Are you taking advantage of cost-cutting social media channels to recruit, retain and engage your workforce? Are you seeking new strategies to re-energize and re-engage your workforce?

Aon Consulting and Ragan Communications are partnering to bring leaders in HR innovation to the Aon Center on December 2-4th for the Social Media & HR Summit: Recruitment, Retention and Engagement in a Web 2.0 World. Join Aon Consulting and other top firms such as:

• Zappos.com: Alfred Lin, COO and CFO
• American Express: James Lynch, VP of Employee Communications
• LinkedIn: Wade Burgess, Director of Sales for Central Region
• Southwest Airlines: Cheryl Hughey, Director of People
• U.S. Cellular: Elisa Bannon, Director of Talent Acquisition Operations
• Total Attorneys: Edmund Scanlan, CEO
• Plus! Social media expert Shel Holtz

Those attending the Summit will get a preview of results from Aon Consulting's "2010 Engagement 2.0 Survey," which asked thousands of employees, HR leaders and communication professionals how they are using social media in today's environment. The full results will not be released until 2010.

Learn how to:

• Engage top-talent employees during tough economic times and improve business results by developing internal communication strategies
• Define and emphasize your company's core values to reap the benefits of a healthy, productive culture at work
• Connect with your key audience through social media networks and grass-roots methods to guarantee quality hires and positive brand recognition
• Use social media to hire and retain top-notch talent and help build your brand
• Draft an effective social media policy for your company
• Maximize your talent pool to save budget dollars through new recruiting channels such as LinkedIn, Twitter and blogs
• Develop a reward strategy when your company has no budget
• Boost employee retention and minimize stress by improving health and financial literacy in the workplace
• Plus: You can earn HR recertification credits for every session you attend!

Hear from Aon Consulting's Social Media Innovation team:

Brian Baker: VP of New Media and Creative Services, will lead a special Keynote Session, "The New Rules of Engagement: How Social Media Can Translate to HR Relevance. Brian's team works with clients to apply emerging and innovative solutions to enhance internal and executive communication strategies.

Elizebeth Varghese: SVP of Talent Solutions, will host the session, "Strategies to build a bench strength of leaders who are effective in the global arena." Elizebeth is responsible for overall management and strategic direction of the Talent Solutions practice, which specializes in HR optimization, workforce selection, leadership development and talent management.

Ken Oehler: VP & Northeast Region Leader of Organizational Performance and Implementation, will lead "Using Web 2.0 Applications to Engage Employees in the Planning and Implementation of your Total Rewards Strategy." Ken has extensive experience in human capital strategy, total rewards strategy and cost optimization, workforce planning, employee engagement and change management.