Inner Strength Communication uses its expertise in Internal Communication, Change Management and Branding to enable, engage and empower employees and internal stakeholders to deliver business results from the inside out.

With a lofty vision…that organizations and leaders see strategic internal communication as integral to business success. That’s why they are committed to helping communication and business professionals to step up their game; bring strategic communication solutions to the boardroom; and earn their seat at the table.

SummersDirect Conference & Events is a conference planning company that sets itself apart from the rest with a focus on customer service and value. With over a dozen years of providing quality conference programming to communications professionals across Canada.

SummersDirect events deliver:

• quality speakers presenting on real-life case studies
• tools and techniques that you can take away and use
• networking opportunities with your peers to exchange ideas and best practices
• value for your money

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Venue

Courtyard by Marriott Toronto Downtown & Online

• Reserve a guest room for $299 CAD per night

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Alternatively, you can call Marriott Reservations and make a booking at 1 (800) 847-5075

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Monday, November 20, 2023

8:30 – 8:45 a.m.	Priya Bates, ABC, MC, CMP, IABC Fellow, President Inner Strength Communication Inc.	WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR
8:45 – 9:45 a.m.		To be announced
9:45 – 10:15 a.m.	NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
10:15 – 11:15 a.m.		To be announced
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
12:15 – 1:15 p.m.	NETWORKING & LUNCH BREAK
1:15 – 2:15 p.m.		To be announced
2:15 – 3:15 p.m.		To be announced
3:15 – 3:30 p.m.	NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.		To be announced
4:30 p.m.	CONFERENCE CONCLUDES FOR THE DAY

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

8:30 – 8:45 a.m.	Priya Bates, ABC, MC, CMP, IABC Fellow, President Inner Strength Communication Inc.	WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR
8:45 – 9:45 a.m.		To be announced
9:45 – 10:15 a.m.	NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
10:15 – 11:15 a.m.		To be announced
11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.		To be announced
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.	NETWORKING / LUNCH BREAK
1:00 – 2:30 p.m.		To be announced
2:30 – 2:45 p.m.	STRETCH & NETWORKING BREAK
2:45 – 3:30 p.m.		To be announced
3:30 – 3:45 p.m.	NETWORKING BREAK
3:45 – 4:45 p.m.		To be announced
4:45 p.m.		CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS AND CONFERENCE CONCLUDES

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Wednesday, November 22, 2023

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9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	[IN PERSON] Workshop A: How to become the Trusted Advisor leaders need.
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.	[IN PERSON] Workshop B: Power & Privilege Bias (and Unconscious Bias)	[ONLINE] Workshop D: How to become the Trusted Advisor leaders need.

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 

Workshop A & D: How to become the Trusted Advisor leaders need.

Join us for this workshop on how to go from discussing tactics to advising leaders on strategy and direction. Priya will share research result on a recent Internal Communication Skills Assessment she has conducted.

In this workshop you will:

• Take the Inner Strength i5 Skills Assessment and understand how you compare to benchmark results.
• Understand how to evolve from Implementation to Impact.
• Learn the importance of Interaction and Influence in order to build relationships and gain respect.

You will leave with a clear plan on what you need to do next do drive growth and career success.

Priya Bates is an award-winning professional communicator with a passion for driving strong performance from the inside out. As President and owner of Inner Strength Communication, Priya builds strategic internal communication, engagement, branding and transformational change plans that enable, engage and empower employees to deliver business results. Her clients include organizations and leaders across technology, retail, financial, healthcare, mining and manufacturing sectors looking to build strategic internal communication expertise.

As co-founder for A Leader Like Me, Priya creates an empowered community for women of colour to help them build skills, define strategies, and find support to grow in their careers.

Priya is an Accredited Business Communicator (ABC) and was proud to become one of the first Certified Strategic Communication Management Professionals (SCMP) in the world. In 2010, she received the Master Communicator (MC) designation, the highest honour bestowed upon a communication professional from IABC Canada. In 2016, she was recognized as an IABC Fellow, a global lifetime achievement award for her contribution to the profession.  Priya is also a passionate volunteer with the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), and is proud to have led the organization’s successful global rebranding effort.

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1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Workshop B: Power & Privilege Bias (and Unconscious Bias)

Making the business case for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs can be challenging. Part of this process involves understanding that we all benefit from some form of privilege; this Breakfast Culture course helps all team members regardless of their identities, backgrounds or work functions realize this fact in a relevant, engaging and approachable fashion. We use popular culture to discuss representation and why it is important. We share our own stories and journeys of understanding our own levels of privilege.

Finally, we facilitate a group exercise around different forms of privilege. What inevitably happens in every training session is the resulting lessons actually come from team members themselves as they work through the exercise and put the previous discussions into practice.

Focus & Learning Outcomes: Breakfast Culture’s approach to unconscious bias training. Participants will…

• Learn how we all benefit from some form of privilege and how these privileges impact our power in today’s society.
• Learn to acknowledge and ​investigate their privilege and how it impacts power.
• Be able identify privileges that they take for granted in their everyday life.
• Discuss the variety of privileges that some groups of people have limited access to including: gender, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, socioeconomic, and more.
• Discuss how no one privilege is more important than another and for some any privilege may feel essential.
• Discuss what types of privileges are important to them and why that may differ for other people.
• Learn to investigate and empathize with groups who may have limited access to some privileges and the effect that lack of access may have on an individual.

Jefferson Darrell is among Canada’s earliest outliers in the IDEA (inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility) arena; successfully driving positive change management for organizations since 2015 resulting in more diverse and inclusive teams, increased revenue, and/or new business opportunities. Jefferson is an accomplished marketing communications and change management professional with more than 17 years of brand strategy expertise, generating earned and owned media using both traditional and digital channels. In 2017 he founded Breakfast Culture™ Inc., a full-scale, data-driven, tech-forward diversity, equity and inclusion, marketing &  consulting company.

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2023 Conference Pricing

**Recordings of all conference presentations will be provided to both in person and online attendees. Workshops are not recorded.**

REGISTRATION TYPES	ONLINE Early Bird Rate (until Sept. 15, 2023)	IN PERSON Early Bird Rate (until Sept. 15, 2023)	ONLINE Regular Rate (after Sept. 15, 2023)	IN PERSON Regular Rate (after Sept. 15, 2023)
BEST VALUE! Conference + Two Post-conference Workshops (Nov. 20, 21 + 22)	n/a	$1475.00	n/a	$1750.00
Conference + 1 Post-conference Workshop (Nov. 20, 21 & a half day on Nov. 22)	n/a	$1372.00	n/a	$1475.00
Conference – 1 Day (Nov. 20 or Nov. 21 ) + 2 Post-conference Workshops (Nov. 22)	n/a	$1275.00	n/a	$1475.00
Conference – 1 Day (Nov. 20 or Nov. 21) + 1 Workshop (Nov. 22)	n/a	$895.00	n/a	$1075.00
Conference – Both Days (Nov. 20 & Nov. 21, 2023)	$825.00	$999.00	$900.00	$1099.00
Conference – One Day Only (Nov. 21 or Nov. 21, 2023)	$415.00	$499.00	$495.00	$599.00
Post-conference One half day Workshop (Nov. 22, 2023)	n/a	$525.00	n/a	$575.00
Post-conference Full day of Workshops (Nov. 22, 2023)	n/a	$895.00	n/a	$1075.00

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