AI and the employee communicator

Accelerated, on-line training delivered by industry leaders in Employee Communications and Higher Education

3 courses specifically designed for employee communicators

Course 1: AI basics for employee communication

From research and drafting to image and other content creation, this three-module course covers "must know" options for productivity and content creation.

Course 2: Strategic Al applications for employee communications: data and analytics

Use employee communications data to predict what, when and how to use content to drive better results. This three-module course zeros in on predictive analytics and new Al technologies that drive more strategic uses and improved results on everything from change management to employee engagement.

Course 3: Leading Al communications in your organization

From change management to ethics, compliance and governance, leading AI for employee communications demands agility, flexibility and deepening knowledge of both the risk and rewards of using AI responsibly. This three-module course paints a more detailed landscape on how to learn and lead with AI technologies.

Course 3: Leading Al communications in your organization

Privacy and security issues already have surfaced for employee communicators with Al. From regulatory forces and employee activism to ethics and crisis response, this 3-module course equips you with practical knowledge and action best practices.

AI-enabled Language translation available

*AI4Communicators will be offered through Zoom technology in American English, but will include automated, real-time translation provided through Zoom.

This includes the following languages: Arabic;  Cantonese;  Chinese (Simplified);  Chinese (Traditional);  Czech;  Danish;  Dutch;  English;  Estonian;  Finnish;  French (Canada);  French(France);  German; Hebrew;  Hindi; Hungarian;  Indonesian; Italian;  Japanese;  Korean; Malay;  Persian; Polish;  Portuguese;  Romanian;  Russian;  Spanish;  Swedish;  Tagalog;  Tamil;  Telugu;  Thai;  Turkish;  Ukrainian;  and Vietnamese.

A 2024 global survey of employee communications reported...

view AI as a new competency
0 %
of employee communicators struggle with finding ways to learn about Al
0 %
or professional employee communicators say they will need to interact with Machine Learning to leverage Al
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Why AI for Communicators?

A new competency for employee communicators that won't wait

Generative Artificial Intelligence, along with its more more strategic uses, is accelerating at a pace that’s unprecedented in technology. Learning about what it can do — specifically from an employee communicator’s perspective — takes a significant amount of time and energy to review, assess, experiment and apply. Al for Communicators has spent years researching and learning about the landscape — through the lens of engaging internal stakeholders. We’ve married top-notch higher-education teaching experience with more than seven decades of global employee communications practices to bring you to the most relevant of insights, tools and best practices. By breaking up our content into three tracks — basic, strategic and leadership we can meet anyone where they are, and help grow from there. We’re saving precious time and energy on the part of our attendees, and presenting a fast track way of grounding employee communications professionals with the best knowledge, tools and insights we’ve seen made available. Want to know more? Reach us at info@ai4communicators.com.

Meet our instructors

Mark Dollins

Mark Dollins

Mark is president of North Star Communications Consulting - working globally with organizations on employee communications, change management and engagement communications.

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A published author on strategic employee communications, his previous corporate experience spans more than 30 years with Fortune 500 companies. It includes serving as head of Executive & Global Employee Communications for DuPont, SVP and Chief Communications Officer at Pepsi Beverages, PepsiCo Americas Foods and CCO for The Quaker Oats Company.

An adjunct professor at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Mark began his career in broadcast and print journalism, working with ABC News and other print news outlets. He currently serves on the Forbes Communications Council and UVA’s Darden School of Business Communication Leadership Council. He previously served on the national advisory council of George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs, served for eight years on LSU’s journalism advisory board for the Manship School of Communications, and has held a seat on The Conference Board’s Change & Transformation Council. He received a bachelor’s degree in Radio/TV from The George Washington University, and a master’s degree in organizational communications from Purdue University. He also is certified in Prosci Change Management.

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Sharon McIntosh

Sharon McIntosh

Sharon is president and founder of And Then Communications. An entrepreneur with Fortune 500 credentials, she shares her passion for creating and executing new ideas to drive executive

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communications, employee engagement and change management communications with her clients. Clients have included AbbVie, Clarios, Eversource, Intercontinental Hotel Group, Otis Elevator, Raytheon Technologies, Toyota, Under Armour and United Technologies.

Before launching And Then Communications, Sharon served as PepsiCo’s vice president of Global Internal Communications, overseeing the company’s efforts to connect with its more than 274,000 employees worldwide. She and her team launched a number of innovative employee initiatives, including the company’s first social media training (SMART U) and PepsiCo’s award-winning employee ambassador program.

Before joining PepsiCo, Sharon worked at Sears and Waste Management in various communications capacities, including media relations, speechwriting and corporate communications. She holds a master’s degree in leadership communications from DePaul University.

Committed to personal growth and learning, Sharon earned her Prosci accreditation in 2019, completed her iPEC coaching certification in 2021 and is an advisor to the Executive Communication Council.

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Jon Stemmle

Jon Stemmle

Jon is a professor of strategic communication and former director of the Health Communication Research Center at the Missouri School of Journalism. He also has an appointment as an affiliate faculty

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member in the School of Health Professions.

In his role as a professor, Stemmle has taught a wide range of classes dealing with topics such as public relations, health and science communication, social media, event planning and integrated marketing campaigns.

Stemmle’s work in the area of strategic health communication has been presented to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), European CDC, National Cancer Institute (NCI), and various health literacy groups around the nation. Since 2003, Stemmle has been part of grant projects totaling more than $30 million dealing with topics such as health and science literacy, cancer prevention communications and photovoice.

In 2022, his co-authored book on employee communication was published by Routledge entitled “Engaging Employees through Strategic Communication: Skills, Strategies, and Tactics.”

His career began in journalism with the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey and continued at newspapers around the country for nearly a decade. Stemmle has been involved with public relations and strategic communication for nearly 20 years.

Stemmle has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Arizona (1997) and undergraduate degrees in history and communications from Virginia Wesleyan College (1993).

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