Are you up to speed with social media?
You’ve heard of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. You’ve come across Google+, Digg and Pinterest, but what about Plurk, 4chan, Tangler and Banjo? Back in March 2009 I wrote an article for my blog as I came across the Conversation Prism by Brian Solis when I was writing a dissertation on social media’s role in internal […]
Read more >It adds up: How accountants use Yammer
How do you connect your employees and encourage them to communicate? Well if you’re Internal Comms Manager Suzanne Masters, you have Yammer to add to your mix of comms channels. Suzanne works at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and yesterday she took part in a webinar organised by the Chartered Institute of Public […]
Read more >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 […]
Read more >To pin or not to pin?
The recent hype around Pinterest, which those in the know will know is not a ‘new’ site (it was launched in March 2010), has been fascinating to observe. With people declaring they’re ‘not pinterested’, brands being lauded for their use of it and many people sitting on the fence, to coin a phrase, it’s certainly […]
Read more >Building a social collaborative culture, part two
Here is the second part of Sonsoles Lumbreras‘ article on the Social Workplace Conference last week. If you missed the first part, you can read it and the background here. Over to you Sonsoles… Social collaboration and knowledge sharing at Accenture Priya Banati, Collaboration Strategy Lead for Accenture UK, explained how they encourage knowledge sharing and […]
Read more >Building a social collaborative culture, part one
Carrying on my series of guest articles is comms professional Sonsoles Lumbreras who attended the Social Workplace Conference last week. Here she writes for Diary of an internal communicator to share her experience of the event. She’s written two articles and the first is here and will be followed by the final part later this week. […]
Read more >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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Using social media for learning
Following on from my article yesterday by leader Dean Royles on the value he places on social media, I was contacted by another senior manager with similar views, and thought I would share his thoughts with readers of Diary of an internal communicator. Perry Timms is Head of talent and organisational development at the Big Lottery […]
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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 […]
Read more >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 […]
Read more >Become a master of internal communication…
Last year I gave my views into the educational needs of internal communication professionals to help shape a masters course being offered by the University of Central Lancashire in the UK. The course has now been finalised and I thought I’d share details of the MSc Internal Communication Management course in case anyone is considering […]
Read more >Calling comms pros: how do you measure internal communication?
This week I was contacted by Kerry Ambrose, Senior Employee Communications Officer at Essex County Council. She is appealing to the comms community for help with a group project as part of the Institute of Internal Communication (IoIC) Advanced Level Proficiency and I’m hoping that readers of Diary of an internal communicator will be happy […]
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