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Patty Rivas

VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGY

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Strategic and empathetic activator who demands better workplace experiences for all.

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7 AI Tools For Internal Communicators
Internal Communications

With AI at our fingertips, we’re working smarter and faster. Learn how artificial intelligence (AI) can supercharge your IC toolkit and transform the way you work.

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5 Ways To Know Your Team Needs a Charter
Internal Communications

How can a charter help a team? A charter can help you articulate the role of an internal comms team, plus so much more. Here’s why your IC team needs a charter!

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5 Key Internal Communications Takeaways From VOICES 2023
Internal Communications

We’re sharing internal communications insights from Staffbase’s VOICES 2023. Here’s what we learned from the biggest employee communications event.

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The Best Ways to Communicate Layoffs to Employees
Best Practices

Knowing how to communicate mass layoffs or how to handle laying off employees is far from easy. Use these best practices to ensure you’re communicating layoffs effectively and thoughtfully to mitigate damage.

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5 Steps to Help Employees Find Joy in Volunteering
Just for Fun

Providing your people with paid time off to volunteer is an incredible benefit that's often underused. Here’s how to encourage your employees to make the most of their volunteer time off.

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Break The Bias on International Women’s Day and Beyond
Diversity & Inclusion

Despite the progress women have made in the workplace over the last century, bias continues to hold women AND businesses back, so this International Women’s Day, we’re joining the effort to #BreakTheBias at work, and hope you’ll do the same.

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Returning to the Office? Delta Says, “Think Again”
Employee Experience

The Delta variant has forced us all to rethink our return-to-office plans and what this means. To kickstart that process, we've compiled a list of questions to help guide you through the best options for your business and your people.

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Becoming a “Rebel” and Champion for Change in Communications
Diversity & Inclusion

2020 has shown us the cost of keeping quiet about DEI so, as communicators, how do we become champions for change? Advita Patel, co-founder of A Leader Like Me, shares why and how she became a comms rebel that broke the mold and created a more inclusive one.

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6 Brilliant Predictions for Employee Engagement in 2021
Employee Experience

2020 has been a year unlike any other. Still, here we are 12 months later, trying to make sense of the disruption of the year while forecasting how the world of work will respond in the year to come. Read on our predictions for what trends, priorities and needs will dominate employee engagement in 2021.

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Teaching Kids How to Rock the Vote
Just for Fun

Let’s do our part as citizens and parents to make sure our youth understands the power they have to affect change! If you are eager to teach your kids how to use their voice and become civically engaged, take a gander at the books and resources we’ve been reading to our little ones.

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The Post-COVID World of Work: 6 Ways You Can Prepare
Internal Communications

Imagine what the world of work is going to look like once we’re on the other side of COVID-19... Are you ready for it? Here are six things you can start getting ahead of before we return to “normal.”

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COVID-19 Guide for Leaders, HR and Internal Communicators
Internal Communications

Now more than ever, communicators, HR and company leaders play a critical role in keeping people informed, engaged and productive in an increasingly remote work setting. We've gathered some resources to help you navigate these challenges.

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