Tag: internal social media

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

My post – ‘Internal Social Networks – Are They a Waste of Time?’ received a lot of attention when I polled people on Linkedin. Some recommended using Facebook and other external channels rather than compete against them. Others felt employees needed to be given more accountability. A few were divided about the viability of internal […]

Do read my guest post  on Rachel Miller’s blog – Dairy of an Internal Communicator and share your thoughts. Interested to hear what you think. Rachel Miller  is a UK based Internal Communication and Social Media strategist and the author of Share This. She tweets at @AllthingsIC.

Many organizations are jumping on the internal social network bandwagon and trying to mirror a lot of what Facebook offers to its users. With opportunities to share, partner, identify and create solutions that benefit the organization the internal social network seems like the best thing ever that happened to internal communications. Or is it? Having […]

Have an internal communications process document or plan to write one for your organization? Here are pointers that may help you create one that meets the needs of your audiences. Recently, an internal communicator reached out for a review of her draft internal communications process document that she created. The draft looked great although I […]

As far as I am aware internal communicators serve information to staff based on the need, age, tenure, career levels, organization’s priorities and focus areas, importance and maturity of the individual within the organization, time of the day among other reasons. TNS’s recent research and segmentation of consumers is based on their information consumption patterns. […]