I think by now we all know I’m a big fan of ALI Conferences and last week in Nashville was no exception. This time I was thrilled to be a speaker at their “Social, Mobile and Video for Internal Communications” conference to bring some small pieces of wisdom on incorporating video into your internal communications
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Written by: Emma Hanley, Newsweaver Communications Specialist Are you struggling to measuring internal communications? Or are you one of those beleaguered members of the 16% of corporate communicators that aren’t measuring at all? If the idea of trying to pull together data from your organizations intranet, ESN, email platform fills you with dread then rest
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On April 28, IC Kollectif posted the following question to communication professionals via its Twitter account: “Who are the IC thought leaders you are reading or listening to these days ?” We were curious to hear from our followers who they consider to be the consultants and practitioners who actively share their insights with the
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Written by Andrea Nazarian in Connected Companies Want better internal communications at your place of work? Start telling stories. Here are four ways to quickly bring your content to life with impact, variety, and colour. 1. Make publishing content easy You need to make publishing content simple and straightforward for everyone at your company. Your
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I think we all appreciate a little honesty. And while there are probably plenty of good reasons to tell white lies, there are moments in life when we shouldn’t short-change ourselves the chance to ‘get real.’ So what makes me, a 24-year-old, the authority on this topic? Aside from honesty having always been one very
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Written by: Rick DeMarco, Managing Director, Inward Strategic Consulting I just returned from an Advanced Learning Institute (ALI) conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Strategic Internal Branding. As usual, ALI did an outstanding job of lining up some great speakers and presentations and participants were able to attend four hands-on workshops on the first day. Inward
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Written by: Priya Bates, President, Inner Strength Communication Inc. “This started a conversation about communication, and consideration and most importantly respect in the workplace.” Kelly Ripa Not many of us have time to watch ‘Live’ with Kelly and Michael, especially if you have a day-time job; but for the past week, I’ve been watching the saga and
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We first heard about ALI Conferences about 3 years ago when a large client of ours wanted to talk about a project we helped them with. It was for the SharePoint for Internal Communications conference and that was my introduction to Advanced Learning Institute. By the end of this year, I’ll have been to 5
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Written: Michelle Metzger, Director of Communications at Golden Living “I have no control of X, Y or Z.” When we hear that statement, it sends a signal that we are powerless. That we have given up and become a helpless victim. To me, it seems weak. However, sometimes it also happens to be true. There
...Read Full ArticleWritten by: Curtis Hughes What is collaboration? No, don’t Google it. I don’t want Webster’s definition; I want your definition. Hard question, isn’t it? Now imagine trying to actually measure whether or not you are actually doing a good job of collaborating. How do you measure something you can’t clearly define? Impossible, pointless, meaningless? Trust
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