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• Provide communications support for General Mills' Human Resources function by driving awareness of HR initiatives and increasing employee engagement.• Plan and execute regular meetings and Town Hall events as a platform for Human Resources leaders to provide key updates on strategic priorities and allow employees to ask questions real-time. • Provide communications support for executives, including key message development and speech writing.• Support General Mills' Diversity and Inclusion initiatives through strategic communication planning and events support. • Contribute to the company’s intranet site for all employees and create an e-newsletter for management. • Streamline company communications to increase efficiency and improve the impact of messaging and delivery. • Provide year-round communication planning to drive awareness and increase participation in an annual engagement survey.

• Create communications strategies to drive awareness of Buffalo Wild Wings’ strategic initiatives, increase employee engagement, and further define the company’s internal voice. • Provide communications support for senior executives, including key message development, speech writing, and coaching.• Plan and execute regular Town Hall events as a platform for the CEO and executive leaders to provide key updates on strategic priorities and allow employees to ask questions real-time. Responsibilities include providing executive speech support, coordinating all business updates into one cohesive presentation, managing event logistics, and creating post-meeting surveys.• Act a key player in the development and execution of the Buffalo Wild Wings Annual Business Conference – a three-day meeting where more than 1,500 restaurant managers, franchise owners, and corporate office team members gather to learn about the company’s strategic priorities for the coming year and receive recognition for their past accomplishments. Responsibilities include managing overarching key messages and themes for the event, determine meeting presenters, arrange keynote speaker, provide speech-writing support for executives, and plan two awards ceremonies with various presenters. • Contribute to and edit the company’s intranet site and e-newsletter for Buffalo Wild Wings employees and franchise owners. • Streamline company communications to increase efficiency and improve the impact of messaging and delivery. • Supported Human Resources in the development and implementation of key messages and supporting documentation for leaders during a major reorganization. • Assisted in the launch and implementation of an all-company employee engagement survey, and provide year-round communication planning to drive awareness and increase participation.

• Develop and implement Digital River's internal communication strategy to drive awareness of the company's strategic initiatives, increase employee engagement and define the company's voice. • Streamline company communications to increase efficiency and improve the impact of messaging and delivery.• Build out and maintain Digital River's intranet site, including the creation of an editorial calendar and develop a governance plan for all site users and administrators.• Collaborate with senior leaders and business teams to develop quarterly Town Hall events for all Digital River employees to identify the key strategic priorities, financial status of the company and business, and goals for the upcoming quarter. • Develop internal branding campaign to foster employee engagement and help them connect with the company's mission, vision and values. This includes the creating an internal tag line, developing branded collateral for all regional offices and ensuring brand consistency across all company communication vehicles. • Partner with senior leaders to create opportunities for two-way communication with employees to drive engagement, including leadership blogs and informal chat sessions at various Digital River regional offices.

• Collaborate with senior leaders across business teams to provide strategic counsel; develop, and implement internal communication strategies to support business strategic initiatives. • Communicate business strategies to Honeywell employees clearly and concisely, using a variety of internal and external digital communication vehicles, and large- and small-group meetings/events as appropriate for the audience. • Collaborate with senior leaders and business teams to develop quarterly Town Hall events for employees across the business to identify the key strategic priorities, financial status of the company and business, and goals for the upcoming quarter. Meeting is held at the ACS corporate office for 400 corporate employees, and online for the rest of the business.• Lead business teams to create and implement complex, long-term communication plans, spanning 12 to 18 months, with multiple audiences at all levels of the company. • Partner with senior leaders to create opportunities for two-way communication with employees to drive engagement, including leadership blogs and online chat sessions. • Work with cross-functional teams within the business to create and implement employee communication plans for mergers and acquisitions; includes executive messages, press releases, internal communication and impacted employee messages.• Program-manage annual recognition event for 300+ Honeywell employees and their spouses. Includes budget management, determining event details, pre- and post-event communication, executive speech writing, collaborating with multiple vendors to manage logistics, coordinating business meeting for Honeywell ACS CEO and providing on-site support for employees and senior leaders.

• Collaborate with partners and senior leaders across multiple business teams to provide strategic counsel on internal and external communication messages. • Communicate company strategies using a variety of internal and external print and digital communication vehicles, social media platforms and large- and small-group meetings/events as appropriate for the audience. • Collaborate with senior leaders and business teams to develop a yearly event for 4,000 corporate employees to identify the key strategic priorities for the upcoming year and quarterly leadership meetings that inform 500 corporate officers and directors on the financial status of the company and goals for the upcoming quarter. Involved leadership counsel, script writing, working with third-party audio and video teams to execute the event.• Lead business teams to create and implement complex, long-term communication plans, spanning 12 to 18 months with multiple audiences at all levels of the company.• Developed expos connecting company leaders and the board of directors to all levels of employees with the goal of sharing innovative ideas currently being tested in select stores to drive growth and profit. Coached 25 booth owners to build their booth, create signage and develop key messages to ensure their presentations complemented the information delivered at the board of directors meeting. • Devised and managed customer-facing events at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2009, 2010 and 2011; oversaw more than 30 store employees who attended the event as tour guides and hosts for 50 customers and guests; executed logistical and on-site details.

• Created and implemented communication plans to inform Best Buy retail employees and enable them to deliver on company strategies for profitable growth• Managed weekly retail employee magazine, covering sales strategies, product information and company news• Led a team of 10 employees through the conversion of the weekly printed publication to electronic delivery, segmented by audience group• Wrote and edited stories for the stores’ intranet; maintained intranet organization and layout

• Wrote and designed layout of the weekly retail employee magazine; responsible for day-to-day business communication for three departments in the stores;• Edited and laid out monthly training documents for all-store meetings• Wrote and maintained the Best Buy stylebook for internal style and branding of all communication vehiclesproduced by multiple departments within the company