New, Innovative Approaches To Inspire & Connect For Value-Adding Employee Engagement Strategies Shared By 31 HR & Employee Engagement Directors Speaking In 1 Day: Cut Through With Impactful Strategies & Communications Around Home Working, Digital Tools & Technologies, Health & Wellbeing, Leadership Behaviours, Culture, Inclusion & Diversity, Change, Recognition, Learning & Development & Impact Measurement. A One-Day, Practitioner-Led Virtual Conference & Networking Event, 27th April 2021 - 7th Annual! Already Attending? Find out more about our virtual platform here. Group Discounts Available! Please call +44 (0)20 3479 2299 for more.
31 Cross-Sector HR, Engagement & Comms Professionals Tackle The Commercial Imperatives Of Innovating & Adapting Employee Engagement Strategies During Times Of Unprecedented Change, Crisis & Disruption To Boost Morale, Drive Connection & Maximise Productivity
- Inform, Engage & Inspire Home & Remote Workers Alike: Innovative flexible working strategies for maximum productivity and cohesion
- Digital Tools, Social & Tech For A New Working World: Leverage the latest digital, social and tech to boost engagement, efficiencies and results – without losing the human touch
- Promote Health, Wellbeing & Positive Cultures: Nurture a supportive organisational culture, encourage open conversations and raise awareness
- Engaging, Impactful Communications? Targeted, transparent and consistent comms strategies which ensure a connected and motivated workforce during times of change
- Engage Employees Through Change & Uncertainty: Build resilience, restore confidence and support employees during periods of disruption
- Authentic Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging: Drive the future of diversity and inclusion, maintain momentum, and bring about real change
- Inspire Leaders & Managers To Champion Organisation-Wide Engagement: Nurture, equip and upskill managers to power real, performance-boosting engagement
- Recognise & Reward Employee Effort, Boost Morale: Recognise going above and beyond! Strategies to appreciate, incentivise and reward employees
- Encourage Employee-Led Learning & Development: Empower employees and nurture talent from within
- Measure Engagement, Prove ROI, Secure Buy-In: Demonstrate bottom-line impact and value with effective metrics and measurement tools
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What's New At The 7th Annual Engaging Employees Conference? Except That This Time... It's VIRTUAL!
- We've Gone Virtual With Dedicated & Practical Case Studies! Join us live from the comfort of your own surroundings - no travel needed!
- New Engagement Strategies For A New Working World
- 100% Satisfaction Rating In 2019
- Capture The Momentum Of 2020 - Learn & Inspire!
- Dedicated Virtual Networking
- One-Day, Brand-Led Event
- 30+ Cross-Sector HR & Employee Engagement Directors Speaking
- 3 Interactive Panel Discussions: A) Flexible Working B) Health & Wellbeing C) Engaging Comms
- 3 Informal Breakout Discussions: A) Redefining Colleague Engagement In A Post Covid-World B) Aligning The Brand From The Inside Out C) Are Your Leaders Great Influencers?
- Have Your Say! Discussion Zones Where Everyone Has A Platform
Why Attend This Virtual Engaging Employees Conference - Connect, Inspire, Perform?
It’s easy! All you need is internet access and a password which we will provide. In the comfort of your own surroundings, you will be able to:
Inspiring Speakers - Listen to market-leading, brand-side speakers as they share their hard-won insights and experiences with hot topic presentations and panels
Connect & Network - Networking is easy with the use of our discussion board, direct messaging facility, meeting request buttons, live polling and social media feed. Have your say and meet the other attendees
Live Chat - Pose your own questions and comment via the live chat function and interact with other delegates and speakers in real time
Virtual Roundtables & Peer Discussions - There will be breakout discussions during the day to discuss specific areas of interest with like-minded attendees to tailor your experience
Virtual Exhibition - Explore the 'virtual exhibition stands' and speak directly to our carefully-chosen exhibitors to help you tackle your business challenges directly
Virtual Face-To-Face Meetings - Start a conversation with fellow delegates or exhibitors and discuss your individual needs and challenges one-to-one.
Go Virtual - It’s Easy! All you need is good internet access and a password which we will provide. Presentations and panels are live, and you can type in questions or comments to our Q&A section, live polling or social feed. If you would like to participate in any breakout discussions, it’s just a normal zoom call. You can also direct message or request a meeting with any of the other attendees on the online platform. Sessions will be recorded and will be available as on-demand content for a short while after the event.
