This conference is a must-attend event for all those who are committed to using social media to engage their employees and maximize their internal communications to achieve real business results. You will benefit from:

• 17 innovative speakers at your disposal to share their strategies and experiences in corporate blogging, podcasting and other web 2.0 technologies
• Over 24 hours of intense, interactive learning - we guarantee you will recoup your money spent by implementing just a few of the strategies shared during the conference
• Networking lunches that give you the opportunity to brainstorm and benchmark solutions with your fellow attendees
• The opportunity to customize your learning by participating in unique and interactive workshop sessions that will enable you to practice and apply your skills in peer groups -- you will walk away with practical strategies and tactics that you can begin to implement in your own organization
• An abundance of networking opportunities - you will make many new contacts so be sure to bring plenty of business cards to exchange with your fellow attendees
• A comprehensive overview of social media innovations from leading practitioners like IBM, Wachovia, H&R Block, Abbott,, and many more
• Acquiring new knowledge to help engage your employees and impact your organization's bottom line
• Participating in instructional sessions that will share real-world examples, tactics and lessons learned in leading social media initiatives that will ground you in advancing your own strategy
• The opportunity to learn from your peers to help you use new social media tools to foster your own organization's values and mission in a hands-on environment
• A complimentary packet of research materials that will serve as a helpful resource long after you have attended this conference
• A formal Certificate of Completion, which documents your training achievement and commitment to continuing professional development

Dear Communications, PR or HR Executive::

Today's communication landscape is morphing right before our very eyes. On a daily basis, new and innovative social media and eCommunication tools, techniques, and technologies are being used to engage employees, provide information, create interactive collaborative forums, and strengthen culture.

Traditional employee communications are all under attack by these new, powerful, and pervasive technologies. From blogging and podcasting, to Second Life, these are just a few early examples of emerging social media in which everybody is simultaneously a creator and receiver of content. These and other new channels are changing the face of internal communications.

How Will This Conference Help You And Your Organization?

At our "SOCIAL MEDIA for Internal Communications" conference, you will learn how to make social media work as part of your communication strategy, which social media tools may work best for your organization and how to implement these tools as part of your communication mix to maximize results. Join us to be a part of the discussions on the emerging trends communicators need to know.

What Does This Mean For You?

You'll get best practices and hear lessons learned from the leaders who are in the trenches with these new tools today. With these new tools and technologies, you will learn how to be strategic in planning and deploying your own social media strategies and how to align them with business objectives, and to integrate them with traditional media.

• IBM used social media tools to help facilitate teamwork and turn their global organization into a community
• San Diego County Regional Airport Authority launched an employee blog that not only engages employees and offers them a creative outlet for educational expression, but also communicates positive messages about the organization and enhances transparency to external audiences in a unique and compelling way
• H&R Block implemented social media tools into their corporate news site to drive bottom-up and two-way communications

Register today to discover how social media tools can drive extraordinary results. Call our conference hotline at 888-362-7400 to reserve your space for A.L.I.'s "SOCIAL MEDIA for Internal Communications" conference, November 17-20, 2008 in San Francisco, CA or click here.

Join your colleagues for 4 days of education, practical advice, inspiration and networking. With our blue chip faculty of 20 corporate communicators, this conference promises to be the most valuable event you'll find all year – you can't afford to miss it!

I look forward to seeing you at this information-packed event.