Live coverage from Ragan's Employee Experience Conference.


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What has to happen before successful AI transformation can begin

Live coverage from Ragan's Employee Experience Conference.


From Barbie buzz to Barney at Heidi Klum’s Party: Mattel’s comms director on making moments matter 

Casey McDonald of Mattel shares how to create buzz and build something worth paying attention to. 


An inside look at St. Jude’s strategy for building repeatable change comms

Insights from the preconference workshops at Ragan’s Employee Experience Conference in Nashville.



Inside Uber’s approach to anticipating employee questions

A practical guide to answering employee questions before they’re even asked.


  Member Content

What comms pros can do to stay ahead of the curve when situations change

What are you doing to stay agile as a comms pro?



  Member Content

The key to getting more out of your comms AI prompts

You need to give AI the right context before it begins drafting.



Presenting Internal Communication Data to Leadership

Are your internal communications delivering results leadership can see?


How M&T Bank uses strategy tracking to shape its comms plans

A strategy tracker helps communicators find employee stories tied to company priorities.


How Merck uses message maps to strengthen leadership videos

Message mapping can help executives sound natural while keeping employee videos focused.




The best internal communicators are creating experiences, not just messages

Why producing more content may be doing less to help employees feel connected.


The Employee Experience Conference

August 3 - 5, 2026 | Nashville, Tennessee


GEO Workshop for Comms, PR & Marketing

August 6, 2026 | 1:30-3 p.m. ET


One Story, Every Channel: Building a Unified Content Strategy

August 11, 2026 | 1-3:30 p.m. ET


PR Daily Awards

Deadline: Friday, August 21, 2026


Manager Communications Workshop

September 2, 2026 | 1-3:30 p.m. ET


AI Awards

Deadline: Thursday, September 10, 2026

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