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February 4, 2014
I've been doing a lot of interviewing lately for everything from corporate profiles, to newsletter success stories, to customer-facing web pages. While picking up the phone to quiz a complete stranger can still be daunting, over the years I've developed a few habits and tips that will (usually) make the process go smoothly and ensure that I get better quotes than the canned and approved business-speak that you sometimes hear in corporate settings Attitude is everything.
February 4, 2014
On February 28, the celebrated Autodesk Gallery will open its doors to “Hack the Experience,” a collaborative competition that will challenge participants to zero in on key moments that can make or break the employee experience, and work together to generate inventive solutions. In the traditional sense, a hackathon is an event that draws together a large group of people to collaborate on software projects, but employee engagement consultancy Brilliant Ink will use the format to solve challenges surrounding the employee experience.
January 28, 2014
This past week I attended The Advanced Learning Institute’s Strategic Internal Communications Conference in sunny San Francisco. I loved talking shop with a bunch of new people and chatting about what we’re working on and challenges we face in our roles.
January 24, 2014
Happy Friday Brilliant Readers! Here's some food for thought as you wrap up your week: 5 Steps to Improve Quality No Matter what you Produce – Use these tips to align top notch quality to your company's products.
January 13, 2014
At last some good news on the employee engagement front (after a long period of cost-cutting and doing more with less): 2014 has been named the“Year of the Employee,” according to Forbes. In other words, employers are finally recognizing that their people are overstretched, overworked, and most important, vital to supporting the economic recovery finally underway.
January 9, 2014
Brilliant Ink CEO Liz Kelly joined DriveThru HR yesterday to speak on employee engagement and announce our upcoming hackathon - Hack the Experience - scheduled for Friday, February 28th, at the Autodesk Gallery, One Market Street in San Francisco. More details to come soon.
January 9, 2014
Here are the Brilliant Ink Team’s lofty goals for the year: Ruth- Read the pile of books on my kitchen table. Cook dinner more regularly (and by cook, I don’t mean throw a Hot Pocket in the microwave and call it good).
December 20, 2013
The holidays are almost here! Kick ‘em off with this week's internet roundup: Managing Millennials: How to Give 'Tough Love' the Right Way- Here's how to raise expectations while keeping morale high for your younger workers.
December 17, 2013
I was on jury duty last week. Apart from it being an interesting experience as a new citizen, it was a great lesson in the importance of how we choose to communicate and which stories we choose to tell.
December 11, 2013
Did you know that well-planned, structured, and inspiring onboarding programs correlate with higher engagement, not only during onboarding but years down the road? Here are 8 onboarding programs we love that'll inspire you with their unique approaches to onboarding.
December 3, 2013
As I finish up my internship at Brilliant Ink and my last semester as a Cal student, the daunting task of finding a full-time career looms ahead of me. But just because the job market has become more competitive does not mean my peers and I should settle for a ‘here-and-now' job.
