Internal comms TV episode eight
Today’s internal comms TV episode has just been published via my YouTube channel. The links I mention in the clip and that you can refer to for more information are below. Missed an episode? You can catch up with previous ones here and can subscribe to my channel so you never miss one. Awards Melcrum Strategic Communication Award winners […]
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Social Media Week and internal communication
A panel of contributors to the best-selling book Share This Too spoke at Ketchum as part of Social Media Week London on 26 September 2013
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Share This Too: Social in corporate communications
Richard Cooper @richardjcooper1 is leading internal communication at the Open University and currently studying for an MSc in Internal Communication Management at the University of Central Lancashire. Here he writes for my blog to review Share This Too: More Social Media Solutions for PR Professionals including my chapter on Social in corporate communications. Thank you for sharing your thoughts Richard. Have you […]
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The introverted revolution in internal comms
What do Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, Al Gore, Rosa Parks, Charles Darwin, Sir Isaac Newton, J.K. Rowling, Eleanor Roosevelt, Steven Spielberg and Steve Wozniak have in common? Answer? Being an introvert. Does that surprise you? Do you have an expectation that to be successful means to be loud and outspoken? Do you media train or […]
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Share This Too launches at the British Library
Last night I joined my fellow co-authors and around 80 practitioners to celebrate the launch of Share This Too: More Social Media Solutions for PR Professionals at the British Library in London. It was the perfect setting to officially introduce the book, which is a practical handbook on social media from the social media panel […]
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Free comms book for my blog readers
Every week internal communication professionals ask for my advice and recommendations on what books to read. Today I’ve got a special offer just for you that will save you £22.50 on one of the most popular IC books around. I’ve featured John Smythe’s book, The Chief Engagement Officer (CEO): Turning Hierarchy Upside Down To Drive […]
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Internal comms TV episode four and free book offer…
Today’s episode of Internal comms TV includes information about the survey I launched this week with simply-communicate, the history of IC and a free book offer for my readers and viewers. You can watch the episode below and the links I mention in it are here: Survey: What’s in a name? From conversations with my […]
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How the history of internal comms can be traced back to the 1920s
What did you want to be when you grew up? I’m assuming that ‘internal communication professional’ didn’t feature among the firefighter/actor/doctor/vet dreams that you had. I’ve written numerous times about the fact there is not one path that leads to IC. Internal communication is often described as a relatively young profession, but what is its […]
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Share This Too gears up for launch
Hot off the press… I can now reveal that Share This Too, the follow-up book to the best-selling CIPR handbook, Share This will be published by Wiley this month and is available to pre-order now. Share This Too: More Social Media Solutions for PR Professionals (Wiley, 2013) features 35 contributors, several of whom are successful […]
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What’s the future of business?
Summary of insights from speakers, panellists and audience members at the CIPR’s Share This Live Social Media Conference July 2013.
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Attenzi: A Social Business Story
Last week I published part one of my thoughts on social business and looked at some of the definitions that exist and resources that are available. If you missed it, you can read it here. Today is the launch of a novel approach by one of my fellow Social Media Panel members Philip Sheldrake @sheldrake (pictured). […]
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Defining social business
What is social business and what does it mean? Is it literally using social media to conduct business, adopting a sharing mentality in an organisation, being a friendly/sociable company or more than that? You’ve probably come across the term because it’s everywhere I look at the moment and am sure you’re experiencing the same. So […]
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