serves as a hub that your employees will want to consume?
How can Internal Communication professionals demonstrate ROI and prove the value of their efforts to leadership?
What are the metrics and data that executives care about?
Attend this conference to establish, create, engage and connect your digital workplace.
You’ll Learn How To
Build a modular intranet from limited resources
Deliver an integrated digital employee experience
Drive higher employee engagement and adoption
Align employees across the globe by establishing a single source of truth
Simplify system-generated notifications and reduce high volume internal email
Define success every time, every project
Adapt new communications channels among non-desk and in-office employees
Identify the best way to communicate information to a variety of employees
Develop a deskless employee measurement strategy that fuels communication efforts and delivers results
Unearth compelling story-based content that employees want to watch and share
Revamp mundane communication parallels
Transform communication errors into winning practices
Tap communication champions to generate excitement
Leverage video content for multiple distribution channels and uses
Inform and educate employees about complicated subjects creatively
Increase employee productivity with no-code integrations and automation workflows
Encourage employees to use company technology to engage one another
Benefits of the 3-Day All-Access Pass
Maximize your time by signing up for our Pre-Conference Workshops on Tuesday, October 11.
The interactive, small group workshops, led by thought leaders and intranet experts will prepare you for the 2-day conference, provide you with practical answers to questions that keep you up at night, and inspire you to creatively tackle your most pressing intranet challenges.
We’ll wrap up Tuesday with a networking reception hosted by ALI and a dutch treat dinner out on the town!
Who Should Attend
This Conference has been researched and designed for Vice Presidents, Directors, Managers, Specialists, Officers, Leaders, and Consultants involved in:
Internal Communications
Executive Communications
Speechwriting
Employee Engagement
Brand Communication
Strategic Communications
Employee Communications
Intranet Communications
Digital Communications
Organizational Development
Corporate Communications
Public Relations
Benefits of Attending This ALI Conference
Access to practical presentation with real examples and proven strategies from your peers at a variety of leading organizations
Networking list for attendees to continue the conversation after the conference
Interactive, hands-on breakout sessions allowing you to work with your employee communications peers
Certificate of attendance for CEUs
Opportunity to meet with peers face-to-face while remaining safe
Guaranteed extensive, how-to instruction that you can use immediately
Opportunity to have your most pressing questions on the topic answered in real-time
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 intranet best practices and how they apply—or can be applied—in your work context.
Our Sponsors
FREE FROM IGLOO: The Traditional Intranet, Taken Further
Proof of vaccination and masks are generally NOT required in the New York City area.
We know the communications community values in-person collaboration. We’re committed to creating a safe and comfortable environment for all attendees.
We will be following current CDC recommendations and local guidelines to ensure a great experience, along with putting in place measures to keep you safe during the ongoing pandemic.
If this shift in protocol impacts your decision to attend, we invite you to purchase the pre-recorded content pass.
For the most up-to-date requirements and updates, please visit the CDC website.
Thank you for your support and collaboration in making this an event you can attend safely and confidently!
What People are Saying
“Wow. The energy was great and the information was incredibly useful.”
Conference Attendee
Digital Workplace Tools & Tactics For Employee Communications
November 2021
“It was great to hear how a large company has dealt with transitioning their intranet”
Conference Attendee
Digital Workplace Tools & Tactics For Employee Communications
November 2021
” good information, engaging and sharing information that is trending now”
Conference Attendee
Digital Workplace Tools & Tactics For Employee Communications
November 2021
“Many solid points from someone who does this every day for organizations – I appreciated the best practices”
Conference Attendee
Digital Workplace Tools & Tactics For Employee Communications
November 2021
“Great topics and expertly managed”
Conference Attendee
Digital Workplace Tools & Tactics For Employee Communications
November 2021
“Seeing the communications come together and that we all have similar feelings and experiences. Also liked getting a glimpse into what other orgs are using for internal comms tools”
Conference Attendee
Digital Workplace Tools & Tactics For Employee Communications
November 2021
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Pre-Conference Workshops: Find Out Why ALI Workshops Are Consistently Rated As Valuable Time Spent! - 10/11/2022
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Registration: Badges, Bagels, & Beverages
Enjoy complimentary coffee, tea and continental breakfast as you meet your workshop leader and fellow attendees.
Stop by the registration desk to sign-in and pick up your materials for the next 3 days.
We'll kick things off at 8:30!
