SPEAKING engagements
Alison Davis
Alison Davis is CEO of Davis & Company, the award-winning employee communication firm that helps leading companies—such as BNY Mellon, ITT, Johnson & Johnson, MasterCard, Merck and PepsiCo—reach, engage and motivate their employees.
She is co-author of the new book, The Definitive Guide to HR Communication (FT Press, 2011), and co-author of Your Attention, Please (Adams Business, 2006), and writes a weekly blog, Insights. Davis is a former online columnist for The New York Times and frequently writes articles for business publications, including The Conference Board Review, Communication World and
PR Strategist.
A sought-after speaker on communication issues, Davis facilitates 10 to 15 speaking sessions per year for national organizations and associations. In 2009, she was rated a top speaker at the national Society for Human Resource Management Annual Conference.
Davis is a member of the International Association of Business Communicators, the Public Relations Society of America and the Council of Communication Management. Davis earned her B.A. from Douglass College, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
David Pitre
David Pitre leads Davis & Company's consulting team—specialists in employee communication and change management. Since joining the firm in 2005, he has helped leading companies—such as CIT, ITT, Merck, PepsiCo and Rogers—reach, engage and motivate their employees. As the firm's measurement practice leader, Pitre developed Davis & Company's communication effectiveness model and has recently co-authored the book, How to conduct employee focus groups.
He has conducted workshops for the Canadian Pension and Benefit Institute and the Institute of Communications and Advertising. In 2008, Pitre chaired the Council of Communication Management's annual conference. Recent speaking engagements include: the Conference Board's Employee Communication and Measurement conference (New York and Chicago), and the IABC Heritage Region conference (Cleveland).
He holds a bachelor's degree in Instructional Media from Ryerson University (Toronto) and an MBA in design management from the University of Westminster (U.K.). Pitre is a member of the International Association of Business Communicators and the Council of Communication Management.
For more information, contact:
Donna Marino
1-877-399-5100 (Toll-free in the U.S.)
1-201-445-5100
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- How to take control of change communication
- Develop an effective communication plan
- Engage employees in the company strategy
- Compensation too complex? Communicate to clarify and motivate
- Crisis communication plans made simple
- Create effective electronic and print publications
- Engage employees, despite the obstacles
- How to conduct web-based employee focus groups
- Simplify HR communication to get through to employees
- Streamline your employee communication program
- Help your leaders communicate more effectively
- Support managers to fulfill their critical communication role
- Use measurement to demonstrate the value of communication
- Make meetings matter: Increase your ROI
- Create presentations that persuade
- Revitalize your writing for social media
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- Use social media to engage employees
- Eight trends that will rock employee communication in 2012
- Streamline your writing for new media
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- Creating communication toolkits for leaders and managers
- Transform your town halls from boring to brilliant
- Use visuals to manage information overload
- Write clear messages that connect with employees
