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Nothing’s final in life
Document control. Don’t send, share or publish files / documents with the word ‘final’ in the file-name or…
Would you like to team up to write about internal communications?
I’ve been writing about comms for years now, and seriously talking about good practices for over a year.…
Writing fashions to be wary of
Internal communications that are dull and lifeless often masquerade as interesting by using 'exciting' boilerplate. Here are a few criminal uses of English.
Frank’s naked truth about HR communication
I just have to point you to Frank Roche‘s 35 bullet points about Internal HR Comms – I…
The difference between a website and a real organisation
Wed has a rant about people who pretend to represent 'organisations' that don't really exist.
There must be a better way than Q&A (or, “I frequently hate FAQs”)
The format is fantastic for your personal recording of issues and planning your reference materials and comms.
Does your intranet launch when you log on to your work computer? (Poll)
Wedge hates the idea of the intranet launching as soon as you log on to Windows, but he has to consdider the benefits, even if he can't contain or hide his infuriation!
Don’t read about internal communications
Wedge wants to join a professional body of communicators, he really does - but he doesn't want to solely drink from the kool-aid. Read more! Immerse yourself in media and marketing - get outside Internal Communications or risk becoming stale.
The disappearance of front page news – how do your readers find your intranet news stories?
News stories on my intranet ‘fall off‘ the front page after two days and ‘disappear’; at least as…
Seven easy intranet improvements to make this month
I have had this role for one year. What have I done to our intranet? Not enough. What will you and I do in the next month or so? Plenty more.
Jakob says social media has hit the intranet
You might guess from my previous intranet posts that I’m reflecting on the use of social media behind…
How do I justify the cost of Yammer to my boss?
I love Twitter, so I'm bound to like Yammer, which is like a private Twitter service used by companies. But people are terrified of Social Media and there is a financial cost to Yammer, so...