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With 4.75 billion voices on social media, it's easy to get drowned out in all the noise. That's why today you have to understand how to enrich the conversation — instead of simply adding to the chatter — to break through. By knowing when to talk and when to listen, you create meaningful connections with consumers that build greater trust and loyalty. Explore how to engage with impact at Meltwater Summit.

Having trouble reaching your audience? You're not alone.

Trevor Noah is an award-winning comedian, producer, author, and host of the Emmy® Award-winning “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central. Noah has written, produced, and starred in 11 comedy specials, including his most recent, “Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia,” on Netflix, which won a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Variety Show. His podcast, Trevor Noah Podcast, won the Webby Award for News & Politics in 2020. His book “Born a Crime,” which shares his personal stories from growing up in South Africa during the last days of apartheid, is a #1 New York Times Bestseller.

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Trevor Noah

Comedian & Bestselling Author

Bethenny Frankel is a self-made businesswoman, TV producer, multiple New York Times bestselling author, and mother. She is the Founder & CEO of Skinnygirl, a lifestyle brand offering practical solutions to women, including the launch of the Skinnygirl Jeanswear Collection, which sold out on HSN within its first few hours. Her podcast “Just B with Bethenny Frankel” launched in September 2020, instantly topping the charts becoming ranked #4 on the Apple Podcast episodes chart and the #1 podcast in the society and culture category within the first week.

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Bethenny Frankel

Founder & CEO of Skinnygirl

As the director of internal communication at Domino’s, Stacie Barrett is responsible for Domino’s global communication strategy and platforms. Through creative storytelling she and her team engage franchisees and corporate employees to connect them with the brand. Stacie specializes in integrating messages from all areas of the company into simple, coherent, and digestible communications. She leads a team that strategically tells stories through a robust intranet, light-hearted newsletters, compelling video and world-class events.

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Stacie Barrett

Director of Internal Communication

As the Sr Director of Innovation for Sparkling Flavors at the Coca-Cola Company, Marusia Diaz is responsible for developing the end-to-end innovation pipelines for Global Brands like Sprite and Fanta. She consistently seeks ways to use innovation to create relevant experiences for consumers at a global level that spark sharable content.

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Marusia Diaz

Sr Director of Innovation for Sparkling Flavors

Dayan Candappa is a career journalist and media executive. He began his international career as a stringer covering the civil war in his native Sri Lanka for Reuters. Candappa has built award-winning editorial and news teams whose work has consistently won prestigious journalism prizes, including Reuters' first ever Pulitzer Prize for print media. Throughout his career he has led the transformation of publishing businesses in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States.

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Dayan Candappa

Chief Content Officer

Rose Jia is an award-winning marketing and product leader who currently heads up growth marketing for Amazon’s omnichannel grocery division, including brands like Amazon Fresh. She is also the creator of the Renaissance Marketer™ Mindset — a new way for marketers to guarantee growth and innovation.

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Rose Jia

Head of Growth Marketing

Miri Rodriguez is a globally recognized bestselling author of Brand Storytelling and owner of Be Mindful Be Happy. She has earned several awards in digital marketing and customer experience and is a top in-demand speaker at leading industry conferences around the world. She currently works as a Senior Storyteller for State and Local Government at Microsoft.

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Miri Rodriguez

Senior Storyteller State & Local Government

Zaria Parvez leads social strategy, community management, and creator partnerships across all major social platforms as the global social media manager at Duolingo. As a direct result of Zaria's work on Duolingo's TikTok strategy and execution, the channel grew from 50K followers in September 2021 to 6.3M followers today and was recently recognized as one of AdAge's Top 5 Brand TikTok accounts.

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Zaria Parvez

Global Social Media Manager

Before joining the Havas Group in 2011 from the U.K., James Wright was managing director at international agency Grayling, where he led international accounts including BT, HSBC, Sony, Jaguar and Land Rover. Currently James is also Chairman of Gotcha4Life, a mental health charity that works to prevent suicide.

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James Wright

Global CEO

Joshua Grant is a seasoned marketing expert with over 10 years of international experience across North America, Europe, and Asia. He has held key roles in companies such as 360i Chicago, and CHEQ, and currently serves as the Analytics and Innovative Solutions Director for global brands at Dentsu Inc, working with high-profile clients including McDonald's, BMW, Uniqlo, and MasterCard. His focus is on innovative and localization strategies, leveraging his deep understanding of diverse markets and cultures to drive success in the global market.

