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    Fostering Healthy Employee Engagement: The Intersection of Internal Communication, Leadership, and Workplace Culture

    Date: May 29, 2024, 11:00am – 1:00pm
    Organizer:
    HAHRA
    Location:
    The Markets at Hanover - Ballroom
    1649 Broadway
    Hanover, PA 17331
    Price:
    $20 for Members; $25 for Non-Members/Guest
    Event Type:
    Meeting
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    Program Info:

    Developing and maintaining strategies for healthy employee engagement has never been easy. Disruptions from the recent pandemic as well as increases in remote and hybrid work environments have left employers scrambling more than ever. Learn more about how companies can use the right combination of internal communication, leadership, workplace culture and more to positively influence employee trust, loyalty, productivity, satisfaction and engagement.

     

    Speaker: Nance McCown, Professor & Co-Chair, Department of Communication, Messiah College

    Nance McCown (Ph.D., University of Maryland) is a professor of communication and public relations at Messiah University, Mechanicsburg, PA. Her research focuses on various aspects of internal communication, organizational listening and storytelling, and employee engagement. She has presented at numerous conferences, garnering several top paper awards from the PRSA Educators Academy. She has also published multiple journal articles and book chapters and was the lead editor for Internal Communication and Employee Engagement: A Case Study Approach (Routledge, 2023), as well as a member of the Internal Communications Research Hub Thought Leadership Circle (University of Florida). McCown received both the Messiah University Robert & Marilyn Smith Outstanding Teaching Award and the Pennsylvania Public Relations Society Ernest R. McDowell Award for Excellence in Public Relations.

    • Registration begins at 11:00am
    • Buffet Lunch starting at 11:15am
    • Programming runs 12:00pm – 1:30pm

    Please register online by Wednesday, May 22nd by clicking the link: https://forms.office.com/r/XeaLTEEGGa

    *Please note: To keep our event registration fees down in a constantly rising economy, we observe a policy regarding last-minute cancellation of registrations. If you RSVP and are no longer able to attend, you will still be responsible for the registration fee if you do not notify our Treasurer, Zulma Mendez, at zulma27198@gmail.com or Jenn Kremenik, at jkremenik2@wellspan.org prior to the deadline above. Electronic invoices will be emailed out immediately following the event for those that were unable to attend and/or anyone who failed to notify by the deadline. We appreciate your understanding on this matter.*