You'll Be In Safe Hands. Here's What Previous Attendees Have To Say:
'Informal, informative and well organised. Thanks for a great, worthwhile day.' Centrica
'Very interesting, of the moment and great food for thought!' Standard Life
'A good mix of industry sectors represented and a great set of informative speakers.' Vodafone
30 HR & Employee Engagement Directors Tackle Your Toughest Challenges In 1 Day! Engage Employees Through Change & Uncertainty • Flexible Working • Digital Tools & Technologies • Culture • Health & Wellbeing • Leaders & Managers • Inclusion & Diversity • Leaders & Managers • Engaging Comms • Employee Recognition • Measuring Engagement • Learning & Development
Can You Help Employee Engagement & HR Directors Deliver Business-Critical Results? For more information on how to speak, arrange branding or one-to-one meetings at this market-leading virtual conference, please call +44 (0) 20 3479 2299 or email partner@engagingemployeesconference.com.
Virtual Event Speaking, Exhibiting & Meetings Opportunities Include: Speaking & Thought Leadership Opportunities ✓ Pre-Conference Marketing & Brand Exposure ✓ Virtual One-To-One Meetings ✓ On The Day Branding On The Dedicated Virtual Platform ✓ Interactive Networking, Direct Messaging, Meetings, Live Q&A, Social Feeds ✓ Virtual Exhibition Stand ✓ Competitions ✓ Electronic Giveaways ✓ Virtual Roundtables
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08.30 Log In & Explore The Dedicated Virtual Event Platform
09.00 GIC Welcome, Introduction & Morning Co-Chairs’ Opening Remarks
Dr Sally Jackson, Chief People Officer, Sheffield Hallam University
Rachel Ovington, Head of HR – Corporate & Commercial, KP Snacks
ENGAGE EMPLOYEES THROUGH CHANGE
09.15 Engage Employees, Revitalise Resilience & Navigate Change Effectively & Safely To Restore Confidence & Foster Belonging During Periods Of Adversity & Disruption
- As organisations adapt faster than ever before, explore how business leaders have protected employee motivation and engagement and minimised disenfranchisement
- Review the importance of clear and consistent communication with employees as you restructure your businesses change journey and rebuild an authentic connection
- COVID lessons learnt! Reflect upon and utilise challenges faced and overcome to redefine business expectations, support employees, and preserve business reputation moving forward
- Avoid change fatigue by designing and encouraging a vision which will adapt to change with the right tools and skillsets
Ian Nicol, Head of Colleague Engagement, Yorkshire Water
FLEXIBLE WORKING | PANEL DISCUSSION & Q&A
09.35 Inform, Engage & Inspire With Innovative & Effective Flexible Working Strategies Which Keep Home & Remote Workers Connected For Maximum Engagement & Productivity
- One company, one culture! Ensure your business is seamlessly adapting to support, motivate and reach frontline, remote and hard-to-reach workers whilst maintaining a strong company culture
- Combat communication challenges by equipping remote teams with the right tech and digital to prevent Disconnection from the wider business
- Ensure a clear and consistent message between home and office workers by listening to concerns and adapting to fulfil the needs of remote working
- Establish a reintegration strategy which is slow, steady, safe and fills your employees with the confidence they need to return to the workplace
Sam Buckingham, HRD Birds Eye UK & Ireland, Nomad Foods
Heather Andrews, Director of Employee Experience, Legal & General Group Plc
Danni Ørting Haubro, Head of People & Organisation, Novo Nordisk
Sneh Barker, People Partner, Rolls-Royce
Anthony D. Fitzpatrick FRSA, Head of Colleague Experience & Employment Policy, Aviva
Shalini Gupta, Leadership Communications Manager, BT
CASE STUDY
10.05 The Future Of Work - How We Can Use Employee Insight To Shape Working Life After Lockdown
Ryan Tahmassebi, Senior Client Solutions Director, Karian and Box
DIGITAL TOOLS & TECHNOLOGIES
10.25 Maximise The Latest Digital, Social & Technologies For Ultimate Engagement, Efficiencies & Results – Without Losing The Human Touch
- Leverage new technologies and digital to tackle the commercial imperatives of employee engagement and experience and ensure a connected workforce
- From Microsoft Teams, Slack and Yammer… assess, review and determine the best digital platform mix for your people and organisation
- Maximise the virtual tools and technologies available to keep your employees engaged and connected even when the workforce is dispersed
- But… what about data protection? How are managers supporting staff being responsible for their own data and protecting them online in this new decentralised and digitised reality
Steve Hargreaves, Internal Communications Manager, pladis Global
10.45 Morning Refreshment Break With Informal Networking
CULTURE
11.15 Keep Your Employees Connected To Your Organisation’s Vision & Culture By Fostering A Culture Of Trust & Transparency Which Drives Business-Wide Engagement
- Building for success! Establish a line of sight between individual roles and the company’s collective vision to build employee purpose and commitment
- Keep your culture alive and morale high despite challenging circumstances; how can we mitigate a clouded atmosphere and reignite company culture?