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Joshua Grant

Analytics and Innovative Solutions Director for Global Brands

Jackie is a Marketing executive with 20 years of experience mobilizing consumer insights, strategy, and analytics to accelerate business results. She currently leads the Consumer Intelligence practice for dentsu media, a centralized audience intelligence engine. Her career spans the Marketing industry with experience in Marketing Attribution (Nielsen IQ), Search Engine Marketing (Yahoo!), and Performance Media (MSN, msnbc.com). Jackie holds a degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Jackie Mockridge Mattina

Chief Strategy Officer, Head of Audience & Insights

Christine Haughney Dare-Bryan is an Editor at Large at Inc. An industry veteran with over two decades of experience, Dare-Bryan is a James Beard award-winning journalist who has worked for three of the nation's largest newspapers and who created the Emmy nominated Netflix series Rotten. She previously worked at NBC News where she was senior editor for the network's Biz Tech & Innovation Unit, led an award-winning tech investigative team and collaborated with NBC's sibling networks on theme week coverage.

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Christine Haughney Dare-Bryan

Editor At Large

Chris Chiames is a corporate communications executive and strategic business leader with strong experience across travel and technology. Frequent guest speaker on reputation management, crisis communications and public relations strategies, and co-host of the Airlines Confidential podcast.

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Chris Chiames

Chief Communications Officer

Award-winning journalist, producer and program executive Shawna Thomas is the executive producer for CBS News’ CBS MORNINGS. She previously worked at NBC News for nearly 10 years. During that time she served as a senior producer at NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” and traveled the world covering former President Barack Obama. She holds a masters degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Southern California.

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Shawna Thomas

Executive Producer of CBS MORNINGS

As the head of influencer marketing at Lenovo, Hollyn Phelps is responsible for leading a comprehensive influencer marketing strategy that ensures centralization, governance, and alignment across all regions, markets, business units, and agencies. Additionally, Hollyn oversees Lenovo’s annual WW influencer program as well as manages a community of 100+ Lenovo super fans from around the world.

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Hollyn Phelps

Global Advocacy Manager

Scott Brinker has been analyzing marketing technology and its impact on marketing organizations, for more than a decade as the editor of the chiefmartec.com blog. He serves as VP Platform Ecosystem at HubSpot, helping to grow and nurture the company's community of technology partners. He is the author of the best-selling book Hacking Marketing and holds degrees in computer science from Columbia University and Harvard University and an MBA from MIT.

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Scott Brinker

VP Platform Ecosystem

Kikora N. Mason joined J.P. Morgan Chase as vice president over community, social media after serving as the deputy director of digital strategy for the City of Chicago where her work focused on making former Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot the most digitally savvy mayor in the country. Before pivoting to government, she honed skills in influencer marketing, digital multicultural communications and executive positioning at public relations agencies helping major consumer and corporate brands reach their most important audiences at critical times. 

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Kikora Mason

Vice President, CCB Communications

Kirsten is the Director of Social Media + Influence and oversees the global social media strategy across marketing and communications at IBM. She has 15 years of experience in earned media, internal communications, experiential and events, editorial, and employment brand. She has worked in-house for consumer brands including Target, Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, and Athleta, and spent a few years at a boutique marketing agency supporting the 3M account.

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Kirsten Berg

Director of Social Media + Influence, Marketing and Communications

Steven Brill is a longtime journalist and co-founder and co-CEO of NewsGuard, which counters misinformation online by rating the reliability and credibility of news and information websites. He is the founder of Court TV, The American Lawyer magazine, Brill’s Content Magazine, the CLEAR registered traveler program, and the Yale Journalism Initiative at Yale College.

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Steven Brill

Co-Founder and Co-CEO

Sheila is the Managing Director of Edelman's corporate brand and reputation practice across the Central Region with teams in Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Austin and Houston. Her almost 20 years of communications background also encompasses CEO and executive transitions, transformation advisory, media relations, executive positioning, and corporate storytelling. She has led C-level strategy, thought leadership and corporate brand programs for clients including Nissan, Darden Restaurants, Kohl’s, 3M, Principal Financial, Molson Coors, Harley Davidson and Cummins. 

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Sheila Mulligan

Managing Director, Corporate Brand + Reputation

Danny Gardner is Haleon's Head of Social Media Insights and Analytics for North America, where he oversees over 25 owned brands and 70 competitor brands, across 7 categories. He began his career with W2O Group (now Real Chemistry), in cross-functional roles in data science, social listening, market research, and analytics.

