# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Communicating with Gen Z: What Actually Connects?
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 11:30 am (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: How do organizations effectively communicate with Gen Z in a rapidly changing digital landscape? Join the Mid-Illinois Communications Association for a dynamic panel discussion featuring college students studying marketing and communications who will share firsthand insights on what captures their attention, what feels outdated and what makes them immediately scroll past.

The conversation will explore which platforms and formats resonate most right now, examples of brands and institutions that are successfully engaging Gen Z and the communication habits from managers and supervisors that foster connection and engagement. Panelists will also discuss how they prefer to receive feedback in the workplace and what messaging approaches feel authentic versus performative.

Students from Illinois College, the University of Illinois Springfield and Lincoln Land Community College will take part in the discussion. The panel will be moderated by MICA Past President and NPR Illinois Morning Edition host Michelle Eccles.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/springfield/communicating-with-gen-z-what-actually-connects/200029878820655
- **Event Categories**: business
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 13

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.midilcommunications.org/events-1/mica-event-communicating-with-gen-z-what-actually-connects?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=springfield-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Springfield
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1 Horace Mann Plz, Springfield, IL 62715-0001, United States
- **lat**: 39.80172
- **long**: -89.64342
- **full address**: 1 Horace Mann Plz, Springfield, IL 62715-0001, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Mid-Illinois Communications Association (https://allevents.in/org/mid-illinois-communications-association/21193520)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 11:30 am (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1 Horace Mann Plz, Springfield, IL 62715-0001, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Mid-Illinois Communications Association
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** business
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Communicating with Gen Z: What Actually Connects? ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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