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Internal Communications Team Maturity: A Group Therapy Workshop
Carey Dearnley, Global Manufacturing Communications | Merck
Many internal communication teams’ origin stories start with a few passionate people tossed into the role and responsibility of managing the communications for an organization. The pressures of everyday communication and constant business change make it difficult to develop your teams’ capabilities, processes, and strategies; moreover, there’s no framework or roadmap to serve as guidance.
Pinaki Kathiari, CEO of digital communication agency, Local Wisdom, built an Internal Communication Team Maturity Model to help communication managers and directors identify where they are, envision where they want to be, and plot a course to get there. This engaging and interactive group therapy session gives you access to the Maturity Model framework, diagnoses your level using a simple five-minute assessment, and facilitates deep group discussion allowing you to harness the wisdom in the room. Whether your comms team is well-established or starting from scratch, you’ll walk away with solutions and resources to level up.
In this session and discussions, you’ll gain:
An overview of the maturity model's levels and layers
An assessment of your level
An understanding of the challenges your peers face
Tips and solutions to level up your comms team capabilities
10:30 am - 10:45 am
Morning Refreshments & Networking Break
Enjoy complimentary coffee, tea, and other refreshments as you network with your peers as we switch over to the next workshop.
10:45 am - 12:15 pm
Ensuring Your Employees Thrive In The Digital Workplace
Charles Chesnut, Vice President, Digital Marketing | Integral
Ethan McCarty, CEO | Integral
Employees can be an organization’s best advocates and ambassadors since they are the conduit for conducting business and ensuring success. Therefore, it is essential for every organization to ensure their most valuable public is engaged, informed, and heard. The session will focus on how organizations can effectively engage and activate employees in a digital landscape.
In the past, employers could focus primarily on what employees had in common. Today, employers must also respond to differences within and between employee populations. Attendees will learn from a hands-on, data-driven workshop focused on creating a more effective employee experience using organizational intranets and other channels.
This workshop will include:
Attendee ice breaker and introductions
Overview of Integral’s recent findings related to employee experience, digital tools, digital transformation, and organizational intranets
Case study of digital tools and transformations: the risks and rewards
Customized questionnaire and table exercise focused around communication, collaboration, and culture in a digital work environment with report outs and group discussion
Attendees will learn:
Assessing and addressing gaps in understanding employee use of digital tools and preferences
Organizational rituals that build and reinforce values, connection, and positive behaviors
Cultivating communication channels using managers to bring non-managers in more deliberately
CommTech tools that matter
The key insights and takeaways will help communication leaders adjust and rethink their approach to the employee experience in the digital workplace for improved communication, culture, and collaboration.
12:15 pm - 1:30 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 City hot spot!
Everyone is financially responsible for their own lunch.
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
How to Use Multichannel Vehicles and Just-in-Time Messaging to Engage Employees
Learn the value of diversifying your internal communications campaigns! With a hybrid work environment, employees are no longer glued to their computers watching emails come in. As communicators, we need to meet our employees where they are, and deliver succinct messaging at the right time, using the right vehicle - whether that be email, Slack, Intranet, or a combination of all three!
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Close Of Workshops
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Networking Reception For Workshop Attendees @ Rooftop Bar : Social Drink & Food
Cheers to a great day full of content!
Join us ion the rooftop for complimentary drinks and networking with your peers.
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Dinner With A Group—Reservations Have Been Made To Take In The Sights Of New York City!
First time in New York? Want to get out of the hotel? Meet your peers in the lobby at 6:00.
You'll be heading out to dinner at a local hot spot as you take in the sights of the city.
Day 1: General Sessions - 10/12/2022
8:00 am - 8:30 am
Registration Opens: Breakfast, Beverages & Visit Your Sponsors
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!
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Chairperson's Welcome & Speed Networking
Welcome to the 6th Annual Modern Intranets For The Digital Workplace Conference.
In this fast-paced forum, you'll get to know your fellow peers, their biggest digital workplace challenges, and a few fun facts.
9:00 am - 9:35 am
Designing For People First: Our Digital Workplace Design Journey
Chris Harrer, Former Associate Vice President, Internal Communications - Digital | Comcast
Comcast's digital workplace is evolving into a very engaging platform on SharePoint and enables employees to be at the forefront of the experience.
