Been party to a pitch on the agency side and wondered why you lost some clients? What differentiates the best agencies from the also-rans? I have worked on the agency side – so I do know what it takes to pitch and retain a client. After interacting with scores of agencies – public relations, advertising, […]
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Planning, Managing and Communicating a Successful Leadership Team Meeting
Internal communicators may be involved directly or indirectly in organizing and communicating internal leadership forums that connect and energize  the community. It is a crucial activity since a lot hinges on how well the leadership team converge ideas, coalesces as a group and moves the company agenda forward. These forums are coined different names at […]
Internal Communications and Social Media –Discussing Trends and Opportunities
Yesterday, July 19, 2011 I had the pleasure of interacting and sharing perspectives on internal communication and social media trends and opportunities with about 100 students and communication professionals from leading organizations in Bangalore. Organized by COMMITs (a Bangalore based institute for journalism and mass communication) and COMMIT (Communicators in IT, a group of communication […]
Celebrating Company Milestones and Workforce Engagement
Have a milestone worth celebrating? Unsure how to get your employees singing the same tune? Every organization big or small has reasons to celebrate important milestones during their journey to energize their staff. Be it the completion of your company’s years of operations, a new product launch, an employee growth success story or even the […]
Thinking of a Career in Internal Communications?
I wanted to pen down my thoughts on the evolving internal communications function based on numerous queries that have come my way from students, practicing professionals and educationists. This post also articulates the role of the internal communicator, key skills and competencies needed to excel in this field and the various career opportunities that exist.  Internal […]
The Power of Feedback in Evaluating Internal Communication Work
Nothing compares to the power of feedback and networking. I recently witnessed its influence while shaping a set of internal communication posters we created for a milestone event. The posters were an element of a larger campaign to get employees excited about the organization’s history, progress, people, culture and talent. When we began the campaign […]
Town Halls and the Science of Getting Your Employees Aligned
Town Halls or All Hands sessions, if done consistently are powerful internal communication platforms for organizations to connect with employees, share plans, engage in conversations and gauge feedback. Some organizations invest a lot of attention in getting these interactions right and involve advertising and event management agencies to package the sessions, create a ‘wow’ effect and […]
Calling Communicators – You Have a Responsibility As Educators Too!
As communicators, I believe we are truly honored to watch how communication gets created and experienced at close quarters – especially internal communications. Since internal communications is rarely discussed at external forums or shared due to company confidentiality issues it is by far a greater challenge blurring what students or newbie communicators get to learn. […]