• The evolving role of communicators in shaping internal culture and driving organizational change
• Strategies for integrating AI into corporate communications and the importance of secure, enterprise-specific tools
• How ethical considerations and policy development are important in AI deployment to maintain trust and data security
• AI's impact on productivity and efficiency, freeing up communicators to focus on higher-level strategic activities
• The necessity for ongoing learning and adaptation within the communications field to leverage new technologies like AI
• The collaborative approach required to implement AI across various organizational functions effectively
• The potential of AI to democratize learning and innovation within organizations, fostering an environment of continuous improvement and engagement

"One of my mentors told me early on, Megan, always be direct, so people know where you stand and there's no misinterpretation. But always be kind, because you never know when you will need people or just, this is a business of teaming. And so, you know, people want to work with people who are kind."

— Megan DiSciullo [00:08:43 → 00:09:05 ]

On the Role of Data in Communications:

"Data is the ultimate neutralizer. Whether the data is coming from the comms team, the marketing team, or from our client insights team. The data is telling us key insights about our audience that we need to know."

— Megan DiSciullo [00:27:19 → 00:27:35 ]

On the Importance of Change Management:

"It makes for sometimes an uphill battle. And that's where change management culture change really needs to happen. And there's no amount of money, I think, that you can put down on the value of pilots and tests and stuff to kind of use that data and sort of show examples and gain permission and gain buy in over time."

— Dan Nestle [00:31:15 → 00:31:35 ]

On the Importance of Change Management:

"If you put out, even if it's a tech product that's in the 1.0 version and it's not a good experience, you've lost people. So it doesn't matter how many times you communicate about it if the experience isn't great, especially in today's world where people have little appetite and little patience."

— Megan DiSciullo [00:35:22 → 00:35:42 ]

On the Role of AI in Enhancing Productivity:

"Once you understand, okay, all prompting, and this is what it is, and this is what it means. That's that kind of first initial wall to get through with the user with the AI partner. And once they get through that wall, then it's about, oh, my goodness, I'm going to save all this time."

— Dan Nestle [00:45:39 → 00:46:00 ]

On the Future of AI in Communications:

"I see Gen AI, at least in its current function and form, to be a productivity and efficiency tool. There is still a need for really great counsel, really great crisis management skills, really great relationship building skills, really great dot connecting skills."

— Megan DiSciullo [00:48:39 → 00:48:55 ]

On the Future of Communications:

"AI is an enabler with that, of course, because a lot of the fundamental tasks that people associate with typical traditional comms can be essentially handed over to, at least at the first level, to these brilliant, co creative, co intelligent platforms, and then brought back to the human to make sure that it's all good to go, but it saves a lot of time, much more productive."

— Dan Nestle [01:02:13 → 01:02:35 ]

On the Evolution of the Communications Profession:

"I started faxing press releases. I am so far from a fax machine and loving it. But I'm now learning the next skill, and in ten years, I'm going to learn something that we haven't even started to think about. And that is the beauty of this profession."

— Megan DiSciullo [01:04:47 → 01:05:00 ] 

Dan Nestle

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Megan DiSciullo

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