Rachel’s resources

This page captures some of the resources I’ve collated over the years based on my experience and feedback from my network. Feel free to share and I hope you find them useful.
Got something you think should be added to this list? Do contact me and let me know.
Calendar of comms events via @theICcrowd
Resources via CIPR Inside including reports and presentations
A potted history of internal communications: film
Skills guides from CIPR (need to be member to access)
Twitter directory via PR News
Time and date website to check global times
How to create an internal communications strategy (via CIPR Inside)
Engage for Success website (employee engagement)
For Immediate Release, FIR, weekly podcast by Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz
Articles tagged internal comms on my blog
List of guest articles featuring internal communication
SlideShare by me: Using social media for internal communication
My Pinterest boards: internal communication
My monthly column on how to use social media for internal communication
Engage for Success website
Weekly radio show from Engage for Success (employee engagement discussions)
2013: Recommended comms and social media books
2012: Recommended comms and social media books
New reads for internal communications 2011
Internal comms must reads
Internal comms and social media list – created 2009
My YouTube playlist of social media policies
300+ social media policies via my blog
101 social media resources – a must read!
Social media friendly mark
200+ social media policies and guidelines
30 social media policies written for UK/Europe
Barcelona Principles
KPMG social media guidelines: film
Guidance from CIPR social media panel – packed with links and resources
My guide to Twitter for comms pros
20 best social media books from 2012
My research: How internal comms pros use social media
Free download: Social media and employee voice: the current landscape (CIPD report)
66 quotes about enterprise social networks from the experts
List of guest articles featuring social media via my blog
My Pinterest boards: social media
What is social business?
My monthly column on how to use social media for internal communication
Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR)
Institute of Internal Communications (IoIC)
International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)
Melcrum
Kingston University Post Graduate Diploma in Internal Communications Management
Qualifications from CIPR
IoIC internal communication courses
Melcrum’s Black Belt programme
PR Academy qualifications
University of Central Lancashire masters course
Social media for internal communications, via PR Academy
Social media in PR course, via CIPR
Overview of social media courses via CIPR
Institute of Internal Communication
CommScrum
Internal Communication
Melcrum’s Communicator’s Network
Aspic Communications Network
London Communicators and Engagement Group
Badenoch & Clark
Birchwood Knight
CIPR job site
HarknessKennett
IC jobs
Internal Comms jobs
VMA
CorpComms Mag jobsite
See my blogroll for a list of recommended blogs – these are ones I enjoy reading.
The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) also collates articles and comms blogs (including mine) on their site, CIPR Conversation and it’s worth a read to see what’s currently being published on all things internal comms, social media and PR.
There are many people who tweet good comms links. See the lists below, but of note are:
Recommended hashtags on Twitter to explore and save: #internalcomms #commschat #PR #Comms #ConnectingHR #CiprSM #socialmedia #connectchat #esn
@theICcrowd_list
@Lorenacomunica/comms
@caitlin_milne/comms-experts
@paul_bennun/internal-comms
@rjfarr/internal-comms-a-list
@CommAMMO/internalcomms
@m_nash/internal-communication
@rachellai83/internal-communication

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