Recognize & Celebrate Employees: A Comms Futurist Panel Event
Employee recognition can be surprisingly difficult to get right.
In this panel discussion, communications, HR, and employee experience leaders will share how they're approaching employee recognition and celebration.
We'll discuss:
• Meaningful employee recognition strategies
• The role managers play in creating a culture of appreciation
• Peer-to-peer recognition, milestone celebrations, and employee recognition programs
• Creative ways organizations are celebrating employees across locations, shifts, and time zones
Join us for a candid conversation filled with real examples, lessons learned, and ideas you can bring back to your own organization.
In partnership with Workvivo by Zoom, the employee engagement platform
About the Speakers
Ananda Boardman:
Ananda is a Corporate Communications and Public Relations leader known for building smart, strategic communications programs that connect people. With deep experience across both internal and external comms, she partners closely with executive leadership to translate big business priorities into clear, meaningful narratives that resonate from the boardroom to the front line.
Ananda has built her career on showing up with confidence, clarity, and a strong point of view. She brings a disciplined approach to communications — grounded in governance, brand integrity, and measurable impact — while still creating space for authenticity and human connection.
At the core of her work is a passion for telling the stories of the people behind the business. Whether she's shaping executive messaging, leading employee engagement strategies, or guiding social and PR efforts, Ananda focuses on elevating culture, celebrating wins, and making employees feel seen, heard, and proud of where they work.
She believes the strongest brands aren't just built — they're lived out every day by the people behind them.
Christina Frantom:
With more than two decades in digital media, strategic communications, and brand leadership, Christina has built a distinguished career driving high-impact marketing and public relations initiatives across corporate, academic, agency, and municipal landscapes.
She has led global communication strategies for Mercedes-Benz US and spearheaded transformative B2B campaigns at Heineken USA, Texas A&M University, and The University of Alabama, positioning each organization for sustained growth.
Christina's diverse skill set spans crisis communications, media relations, inclusion-centered branding, and digital storytelling, with a proven ability to manage complex, multi-channel campaigns and high-stakes public relations efforts that deliver measurable business outcomes.
A dynamic and visionary leader, she is recognized for building and mentoring diverse, high-performing teams and for crafting integrated communication strategies that resonate across industries and audiences alike.
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