- Create an open, transparent, and trusting organisational culture where the channel of communication is open between managers and staff with values employees are connected to
Sam Buckingham, HRD Birds Eye UK & Ireland, Nomad Foods
BONUS SESSION
11.35 Creating Memorable Change Communications At Co-Op; How Being Daring And Different Helps Build New Habits At Work
- Implement widespread and business-critical change to a large and dispersed workforce, with support from employees.
- Use a campaign approach to get a memorable message across, with a central attention-grabbing concept, across a blend of learning and communications.
- Embed change by engaging with real people in their real working contexts for lasting operational impact.
Rebecca Trigg, Communication and Learning Consultant, Acteon Communication and Learning
Damian Peters, Transformational Change Manager, Co-op
HEALTH & WELLBEING | PANEL DISCUSSION & Q&A
11.50 Nurture A Supportive Organisational Culture, Encourage Open Conversations & Upskill Leaders To Raise Awareness & Provide Health & Wellbeing Support To Employees
- With the restriction of face-to-face interaction, how have business leaders adapted strategies to support employee’s mental health and wellbeing?
- How can you recognise growing levels of isolation, anxiety, and stress in employees and provide them with authentic health and wellbeing support?
- Working from home or living at work? Embed and implement projects that will benefit employee’s general wellbeing with meaningful impact and inspire a Health work-life balance
- Future-proof your health and wellbeing strategies by upskilling leaders to support staff and promote the importance of wellbeing on a regular basis beyond COVID-19
Alison Fox-Robinson, Head of Colleague & Community Engagement, Pfizer UK
Jane Garvey, Chief People Officer, Nuffield Health
Catrinel Stanila, Head of Colleague Experience, Shell Energy Retail
Abigail Wilmore, Chief People Officer, Stella McCartney
Marit Meyer-Bell, Head of Corporate Communications, Travis Perkins plc
Dominic Carey, Colleague Engagement & Experience Manager, Great Western Railway
Kate Faxen, Head of Employee Experience, UCL
INCLUSION & DIVERSITY
12.20 Truly Embed A Sense Of Togetherness Into Your Organisation With Authentic Inclusion & Diversity Strategies Which Create A Universal Sense Of Belonging
- What does good diversity and inclusion look like in practice, and how can we ensure it is properly embedded across all working practices and paid due diligence?
- Leverage 2020 lessons learnt to drive the future of diversity and inclusion, maintain momentum, and bring about real change
- How can we cultivate an authentic culture where everyone feels accepted?
- Secure long-term buy-in from leadership to ensure inclusion and diversity is kept a top priority in your business’ agenda
Jay Muthu, Executive Director for Employee Experience, Virgin Media
12.40 Lunch & Informal Networking For Delegates, Speakers & Partners
INFORMAL BREAKOUT DISCUSSIONS
13.00 Peer-To-Peer Informal Breakout Discussions
A) Redefining Colleague Engagement In A Post Covid-World
Dominic Carey, Colleague Engagement & Experience Manager, Great Western Railway
B) Aligning The Brand From The Inside Out
Marit Meyer-Bell, Head of Corporate Communications, Travis Perkins plc
C) Are Your Leaders Great Influencers?
Ryan Tahmassebi, Senior Client Solutions Director, Karian and Box
13.40 Afternoon Co-Chairs’ Opening Remarks
Nicole Zube, Senior Director, HR, Kellogg’s
Amanda Dunmore, Head of Employee & Supplier Communications, Crossrail
LEADERS & MANAGERS
13.50 Inspire Senior Leaders & Managers To Promote, Champion & Drive Business-Wide Engagement With Impactful Mindsets & Behaviours To Position Them As Visible & Personal Leadership
- Drive employee engagement throughout the business by encouraging open conversations between senior leaders and employees
- Successfully nurture, equip and upskill managers with the right tools and authentic comms styles and strategies to deliver key messages to power real, performance-boosting engagement
- Truly utilise employee listening and action real insights to drive improved performance and engagement by implementing employee feedback straight into your strategies
Speaker to be announced - please check the website for updates.
