Finding online solutions to communication problems

I think that 2012 is turning out to be the year of focusing internally. I frequently read about leaders who are now realising the importance of communicating effectively with their employees, and the demand for innovative ways to do this appears to be on the rise. It’s music to professional communicator’s ears! Today Malcolm Lotzof […]

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Royal Mail’s comms team has it licked

The medal haul from Team GB is growing hourly and I’ve been watching the tweets from the Royal Mail’s comms and social media team with interest @royalmailnews and @royalmailstamps. A special stamp is being produced for every Gold medal that is won. Despite their biog stating that the Royal Mail’s comms team only responds to […]

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Connecting people with purpose

Following the Olympics opening ceremony a week ago, there have been various articles online about storytelling and how it can be used within corporate communications. I thought I’d round up a few of my favourites from the week to share with you. First up is coach Vera Woodhead’s article for this blog, where she looked […]

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Telling tales: Storytelling as a communication tool

Friday night’s opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics was simply stunning. The brains behind the vision was Danny Boyle, and he brought to life the story of Great Britain and Northern Ireland through costume, music, drama…. and parchuting James Bond and The Queen into the stadium. I noticed Boyle’s Twitter biog describes him as […]

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Share This gears up for launch

Today I can finally reveal details of an exciting project I’ve been involved with, which has been under wraps for months. Share This: The Social Media Handbook for PR Professionals is a crowdsourced social media book from the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) and is due for publication in print and digital formats by […]

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Daring to share: Enterprise Social Networking

What is Enterprise Social Networking? How does Yammer work? What is internal comms’ role when using social media? All of these questions and more were discussed at the latest free webinar from CIPR Inside this lunchtime, which was attended by 45 comms professionals. The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) group welcomed Mike Grafham, Head […]

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Don’t miss out: Dates for the diary

Conference and award season is in full swing with various options available for professional communicators to choose from including offerings by the Institute of Internal Communication (IoIC), Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) and Melcrum. As mini Miller is due to make an appearance any day now (fingers crossed!), I won’t be out and about […]

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Why blog or tweet? An NHS leader shares his view

Professional communicators spend hours influencing and persuading their stakeholders and business partners. One conversation which has become increasingly popular is the importance of senior management regularly communicating with employees, particularly through social media. I’ve lost count of the number of articles I’ve  come across which focus on top tips for internal communicators to help them […]

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The seven deadly sins of communication

As promised, here is the final part of Comms professional Sonsoles Lumbreras’ article as an overview of the Simply Summit, which took place in London last week. She looks at what was discussed, shares her views and highlights what took place including a social media panel, a session about the seven deadly sins of communication […]

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Internal Comms pros flock to the Simply Summit…

A few weeks ago I wrote about a webinar I took part in that was a teaser for the Simply Summit in London on 26-27 April. Comms professional Sonsoles Lumbreras attended the summit and here she shares her thoughts with Diary of an internal communicator on what she heard and saw. This is part one […]

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From MacLeod to the masses

This week a ‘one year on’ conference was held at the Department of Business Innovation & Skills in London to mark 12 months since the creation of the Employee Engagement Task Force, which was formed and launched with the support of David Cameron. Comms professionals, particularly those working in internal communications, are no doubt familiar […]

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Cringeworthy comms, lustful words and identity crises

One of the great things about currently being on maternity leave is that I’m now able to participate in the various webinars that take place over lunchtimes and see them live rather than watch archives, as ‘lunch break’ isn’t something most comms pros are familiar with, as I’m sure you’ll agree! Today I tuned into […]

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