Recap: “Through a Glass Darkly: Increasing Transparency in Talent Acquisition”

Thank you to all that attended our first professional development event of 2021, “Through a Glass Darkly: Increasing Transparency in Talent Acquisition,” featuring Michael Deas, ABC, SCMP, Marketing Manager at Lee Company. We hope you enjoyed hearing Mike’s recommendations for improving the disconnect between those seeking jobs and those seeking to fill them based on his personal seven-month job-search experience last year. Key insights gained from this hour-long presentation include:

Tips to be more transparent and visible in your job search
How to “stand out” from the competition as a hiring employer or a job seeker
Recommended, and not so recommended, tools and platforms to help your success rate

About the Speaker: Michael Deas, ABC, SCMP

Michael Deas, ABC, SCMP, has filled a number of diverse roles over his 36-year career: editor, missionary, translator, marketing manager, corporate communications manager, and communications director. Currently, Mike is Marketing Manager for the Lee Company, a $300-million home and facility services firm in Franklin, Tennessee.

Mike has been a member of IABC for 24 years, a chapter president of IABC South Carolina, an Accredited Business Communicator since 2004, and a Strategic Communication Management Professional since 2018. In 2020 Mike served on the board of IABC Nashville and was named IABC Nashville’s “Communicator of the Year.” He has been recognized 15 times with awards for excellence in communication.

His wide range of experience in both internal and external communication roles–for companies large and small, public and private, for-profit and nonprofit, on both sides of the Atlantic, in two languages–equips him with insight into the challenges facing today’s communicators.

We are thrilled that the presenter has provided us with slides from the presentation, which can be downloaded in the link below. Also provided is a recording of the event just in case someone you know missed it.

WEBINAR RECORDING

PRESENTATION SLIDES

IABC Nashville Announces 2021 Board Of Directors

The International Association of Business Communicators’ Nashville chapter (IABC Nashville) announces its 2021 board of directors.

“This year’s board is poised to continue building on the momentum built in 2020,” says Kerry Burke, IABC Nashville president. “This is an impressive group of professional communicators who are eager and excited to bring world-class educational programs and invaluable networking opportunities to chapter members, and the larger communications community in middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky. I am thrilled to see what this team will accomplish in another successful year for IABC Nashville.”

The new board comprises experienced communications professionals in the region from various specialties, including public relations, marketing, internal communications, corporate communications, and more.

2021 IABC Nashville Executive Board of Directors

President: Kerry Burke, Cigna
President-Elect and Vice President of Professional Development: Kristin Appelman, Concept Technology, Inc.
Past-President: Mollye Dietrich, HCA Healthcare
Secretary: Michael Payne, Small Town Startup
Vice President of Finance: Tom Kenley, Rogers Group, Inc.
Vice President of Membership: Anna Strong, The Creative Group
Vice President of Communications: Jessica Hopson, Lovell Communications
Vice President of Social Media: Sarah “Birdie” Loeffler, ProAssurance
Vice President of Awards: Katie Adkisson, APR, REED Public Relations
Vice President at Large: Genma Holmes, GSH Media and Consulting
Vice President at Large: Lysa Rigo, Veritas Federal Credit Union
Vice President at Large: K. Dawn Rutledge, Ed.D., Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR)

The goal of the 2021 board of directors is to help its members and other communications professionals in the region enhance their careers through professional development workshops, networking events, accreditation, and professional recognition through the annual Music City Gold Pen Awards.

About IABC Nashville
IABC Nashville is the local chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators, serving middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky. The Nashville chapter is one of more than 100 chapters in 70 countries, with a mission to provide professional development and networking opportunities to members, as well as the larger communications community.

The chapter is diverse, with members representing agencies, government, corporations, universities, nonprofit organizations, and more. IABC Nashville also offers ties to job bank services and the annual Music City Gold Pen Awards program. IABC is the only place to connect with communicators globally. “Connect here – go anywhere!”

January Professional Development Event: Through a Glass Darkly: Increasing Transparency in Talent Acquisition

Learn some of the key ways employers and job seekers can be more visible in an unfamiliar job market.

About the Event

In this COVID era, navigating the job market has created an immense amount of challenges–for both employers and candidates alike. Visibility and transparency have never been more important in order to stay competitive and relevant whether you’re in the job market at this time or not.

Join us to hear from Marketing Manager, Michael Deas, ABC, SCMP, as he takes us through his journey from hardship to triumph, and the valuable discoveries he made along the way.

You’ll learn:

Tips to be more transparent and visible in your job search
How to “stand out” from the competition as a hiring employer or a job seeker
Recommended, and not so recommended, tools and platforms to help your success rate

About the Speaker: Michael Deas