Posted on November 18, 2009. Filed under: communications, internal communications, intranet | Tags: communications, effective writing, internal communications, writing |
So much of what we read as employees follows a standard format and includes stock phrases and meaningless jargon. We build up a similar level of immunity to this kind of content as we do to web adverts. Our eyes skim across it without taking in any of the meaning – assuming there is some [...]
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Posted on November 13, 2009. Filed under: Web 2.0, blogging, communications, internal communications, intranet, social media | Tags: blog, internal comms, internal communications, internal communications 2.0, intranet |
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Posted on October 27, 2009. Filed under: collaboration, communications, internal communications, organisational culture | Tags: customer supplier relationship, customers, internal communications, suppliers |
Having been immersed back into the mainstream of employee communications for the last six months or so, certain things have struck me. The thing that keeps niggling me is the crazy idea that employee comms people should refer to colleagues to whom they provide comms advice as customers. This is so wrong for so many [...]
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Posted on August 21, 2008. Filed under: communications, intranet, leadership, organisational culture, social media, social networking | Tags: employee communications, future of employee communications, internal communications, social networking |
I had an interesting meeting with some of our internal comms folk yesterday talking about social media and its impact on them and their roles. It really felt like pushing at an open door which is very refreshing. I guess now that we have these tools, none of us can ignore the impact they might/are [...]
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Posted on March 18, 2008. Filed under: collaboration, communications | Tags: collaboration, communication, definition of collaboration, definition of communication, internal communications, Wikipedia |
I was preparing some slides for the Ark Group Enterprise 2.0 conference, at which I seem to have a rather cavernous slot on the afternoon of 2 April, when a thought occurred …
… in a social media context, is there any recognisable difference between communication and collaboration … or do they essentially become one and [...]
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Posted on November 6, 2007. Filed under: communications, social media | Tags: communications, internal communications, social media |
If social media tools continue to flourish on corporate intranets, which I’m sure they will, the internal communications landscape will soon change beyond all recognition. In a future landscape supported by personal relationships, dominated by informal, micro-communication where communication is conversation, the internal comms profession will have to ply its trade in an environment [...]
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