The Internal Communications 201 Workshop held on July 7 at Bangalore had participants from leading organizations and emerging consultants engage in wide ranging discussions to raise their game and build a shared future for this growing function. Simply Communicate carries a complete report of this workshop on their site. Practitioners from companies such as HCL, Philips, […]
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‘Zero E-mail’ and Change Management: An Internal Communication Opportunity?
There are reports of Atos, a French organization planning to do away with e-mail in the near future. That near future is around the corner. The CEO has stated that after 2014 none of their 80000 employees will be exchanging e-mails. Ambitious? Crazy? Impossible? Intriguing? I have been thinking about what this change means for […]
The Visibility Factor: How to Turn Around the Conversation | Final Part
In Part 1, I shared the story of Tanmay the Internal Communicator who engaged Anita in a discussion on a newsletter and wasn’t able to provide tangible direction. I loved the feedback to help Tanmay make definite progress. Thank you Mark, Adam, Sushma and Advita for taking time to raise the conversation to a new high. For example, Adam […]
Social Media in India and Implications for Internal Communications
I am writing to share my article – Social Media Take Shape in India published in the November-December 2011 edition of Communication World (CW), the magazine of the International Association of Business Communicators devoted exclusively to communication management. You can download the entire copy here: CW_NovDec2011_AP_SocialMediaIndia. Published bimonthly, CW covers the latest in communication research, […]
How Can Internal Communicators Overcome the ‘Postman’ Syndrome?
A participant at the recently concluded internal communications workshop I ran in Bangalore, India highlighted a common concern that professionals in the industry face but rarely discuss. She said she felt like a ‘dakiya’ – (Hindi for postman) at her workplace. This conversation became a passionate discussion among many in the room and I realized […]
If you build internal business networking sites they will come. Or will they? Part -1
It seems the case study model of blogging is valued by my readers and therefore I am inviting you to reflect and share perspective on the next issue of social media adoption for internal communication. Over the last few weeks I have had three separate conversations with leading communicators from global and Indian organizations on […]
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 […]
Sharing India with the world
Aware and Connected. This is exactly how I felt earlier this month as I shared perspectives on social media and internal communication from India with a set of global communicators who attended my session at the 2011 World International Association of Business Communicatiors Conference held at San Diego, US. The IABC World Conference brings 1,400 […]
Empowering Non Profits with Social Media and Communication
NASSCOM Foundation invited me to speak on ‘Leveling Web 2.0 for social causes’ at their Connect IT forum at Bangalore today. The other panelists in my session were Sachin Malhan, CEO, Inclusive Planet (who did a great job of moderating the session) and Anu Unnikrishnan, Marketing Consultant, for Jaago Re a popular campaign by Tata […]
Revolution 2.0 and Implications for Internal Communications
Over the past few weeks the world watched as people movements toppled regimes across the Arab world. I have been intrigued by the way leaderless bands of people joined hands to form a cohesive force that overthrew a dictator in Tunisia and freed Egypt from a ruler who stayed in the saddle for 30 long […]