Ten takeaways from the PRSAConnect conference
I’ve just spent the past week in Phoenix, Arizona, at the Public Relations Society of America Employee Communications Section conference, #PRSAConnect. In my 20 years of working in Comms, this week has been a true career highlight. I loved meeting with so many US and Canadian based Comms pros, hearing their stories and answering their questions. […]
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How to refresh a company’s values
Have you been tasked with refreshing your company’s values? Do you know where to start? Today I have a guest post for you by Sam Boniface, Internal Communications Manager for NHBC. An ex-journalist, she made the move to the comms world 10 years ago and has since worked in both agency and in-house roles, more recently […]
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How to Tackle Technological Change
Today is the slowest day of technological change you will ever witness according to digital marketing consultant Paul Sutton. He’s here with a guest post to share his thoughts on tackling technological change and share news of an upcoming event in London. I’ll hand you over…. How to Tackle Technological Change If you pause briefly […]
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Join a global online conference on leadership comms
How effective is leadership communication in your organisation? Would you like to hear from others and get ideas to help improve it in your organisation? I have a guest post for you today by Michael Hargreaves, Marketing Coordinator at H&H agency here in the UK. He’s here to tell us about a new online conference […]
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How to communicate redundancies
With more news of job losses on the UK high street, and manufacturers closing, such as the Honda plant in Swindon, redundancies are a daily feature in our news. And how the news of redundancy is communicated is a consistent theme across the media. The film capturing the employee saying ‘The company aren’t telling us […]
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The power of history and heritage in comms
Ever shared a memory through Facebook’s ‘On this day?’ Do you ever get the old family photos or home videos out to show a friend? How often do you reminisce when you hear a certain song? When we want to connect with people, we share our stories and get to know others. This is the […]
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How to solve the right problems with your intranet
Want to see what other organisations are doing now to engage and support employees across their digital workplace? Real-life events offer unparalleled opportunity to learn from peers. I couldn’t agree more with this view from Wedge Black, @wedge. He’s here with a guest post to share news about the upcoming Intranet Now conference on 7 June 2019. If […]
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Diary of a female communicator in a world of 30,000 men
What is it like to be a professional communicator working in the Saudi Construction Sector? What if you’re a woman and Saudi labour law doesn’t allow you to sit or interact with male colleagues? In an all-male environment where can you go to the toilet? What’s it like to be the only female in a 30,000 […]
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The reality of working in Internal Communication
Internal Communicators are “working blind and failing to demonstrate our value. Insight, measurement and evaluation is often rudimentary, and we remain focused on output rather than outcomes.” Does that sound familiar to you? It’s one of the findings from this year’s State of the Sector Survey from Gatehouse. Every year it provides insight to help IC […]
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How to improve mental health in the workplace
The media is rightfully putting a huge focus on our mental health in the UK. According to charity Mind, approximately one in four adults will experience a mental health issue each year. Staggeringly, one in six of us report experiencing a common mental health problem each week. With anxiety and depression the biggest issues, this […]
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How to be more strategic in internal communications
How do you talk about strategy in your organisation? Is it something you love or loathe? I’ve written about strategy and being more strategic a lot over the past 10 years and today I have a guest post to help demystify the strategic planning process. It was written by Matthew Batten, @matt_Batten1, Organisational Development Adviser […]
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How to prepare for Time to Talk Day
Thursday 7 February 2019 marks the sixth year of Time to Change’s ‘Time to Talk Day’. The awareness campaign aims to end mental health discrimination and this year’s theme is all about ‘bringing together the right ingredients, to have a conversation about mental health. If you listened to my recent podcast with Katie Macaulay, you’ll […]
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