How HR Can Communicate with Employees When There's No Money, Few Jobs, and Sometimes Very Little Good News

1) Frame the most effective employee communication techniques during these difficult times, including what to consider about change management communication

2) Discuss the advent of social media in HR and throughout companies

3) Provide an insight into innovative communication approaches such as lo-fi video

What  Will HR Professionals Take Away:

This session, intended for HR professionals and managers who are tasked with communicating with diverse employee groups, will cover what techniques work, which don't, and what to say during tumultuous times. We'll cover the rise of social media inside and outside companies, how people learn, and how key messages get results. 

The course will give HR practitioners the tools and techniques necessary to deliver effective communication to employees. During the presentation, practitioners will create a simple communication strategy for a program for their organization.

SPEAKER:Frank Roche's career has had a few twists and turns. He started out as a polymer physicist. Worked as a director of Total Quality. And he’s spent a long time in HR communications. All of that was preparation for when Sarah Chambers and he cooked up the idea for IFRACTAL (http://ifractal.com) over a hot chocolate at a book store more than  six years ago. IFRACTAL is a HR communications consultancy based in Philadelphia. Prior to interrupting the pattern at IFRACTAL, Frank led Mercer’s Human Capital Practice in the Netherlands and was the Communications Leader for Continental Europe. Frank has a B.A. in communications and an M.A. in journalism and mass communications from the University of South Carolina.