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Communications

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Communications of all kinds, internal, external, marketing et cetera.

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A simple standing lamp against a painted wall.

Storytelling versus functional communications

Straightforward functional comms can work brilliantly for trusted colleagues. Big-picture engagement comms and strategic vision sharing often rely on narratives in an attempt to capture the hearts and minds of employees, which just ism't always necessary or desired.
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Free to use images 2021 edition

There are some great stock image websites out there, with hundreds of thousands of terrible stock photos that you should not inflict upon your colleagues or clients.
A headline from the Gov UK website that's been twisted to focus on the COBR acronym.

Acronyms in headings

There's lots of guidance about acronyms, but little about using acronyms in page / news titles on the intranet.
Generations

Millennials! Generation K is coming! Whatevs, I can’t even.

People are not 'distracted from relationships by their phones' - they are developing relationships through space and time using technology that suits them. Stop telling people to get off their phones when at the same time you expect 100% availability coz 'flexible working in the digital workplace'.

Twitter is dying

No it isn't. Slowing growth isn't the same as dying.
Apples and oranges

Align your internal and external communications

Marketing communications may seem wholly separate to internal communications, and in turn the marketing team may feel worlds apart from the internal communications team. Yet marketing campaigns are stronger and more authentic when employees are involved. Don’t be ‘that company’ where the staff know less about your news than industry experts.
London

Upcoming UK conferences

Eleven upcoming digital workplace / design / business conferences coming up in London.