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Views: Tie employee engagement to company performance and gain a voice at the table

TYING employee engagement (EE) to your company’s business performance starts with building your personal profile and credibility as an EE leader, a key enabler to ensure you have a voice at the table of your executive leadership, writes Christopher Wade.…

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Views: Media relations – the art and craft of persuasion

MEDIA relations is the art and craft of persuading someone else, aka: "the media," to tell your story, thereby adding an extra level of credibility to the message that you want to convey to your target audiences, writes Kirk Hazlett. …

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Views: Build and maintain media relations for business impact

MEDIA relations is about building and maintaining relationships with the press and knowing how and what they write about… it’s not about ‘schmoozing’ media, writes Lydia Hoye. It's about smart, value driven relationships that connect the right story to the…

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News: CIPR opens voting to find ultimate public relations campaign that changed the world

BEHIND every influential campaign and social movement lies a story of individuals who harnessed the power of public relations for the greater good. As part of a series of events to mark its 75th Anniversary, the Chartered Institute of Public…

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News: Renna Markson appointed as managing director of PRCA

THE Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has announced the appointment of Renna Markson (pictured) as its new managing director. This promotion comes as a recognition of her exceptional dedication and valuable contributions to the organization over the past few…

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News: Inclusive Internal Communications book launches

INTERNAL communications and change management expert, Aniisu K Verghese Ph.D., has released his latest book, Inclusive Internal Communications, challenging current practices and offering a compelling case for involving and engaging staff to drive organizational success. With a unique INCLUSIVE Framework,…

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Views: The internal communication imperative in a hybrid working world

DIVISIVE attitudes to flexible and hybrid working are fundamentally undermining corporate culture. One recent survey revealed that while 87 per cent of workers feel they work as or more efficiently from home, 80 per cent of bosses disagree.  This is…

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Views: Match words and actions for IC

VERY simply, constant and consistent communication is the key to maintaining a sense of “belonging” regardless of where one might actually be located, writes Kirk Hazlett. I vividly recall, as a young public affairs intern who had been given a…

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News: PRCA REEB report shows lack of diversity

THE Race and Ethnicity Equity Board, (REEB) a standing committee within the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has published an exclusive report revealing the challenges and trials facing men of color in the industry as well as their successes…

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Views: Employees represent diverse groups with different needs

IN March 2020, when many of us packed up our offices and were plunged into remote working, internal communication was catapulted to a much higher position on the priority lists of companies, writes Siobhán Howe.  Suddenly, the internal communication specialists…

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Views: Wellbeing, growth and engagement central to IC

WE all hope and no doubt aspire to be good bosses, nurturing teams so everyone is fulfilled, reaches their full potential and is proud to work for an organization that looks after its staff, writes Zaiba Malik.  A recent McKinsey…

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Views: From “magic number” to “magic question” for internal communication

OVER the last twenty-plus years, organizations have been focused on finding a single "magic number" as the ultimate gauge of organizational health, writes Mike Klein. The two main candidates have been the "employee engagement (EE) score: or an "employee Net…

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