BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:282@iabc.bc.ca DTSTART:20210928T173000Z DTEND:20210928T183000Z DTSTAMP:20220112T025916Z URL:https://iabc.bc.ca/upcoming-events/the-next-covid-19-challenge-returni ng-to-the-workplace-from-iabc-seattle/ SUMMARY:The Next COVID-19 Challenge - Returning to the Workplace from IABC Seattle DESCRIPTION:Vaccination requirements. Masking mandates. Hybrid work. Work-l ife balance.\n\nCOVID-19 has undeniably altered the workplace. Employees a nd leadership have strong - sometimes divergent - opinions about masks\, v accines\, work locations and more. Add in the need to effectively communic ate ever-shifting federal\, state and organizational policies while priori tizing our employees’ safety and health – and that’s a lot to juggle !\n\nHow can comms pros help prepare for a successful return to the workpl ace\, and what does that return look like? What does “success” look li ke for different stakeholders? What else should comms pros focus on during conversations with employees and teams about returning to the office?\n\n IABC Seattle ProTalk with Jack Martin: The Next COVID-19 Challenge -- Retu rning to the Workplace\n\nJoin us on Tuesday\, Sept. 28 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. when Jack Martin\, Interim Associate Vice President for Communication s for the University of Washington\, shares his insights on:\n\n▪\; Best practices from a college campus on communicating about the return to the workplace\n▪\; Whether to mandate the vaccine and how to keep ev eryone safe – and feeling safe\n▪\; How to connect with audiences exhausted from a year and a half of constant change\n▪\; How communi cations can be a forcing function for some of the tough questions many of our organizations still need to answer\, such as how we'll navigate the ri se of the Delta variant\n\nJack Martin serves as Interim Associate Vice Pr esident for Communications for the University of Washington. Based in Univ ersity Marketing &\; Communications\, he is responsible for communicati ons and messaging initiatives that highlight the UW’s contributions as o ne of the world’s great public research universities. In addition to uni versity-wide strategic communications and executive-level messaging\, Mart in’s portfolio includes storytelling\, internal and operational communic ations\, and digital and social media.\n\nIABC Seattle ProTalks are inform ative\, interview-style conversations. Questions are welcome and we try to get to as many as possible. This is a free\, virtual event\, but reservat ions are required. No matter where you are in the world\, we hope you will attend! END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR