Receive a 1-Time, No-Cost Special Bonus: Delegates who attend both days of the 1st Annual Engagement Summit receive a 1-Time, No-Cost Special Bonus: HCI Africa subscribes to the principles of action learning and social networking to share war stories (what works & doesn't work). To this end delegates automatically become eligible for a 1-time use of HCI Africa's online Organisation Driving Forces Engagement Survey* and to become founding members of an Engagement Survey Research User Group to be established on the final day of the summit. The survey is provided to delegates as part of an initiative to develop South African Engagement norms and indexes. Delegates are also eligible to attend an annual recognition dinner to applaud one another for lessons learned and shared during the 1-year project implementation period.

*Terms & Conditions apply.

Day 1: 16th August, 2010: Hands-On Talent Strategy & Tactics Workshop

Theme: Operationalise an Engagement Strategy for Your Organisation

Our Facilitators: On Day 1, delegates work with 3 professional HR facilitators, who are also HCI Africa Executive/Advisory Board Directors. These master facilitators have extensive experience across the full spectrum of Engagement activities - from engagement strategy design, engagement research, survey design, through to facilitating critical engagement conversations.

Chairperson Day 1: Ruwayne Kock, Partner - The Human Resource Practice. Co-Facilitators: Fred Guest - SHL SA & Craig Raath, Operations Manager - 21st Century Pay Solutions

The Goal: The facilitation team will help delegates work in teams to sculpt a draft Engagement Strategy and tactics plan that can convincingly be discussed with the CEO the very next day.

Workshop Style: Discussion leaders will facilitate open and informed discussions around the technicalities about what works and does not work in both the Engagement and Change Management space.

Day 2: 17 August, 2010

Themes: Meet the Thought Leaders: Finalise an Engagement Strategy/Blueprint, Become a Founding Member of an Engagement Survey-Research Network

Move the needle on engagement and you move the needle on business performance. The proof can be found in dozens of studies across hundreds of organisations, involving hundreds of thousands of employees (Richard Wellins, DDI, Int'l, 2006).

Spend an intensive second day with a group of thought leaders, who will add additional insights about how to operationalise an Engagement Strategy (draft project developed on Day 1). Delegates are encouraged to 'mine' this learning opportunity for additional ideas, and pointers to refine their engagement project prior to presenting this to their top team for approval.