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Danny Gardner

Social Intelligence Lead

Audrey Cooper is the senior vice president of news and editor in chief of WNYC at New York Public Radio, where she oversees one of the nation’s most influential news operations. Prior to joining WNYC, Audrey was the youngest woman to ever be named as editor in chief of a major U.S. newspaper, transforming the San Francisco Chronicle into a digital juggernaut; the organization was named California’s best newspaper every year of her tenure. She has been named a “Top 10 Women to Watch” by Editor & Publisher magazine and “Top 40 under 40.” By Advertising Age. 

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Audrey Cooper

Vice President of News and Editor in Chief of WNYC

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Luis Spencer Freitas

General Manager, Whiskies

Tiffany Hardin is an award winning executive marketer, investor and educator. Hardin is the CEO & founder of Gild Creative Group (GCG), an influencer marketing agency delivering strategy for brands that desire meaningful influencer/talent integrations for campaigns on and offline. She is known to help create and share culturally relevant stories to build meaningful connections driving trust, awareness and impact. She has worked with brands such as: Hulu, Onyx, Black Girl in Om, Victoria Secret, Airbnb, WeWork, Microsoft & Target.

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Tiffany Hardin

CEO & Founder

Sue Doster has been an LGBTQIA+ activist and community leader for almost 30 years. Currently serving as Co-Chair for NYC Pride for the second time, she has an impressive resume in the community. From 2013 to 2017 she served as the Co-President of InterPride, a membership organization that supports Pride Committees worldwide. Sue’s work at InterPride included her efforts to help grow WorldPride, a global event licensed by InterPride, as well as championing the PrideRadar project, a first of its kind report which cataloged more than 1,200 Prides around the globe. In 2017, Sue was named one of the National Co-chairs for the Equality March for Unity and Pride which drew over 100,000 people from around the country. Sue has worked at amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, for nearly three decades, where she is currently The Chief Technology Officer. 

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Sue Doster

Co-Chair

David Clarke is a skilled publicity and communications professional with a personal dedication to uplifting the voices of underrepresented communities. He has worked for storied New York institutions such as Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, National Sawdust, Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater, and The WNET Group. He has also been a contributor to outlets such as Out.com, Logo’s NewNowNext, Playbill, OutSmart Magazine, BroadwayWorld, Houstonia Magazine, Houston Press, and Houston Ballet Magazine. When not at work, you will find David attending performing arts events, running, reading, trying to learn Spanish, playing video games, hanging out with friends, traveling the world with his partner, or exploring the city.

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David Clarke

Senior Communications Manager

Wasim Khaled is the CEO and Co-Founder of Blackbird.AI, an AI-driven Narrative & Risk Intelligence platform dedicated to empowering trust, safety, and integrity across the global information ecosystem. A computer scientist by trade, Khaled has studied information operations, computational propaganda, behavioral science, AI and the applications of these combined disciplines to defense, cyber and risk intelligence. He is a frequent advisor to Fortune 500 companies and public sector organizations on the threats and mitigation of the escalating information warfare arms race.

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Wasim Khaled

CEO and Co-Founder

Twenty-five years of experience at top tier integrated agencies have made Scott the formidable strategist and SVP that he is today. He’s a thoughtful strategic leader specializing in ideation and strategic planning across the communications ecosystem with a skillset rooted in deep digital and tech fluency. Ambiguous, complex or time sensitive projects are not only tackled without a bead of sweat, they’re his specialty. As a complex-board-game enthusiast, Scott’s awards and honors, spanning from Strategy to Effie Awards, are all checkmates in the game of strategy.

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Scott Suthren

SVP of Strategy

Kwasi Kessie is a celebrity wardrobe stylist, creative consultant, and the captain of Culture and Experience for Adidas Runners NYC. When Kwasi Kessie isn't styling the wardrobe of today's most noteworthy personalities, he’s conquering new fitness feats. Since 2013, the nine-time consecutive New York City marathoner and 13-time half marathon runner–has sprinted across miles of track and concrete. With his unique perspective, seasoned experience in various ventures, and understanding that success is not seamless, Kwasi Kessie aims to inspire his community and eventually the world, to lead healthier lifestyles and to look good while doing so.

