Month: January 2009
12 posts
My sexy Twitter followers
Wedge loves Twitter - and here are some much loved tools.
Mass emails – Internal Communications best practices
'Group emails' that get sent around the business are often heavily relied upon, and yet so quickly written that they can be of very little use or value.
The ‘do not’ rules of intranet publishing
There are many 'golden rules' of communication, but when publishing on your intranet (or website) consider these 'do not' rules.
Banish ‘click here’ on your site and intranet
"Click here" offers no information, it wastes people's time. Sort it out!
When External Comms meets Internal Comms – when worlds collide
Internal Communications can feel a world away from External Communications. Find out how best to integrate the two divisions.
Disclaimers are weak, consider a ‘claimr’
Don't use a weak-assed disclaimer - claim your words and thoughts with a claimr!
Know your subject; don’t dilute it
This isn't about being an expert, it's about knowing the topic you're writing about, and sticking to it.
What’s your audience’s reading age?
Considering your writing style, what do you think the 'Reading Age' of your audience is? Wedge suggests it is not as high as you assume...
Jakob announces the ‘best’ intranets
Jakob Nielsen announces the best intranets and explains what they've done to be so good. Wedge cautions you to remember that there are brilliant intranets out there that Jakob hasn't heard of.
You can’t make people care
Who are your champions? Who promotes your work, your messages?
Back to work, but with what attitude?
Wedge notices that the city, and the office, is preternaturally quiet. Are people absent just because it's Friday and after New Year? Anyway, Wedge looks at goals and values.
The people of 2008, the friends of 2009
I’ve already mentioned my important projects and how I mean to focus my attention – while I love…