More than 25 speakers from leading companies and organizations will present at the tenth annual Charities@Work conference on best practices in employee engagement April 5-7, 2011 at the Conrad Hotel in Chicago http://bit.ly/dSEJ1X. This year's conference theme is "A New Way Forward: Engaging Employees with Innovative Programs."

Companies and organizations represented include:

• Accenture
  
• ADP
  
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield
  
• Benevity
  
• Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship
  
• Business Civic Leadership Center
  
• FINRA
  
• HR Solutions
  
• Intel
  
• JPMorgan Chase
  
• LBG Associates
  
• Pfizer
  
• RealizedWorth
  
• Sabre
  
• Thomson Reuters
  
• Tix4Cause
  
• UnitedHealth Group
  
• United Way of Albuquerque
  
• Vault.com
  
• Wells Fargo
  
• World Bank
  
• Zurich North America

This premier networking event focuses on the trends, best practices and innovations in a variety of employee engagement programs including volunteerism, social media strategies and latest industry trends. Participants have the opportunity to share ideas and network with other professionals while staying current on the hot topics and best models of employee engagement initiatives.

The corporate representatives on the Best Practices Advisory Council guide the planning of the seminar to ensure it meets the needs of corporations. Current members for 2011 include representatives from Accenture, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, FINRA, JPMorgan Chase, Thomson Reuters and Zurich in North America. This year's topics include maximizing the effectiveness of employee engagement programs, implementing the latest technology to support your program, and understanding the sustainability and viability of employee programs. Additionally, guest speakers will address how programs are evolving through a growing emphasis on corporate social responsibility as well as the changing face of corporate philanthropy.

The seminar attracts more than 75 thought leaders in the area of corporate social responsibility from across the country and provides a unique opportunity to interact with a group of dedicated professionals who come together to learn and share new ideas about effective workplace philanthropy.

Charities@Work is an alliance of federated national nonprofit organizations and serves as the cooperative voice for many of the nation's premier health, human service, environmental and international development and relief charities. Members include America's Charities, Community Health Charities, EarthShare and Global Impact.

Community Health Charities

Community Health Charities

Community Health Charities (CHC) works to improve the lives of people affected by a disability or chronic disease. We accomplish this by making it easier for employees in the workplace to give to the health charities important to them and connect to the reliable health information, services and resources of the nation's most trusted health charities. For more than half a century, CHC has partnered with more than 2,000 national and local charities to provide a cost effective partnership that enhances the ability to deliver more of every dollar donated into the hands of those who desperately need it.

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