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Recorded: July 2020 Career Roadmap: Foundation, Generalist/Specialist Watch this webinar to enhance your communication skills by strengthening your negotiation knowledge. Learn how to speak to your counterparts to get transactions completed, win customers, introduce yourself to new associates and build your network. We are always negotiating something whether we realize it or not. Master the skill of business communication by uncovering psychological truths that most people don’t even know are at work. Excel at understanding your audience with the psychology of negotiating. Speaker: Geeta Chopra, Chopra Real Estate Developments Read more

Recorded: July 2020 Career Roadmap: Foundation, Generalist/Specialist, Strategic Adviser How do you write during the COVID-19 pandemic — or any other crisis? In this session, Ann Wylie shares how to: Transform organization-centric messages to reader-centric messages. (Use Ann’s before-and-after examples as models!) Find the right tone — not too cold, not too hand-wring-y, but just right. Avoid falling into the trap of “Communicate early and often.” Steal tricks from the New York Times for reporting great stories remotely. Clarify COVID-19 communications for readers’ whose cognitive resources are focused on safety and toilet paper. Take a tip from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for making messages easier to read and understand. Speaker: Ann Wylie, Wylie Communications Inc. Read more

Recorded: June 2020 Career Roadmap: Generalist/Specialist With some basic steps, you can begin to build your digital transformation acumen and demonstrate just how vital strong communication is to any successful transformation project. In addition, it’s also crucial employees begin to understand these new technologies so they, too, can thrive in these transformative times. With a basic understanding of key digital technologies, communicators can also be at the forefront toward increasing employee digital literacy, further establishing one’s value as a trusted communication adviser. Many companies are zooming ahead with transformation projects. Don’t be left behind, and instead increase your professional profile and leadership skills by helping shape the future of technology and work. Speaker: Angela Lapré Read more

Recorded: July 2020 Career Roadmap: Strategic Adviser, Business Leader Remote work comes with a few benefits, but it also comes with serious challenges related to personal productivity, team collaboration, employee engagement and the health and wellness of our colleagues. Gone unchecked, it can lead to low morale, lack of productivity and impacted performance. But never fear, Tyler is here to help you turn this challenge into an opportunity for change! Join the video communications expert, Tyler Lessard, to discuss the real challenges your employees now face and how to overcome them. Learn about top tools for personal productivity, how to help your employees embrace video-based communications and how to avoid Zoom fatigue by rethinking how your teams communicate and collaborate in a remote working world. Speaker: Tyler Lessard, Vidyard Read more

View 6 of the most popular sessions from the 2020 Virtual World Conference including specific education on maintaining long-term communication relevance, public relations technology for small teams, business storytelling, privacy considerations for communicators, and proactively navigating change.  Session Inclusions: Employee Communications 3.0: How to be relevant five years from now PR Tech For Small Teams - From Apps to Artificial Intelligence Business Storytelling to SHIFT people to action. Our Organizations are Networks: Why we don't use networks for communication and leadership Future is end-user privacy: #AreYouReady? Navigating Next: How to Get Clear (So You Can Get Going) Sessions appear in the order listed above but learners are encouraged to view sessions in their preferred sequence.    Read more

Welcome to the new world. From AI to digital PR to trending new media, this package helps navigate the ever-evolving digital landscape with ease. Learn from subject matter experts on adapting to AI, optimizing podcasts as a strategic communication vehicle, building virtual events, navigating top trends in tech, and leveraging video. Session Inclusions: Become an AI Mover and Shaker The Future of PR in a Digital World - From Asia Pacific to America #AreWeReady? Get Video Smart The Top 10 Digital Video Tech Trends (and whether or not they’re worth it) Testing 1,2,3: Is podcasting your next strategic communication channel? Virtual Events: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly Sessions appear in the order listed above but learners are encouraged to view sessions in their preferred sequence.   Read more