By Kyla Sims • Apr 17, 2018 Storytelling is one of the oldest forms of communication. About 500,000 years ago, humans (that’s us!) began to use words and language to name those things around them. It wasn’t long until we learned to order those words into elaborate stories to explain our actions, our experiences, and
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Like 80s pop star Rick Astley, internal comms campaigns can often be one hit wonders. They launch with a big bang, everyone loves it, and they reminisce about it for years to come. Which is great. But wouldn’t it be better if they were less Rick and more Madonna? Able to evolve, stay relevant and
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In the communications biz, we like to throw the word “engagement” around a lot. We’re always trying to figure out if our workforce is “highly engaged,” or “somewhat engaged” or “disengaged” or some other kind of engaged. But the problem that none of the high-priced engagement consultants want to admit is, it’s really, really hard
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Your corporate intranet does a lot for your organization, but are you using it to your best advantage? Underutilization of corporate infrastructure is a big obstacle for many companies. But you’ve taken infinite care to select the right software, and you’ve spent timeless hours training your team on how to use it properly, so why
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Jessica Stillman· April 16, 2018 How to Beat Boring: 3 Storytelling Secrets for Your Type of Organization If you’re Google or Pfizer, it’s not hard to come up with stories for internal communications. After all, your employees are literally launching moonshot technologies and developing drugs that save millions of lives. But what if you
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This article was written in conjunction with Waggl and Courtney Harrison, Principal, Medius Advisory Group. n case you haven’t heard yet, change is coming to the workplace – and fast. According to a 2017 study conducted by independent research firm Edelman Intelligence and commissioned in partnership by Upwork and Freelancers Union, 36 percent of the total workforce
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By Kyla Sims • Apr 17, 2018 We are surrounded by stories. Movies, television, books, news, history, podcasts, friends, family, strangers on the bus. Stories are a huge part of what it means to be human. They are how we learn, grow, and connect to one another. Stories are how humans have always communicated and
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Jessica Brook, March 20, 2018 Mentioning the title of SocialChorus’ ebook, 6 Ways to Attract And Keep Your Employees’ Attention, is probably a good way to attract any communicator’s attention. Who in the employee communications world hasn’t struggled, at one point or another, to hold the concentration of a group of employees? In the following series
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by Rachel Miller | 10 Apr 2018 | AllthingsIC How can you enable employees and leaders around the world to contribute their own take on your company culture? How could you curate and share it? Today I have a guest post for you by Erika Lee, Internal Communications Manager at Aggreko in Houston, Texas. The company is
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If you look back on your working life, what memories stand out? Chances are you’ll remember specific moments that have come to define how you feel about a particular role or organisation. We remember these moments so vividly because of what psychologists call the peak-end rule. When we review an experience after the event,
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