Russel Jamieson and Ann Pilkington gave a presentation on communications for local and offshore projects. Russel has over 20 years of project management experience in financial services and telecommunications. Ann has over 25 years of experience in public relations and communication. They discussed quick wins for improving communication between onshore and offshore teams like establishing golden hours and email best practices. They also covered the costs of offshoring projects and losing in-house expertise. Ann then discussed how communication and employee engagement can help projects by keeping people informed and getting feedback. They stressed that engagement requires effort from managers and a framework to facilitate conversations.