Communitelligence Presents Premier Event on Intranets, Enterprise 2.0, and Internal Social Media

March 2, 2010 - PRLog -- New York, NY – Experts in intranets, blogs, internal social networks, Twitter, podcasting, online video, wikis and "enterprise 2.0" will be sharing best practices at INTRANET INSIDER WORLD TOUR 2010: Making Enterprise 2.0 Work, March 9th and 10th.

Experts at GE, ESPN, Intel, IBM, EMC, MetLife, Nationwide Insurance, Deloitte Consulting, APS, Global Crossing, IBF, Alcatel-Lucent, Salesforce and Harbrooke Group are among the 20 speakers featured at Con Edison Headquarters in New York City.

"Intranets used to be mainly about content and communications. Now they are all about creating the "workplace web" that powers up enterprise efficiency, innovation and productivity," says John Gerstner, President of Communitelligence, producer of conferences and other resources on business communication trends.  

"The challenges and rewards are exciting, but so are the hurdles. At this conference you can learn what leading edge companies are doing, and what makes the most sense for your organization on this crucial journey."

INTRANET INSIDER WORLD TOUR 2010 includes an intranet managers workshop the afternoon of March 9, followed by a day of intranet case studies, panels and roundtables on March 10. Maria Azua, VP of Cloud Computing Enablement at IBM, is presenting the luncheon keynote March 10 on her book, The Social Factor: Innovate, Ignite, and Win through Mass Collaboration and Social Networking.

Michael Rudnick, Global Practice Leader, Intranets, Portals and Collaboration, Towers Watson is presenting the opening session on March 9 on "Enterprise Collaboration: What does it look like and what does it take?"  

Then a panel including Ethan McCarty, Editor-In-Chief, Global, IBM; Michael Sockol, Director, Employee and Executive Communications, Global Crossing and Greg Lowe, Social Media Architect/Program Manager, Alcatel-Lucent will discuss "Intranets in the Real World: The Challenges We Are Facing."

Presenting intranet case studies on March 10 are Laurie Buczek, Enterprise 2.0 Program Manager, at Intel; Alex Cortes, Senior Manager of Internal Communications at ESPN; and Noreen Cohen-White of Deloitte Consulting.

Other speakers presenting on topics such as intranet bugaboos, getting intranet buy-in, Google Wave and the future of intranets include:

•   Jamie Pappas, Manager of Social Media Strategy, EMC Corporation
•   Karen Horn, Vice President of Internal Communication, MetLife
•   Andy Jankowski, Director of Intranet Benchmarking Forum North America;
•   Janie Holmes-Davis, Manager of Internal Communications, APS;
•   Sangita Malhotra, Corporate Communications Manager, General Electric
•   Abbie Bridges, Internal Communications Specialist, ESPN
•   Christy Hahn, Creative Services Director, Corporate Marketing & Communications, Nationwide Insurance
•   Howard Greenstein, Social Media Strategist and President of the Harbrooke Group
•   Greg Lowe, Social Media Architect/Program Manager, Alcatel-Lucent
•   Scott Liewhr, Senior Consultant, Web Content Management, Gilbane Group

Supporting sponsors of the event, in addition to Con Edison, are Mashable, CMS Wire, SmartBrief, Job of the Week, NetStrategy/JMC. and the Worldwide Intranet Challenge.

Register online for the INTRANET INSIDER WORLD TOUR 2010 conference at www.communitelligence.com. For information, call 480-816-5550.

About Communitelligence

Communitelligence Inc. of Fountain Hills, Arizona produces online and physical conferences, webinars, virtual classrooms and CDs on emerging business communication trends and skills. Building and Protecting Reputation 2010 will give business professionals a better understanding and practical advise on executive communications and speechwriting in the age of social media.

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Communitelligence.com is a consultancy and social network for business communication, marketing and PR professionals. Communitelligence produces how-to webinars, conferences and virtual classrooms on key business communication skills and issues.