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Kwasi Kessie

Celebrity stylist, Influencer and Adidas Runners' Culture Captain

Heddy is responsible for stewarding best-in-class insights and measurement practices across all Hunter teams and client partners, as well as building-out the agency’s brand strategy solutions. She brings 25-plus years of experience in the consumer insight and brand strategy field, having held leadership roles across various business models and product sectors including Pinnacle Foods, Kraft Foods, Nabisco, VF Corp and Nielsen.

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Heddy Parker DeMaria

Chief Insights & Strategy Officer

Lauren Ash is the founder of Black Girl In Om, established in 2014 to expand the consciousness of black women and women of color. From executive producing and hosting the Black Girl In Om podcast to touring the globe guiding meditations, yoga, and transformational conversations for thousands of black women and women of color, Lauren’s contributions to the world ultimately reflect what she once needed and didn’t see. She has repeatedly been recognized as a trailblazer in the contemporary wellness movement, named “a master practitioner of #blackgirlmagic” and “a leading voice in the healthy-living world” by Well+Good and “one of the most important voices in the wellness industry” by Shape. She has also worked with many notable brands including Adidas, American Express, Bon Appetit, Glossier, Nike, OWN, Target, Samsung and SXSW. 

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Lauren Ash

Noah is a technologist at heart, having started his career building enterprise websites for clients across a variety of sectors including Kellogg’s, DIRECTV, Novarits, Johnson & Johnson, the AdCouncil, and the International Center of Photography. Now Noah oversees the Marketing Practice within Finn Partners managing a global team of 350 bringing together research, strategy, creative, media and measurement across traditional and digital channels. 

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Noah Finn

Founding Managing Partner

Adam Woullard is Managing Connections Director, US PR for VMLY&R. Woullard is a PR Week 40 Under 40 recipient (2018), and has worked across consumer and sports PR teams during his 20-year career, including at FleishmanHillard and with the Green Bay Packers. In his current role, he works alongside creative teams to build blockbuster ideas garnering earned media for VMLY&R’s roster of leading brands.

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Adam Woullard

Managing Connections Director, US PR

Grace De La Mare oversees the Influencer and Ambassador Program at Allegiant Air. Over the course of her two years with the company, she has managed multiple campaigns capturing various aspects of the brand, launched a thriving Ambassador Program, and contracted hundreds of influencers to travel with the airline.

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Grace De La Mare

Influencer Marketing Specialist

Shannon Guess is an award-winning strategic communications professional with more than a decade of experience in the travel and hospitality industry. As the Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Allegiant, she leads the travel company’s content programs including social media strategy, influencer marketing collaborations, and long-term brand ambassador partnerships. 

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Shannon Guess

Sr. Manager, Content Marketing

Rob is the founder & CEO of award winning and leading customer intelligence and technology firm, Converseon, which transforms text-based, unstructured conversation data into predictive insights and decision intelligence through the power of award-winning, proprietary autoNLP technology and applied AI. Since 2008, Converseon has helped brands around the world harness the insight capabilities of this data source in customer experience, brand reputation, social responsibility, and more.

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Rob Key

Founder & CEO

Ben Cathers is the principal solutions consultant for social media management platform, Hootsuite. He has more than 20 years of experience in social media and strategic solution development, and for the past 10 years has partnered with Hootsuite’s largest clients to help address their unique digital transformation requirements. He works closely with customers and industry analysts to ensure Hootsuite's solutions meet and exceed industry-specific compliance standards for enterprise social media management.

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Ben Cathers

Principal Solutions Consultant

John Box is Meltwater's CEO. John has been with the Company since 2006, holding several management positions, including five years as Area Director and six years as Executive Director. In his position as Executive Director, John has been critical for the company's growth throughout the globe showing extensive international business experience.

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John Box

Chief Executive Officer

Aditya Jami is CTO of Meltwater, and has been with the company since 2016. He is an experienced technology leader with demonstrated history in executing complex engineering systems, developing product strategy, creating high velocity engineering cultures, and driving M&A integrations at Meltwater and other international corporations such as Netflix and Yahoo. Jami holds an M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University and served as a visiting scientist at Cornell University.

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Aditya Jami

Chief Technology Officer

Zubair is a serial entrepreneur, who is currently Partner and Global Vice President, Culture at Meltwater. With his experience focusing on SAAS, global strategy and expansion, Zubair has a pedigree for developing leadership talent and high performance teams across markets. Based in Dubai, his commitment towards inclusivity has enabled various social and community initiatives, namely executive allyship for female leadership.

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Zubair Timol

VP Culture

Meltwater Summit is pleased to welcome 30+ industry thought-leaders and brands who will be speaking on a number of topics facing marketing and PR teams today.

