A proud day to be an IC pro
It’s been 24 hours since the big yak ended and my brain is still buzzing. Yesterday I was proud to host a free unconference for internal communication (IC) professionals to attend, the big yak, alongside my fellow @theICcrowd co-founders Jenni and Dana. The IC Crowd is a network that we’ve established for people working in […]
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Future-proofing internal communication
How do you future-proof, engage and empower in a changing internal communication (IC) world? That was the question the Institute of Internal Communication (IoIC) sought to answer through its recent annual conference in the UK. Topics up for discussion were social networks, gamification, storytelling and what IC professionals need to do to develop themselves for […]
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300 seconds to speak
I now know more about hand-dryers, London shopfronts, origami and women’s weightlifting that I did a few days ago. Why? They’re all topics that were discussed by speakers at 300 seconds at Facebook, London, on Tuesday night. Over the course of a few hours, 14 speakers presented ‘lightning talks’ for 300 seconds (five minutes) each […]
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Up close and personal – the rise of the social intranet
Digital Workplace 24 is taking place from tomorrow (14 May) and includes some seriously smart intranets. If you’ve never come across it before, it’s a free online extravaganza that takes viewers on a 24-hour journey through some of the world’s best intranets and digital workplaces. There are 24 sessions and it’s a packed schedule. It includes […]
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A glimpse of the future
What is the future of business and how are you communicating with your workforce? As employee expectations shift, internal and external communication merge and the influence of social media and interconnected employees grows, what’s your organisation’s story? A few weeks ago I met up with the excellent Sheila Parry, MD of theblueballroom agency to talk […]
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Whose comms is it anyway?
Around 100 professional communicators gathered in London 17-18 April 2013 for Melcrum’s Digital Communication Summit #melcrumdcs.
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Gearing up for a digital extravaganza
Internal communication professionals will be gathering in London this week for the latest Digital Communication Summit from Melcrum. It is on Wednesday and Thursday and I’m looking forward to attending and hearing directly from speakers about how they are finding improved ways to communicate with their employees and stakeholders, and of course meeting with other […]
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Strategy in action: The Vodafone way
How do you communicate a new business strategy with employees, what are the stages you go through and how do you make it part of your company’s DNA? I’m pleased to welcome Padraic Knox, Internal Communications Consultant with Vodafone Ireland. In this guest article he is going to draw on his own experience and examine […]
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Mind the digital communications skills gap
What do you need to learn more about this year? Where are the gaps in your knowledge when it comes to all things internal communication, and do you have a plan in place to address them? Today PR Academy released findings from its research among past and present students to identify the current skills gaps. […]
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Internal communication is not a haphazard destination
“The influx of social media and the erosion of trust in politics and the media alike means that we’re working with savvier consumers of communication than ever before. Internal communication (IC) and its importance are elevated beyond recognition and, as practitioners, we’ve got to keep pace.” So says Natalie Benjamin, Product Director at Comment8, an […]
Read more >Why organisations need to live their values
Does your organisation live by its values? Are they relevant to the day-to-day working lives of employees or are they paying lip service to an ideal world that is very far from your reality? Last week I saw on Twitter that a business breakfast was being held in London to discuss value based leadership, with […]
Read more >Uniting a whole country through social media
The benefits of social media to bring people together and share ideas and collaborate are well documented. But how can it be used on a large scale? Read on to discover how a country (Iceland) used social media to establish its own citizen value system. This impressive story is written for Diary of an internal communicator […]
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