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Podcast: How to support colleagues experiencing menopause

World Menopause Day is marked on 18 October. To coincide with this year’s annual awareness day, I’m publishing this Candid Comms episode featuring Sue Palfrey, Head of Internal Communication, Community and Engagement at Viridor. During our candid conversation Sue and I discuss: How to support colleagues experiencing perimenopause or menopause Jargon busting the terminology What […]

Podcast: A candid conversation with Asif Choudry

Asif Choudry, Sales & Marketing Director with resource, joins me for this episode of Candid Comms. In our candid conversation we discuss: The CommsHERO community How social media can build your personal brand How to show up authentically online Why community matters How to deal with trolls and much more. You can listen online  or […]

Podcast: How to plan and review internal communication

Candid Comms is back! I’ve just launched season five of my podcast, which is available to listen to now via your favourite podcast player. Today’s episode focuses on how to plan and review internal communication. As ever, you’ll leave with one thing to know, one thing to do and one thing to think about. What […]

Pre-order my book today

After nearly five months of writing, I’ve submitted my book to the publisher.

If you attended All Things IC Live in May, you were the first to know the news.

I shared how I’d been approached by Kogan Page to consider writing a book on internal communication, and had said yes.

Fast forward to today, and Internal Communication: design, develop and transform your organizational communication is available to pre-order. It will be published in May 2024.

Congrats to the IoIC National Award winners 2023

I have sore feet and a full heart this morning after spending last night in the company of 400 internal communicators. The annual Institute of Internal Communication National Awards were held at The Brewery, London. Congratulations to everyone who was shortlisted, scooped an Award of Excellence or won their category. I was part of the […]

Podcast: Reflecting on the history of internal communication

Thank you to Dr Joe Chick for interviewing me for the History of Internal Communication podcast. The episode has been published today and features our conversation reflecting on the past, present and history of the wonderful world of internal communication. Dr Chick is a Research Fellow on the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded […]

IoIC National Awards 2023 shortlist announced

The shortlist for the Institute of Internal Communication (IoIC) National Awards 2023 is out now. Congratulations to everyone who made it onto the shortlist, particularly as there were over 300 entries received this year. I had the pleasure of judging a category with Terrence McDonald, Head of Colleague Communication & Experience, LGIM Global Client Service […]

Congratulations to the winners of the CIPR Excellence Awards 2023

I had the privilege of attending the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) Excellence Awards 2023 as one of the judges on Wednesday evening (28 June) with my Executive Assistant Louise Mackenney and Communication Consultant Dan Holden. We joined over 500 people at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London, and it was lovely to catch […]

We’re closing our training centre in London

Today I can share the news with you that I’ve decided not to renew the lease on the All Things IC Hub. We will still continue to offer training, but the doors of our dedicated training centre will close at the end of October 2023. The four-year lease is up for renewal, and I’ve chosen […]

Building a Culture of Inclusivity: Effective internal communication for diversity, equity and inclusion

Diversity, equity and inclusion are topics that leaders and communicators are continuing to learn about and understand the role they can play within their organisations to create more inclusive cultures. Last week Advita Patel, Business Internal Communications and Inclusion Strategist and Priya Bates, Internal Communication, Employee Engagement and Change Management Strategist published their first book […]

Save your place on a course today

The latest All Things IC Masterclasses have just gone live. We offer a range of training courses for in-house internal communicators. Masterclasses are taught by Rachel Miller, Caroline Cubbon-King or Dan Holden, either in-person or virtually via Teams. Based on feedback from comms friends around the globe, we’ve introduced new offerings to suit internal communicators […]

I’m writing a book on internal communication

Back in 2017  I met with business coach Julie Hall and told her I wanted to write a book on strategic internal communication. Having contributed chapters to various PR books over the years, I felt compelled to write my own. Following our time together, I realised there were many more avenues I wanted to explore […]