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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200618T173000
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URL:https://iabc.bc.ca/upcoming-events/long-distance-relationships-you-and
 -your-employees/
SUMMARY:Long-Distance Relationships: You and Your Employees
DESCRIPTION:A webinar for IABC/BC members and Communication professionals e
 verywhere!\n\n\nIn March\, many workplaces had to shut their doors as the 
 COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe. Those that could moved their ope
 rations and employees to a virtual environment\, in some cases overnight.\
 n\nWith an uncertain future of what return-to-work looks like\, communicat
 ors are being challenged to keep employees engaged from a distance.\n\n\n\
 n\nLearn from this session’s panellists about their best practices with 
 employees who were already dispersed\, and how they shifted\, adapted\, en
 gaged those office-based teams\, and are planning for an indefinite future
  of work-from-home or remote staff.\n\nOur panellists share their perspect
 ive from a local\, provincial\, national and U.S. perspective on how they
 ’re managing internal communications through continued uncertainty in a 
 largely virtual environment.\n\n\nRegister now\nJoin us online - Zoom Link
 \nPricing:\n\n 	Members: FREE\n 	Non-Member: $10 (Plus Eventbrite fees)\n\
 n\nYour Host\n\n\n\nRachel Wong\nDirector of Volunteer Services\, IABC/BC\
 n\n\n\nYour Panellists\n\n\n\nMegan Verchere\, Owner and principal consult
 ant\, Rise Strategy\n@mverchereStrategic. Consultative. Collaborative. Alw
 ays with a sense of humour. For more than 20 years\, Megan has been develo
 ping and delivering communications for local and global organizations of a
 ll sizes - from small\, boot-strapped startups to large public companies. 
 As owner and principal consultant of Rise Strategy\, Megan's decisive lead
 ership and intuitive style enables her to work with executives\, employees
 \, customers and media alike to create unique and innovative communication
 s strategies\, tailored for the needs of each client.\n\nMegan brings her 
 extensive experience in strategic communications planning\, internal commu
 nications\, public relations\, change management\, and crisis communicatio
 ns to lead organizations through times of significant change such as merge
 rs and acquisitions\, rapid growth\, systems implementations\, IPO\, reloc
 ation and organizational restructuring.\n\n\n\n\nJackiedra Wilson\, Senior
  Marketing Manager\, Messer Construction Co\n@JWilson4JWJackiedra Wilson f
 ollowed her joy of writing to earn a bachelor’s degree in Communication 
 Arts\, and later a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership. She is 
 Senior Marketing Manager at Messer Construction Co. and President of IABC 
 Greater Cincinnati. In 2019\, she led the chapter’s Challenge Accepted! 
 40th Anniversary event. Jackiedra is the recipient of IABC Heritage Region
  Silver Quill Merit awards earned in 2018 and 2019.\n\n\n\n\nJulie Roberts
 on\, Senior Manager\, Communications\, Aviso Wealth\nUnited communities\, 
 authentic connections\, positive change – Julie Robertson believes in th
 e powerful ripple effect of a people-focused business. With over ten years
 ' experience developing and executing innovative communications and engage
 ment initiatives\, she has a proven ability to share information in powerf
 ul and compelling ways\, building culture\, capability and performance. As
  Senior Manager\, Communications\, Julie leads internal communications at 
 Aviso Wealth\, a national financial services company with over 300 partner
 s across Canada. She holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Br
 itish Columbia.\n\n\n\n\nNicole Adams\, ABC\, Director of Communications\,
  Industry Training Authority\nNicole loves the challenge of finding a comm
 unications solution to support business success. She has more than 20 year
 s’ experience in strategic corporate communications and marketing\, incl
 uding strategic communication planning\, organizational communications\, m
 edia relations\, risk and crisis communications\, brand management\, stake
 holder engagement and event planning. Over the years\, she has led the com
 munications function in a range of provincial\, national and international
  organizations\, including public sector\, nonprofit\, co-operative and pr
 ivate sector\, such as BC Cancer Agency\, Streetohome Foundation\, Westpor
 t Innovations\, Central 1 Credit Union and is currently Director of Commun
 ications at Industry Training Authority of BC.\n\n
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