Speaker Bios: Engaging Employees, Despite the Obstacles

Session 5 (Friday, 4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.)
Engaging employees, despite the obstacles

It’s never been more challenging to be an internal communicator—and deal with limited resources, increased workload and higher expectations. But these times also present an opportunity: to make a case for change and to deliver communication that engages employees to help the organization succeed.

During this interactive session, employee communication thought leaders, Alison Davis and Steve Church, will provide communicators with strategies for:

• understanding employees’ needs and preferences,
• using this knowledge to design communication that cuts through the clutter,
• making small changes that have a big impact on engagement, and
• doing more with less to reduce communication overload while increasing effectiveness.

Alison Davis

About Alison Davis:
Davis & Company is the award-winning employee communication firm that helps leading companies such as Johnson & Johnson, PepsiCo and Rogers Communications reach, engage and motivate their employees. She is co-author of the book Your Attention, Please. She is a former online columnist for The New York Times, and has written industry reports and numerous articles on employee communication.

Steve Church

About Steve Church:
He plans and manages strategic communications for Georgia-Pacific’s Global Consumer Products group, the company’s largest business and one of the world’s largest bath tissue, paper towel and napkin makers with leading brands such as Brawny, Quilted Northern,

Sparkle and Angel Soft in North America and Lotus. He also oversees an experienced team of 25 professionals in the U.S. and Europe that develops and implements communications programs for all of Georgia-Pacific’s businesses and large facilities, including internal programs that reach all of the company’s 40,000 employees in 300 locations worldwide.