Learning to speak the language of AI enables us to understand what is happening now and see a clearer picture of the road ahead. Becoming AI-Powered means that the non-technical professional has a seat at the table and can help design a future that benefits all of us.
For this virtual session of Meet the Author, we’ll be joined by Fiona Passantino, author of ‘AI-Powered Professional’. You’ll come away with a better understanding of the AI brain, and some practical ways that you can integrate AI into your daily workflow, from improving decision-making and personal productivity, to enhancing customer experiences.
Your Speaker
Fiona Passantino, Author of ‘AI-Powered Professional’
Fiona helps empower working Humans with AI integration, leadership and communication. Maximising connection, engagement and creativity for more joy and inspiration into the workplace. A passionate keynote speaker, trainer, facilitator and coach, she is a prolific content producer, host of the podcast “Working Humans” and award-winning author of the "Comic Books for Executives" series. Her latest book is “The AI-Powered Professional”.
A lifelong creative storyteller who made a long career in corporate communications and HR, working for some of the largest and most complex organisations in Europe, Fiona is now a rising star in the AI-Human inspirational space, headlining international events for the European Commission and multinationals of all sectors, training in-company and for professional development organisations. Thanks to her training in standup comedy, her keynotes are spiced with sharp humour and always bring a festive, high-energy event.
Your Host
Crystle Pearce, Managing Consultant, Internal Communications, VMA GROUP
Having 15 years of recruitment experience in the UK and South Africa, Crystle joined VMA GROUP in 2018 and now recruits for mid to senior level internal communications professionals across the UK and Europe.
With an interest in workplace and organisation psychology, Crystle keeps up to date with the latest industry developments and sits on the IoIC London committee, as well as supporting the IABC UK&I with various events.
"We engaged VMA GROUP to assist us in identifying an interim senior communications executive to bring board level expertise to a refresh of our internal and external comms strategy. Deborah grasped the brief right off the bat, and within a week of our first discussion they presented us with a fabulous candidate slate that offered us a range of different experiences and potential solutions to our requirement, and led to a brilliant appointment."
Steve Bennett Group Executive Director, Human Resources
"VMA GROUP were super transparent throughout the whole recruiting process, provided us with quality candidates and ultimately found us someone who was a perfect fit for the role we had advertised. I would thoroughly recommend the team at VMA GROUP when searching for your next Digital Marketing hire.
James Boyle Head of Performance Marketing and Digital UK
"VMA GROUP ensured our company had a terrific recruitment journey in finding the ideal Head of Membership, from start to finish. They were responsive with a competitive quote, finessed the job specification to suit the market, found an excellent range of candidates, provided salient feedback on the company's recruitment processes and assisted the interview assessments perfectly."
Dirk Vennix CEO
“VMA GROUP has consistently provided numerous well-qualified candidates for our positions. The quality of VMA GROUP’s candidates continues to exceed that of the other talent agencies that we work with. We regularly have difficult decisions to make because we are faced with choosing between several exceptional options.”
Ed Keller Chief Marketing Officer
“VMA GROUP understands the marketing space well and is able to hone in on the specific skills you are looking for. Their keen appreciation of personality dynamics means that they are also good at spotting what kinds of people will fit in to your team. Always a pleasure to speak to and absolutely focused on finding the right people.”
Daniela Zuin CMO
"I was really impressed by VMA GROUP's professionalism, the great candidate CVs really matched the complex brief"
Jayne Wilson Interim Director of Internal Communications
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