Engaging employees through online video

 

Melcrum Members can sign up to an exclusive webinar that's completely free. Taking place on May 21st at 4pm, the discussion will be around engaging employees through online video.

The webinar will feature expert discussion from experienced online video users, including:

 

Ismayeel Syed - Senior Technical Authority, Aviva World

Ismayeel is a seasoned innovations consultant with over 14 years of global experience in the arena of digital content production, distribution and associated underlying technical infrastructures.  In addition to holding numerous industry accreditations and winning the LA Film Festival “Best Picture Award”, Ismayeel’s impressive career thus far has afforded him the inclusion in the Sunday Times’ Top 10 British Visionairies.

Over his career, Ismayeel has amassed in-depth knowledge and experience in the design and implementation of successful global technology solutions for FTSE100 companies, government organisations, online social networks and even start-ups.

His digial videos have attracted over 4 million views, and are currently delivered to over 210,000 active subscribers.

Ismayeel is currently the Chief Technical Authority for Aviva World, the new global intranet for the world’s fifth largest insurer.

Ismayeel will discuss the technical challenges associated with delivering the infrastructure necessary for a global video solution, and how Aviva is overcoming them across its Global Network.

Simon Frusher - Senior Audio/Visual Manager, BT

With a career in the industry spanning 20 years, Simon has vast experience of many aspects of live visual communication. Starting life in technical staging, working mainly in corporate events, conferences and roadshows travelling extensively throughout Europe.

Entered corporate life at Reed Publishing, working within the creative department until the lure of the City took him to Barclays Bank and subsequently to BT in 1998 to head the AV department at head office.

Simon led the team to build a hi-tech auditorium and TV studios in 2001 since when an average of 250 events and over 500 videos are produced each year. From broadcast TV links through to delivering over 100 live webcasts per year, Simon is passionate about virtual events, always encouraging new technologies and repackaging old ones to meet the fast paced communications needs of BT to its internal and external audiences

Simon will discuss the use of Video, Podcasts & RSS within BT and how they have been adopted, and how users access this content via the Intranet.

Harvey Benedict - VP Corporate Strategy, Kontiki

Harvey has been in the rich media space for over 15 years delivering advanced communcation solutions to some of the largest enterprises and media companies. Harvey has worked for well recognized technology leaders such as Tech Data, Netcom Online, Broadcast.com/Yahoo and Virage. He also was the founder and principal of Streamline Media, a consulting company providing services to global organizations on rich media strategies. Harvey received his BS in Economics from the University of Florida.

Harvey will discuss:

• Lessons learned from the Kontiki user base that delivers more than 10 million videos per month to more than 500,000 global desktops.  What content has proven to be most impactful, what processes have been important to scaling the production, approval and publishing of content.
• The daily show that Wells Fargo bank publishes to its employees.  The professionally produced 5 minute broadcast covers corporate news and events.
• How Coca Cola uses digital media to deliver CEO direct messages to all global employees, increasing employee engagement and understanding of corporate direction
• How GM delivers key crisis communications to its global workforce.  

CHAIR: James Bennett - Managing Online Editor, Melcrum

James has been a business journalist for 10 years working on a variety of titles in print and online in the UK and the Gulf, from where he has just returned after spending three and a half years launching a monthly magazine, the region's largest weekly business weekly and the UAE’s newest and most popular daily newspaper (The National) alongside the former editor of the Daily Telegraph, Martin Newland, and a team of 200 journalists.

James joined Melcrum Publishing as its Online Managing Editor in April 2009 to lead the integration as well as write for and manage Melcrum’s website Melcrum.com.

James has written about and covered a wide spectrum of business and finance topics and issues and blogs and twitters regularly about the internal communications industry.

This webinar is kindly supported by Kontiki