30+ thought-provoking and actionable sessions from top brands

Insights into how to elevate your martech stack and operations

Valuable networking and breakout sessions with industry insiders

On-site opportunities to achieve certifications from mAcademy

Early Bird

Regular Sale

Opening Remarks

In our opening keynote, brand-building maven Bethenny Frankel provides insights from her personal experience as a self-made businesswoman and lifestyle influencer.

Bethenny Frankel, Founder & CEO of Skinnygirl

Opening Keynote

Hear from Meltwater’s CEO, John Box, and Aditya Jami, Meltwater CTO who will present an industry snapshot and the key product updates from 2022 that keep Meltwater at the forefront of innovation, plus what else to expect from our 2023 product roadmap.

John Box, Meltwater CEO & Aditya Jami, Meltwater CTO

Meltwater Product Keynote

30 Minute Break

There are fewer and fewer limits to what storytelling can achieve these days, in marketing and advertising. What does the advent of new AI & AR technologies mean for how we communicate with consumers?

The Future of Storytelling: Amplify Your Impact With AI

Speakers from top agencies participate in a panel discussion on the biggest issues facing agencies and their clients today, how they problem solve, and where they see the future of the industry going.

Panel: PR & Media Agencies

Lunch

How to use innovation to create relevant experiences for consumers globally. Using end-to-end design, innovation is an enabler in developing and launching meaningful products and shareable content.

Engagement-driven Innovation

It is the responsibility of corporate leaders to build trust in their brand. But why is it so important? Building consumer trust creates more than brand loyalty; it delivers quantitative business outcomes. Join this session to learn why trust can mean the difference between attracting or losing talent, positive or negative investor sentiment, meaningful growth or staying stagnant, and what brands can do to begin cultivating corporate trust from their consumers.

Building Trust in Corporate Brands for Better Business Outcomes

You've seen that crazy map of thousands of martech products, which keeps growing every year. New technologies keep taking marketing by the storm — the latest being a wave of disruption from generative AI. Your own tech stack maybe feels like a big game of Jenga, about to topple when one more piece is added.

Fret not! There is a path through these woods. Scott Brinker, the "godfather of martech", will share simple, programmatic strategies for getting the most of your martech investments in an ever-changing landscape — putting your marketing at the front of your martech.

Managing Martech Madness: Sanity & Success in an Ever-Changing Technology Landscape

Research shows that today’s consumer wants more “me.” From purpose to functionality, brands need to consider how to connect with their consumers creatively in the “Me-conomy” era. James Wright, Global CEO Red Havas and CEO Havas Creative Network Australia, shares tips for communications professionals to grab their attention – and keep it.

Creative Connecting in the "Me-conomy"

Ready to level up your influencer marketing efforts? This session explores how to build impactful influencer partnerships and campaigns by addressing three pivotal trends: influencer and consumer expectations in brand partnerships, striking the balance between creative control and creative freedom, and effectively incorporating paid media without compromising authenticity. Learn practical strategies, valuable insights, and actionable tips that will help marketers stay ahead in the dynamic world of influencer marketing. 

Building Effective Influencer Partnerships & Campaigns in 2023 and Beyond

APAC has rapidly emerged as a vibrant hub of growth opportunities for Western brands.  APAC consumers demand a tailored approach, especially when it comes to social media. In this session, we’ll swiftly guide you through the unique social media landscape of APAC and offer strategies to successfully localize your brand. 

Tapping Into APAC Social Media Networks

When a crisis occurs there’s rarely time to take a beat, especially when the ripple effects just keep coming. Containing high-stakes and high-profile brand crises requires the deft management of a lot of moving parts, and consistent communication, both with external and internal stakeholders. As the Chief Communications Officer for Carnival Cruise Line, Chris Chiames knows this well. 

Cruising Through Crisis Communications Challenges

PR and social media have become more and more intertwined. Each role is still distinct, however they need to work closely together to ensure messaging remains aligned, crises are dealt with properly, and promotional opportunities are not missed. Kirsten Berg, Director of Social Media + Influence, Marketing and Communications at IBM breaks down how your team can prevent silos and strengthen your strategy. 

The Merging of PR & Social Media

Global brands face a unique challenge when it comes to social media marketing and management. There are many ways to strategize, but it should be approached with clear guidelines and roles. Join the Vice President of social listening and community management at J.P. Morgan Chase for her take on brand governance for social media.

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