About the Social / Digital Hub
Led by founder and CEO Marie Swift, Impact Communications is once again spearheading efforts to staff and energize The Social/Digital Hub. Find us live at the McCormick Center in Chicago -- or join us virtually. The choice is yours!
Impact Communications will bring a team of PR, social media and marketing experts to the event to work with you live to answer your questions about using social media and digital communications tools to enhance your marketing plans and overall client engagement. Join us at the MICUS "OpenMic" Podcast Station and lend your voice to the digital content we'll be producing, get hands-on experience with your smartphone or one of our mobile devices, shoot a video with us, and/or sit in on a "Hub Talk" on producing relevant, engaging content for YOUR audience.
Impact Communications will bring a team of PR, social media and marketing experts to the event to work with you live to answer your questions about using social media and digital communications tools to enhance your marketing plans and overall client engagement. Join us at the MICUS "OpenMic" Podcast Station and lend your voice to the digital content we'll be producing, get hands-on experience with your smartphone or one of our mobile devices, shoot a video with us, and/or sit in on a "Hub Talk" on producing relevant, engaging content for YOUR audience.
Not going to the live event in Chicago? Login from the comfort of your own home or office for a first-class digital experience! The four virtual presentations you'll see in the virtual version of the Social/Digital Hub are just part of the experience. Your digital ticket will give you access to all of the presentations and the handouts in the virtual version of The Hub. Look for the Social/Digital Hub under the "exhibits" area on the virtual conference platform.
PRIOR YEARS
In 2020, due to coronavirus concerns, Morningstar determined to move the conference to a 100% virtual experience. Impact Communications ran the Social/Digital Hub virtually, too. Participants in Hub Talks included Haleh Moddasser from Stearns Financial Group, Craig Iskowitz from the Ezra Group, Cathy Curtis from Curtis Financial Planning, Marie Swift, Colin Swift and Jonny Swift from Impact Communications + assorted VIPs from the Morningstar communications team. See Previous Hubs and Galleries to get a feeling for the 2020 Social/Digital Hub.
In 2019, Impact Communications recruited a special team of social media and digital marketing experts to join them in The Social/Digital Hub. Those experts included: Mike Yebio from Snappy Kraken, Victor Gaxiola from Tech Girl Financial (formerly with Hearsay Social), podcast expert and storyteller Andy Millard of Andy Can Help, and Johnny Sandquist of Three Crowns Copywriting and Marketing. See Previous Hubs and Galleries to get a feeling for the 2019 Social/Digital Hub.
In 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, Impact Communications and QuonWarrene jointly staffed The Social/Digital. Prior to 2015, QuonWarrene was for 2-3 years staffing The Hub single-handedly.
Every year since inception, The Hub has grown in popularity.
This site is our attempt to document some of the cool things that happen in The Hub.
Each year, The Hub is staffed by a number of subject matter experts, many of whom you will see in action via the video recordings shown on this site — you might even feel like you were there in person (or perhaps you really were)!
We hope to see you at a future Morningstar Conference. Meanwhile, enjoy the video replays, photo galleries and audio clips. And do let us know if we can help you in any way.
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