8:00 - 8:35 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

8:35 - 8:45 a.m. Opening Remarks

8:45 - 9:45a.m.

Proving PR's Value

In this tough economic climate, where PR departmental budgets are eyed more closely, how can PR professionals better demonstrate and validate PR's value to the organization? This opening panel will provide you with the tactics and strategizing needed to prove the value of your communications efforts to top-tier execs and stakeholders. Our speakers will share case studies, lessons learned, savvy communication tactics to help you make the case for PR and the associated resources you need to be successful.

You'll learn how to:

• Communicate and leverage PR's worth to senior management and stakeholders by demonstrating the link between fulfillment of organizational goals and PR efforts
• Measure the impact of your PR programs on stakeholder behavior and attitude
• Learn some easy ROI "proof-of-performance" calculations, as well as how to pull correlations guaranteed to translate your efforts into the language of management
• Determine the resources you need to build an effective and measurable PR program
• Create the right benchmarks for your communications initiatives
• Win a larger share of marketing and communications spend from your organization and clients

Speakers:

	Tim Marklein, Executive VP, Measurement & Strategy, Weber Shandwick
	Craig Mitchell, Vice President, Analysis Services, Cision
	Karla Wachter, SVP, Insight and Analytics practice and product development, Waggener Edstrom Worldwide

9:45 - 10:30a.m.

Here's What a Communications Audit Looks Like

A communications audit or effectiveness evaluation equips you with the answers and guidance you need to advance your communications efforts, justify your activities and make the necessary midcourse corrections. In this session, you'll see what an effective audit looks like, the methodologies involved in conducting an audit, and to how to create and execute one for your PR department or client. This session will include peer review audits and allow for brainstorming and interactivity with fellow attendees so you can come away with a smart audit for your PR dept, whether you're with a corporation, a nonprofit, a PR firm.

Session Leader:

Michael Odle, Public Affairs Officer, Air Force Reserves, and Legislative Affairs Specialist for the U.S. Forest Service

10:50a.m. - 12:00p.m.

Media Measurement: From Mainstream to Social Media

This panel will give you the most practical and results-oriented techniques for measuring your media relations and social media activities most effectively - from measuring your brand on Twitter and Facebook to tracking influencers in the mainstream media. You'll learn the latest methodologies for measuring media coverage and media relationships.

Your takeaways:

• How to link media analysis to business objectives
• Tools to manage issues and control messages through social media and other media platforms
• How to measure the influence of blogs on your brand
• The real-world impact of Twitter, including tracking followers and secondary followers
• Content analysis of online messages
• Online traffic, links, and revenues: how PR can drive these indicators
• Search Engine Optimization: using SEO in your measurement toolbox
• Instituting consistent messaging between paid and earned media
• Conducting smarter competitive analysis by measuring what really correlates to outcomes
• The latest research and thoughts on Advertising Value Equivalences (AVEs)
• Media (print, Internet, broadcast) measurement - what's new and what's possible
• How to compare coverage across various mediums - ie, the value of a Wall Street Journal vs. wjs.com vs blog: what you need to know.

We've built in ample time for Questions & Answers from the audience, so come to this session with your toughest questions!

Speakers:

	Johna Burke, Senior Vice President, BurrellesLuce
	Katie Paine, Founder and CEO, KD Paine & Partners LLC
	Anthony Sanzio, Director, Corporate Communications, Campbell Soup

12:00 - 12:20p.m.

Weighted Media Costs – The Metric to Use to Prove PR Works

Sometimes we’re so busy dragging alligators out of the swamp that we forget our objective was to drain the swamp. Media relations professionals like you need to be able to link your work to changes of attitude, opinion and behavior. To do this, you need to score clips with a metric that yields the best possible correlations. This brief session will review the research results of four case studies that show how media coverage is indeed draining swamps from the new IPR Commission white paper, “A New Paradigm for Media Analysis: Weighted Media Costs.”

You'll learn:

• Why this matters to you
• What differentiates Weighted Media Costs (WMC) from other popular metrics
• How to calculate WMC
• How to correlate WMC to business outtakes and outcomes

All attendees will receive a copy of the Weighted Media Costs white paper

Trainer:

Angela Jeffrey, APR, vice president of editorial research, VMS, and Member, IPR Commission on PR Measurement

12:35 - 1:45p.m.

Luncheon & Keynote Presentation
Influencer Mapping: the Science of Stakeholder Engagement

Using illustrative case studies, Dr. Scott will show how Influencer Mapping has been used as a powerful resource by communications professionals looking to identify and engage the third parties who significantly influence the reputation of their brands.

Jennifer Scott, PhD Managing Director, Research & Insights Ogilvy

1:45 - 2:30p.m.

Measuring the Issues: How to Make a Real Impact with your Public Affairs Activities

This session will show you how to measure the effectiveness of your messaging to your key influencers and adjust your public affairs and overall communications initiatives accordingly. Learn how to craft impactful messages, tell compelling stories, test messages in key markets and ensure your issues resonate in a cluttered marketplace so that you can see real results. From leveraging social media and digital communications, to improving on the more traditional modes of public affairs communications, you'll hear how to execute measurable public affairs initiatives that will make a significant impact on outcomes.

Speakers:

	Virginia Cox, Senior Vice President, Communications & Strategic Initiatives, Consumer Healthcare Products Association
	Kye Strance, Director of Product Management, Vocus, Inc.
	Monte Lutz, Senior VP, Digital Public Affairs, Edelman
	Moderator: Risë Birnbaum, CEO, Zcomm

2:45 - 3:30p.m.

Inside Out Measurement: An Internal Communications Case Study

Prudential’s communication team leaders Bob DeFillippo and Deborah Meany will share an insightful case study of how they measured the impact of employee engagement during the recent financial crisis. You'll hear how Prudential's integrated internal and external communications strategy has fostered a sense of community and participation among employees and helped drive positive messaging among other key constituencies, including customers, third party brokers, distributors, and other influencers.

This panel will teach you how to:

• Build a strong foundation for internal communications
• Manage/monitor what employees are saying about you online
• Learn how to measure outputs and outcomes
• Partner with HR and other departments for maximum success
• Conduct smart employee surveys and use employee feedback effectively
• Verify employees’ understanding of key internal messages
• Facilitate communication between all groups within the company through events and communication platforms
• Leverage technology to facilitate internal communications and, in turn, encourage dialogue
• How employees using social media can help your external outreach efforts

Session Leader:

	Bob DeFillippo, Chief Communications Officer, Prudential
	Deborah Meany, Vice President, Global Communications, Prudential Financial

3:30 - 4:30p.m.

Measuring Your Organization's Reputation & Brand Equity

Managing the reputation of your organization is job #1 for any savvy communicator, as it's hard to gain mindshare and market share if your company is in the dumps or if you aren't tracking the right benchmarks. In this panel, we'll show you how to measure your organization's reputation both in good times and in crisis, and to determine just how much equity your company or individual brands hold. This session will look at reputation measurement from the perspective of the researcher as well as from the communicator using the information.

This panel will address:

• Key tools and techniques to measure your reputation and individual brands
• How to measure customer engagement with your brands
• Building -- or rebuilding -- confidence and trust among employees from a high level
• How to forge lasting third-party partnerships that strengthen your reputation while delivering to the bottom line
• Managing the issues and turning the matter from a crisis into solutions-oriented campaign

Speakers:

	David Michaelson, President, Echo Research
	Laura Kane, Vice President, External Communications, Aflac
	Moderator: Eric Hill, Co-Founder and President, MyMediaInfo

4:30 - 5:00p.m.

Closing Remarks, Networking & Business Card Exchange