Ragan’s Employee Communications & Culture Conference Boston 2026

What You’ll Learn

Ragan’s Employee Communications & Culture Conference runs April 21–23, 2026 at The Westin Boston Seaport District. The program focuses on internal communications, measurement, manager enablement, AI use cases, and culture-building tactics relevant to complex enterprises. Content includes workshops and conference sessions with an on-demand option.

Employee Communications & Culture Conference Key Themes

  • Internal comms strategy and operating models: For heads of internal communications and COEs aligning channels, cadence, and governance with business priorities across distributed workforces.
  • Measurement and reporting to leadership: For directors and VPs who need defensible KPIs, baselines, and narrative-ready dashboards for board, CFO, and HR partners.
  • Manager communications and enablement: For HR communications leaders and enablement teams building toolkits, training, and content that improve frontline manager effectiveness.
  • Change and crisis communications: For enterprise comms, legal, and risk teams coordinating escalation paths, approvals, and scenario playbooks tied to material business events.
  • Content systems: intranets, newsletters, and social: For channel owners improving IA, personalization, and editorial workflows across intranet, email, and enterprise social.
  • AI and agentic workflows: For comms operations leads testing gen AI and agents for drafting, QA, search, and knowledge reuse under policy, privacy, and brand controls.
  • Employer brand storytelling: For talent brand and EX teams shaping narratives on team, benefits, organization, and work to support hiring and retention.

Employee Communications & Culture Conference Target Audience

  • Heads of internal communications or employee communications in mid to large enterprises
  • Executive communications leaders supporting CEO, CFO, or business unit heads
  • HR communications, employee experience, and change management leaders
  • Comms operations or digital workplace leaders owning intranet, email, and analytics

Ragan Communications Products and Services

  • Ragan Training (eLearning subscription): On-demand training for communicators with full conference recordings, role-based modules, certificates, and resources. Individual and team plans support internal communications, PR, social, and leadership skills.
  • Communications Leadership Council (membership): Peer network for senior communications leaders with retreats, twice-monthly member calls, a private portal, executive coaching hours, event passes, and benchmarking research.
  • Center for AI Strategy (membership): Advisory community for AI in communications with cohorts, office hours, curated resources, and training access. Membership listed from $835 per month with an AI conference ticket and certificate course included.
  • Conferences, workshops, and webinars: Multi-day conferences and pre-conference workshops covering internal communications, measurement, executive comms, and channel operations, plus virtual formats for distributed teams.
  • Ragan Awards programs: Industry recognition for internal communications, PR, employee experience, and campaigns. Structured categories, entry criteria, and timelines suitable for global teams and agencies.
  • Guidebooks and white papers: Downloadable resources on intranet strategy, measurement frameworks, content operations, and AI policy for communications leaders and practitioners.
  • Job board (Talent Hub): Communications and PR roles across industries with listing options for employers. Council members receive unlimited postings as part of membership benefits.
  • Ragan Consulting Group: Advisory and custom training on internal communications strategy, measurement, change readiness, and channel optimization for enterprise clients.

Employee Communications & Culture Conference Sponsors

  • Workvivo
  • PoliteMail
  • Ragan Communications Leadership Council
  • Ragan Consulting Group
  • Employee Communications Awards