In this presentation you will discover:
How to create design for modern SharePoint
What channels support employee engagement and company culture
How to give employees a space regardless of their location and how to make digital experience personal
9:35 am - 10:15 am
Cultivating An Author Community—Deltanet
Mallory Schroth, Senior Manager-Platforms, Corporate Communications | Delta Air Lines
Chris Sweigart, General Manager, Platforms & Content, Corporate Communications | Delta Air Lines
Over the past three years, the value of internal communications has become clearer than ever before. Organizations have a responsibility to keep their employees informed, inspired and connected while employees seek out critical information they need to do their jobs. An intranet platform can do so much: provide company, divisional and department updates and serve as a reliable source for mission-critical documents and resources. It’s a lot of information, much of it requiring intimate knowledge of the business and a variety of functions.
At Delta, we’ve cultivated a community of site owners and authors from among our 80,000 employees spread across divisions, departments and disciplines. Their contributions from across a diverse organizations are the life blood of our intranet, Deltanet.
In this session, Delta will share the strategies, opportunities and challenges of fostering an author community with content targeted towards employee group’s interests and needs, while providing centralized governance, training and best practices.
It will further explore how we’re considering the author and site owner roles as we plan for our transition.
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Challenges In Internal Communications & How To Solve For Them
Internal communication has a direct impact on an organization’s success. When done well, it builds employee engagement, company culture, and trust in leaders. Part of any good strategy is being able to recognize and solve for some of IC’s biggest challenges. In this session, learn strategies, insights, and tactics for tackling some of IC’s biggest challenges
10:30 am - 10:50 am
Morning Refreshments, Networking Break + Visit Your Sponsors
Enjoy complimentary coffee, tea, and other refreshments as you network with your peers.
Visit your sponsors to check out some of the latest tools and innovations supporting internal communications.
10:50 am - 11:25 am
Out Of The Box Intranet? Seamless Digital Integrations
Phillips 66 converted their intranet to SharePoint Online, going from a highly customized site to an out-of-the-box model with zero customization. This also allowed them to change the intranet from an information dumping ground to a living breathing integrated information source.
As this model has “settled in” across the company, the next challenge is to provide a level of personalization that improves the employee experience and enhances efficiency.
In this session learn about how this journey has led us to use the combination of out-of-the-box and integrations to make our intranet meaningful and efficient for employees.
Why decide to go “out-of-the-box” vs. custom development?
How they are using integration to create a personal experience
What they are doing to help our employees find their relevant information as easily as possible
11:25 am - 12:00 pm
Migrating Your Intranet Platform: The “Lift & Shift” Approach Versus User-Centric Design
Ian Lockhart, Corporate Vice President. Head of Digital Workplace and Business Partner (GBS) | New York Life Insurance Company
In 2021, New York Life migrated its entire collaborative social intranet to a new platform, delivering different capabilities, and features. While we originally took the “lift and shift” approach to move most of the legacy content, there were some key areas where we needed to have the end-user shape the ultimate end game from a design and experience perspective.
Come and learn our lessons, specifically:
What to migrate from your intranet content, when and how
When to simply “lift and shift” versus when to invest in user-centric design
How to leverage feedback, metrics and more to shape the future
Who to partner with to make it all happen, and generate a user-focused promotional campaign
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Interactive Group Breakout Session: Digital Solutions For Employees That Don't Sit At A Desk
Muriel Clauson, Co-Founder & CEO | Anthill
12:30 pm - 2:00 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 City hot spot!
Everyone is financially responsible for their own lunch.
2:00 pm - 2:40 pm
Interactive Forum On Artificial intelligence, Design Equity, and the Future of CommTech Platforms: Preparing For A Digital Workplace Experience That Empowers & Engages Employees
Howard Pyle, Founder & CEO | Experience Futures
Scott Ashen, Vice President, Digital Workplace Practice | Integral
Kelsey Graziano, Senior Director Communications | Neiman Marcus Group
Ethan McCarty, CEO | Integral
Remote and hybrid work environments are becoming woven into our culture. Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Automation, and Web 3.0 are here. Enterprise scale projects are transforming business challenges with effective and efficient business solutions.
How do organizations develop solutions to meet current and future challenges without leaving people behind? Who is at risk for being left behind? What is the case for bringing the digital workplace into early education? Does geographic location play a part in addressing the knowledge and experience gap?
In this session, Subject Matter Experts will discuss the digital workplace, enterprise software strategy and deployment, and how to create a future of work that reduces barriers to engagement while staying on the cutting edge.
