Communicating With Employees in Changing Times: What Shifting Social Values & Emerging Web Technologies Mean for Internal Communicators

Thursday 26-Feb-09 11:15 AM to 4:00 PM CST

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Total Seats: 100

Reserved: 18

Goode Company Armadillo Palace

5015 Kirby Drive at Bartlett (in Rice Village)
Houston TX 77098 (Free parking in back)
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Phone: (713) 526-9700

Speaker Ron �Rockin� Ronnie� Shewchuk, ABC

Position: Consultant, Author & Blogger
Company: Longview Communications, Inc.

Event Description

Luncheon: Everything I Know About Employee Communications, I Learned From Barbecue

Author, blogger, consultant and international barbecue champion Rockin� Ronnie Shewchuk will serve up a lip-smackin� multi-course meal featuring award-winning recipes from his bestselling cookbooks as he talks about how great barbecue is a lot like great communication.

Ronnie authored the IABC Knowledge Bank book, Writing & Editing the Employee Publication, and plans to discuss best practices in internal communications, including a look at the changing values of today�s employees.

His pre-conference Communication Cookout session at the 2006 IABC International Conference in Vancouver sold out in days, so be sure to register early!

Actual luncheon program runs from 11:30 - 1:15 (lunch will be served as part of the program!), so plan to arrive promptly (11:15)! Workshop runs from 1:30 - 4:00 PM.

Free parking is available behind the Armadillo Palace, next door behind Goode Company BBQ, or across Kirby at Goode Company Seafood.

Luncheon sponsored by:

Workshop: Communicating With Employees in Changing Times - What Shifting Social Values & Emerging Web Technologies Mean for Internal Communicators

After lunch Ron, who authored the IABC Knowledge Bank book, "Writing and Editing the Employee Publication," will lead an afternoon workshop on best practices in internal communications, including a look at the changing values of today's employees and the implications of social media and "Web 2.0" for communicators.

Ronnie's pre-conference Communication Cookout session at the 2006 IABC International Conference in Vancouver sold out in days and was one of the three highest rated sessions of the conference, so be sure to register early for these unique and entertaining events!

Workshop sponsored by:

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Registration Deadlines: The lower-price early registration deadline is midnight on Monday before the Thursday event. The final registration deadline is midnight on Wednesday before the event. Online reservations and credit card payments will not be accepted after that time; please pay with check or cash at the door. Because we must order meals Tuesday morning, cancellations cannot be accepted after midnight on Monday.

Space is sometimes available for walk-in attendees. Payment by cash or a check made out to IABC/Houston will be accepted at the door. Credit card payments are accepted only for online reservations.

If you register online but prefer to pay by cash or check at the door, complete the online registration and click the "Pay At Event" button on the electronic invoice screen. This will confirm your registration and pricing.

Special Meal Needs: Please notify us when you register by putting "vegetarian," "shellfish allergy" or similar notation in "Optional comments" box at bottom of registration screen. Please limit requests to necessities.

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Event Contact	Event Coordinator
Helen Fischer	Pamela McConathy
(713) 827-7847	(713) 416-4410
	(713) 723-5734 FAX

www.thinkforesight.com

Communicating With Employees in Changing Times: What Shifting Social Values & Emerging Web Technologies Mean for Internal Communicators

Thursday 26-Feb-09 11:15 AM to 4:00 PM CST

Speaker Ron �Rockin� Ronnie� Shewchuk, ABC

Position: Consultant, Author & Blogger
Company: Longview Communications, Inc.

Biography

"I love my job. I get to work on major communication projects with blue-chip clients as a member of a team of smart, positive, funny communicators. Most of my work in the past year has been in employee communications and labor relations, but I'm starting to do more work in financial communications."

His main hobby for the past 12 years or more has been competitive southern-style barbecue.

"I'm the chief cook of Rockin' Ronnie's Butt Shredders, the most decorated champions in Canadian barbecue. Right now I'm working on my next book, Barbecue Secrets DELUXE!, an expanded and updated version of my first cookbook, due out in the spring of 2009.

Specialties

Employee communication, labor relations, media relations, environmental communications, public speaking and Southern-style barbecue!

Communicating With Employees in Changing Times: What Shifting Social Values & Emerging Web Technologies Mean for Internal Communicators

Thursday 26-Feb-09 11:15 AM to 4:00 PM CST

Goode Company Armadillo Palace

5015 Kirby Drive at Bartlett (in Rice Village)
Houston TX 77098 (Free parking in back)
Google Maps | Hotels Near | Yahoo! Maps | Weather Forecast
Phone: (713) 526-9700