Google, IBM, McDonald's, Lowe's, H&R Block, Navistar, Sabre Holdings, CVS Caremark, Aon and Other Fortune 500 Companies Sharing at Communitelligence Innovating Employee Engagement Conference in Chicago, July 31-August 1

Business Wire, July 16, 2008

Top Employee Communications and Human Resource Experts Plus "Fired Up or Burned Out" Author Converging To Better Understand Employee Motivation and Communication Best Practices at Communitelligence Innovating Employee Engagement Conference in Chicago.

CHICAGO -- Employee engagement -- the heightened emotional connection that employees feel for their organization that can drive greater focus and effort -- is the focus of Innovating Employee Engagement in Chicago, July 31-August. Experts from a cross-section of American business will be sharing trends, best practices and the latest tools and techniques for winning the hearts and minds of their workforce in an age of rampant employee disengagement.

The conference includes tracks on understanding, energizing, measuring and the future of employee engagement.

Maril MacDonald, CEO, Gagen MacDonald and President of the Arthur W. Page Society, will present a Day One keynote titled The New Employee Engagement Agenda and Becoming an Architect of Change.

Michael L. Stallard, lead author of the new book, "Fired Up or Burned Out," widely praised book on employee engagement, is delivering a Day 2 keynote on why organizations need a "connection culture," and best practices of organizations that have them.

The conference will also include attendee roundtable brainstorming on 12 key employee engagement topics including how best to deliver negative news to employees, organizing effective town hall meetings, effective internal social media tools and policies, and producing "authentic" employee communications.

Conference presenters include:

* Ethan McCarty, IBM

* Brian Fitzpatrick, Google

* Kevin Olp, Northwestern Mutual

* Robert Berrier, Spring International

* Fred Stokes, Lowes

* Jason Greenspan, McDonald's Corporation

* Jerry Hamalaj, formerly Citigroup

* Mary Owens, CVS Caremark

* Kristina Patrick, H&R Block

* Al Comeaux, Sabre Holdings

* Peter Debreceny, formerly Allstate Insurance

* Lisa Hartenberger and Kyle Rose, Navistar

* Rick Garlick, Maritz Research

* Tory Neff, Aon Corporation

* Julie Baron, Communication Works

* Bridget Glavaz, formerly ServiceMaster

Due to higher travel costs, Communitelligence is offering a 2-for-1 registration plan, good through Friday, July 18. This allows two colleagues to attend the conference for the price of one by registering online using the promo code iee2for1bw

Next Conference: Executing Social Media, Atlanta, Oct. 15-16