This session will include:
Overview of the current and coming digital landscape
Challenges for organizations and communicators
Attendees will leave with:
Strategies for assessing how their organization can address gaps and prepare for the
future
Conversation starters for continuing this work within their organization
Resources to continue learning
Moderator: Ethan McCarty, CEO & Founder | Integral
2:40 pm - 3:15 pm
Being Aligned: Why IT And Communications Must Work & Collaborate For A Successful Digital Workplace
Deanna Miller, Senior Internal Communications Manager | Syngenta North America
Kathy Eichlin, Head, Internal Communications | Syngenta North America
Before COVID-19 changed the workplace, the Syngenta North America Communications and Information Technology teams recognized the critical need to sit down at the same table and work through challenges of language and practices to eliminate the siloes that had been created. From this moment, the two teams have been aligned on Town Halls, intranet designs, training for employees, and developing and educating employees on best practices for remote-based work.
Call us BFFs! Come learn how to develop a great relationship with your IT team members, including:
Why it is critical that you meet in person and know the skills of your IT team members, and they know yours.
Why this relationship is highly visible to senior leaders, and how to work cooperatively behind-the-scenes.
Why cooperation between teams will drive best practices across different areas of the business.
3:15 pm - 3:55 pm
The Top Digital Workplace Communications Tools At Your Fingertips: Q&A, Demos & Refreshments
With the variety of tools available it's hard to navigate and choose the one that is best for your organization.
In this fast-paced session you'll have the opportunity to see demonstrations of top digital workplace and communications tools of your choice.
We'll alert you when it's time to switch—grab a sweet treat on your way.
3:55 pm - 4:30 pm
Employee Mobile App vs. Non-Mobile Intranet: Overcoming Multi-Channel Obstacles
Alyssa Hagan, Director, Communications & Content | Encompass Health Corporation
Reaching deskless workers can be a challenge with only traditional communications channels at your disposal. After extensive research to understand how to support its unplugged healthcare workers, Encompass Health launched an employee mobile app & intranet in 2015 with the goal of engaging its workforce through content and helpful self-services tools its employees both needed and wanted.
In this session, you will learn:
How to build an employee app that suits your dispersed workforce
Tangible ideas to create an app adoption strategy that answers employees’ all-time-favorite “what’s in it for me?” question
How to engage and support content contributors to take part of the app management burden off your team
Ways to measure your app’s success
Directing employees to a central hub no longer works—deliver your intranet to where they are best practices
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Panel Discussion: Modern Intranet Top Practices: Key Strategies To Make or Break Your Intranet
From Junk Drawer to Premier Engagement Tool: Overhauling Your Intranet Like a Pro
Erica Hersh, Senior Content Manager | Boston Medical Center
Is your intranet a mix of outdated documents, broken links, and pages with four different fonts?
Learn how to overhaul your junk drawer intranet to boost engagement, help your employees find everything they need to do their jobs, and highlight organizational priorities—and how to get the rest of your organization on board with the changes.
We’ll also cover how to maintain your intranet and how to know when it’s time for another round of updates.
10:10 am - 10:30 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.
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Interactive Group Breakout Session: Paper Airplanes And Ideas That Fly
At work, every day, we face barriers, obstacles, and challenges of all shapes and sizes. We may stay stuck by keeping it close to our chest or could stick our heads in the sand hoping it will go away, or we might have too much on our plates and never find the time to find a solution.
Pinaki Kathiari, CEO of the digital communications agency Local Wisdom, brings a fresh approach to problem-solving and harnessing the collective wisdom in the room.
This interactive session helps you get unstuck by introducing your problems to others to gain new perspectives and ideas. You will go through a unique, 30-minute ideation exercise that utilizes all attendees in a random, anonymous, fun way to generate solutions and action steps to individuals’ specific challenges. And we’ll be doing this with paper airplanes.
In this session, you’ll discover:
How to craft a sound problem statement
A few powerful design-thinking exercises
Real ideas and solutions that pertain to your challenges
11:00 am - 11:35 am
Migrating to a Modern SharePoint Online Intranet on a Shoestring Budget
In this session you will learn how to:
Gather employee feedback and create your intranet migration plan
Create key sections of a modern SharePoint online intranet
Create an intranet migration communication plan to prepare your workforce for change
Integrate a SharePoint Online intranet into Microsoft Teams through Viva Connections)
11:35 am - 12:05 pm
How Micro-Stories Are Connecting Communities: An OmniChannel Approach To Communication and Collaboration
Cai Kjaer, CEO & Co-Founder | SWOOP Analytics
Paola Storchi, Digital Communities Lead | UNICEF
Paola Storchi, Digital Community Lead at UNICEF, will share how the organization uses a micro-story model to drive engagement and action: a 100-word curated summary that captures the essence of a longer conversation. The impact and reach of these conversations is captured with data from SWOOP Analytics to measure employee engagement and connection across Yammer communities amplified worldwide. Paola will explain how Yammer fits in the UNICEF’s omnichannel approach to internal communication and how it measures network uptake and real-time engagement using SWOOP Analytics
12:05 pm - 12:35 pm
Rapid-Fire Panel: Get Your Biggest Intranet & Digital Workplace Questions Answered
Stefanie Barton, Internal Communications Manager | Ford Foundation
Chris Sheffield, Internal Communications Manager | Youth Villages
Joey Levi, VP of Pre Sales | LumApps
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 digital workplace and communications strategies.
