IABC - International Association of Business Communication, Wellington, New Zealand

Don’t miss this rare chance to hone your strategy development skills with a world-leading communications practitioner!

Lorri Lennon has an ‘IABC-recommended’ listing as an Accredited Business Communicator (ABC) on the IABC’s International Speakers Bureau.

Lorri Lennon (ABC)

She is a communication strategist at Business Interconnexions, a Sydney-based consultancy that she founded in 2006.

Her extensive experience includes more than 22 years as a trusted communication advisor to organisational leaders in Australia, South Africa and the Middle East. She has worked for blue-chip companies such as GE Capital, Gold Fields, Billiton, Gencor, Alusaf, Alba and Comalco.

She was Head of Group Internal Communication with Westpac Banking Corporation, where she established a successful in-house communications consultancy based on fee-for-service principles. Within two years the consultancy grew from one to 60 people, and drove a 23 percentage point improvement in employee commitment over five years.

Lorri has been awarded three consecutive IABC Gold Quill Awards of Excellence.

For more on Lorri and her work, see http://www.businessinterconnexions.com.au/

This interactive master class delivers the following benefits:

• Skills and knowledge in applying a performance-based and outcome-focused approach to your communications.

Training in a simple seven-step methodology for developing a communication strategy that delivers measurable results.

A CD of templates to map out a well-defined implementation plan in a ready-reference format.

The chance to interact with fellow communication professionals and develop hands-on experience.

A copy of Lorri’s new book Tactics in a Box: 101 ways to communicate with employees. It’s a 248-page ‘how-to’ manual that puts a unique collection of ideas, tips and techniques at your fingertips.

 
Date: Friday 9th October
Time: 9 am – 5 pm
Venue: Crossways Community Trust, 6 Roxburgh Street, Mt Victoria

Prices:
Earlybird – members $399, non-members $499 – register by 14 September
Standard – members $499, non-members $599 – register by 2 October

The day includes delizioso catering from La Bella Italia! Morning tea, lunch and wine/nibbles to finish – please let us know if you have special dietary requirements.

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Up to a quarter of your organisation’s staff might not care about the future of the organisation and aren’t prepared to put in any extra effort at work. Register now to hear from three IABC speakers who can help you help your managers turn this around.

Employees’ engagement is one of the most important forces behind how successful organisations are. Engaged employees are committed to the organisation, they find their jobs satisfying, they take pride in their work and they will go the extra mile.

Organisations with large numbers of engaged employees are also more resilient and productive, they retain staff more easily and their customers are more satisfied with the service they get.

Surveys by Gallup and JRA are becoming more common, and regularly tell employers that significant numbers of employees — often as many as a quarter — aren’t engaged at all. It’s no wonder more and more organisations are turning their minds to ensuring their employees are engaged with their workplace, whether it’s at times of crisis or uncertainty, or during business as usual.

As organisations look at ways of increasing engagement, they will turn to their communications staff for advice and support.

IABC has brought together three people with significant experience inside organisations, who can give us tried-and-true pointers and techniques on working with managers to increase staff engagement.

This is not about change communications; it’s about the day-to-day relationships that help organisations reconnect with their staff.

Presenters

Anna Kominik — Anna is a founding partner of Wellington consultancy, Ideas Shop, and is a specialist in strategic internal and external communications and change management. Anna was internal communications manager at the New Zealand Rugby Union, and Head of Internal Communications and Head of Sponsorship for Telecom New Zealand.

Mike Shatford — Mike is General Manager of Communications at the Ministry of Social Development, and before that he was the Director of Public Relations at the New Zealand Defence Force. Mike served in military for 20 years, and has significant experience in change communications and maintaining engagement in large, diverse organisations.

Brighid Kelly — Brighid is Corporate Services Group Director at Te Papa, and before that, has held roles as Project Management Practice Manager, IT Consultant, Capability Development Manager and Head of Organisational Development. She has worked in the forestry, banking and telecommunications industries. Brighid will bring a strong people management and organisation development perspective to the discussion.

Event details

Thursday 27 August 2009
3.30 Coffee/tea
3.45 Start of forum
5ish Wine, nibbles and networking
5.45 Event finishes

Location

Railway West Wing - Room RWW315 (Pipitea Campus)
Entrance to left of Wellington Railway Station main entrance. Go to 3rd floor

Costs and registration

• $50 for IABC members
• $75 for non-members

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