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Career

To read about my career history, see the About Rachel page. Connect with me online via the contact page.

Books

See the books page for full information about publications I’ve contributed to

Press coverage

June 2013: Quoted in PR Moment article on industry bodies

June 2013: Featured in Microsoft Business publication talking about internal communication

June 2013: Mentioned in Exploring Internal Communication article

June: 2013: Finalist in CIPR Outstanding PR Professional of the Year

June 2013: Hosting #commschat on 17 June on internal communication and the big yak

May 2013: Included in 66 Enterprise Social Network Quotes by The Experts

April 2013: Quoted in article on digital internal comms tools by Simply Communicate

April 2013: Mentioned by Neville Hobson on For Immediate Release podcast #697 and his blog

March 2013: Joined the Chartered Institute of Public Relations Social Media Panel

February 2013: Hosted #Commschat on Using tablets for internal communication

2013: Judging Communicate Magazine’s Corporate & Financial Awards

January 2013: PR Academy Awards judge

January 2013: Appeared on #SimplyTV with fellow co-founders of The IC Crowd

January 2013: Mentioned in Public Relations Society of America article on Global PR and IC trends for 2013

January 2013: My predictions on internal comms for 2013 via SimplyCommunicate

December 2012: Profiled by Sequel Group  for ‘Inside the head of‘ feature

November 2012: Ragan highlighted my research into how IC pros use social media 

November 2012: World Trade Group highlighted my research 

November 2012: Sequel Group featured my infographic

November 2012: Institute of Internal Communications (IoIC) magazine featured The IC Crowd

October 2012: PR Daily highlights my tweet-off story between O2 and Tesco

October 2012: Supporting IoIC Top 30 under 30

October 2012: Featured in Young Enterprise 50th anniversary publication

September 2012: Social Media Week overview by Pearson

September 2012: CIPR article about  Social Media Week, includes my talk at Facebook

September 2012: Communicate magazine article on The IC Crowd launch

August 2012: Institute of Internal Comms (IoIC) magazine: I supported the Top 30 under 30 competition

July 2012: Communicate magazine wrote about Share This 

April 2012: Yammer links to Diary of an internal communicator about how Aviva uses Yammer

March 2012: Profiled by IoIC in their member magazine

March 2012: Named as one of the top female bloggers in the UK by Econsultancy

February 2012: Communicate Magazine: Referenced by IoIC Chief Executive Steve Dowsell

2010: My work at LOROL was shortlisted for a Rail Business Award (p12-13)

September 2009: Named in Top 29 under 29 professional communicators in the UK list by PR Week

2009: PR Week highlights Rachel’s new role at London Overground Rail Operations Ltd

2009: Overview of my comms flash-mob 

Guest articles by Rachel for other websites (some bylines show maiden name, Allen)

March 2013: Putting the social in internal communication. Guest article for Simply-Communicate

March 2013: Internal Communication: Coping with the digital evolution

February 2013: Why use enterprise social networks for internal communication?

February 2013: PR Conversations guest article

January 2013: A Matter of Trust: Guest article for @Mazi’s SoMazi blog

January 2013: No Comms, No Problem? Guest article for Kilobox Communique

January 2013: 10 reasons why internal comms should participate in social media

December 2012: Personal article on working in IC and being on mat leave on The HR Juggler

November 2012: Guest post for Wadds about The IC Crowd

November 2012: PR Conversations guest article about Engage for Success

September 2012: Comms2point0 article about the launch of The IC Crowd

March 2012: Is intranet news old news? Debate on Intranetizen

February 2012: Ragan.com highlights my Internal Comms meme

2011: Overview of #CommsChat website

2009: October-November. Online diary of setting up a comms function from scratch featured by Melcrum

October 2009: Guest post on PR-Media blog

Speaking

See speaking page for upcoming and previous talks