Much like fabled unicorn tales, you’ll hear many myths and untruths surrounding internal communication. They reflect the reality of working as an internal communicator today.
Today I have a visual treat to share with you thanks to the super team over at Alive With Ideas. They took my Eight Internal Communication Myths blog post I wrote last summer and created this stunning infographic. I love it!
Thank you to Alan, Caroline, Alex, Andrew and the whole team for turning my words into this gorgeous image.
So what do unicorns and IC have in common? Myths and stories. I hear myths constantly in conversations with All Things IC’s clients and Masterclass attendees.
Want to know the full details behind the myths? You can read my original article here.
Professional communicator and comms cartoonist Helen Reynolds @helreynolds regularly features unicorns in her cartoons. I’ve had one on my desk since last week…
Quote of the day from @mrsjennifield when I described @HelReynolds‘ ace new cartoon to her just now: “Rach, you’re my comms unicorn” – I’ll take that! 🦄 (Have printed the cartoon so I can see it while working today as it makes me smile). pic.twitter.com/QOEpfqmwaP
— Rachel Miller (@AllthingsIC) April 19, 2018
My five-year-old daughter was incredibly impressed to see my logo alongside a unicorn when I showed her, so thank you Alive for the brownie points.
What would you add? I have a document with 21 myths drafted and keep toying with the idea of publishing it. Perhaps I will one day.
But for now… enjoy.
Rachel
Post author: Rachel Miller
First published on the All Things IC blog 27 April 2018.
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Congratulations for the great article. Indeed, #5 is still a myth.