Countdown to Christmas: Day 20 – Responsive Orgs
Thanks to the Internet being everywhere and social media, the world is now a single giant network. This has fundamentally changed the way we think about finding information and connecting with each other. What impact does this have on the way people work? Here Mike Grafham, @mgrafham, (pictured) worldwide Customer Success lead at Microsoft (Yammer) examines this […]
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Countdown to Christmas: Day 19 – ESN Tremors
What happens when you encourage employees to become the stars of an advertising campaign and how can you use your enterprise social network to recruit them? You’re in the right place to find out. In February I featured comms pro Tony Stewart writing about the good work he was doing with his enterprise social network […]
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Countdown to Christmas: Day 18 – Disney Secrets
Today’s guest article as part of my Advent series is one of my favourite from this year. I published it in January to take a look at Disney’s secrets and what comms pros could learn. It was written by Wendy Jordan and I’ve saved it for this close to Christmas as you’re no doubt starting […]
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Countdown to Christmas: Day 17 – Strategic plans
How does your company communicate its annual strategic plan? What works well for you and how involved are your employees in the process? Today’s guest article as part of my Advent series to countdown to Christmas was first published in April this year and features Hilary Castle from Moat Housing Association looking at how to […]
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Countdown to Christmas: Day 16 – Intranets
So you have a shiny new intranet waiting in the wings, what is the best way to introduce it and get employees excited about the changes you’ve been working so hard on? I’ve been a fan of the “long wow” approach adopted by Aviva since hearing about it a couple of years ago – that […]
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Countdown to Christmas: Day 15 – Digital Comms
How are leading companies achieving digital success in their employee communication? Back in June Luke Dodd, who at the time was working as Digital Content Manager at Melcrum, wrote for my blog to share this thoughts on this topic. I’m republishing his article today as part of my countdown to Christmas series, highlighting a post […]
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Countdown to Christmas: Day 14 – Footie fun
One of the major sporting events from 2014, the FIFA World Cup, brought its own challenges for organisations in working out the best way to enable business to continue, while embracing the fun. As part of my Advent series I’ve turned the clock back to the Summer and am republishing an article looking at how […]
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Countdown to Christmas: Day 13 – All Change
How do you communicate change in your organisation? What have you learned from change comms campaigns in your current or previous role and what top tips would you pass on to other communicators? In March this year I featured a guest article by Rosemary Scott of Westminster City Council and am republishing it today as part […]
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Countdown to Christmas: Day 12 – connect with employees
The choice of language in an organisation has a key role to play in how you connect with employees. Every organisation has its own unique identity, reinforced in part by the terminology you find within it, which helps define and underline its culture and enhance its sense of community. Today’s guest post as part of […]
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Countdown to Christmas: Day 11 – remote workers
How do you communicate with a mobile workforce? Do you have ‘hard to reach’ employees in your organisation? What two-way channels do you have in place to ensure their voices can be heard? Today’s guest article as part of my Advent series looks at this topic and features Eloise Hindes putting this issue under the […]
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Countdown to Christmas: Day 10 – IC careers
Today’s article in my countdown to Christmas (how are we on day 10 already?!) features Steph Ayre who wrote for my blog back in February about her impressions of entering into the world of internal communication. If you’ve missed any of my Advent articles to date, just search the Advent tag to read them all. […]
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Countdown to Christmas: Day nine – teamwork
Back in June I featured comms pro Luke Dodd who was working at Melcrum. In a guest article for my blog, which I’m reproducing today as part of my countdown to Christmas, he looked at the competencies and skills internal communicators need. Building your IC team: competencies and skills Should your IC team consist of […]
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