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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From here to maternity…

Today is day one of my maternity leave as mini Miller is due to be making her appearance in May. I’ve been asked by a number of people if I’m planning to continue blogging about internal comms over the next year while I’m on mat leave. So thought I’d write a short post to say […]

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A picture paints a thousand words… how to use images to communicate

Like many internal communications professionals, I’ve often been asked over the years to help combat the complexity of company strategies and communicate them in an engaging way. This week I came across a fantastic example of how to do exactly that thanks to Melcrum’s Strategic Communication Management magazine and their article on the power of […]

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Internal Comms professionals learn about social media

On 1 December a Social Media seminar for Internal Communicators took place in London, I saw on Twitter that Sonsoles Lumbreras was attending and asked her to write an article for Diary of an internal communicator to share what happened with readers of my blog. You can see some of the discussions from the day […]

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Employee Engagement in Turbulent Times… part one

What do you get if you put 130 professional communicators in a room? Well on Thursday I found out as I attended the 10th annual Internal Communications conference from the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR). It took place in London and was a full-on and fascinating day. I particularly liked the panel-rich format as it […]

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Sign of the times

Picking up the baton of my series of guest writers is Michael Smith. He started work as a journalist then worked in public relations for the police service for 13 years. The last seven years were in internal communications and last month he set up his own internal comms consultancy based on the edge of […]

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The Forrest Gump effect: variety is the spice of life for today’s communicator

Continuing my series of guest writers for my blog, I thought it would be interesting to hear from the agency-side about what they are facing at the moment, what sort of requests they are getting and what comms professionals expect from their agencies. So I’m pleased to introduce Nick Andrews who is Client Director at Sequel […]

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Calling all comms professionals…

Following on my series of guest writers for Diary of an internal communicator, comms student Sonsoles Lumbreras has written an article as she is appealing for help. Sonsoles is currently researching her dissertation and has worked for a number of years in PR, she studied Journalism at the European School of Economics in Rome and is now […]

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Why Social Media has tweet all to do with new technology…

This weekend I read From From Lincoln to LinkedIn by Mike Klein, or to use its full title… From Lincoln to LinkedIn: The 55-minute guide to Social Communication or Why Social Media has (tweet) All to Do with New Technology and Everything to do with Timeless Principles of Word of Mouth. I’ve been a fan […]

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A balancing act

This week I was contacted by Comms professional Ajita Jabal Shah who lives in Pune, India, asking if she could write an article for my blog and I was happy to oblige. Ajita has been working as an Associate in Corporate Communications for a multinational corporation for over four years. She has written a humourous […]

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What will make you stand out from the IC crowd?

What are employers looking for from Internal Communications (IC) professionals? This is a question that gets asked time and again with differing answers. Expectations are high but what will really make you stand out from the crowd and make your CV sparkle above the others in the pile? I invited David Broome, who heads up […]

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What’s in a name?

Over the past year I’ve been receiving texts and emails from friends about Rachel Allen, the Irish chef, ranging from “turn on your TV – you’re on live now!” to “I didn’t know you had a range of cookware”. From the various messages it appears she is frequently on TV and has launched her own […]

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