What internal communicators don’t do
From planning events to doctoring PowerPoint decks, tasks that shouldn’t fall to you end up in your lap anyway. Here’s help in drawing the line so you can focus on big-picture issues.
From planning events to doctoring PowerPoint decks, tasks that shouldn’t fall to you end up in your lap anyway. Here’s help in drawing the line so you can focus on big-picture issues.
Why has the content of internal communications lagged so far behind the technology that delivers it? Here’s one person’s answer to that fascinating conundrum.
Email is not going anywhere, the author writes, but there are other supplementary options for making sure your messages land with all your employees.
Your top priorities should be the way leaders communicate, your organization’s reputation, and whether employees feel heard.
Learn the secrets of the agricultural co-op’s internal communications.
Don’t lose sight of your internal family. Follow these guidelines to foster engagement and tap into staffers’ ideas and insights.
Would your senior leaders want to speculate on which actor might play them in a movie? At the clothing maker, staffers are free to ask—and invited to offer their two cents in group meetings.
Why is this e-newsletter winning fans in internal and external comms? Start with its witty style. Plus, there’s that vital news about a woman who found a rat sewn up in her Zara dress.
Poor discipline or simply a lack of elementary training could turn that cherished media interview into a nightmare. Help your execs and mouthpieces head off these common missteps.
Lighten up your day with some humor about bad pitches, venting about clients or co-workers and memes.
In a highly anticipated speech, Rahm Emanuel calls for community, mentorship and increased police presence. Crisis communicators weigh in on forward strides, as well as missteps.
Communicators, if you want to stop working on the assembly line of ill-advised messages and start contributing ideas early in the concept phase, follow this two-step approach.
Unsure what to do with that visually oriented platform? An Instagram expert offers tips and tools that will help you find your ‘visual voice.’
Doggedly sticking to your talking points, regardless of a reporter’s question, can often do more harm than good. Instead, take a different tack to build trust and bolster your credibility.
The times, they are a-changing—and they’re not likely to stand still. Curation, community management and shaping your organization’s mission are in the offing.