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 […]
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Can Your Organization Do Without Internal Communications?
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.
Internal Social Networks – Are They A Waste of Time?
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 […]
Making Internal Social Networks Sticky: Case Study Wrap-Up
From the comments that came in to the internal social networks case study it is evident that to improve adoption you need to use both the ‘pull’ and ‘push’ strategies. Ira recommends that it helps to drive traffic through interactive content such as contests, blogs and chats with senior managers. After you have satiated their thirst for […]