More panelists TBA!
12:35 pm - 12:45 pm
Key Takeaways, Conference Wrap-Up
Thank you for joining us for the 6th Annual Modern Intranets For The Digital Workplace Conference.
Be sure to share your thoughts and photos using #ALIcomms
You will receive a link to OneDrive next week with copies of all presentations.
Speakers
Joey Levi VP of Pre Sales | LumApps
Kelsey Graziano Senior Director Communications | Neiman Marcus Group
“Wow. The energy was great and the information was incredibly useful.”
Conference Attendee
Digital Workplace Tools & Tactics For Employee Communications
November 2021
“It was great to hear how a large company has dealt with transitioning their intranet”
Conference Attendee
Digital Workplace Tools & Tactics For Employee Communications
November 2021
” good information, engaging and sharing information that is trending now”
Conference Attendee
Digital Workplace Tools & Tactics For Employee Communications
November 2021
“Many solid points from someone who does this every day for organizations – I appreciated the best practices”
Conference Attendee
Digital Workplace Tools & Tactics For Employee Communications
November 2021
“Great topics and expertly managed”
Conference Attendee
Digital Workplace Tools & Tactics For Employee Communications
November 2021
“Seeing the communications come together and that we all have similar feelings and experiences. Also liked getting a glimpse into what other orgs are using for internal comms tools”
Conference Attendee
Digital Workplace Tools & Tactics For Employee Communications
November 2021
Located in the entertainment district, YOTEL guests eager for a bit of culture can stop by Broadway, while those who have shopping on the agenda may want to visit Times Square and Macy's. Check out an event or a game at Madison Square Garden, and consider making time for American Dream, a top attraction not to be missed.
Make Your Reservations
Booking
To receive your discounted rate of $239/night, be sure to mention the 6th Annual Intranet/Advanced Learning Institute group rate.
Nonprofit/government employees are eligible for a $200 discount. Contact us at 773-695-9400 or connect@aliconferences.comto receive your promotion code.
Vendor Rates:
Non-sponsoring vendors are required to pay a registration fee for the 2-day conference of $3,495. Contact us connect@aliconferences.com for the vendor registration link.
Terms & Conditions of Your Registration
PAYMENT
Payment is due two weeks prior to the event. If payment has not been received two weeks before the event, a credit-card hold, training form, or purchase order will be taken to ensure your space.
CANCELLATION POLICY
You may make substitutions at any time; please notify us as soon as possible. If you cancel (in writing) more than two weeks prior to the conference a refund will be provided less a $295 administration fee. Registered delegates who do not attend or who cancel two weeks prior to the conference or less will be issued a credit memo. Credit memos will be valid for one year from date of issuance and can be used by anyone in your organization.
PROGRAM CHANGES
Advanced Learning Institute, Inc. reserves the right to make changes in programs and speakers, or to cancel programs if enrollment criteria are not met or when conditions beyond its control prevail. Every effort will be made to contact each enrollee if a program is canceled. If a program is not held for any reason, A.L.I.’s liability is limited to the refund of the program fee only.
Testimonials
"You all really pulled together an impressive group of folks. I loved speaking with the Salesforce and Amazon communication teams. I always feel that I take more than I give at these meetings, thank you for making it time well spent."—Vice President, Organizational Communications, American Cancer Society
"This is the conference where innovators of our industry will convene & shape the blueprint for the modern communications function in the age of digital. This is the conference for you if you dare to challenge the status quo."—Senior Vice President, Corporate & Digital Communications Group, Mastercard
"I loved the conference! I think the line-up was terrific and representative of all sizes of businesses which I think makes it useful for everyone and helps broaden the talking points & open up different scenarios on the overarching topic."—Manager, Corporate Communications, Scripps Network Interactive
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