ENGAGING COMMS | PANEL DISCUSSION & Q&A
14.10 Elevate Engagement & Reach With Diverse, Targeted & Consistent Communication Strategies Across Multiple Channels
- Strong communication and employee engagement is critical in times of crisis! Respond confidently, transparently and empathetically to guide your workforce through periods of change and disruption
- Virtual (dis)engagement: how to embrace and embed digital communications effectively and authentically to drive engagement and reach your entire workforce without breaking the bank
- Canvass employee feedback on preferred formats, content and frequency to deliver effective, streamlined communications without bombarding your workforce
- It’s a balancing act! Apply to all generations and demographics by determining the most effective, appropriate channel choices which guarantee reach regardless of your employee’s location or device
Emily Kirwan, Head of Internal Communications & Engagement, BBC News
Lesley McPherson, Director of Communications & Marketing, The Co-operative Bank
Alex Snelling, Senior Director Talent, McDonald’s
Matt Cooper, Head of Internal Communications & Engagement, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Rachel Ovington, Head of HR – Corporate & Commercial, KP Snacks
Zara-Mary Bennett, Ops Comms & Activity Manager, Greene King
Anne-Marie Kiernan, Head of Internal Communications, Kellogg Europe
Rachel Wells, Communications Director (Culture & Trust) - Pharma Supply Chain, GSK
14.40 Bonus Session; Reserved For Exclusive Conference Partner. For more information on how to get involved, please call +44 (0)20 3479 2299 or email partner@engagingemployeesconference.com
MIND THE GAP: IDENTIFYING THE HOLES IN YOUR INTERNAL COMMS STRATEGY
14.40 During This Short Presentation, Jeff Corbin, Senior Strategic Advisor For Internal Communications Consulting At Staffbase And Principal Of ECA Consulting Group, Sheds Light On Gaps To Look Out For In Your Organisation’s Internal Comms Technologies That May Be Depriving Employees Of Important Communications And Information:
- The increasing complex landscape of Employee Communications Applications (ECA)
- Do you know your organisation’s actual organisational structure?
- Matching your organisational structure to ECA tech stack to ensure no employee is left without communications
Jeff Corbin, Senior Strategic Advisor Internal Communications Consulting, Staffbase
REWARDS & RECOGNITION
15.10 Connecting Colleagues To Your Brand By Bringing Everyone Appreciation & Recognition. How We Built Our Recognition Programme Around Our Brand & Put Our Values At The Heart. Our Harrods Journey
Viv McSweeney, Head of People Comms & Experience, Harrods
15.30 Afternoon Refreshment Break With Informal Networking
MEASURING ENGAGEMENT
16.00 Demonstrate The Value Of Successful Employee Engagement With Effective Metrics & Measurement Tools Which Prove ROI & Secure Buy-In
- Identify actionable employee insights to inform and adapt future strategies
- As homeworking becomes the new ‘normal’, overcome new barriers to measurement and obtain real, honest feedback around employee experience
- Explore effective techniques to temperature check employee engagement and action insights to continue to drive top and bottom-line performance long-term, and prove the commercial value of engagement
Naomi Sayers, Senior Colleague Experience Manager, Sainsbury’s Tech
Gillian Green, Colleague Experience Manager, Sainsbury’s Tech
LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT
16.20 Empower Your Employees To Kickstart Employee-Led Learning & Development & Nurture Talent From Within To Keep The People At The Heart Of Your Business
- With the loss of face-to-face interaction, how can you protect learning and development with management and encourage employee-led L&D by directing and supporting your workforce
- When budgets are cut, how can you leverage your internal knowledge and specialism to benefit employees across the wider business?
- Bridging the progression gap between those in the office and those remote… how can we best avoid disparity in fairness and equality between those present and remote?
- Best-practice tips and tricks to map out clear career paths which build colleagues up within the business and increase engagement and retention long-term
Andrew Lawson, Head of HR, Shakespeare’s Globe
16.50 Afternoon Co-Chairs’ Closing Remarks & Official Close Of Conference
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