4.10.2006 ET

(CSRwire) Woodcliff Lake- Ethical Corporation's 2-day conference on Business-NGO Partnerships, to be held in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey on May 9-10 2006 will cover, among other topics, communication best practices.

Ethical Corporation's Business-NGO partnerships conferences are among the few conferences that provide an interactive forum for both sides to present their views and offer constructive ways for business and NGOs to work more effectively.

According to research conducted by Ethical Corporation, both business and NGOs noted a lack of or poor communication as one of the main reasons for abortive partnerships.

The Business-NGO Partnerships conference will host two roundtables around communication. The first roundtable, entitled "How to set up and maintain clear communications between the business and NGO" will offer best practices on how to understand the other side's rhetoric and develop a common language that is clear to both partners.

The second roundtable on "Communicating your partnerships to employees and business partners" will cover how to jointly communicate your partnership to business partners and how to internally market your alliance so it gets the support it deserves.

Participants will leave these sessions with the tools and know-how to help them maintain clear communications with their partners - an important in step in building and sustaining a long lasting and mutually beneficial partnership.

Speakers at the conference include:

Former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour, Bennett Freeman
Visa International, Deborah Arnold, Vice President and Managing Director, Emerging Markets
Timberland, Kate Anatone, Senior Director of Social Enterprise
Chiquita, David McLaughlin, Senior Director of Environmental and Social Performance
Rainforest Alliance, Tensie Whelan, Executive Director
UN Global Compact, Georg Kell, Executive Head
Merck, Samir Khalil, Executive Director, HIV Policy & External Affairs
Intel, Gary Niekerk, Corporate Responsibility Operations Manager
Dupont, Dawn Rittenhouse, Director of Sustainable Development
ExxonMobil, André Madec, Manager, Corporate Public Affairs
Nokia, Gregory Elphinston, Community Involvement
American Red Cross, Lou August, Manager of In-Kind Donations
Oxfam America, Chris Jochnick, Director, Private Sector Engagement

For the full line-up of speakers, click on: http://www.ethicalcorp.com/nycpartnership/speakers.shtml

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