Presenting
A full-day, hands-on workshop:
Internal Communications 101 – Essentials For Success
On October 1, 2011 at Bangalore. Book your seat today!
Keen to understand trends in internal communications? Unsure how to target your diverse audiences? Having trouble with choosing the right mix of channels and messages? Unclear if your audiences understand your internal communications? Keen to justify your investment in communications?
Attend this hands-on workshop to learn more about addressing these challenges and be a success!
Context
Effective internal communication is critical to the success of any organization. As communicators it is important to learn from trends shaping the function, understand expectations from leaders and tap the potential of employees to deliver the best results at the workplace. Internal communicators are expected to be problem solvers, strategic thinkers and role models for the organization. Apart from listening intently, writing with skill, communicating responsibly and measuring impact in a variety of ways and settings they also need to demonstrate personal commitment to be effective communicators.
This internal communications workshop focuses on how internal communicators can get better at planning, leading and building a function that is respected and delivering succinct messages. Through interactive exercises, case studies and best practices you will learn to optimize your resources, manage business situations and develop reusable templates which will continue to improve your effectiveness as communicators.
Get a free evaluation of your internal communication collateral or plan at the workshop! Submit your entries to [email protected] by September 25, 2011.
Top Reasons To Attend
- You want to make a mark in this exciting profession and succeed as a professional
- Boost your internal communications knowledge
- Build networks
- You want your stakeholders to believe in the communication campaigns you design
- You are determined to benchmark your internal communications
- You want your internal communications function to be aligned with your business objectives
- You want to learn about effective ways of making a difference
- You want to add value to your communication plan
Workshop Objectives:
- Understand basics of internal communications from a practitioner’s perspective
- Grasp important theories that can influence your internal communications
- Understand the importance of internal communication at the workplace
- Learn from best practices and add value to your internal communications
- Recognize how different communication approaches can strengthen programs which you run and manage
- Know what the future holds; trends that affect the future of internal communications
Agenda Overview
- 9.00 – 9.30am Registration
- 9.30 – 9:45am Overview of the program, expectations, ‘meet & greet’
- 9.45 -10.15am Context, Trends, Planning, Expectations Of The Internal Communicator, Channels
- 10.15 – 11.00am Exercise on Integrated Internal Communication Planning
- 11:00 -11.15am Tea Break
- 11.15 – 11.45am Internal Communication Messaging and Storytelling
- 11.45 -12.30pm Exercise on Messaging
- 12.30 – 1.15pm Lunch
- 1.15 – 1.45pm ROI and Measurement
- 1.45 – 2.30pm Exercise on Measurement
- 2.30 – 3.00pm Managing Internal Crisis Communication, Leadership Communication
- 3.00 – 3.45pm Exercise on Internal Crisis Communication
- 3.45 – 4.00pm Tea Break
- 4.00 – 4. 30pm Q&A & Wrap-up, Feedback
Workshop Particulars:
Date: October 1, 2011 (Saturday)
Time: 9:00am – 4.00pm with lunch and two coffee breaks
Venue: Radha Hometel, 136/137, EPIP Industrial Estate, Whitefield, Bangalore – 560066.
(Landmark: opposite Sap Labs office at Whitefield)
Seats: 30 participants
Target Group: Students, academicians, professionals with 0-7 years of experience. Also those who are pursuing a career in Internal Communication, Employee Relations, Public Affairs
Methodology: Presentations, hand-outs, case studies and exercises
Payment to be made in favor of Aniisu K Verghese, payable at Bangalore by September 28, 2011
Contact: +91-9886623421 or e-mail [email protected] for confirmations.
About the facilitator:
Aniisu Verghese has over twelve years of experience in the evolving internal communication arena, online media and corporate communications. He currently works as the India Internal Communication Lead for Sapient. Prior to his current role Aniisu worked for Saatchi & Saatchi, i-flex solutions and Accenture.
He has won several employee communication awards and writes regularly for management and industry publications. Aniisu is passionate about engaging fellow communication practitioners through workshops and presentations. He recently spoke at the 2011 World International Association of Business Communicators, San Diego, US on the Indian context in internal communications and social media. Aniisu is a core team member of the South India Chapter – International Association of Business Communicators.
He shares practical insights at his blog, India’s first internal communications forum – Intraskope which he began in 2006.
Other planned workshops:
- Practical Internal Communications – Strategy through Execution and Measurement
- Crafting Effective Messages for your Communication
- Advanced Internal Communications
- Critical Communication For Managers
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