This question plagues many internal communicators today. While social media is growing leaps and bounds there are many reasons for organizations to be skeptical of its usage internally. Many fear loss of control, inability to manage employee voice and can’t comprehend how to tackle internal social media crises when the hit. Here is a case […]
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Think It Through To Sell Your Campaign
Being relevant and credible takes effort and time. Meena is feeling the heat since she isn’t prepared. As one leader who viewed this post commented on Linkedin  – ‘has she involved the client in planning?’. A great point indeed. So here is what Meena can probably do better sell her campaign and setting up her […]
Why Doesn't Our Internal Stakeholder Buy Our Campaign?
Very often internal communicators come up with great ideas and solutions that solve stakeholders’ problems. However, these solutions sometimes don’t get buy-in from stakeholders for reasons that seem beyond the communicator’s comprehension. Or at least it feels that way. Here is a case of Meena, an internal communicator who has been invited to recommend ways […]
Conduct Effective Leader Visits With Internal Communications
Is a senior leader expected to be in your office shortly? Keen to add value with internal communications and make the most of your leader’s time? Planning leadership visits can be a scramble unless you set clear objectives, craft effective plans and define success measures. Such visits can take up a whole lot of time […]
Interested To Use Infographics For Internal Communications? Follow These Steps.
Have an important announcement to make? Need to get your employees aligned on your company’s message? Have lots of information to share? Don’t have funds to engage an agency or an in-house designer? Make it easier for your audiences to digest your messages and engage directly by turning to ‘infographics’. Infographics are increasingly becoming a […]
Keen To Sustain Your Online Discussion? Read On.
So, now you started a discussion. Your readers have begun engaging with your topic. But, how do you ensure your readers continue the dialogue? How can you make your discussion sticky? My earlier post discussed ways to create and launch your online dialogue. Â In this post I share thoughts on sustaining interest among your readers. […]
Interested To Create an Engaging Online Discussion? Here Are a Few Tips
You want to get a discussion started on an online forum, internal or external, but are unsure how to go about it. Will readers find it relevant? Will they respond and participate? Will it improve your presence online? Here are tips to make your discussion fruitful and engrossing. Have a plan: Identify the community you […]
How Can You Communicate Leadership Transitions Smoothly? Read On
Leadership changes causing heartburn? Want to have an efficient way to communicate transitions internally? Look up the tips I share in my article ‘Communicating Leadership Changes Effectively’ that got recently published on Simply-Communicate. Here are the key highlights: 1. Address the reason for transition 2. Clarify the plan and process 3. Get ready for media […]
Making Your Awards Showcase Come Alive
Every noteworthy organization gets recognized for its work locally or internationally and is keen to proudly display the awards won. The objectives primarily are to instill pride among employees, delight prospective clients and improve awareness about the organization’s great work and wins. However, organizations struggle with creating the right experience when it comes to implementing […]
How to Conduct An Effective Internal Social Media Listening Exercise
With many organizations including enterprise social networks or internal social media in their strategies to engage employees it becomes imperative to actively listen to conversations and mine sentiments to craft suitable and timely interventions. Especially, after a sensitive event or a key business decision that impacts most employees there is always going to be conversations […]