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Sara Forner Howland

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Employee advocate. Voice amplifier. Writer. Facilitator. Inkie champion. Certified in HR & Change.

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9 Tips for Solo IC Pros
Internal Communications

Working solo in internal communications? These essential tips will help you boost your strategy, build key relationships, and maintain a healthy work-life balance.

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Start Your Open Enrollment Campaign Now
Internal Communications

Boost employee benefits enrollment by getting ahead with Open Enrollment planning. Here's how.

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How to Use Storytelling and Data to Power Your Internal Communication Business Case
Internal Communications

Crafting a compelling business case to secure your budget for internal communications is about ensuring that your voice is heard, your goals are recognized and your contributions are valued. Here’s how to get the funding you need!

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Why Project Management is the Secret to Internal Communications
Internal Communications

Why do communicators need project managers? Find out how to break the pattern of reactive internal communication, and get the headspace you need to thrive!

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Boosting Strategic Communication Planning for 2023
Internal Communications

It’s crucial to carve out mental space now for strategic planning for the new year. Ensure success with these 3 considerations for your 2023 internal communication plan.

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4 Steps for a Brilliant Internal Communication Channels Audit
Internal Communications

Want to evaluate how effective your organization’s communications are? Our simple channel audit process can help you dig deep and prioritize to ensure you’re aligned with the broader strategy and focusing on what matters.

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10 Employee Engagement & Internal Communications Trends for 2022
Employee Experience

As the brilliant minds at Brilliant Ink try to make sense of this long strange trip called 2021, we're thinking about what’s ahead for the world of employee experience and forecast how the world of work needs to respond. Curious what we’re seeing, planning and doing? It’s all here.

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How to Create Effective Manager Tools & Resources
Employee Experience

The information managers share affects the outcomes that they are looking to drive for their team! So, how can we ensure manager tools are as effective as possible? Here are five tips we've learned firsthand!

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Welcoming New Inkies to Accounts, Biz Dev and Project Management!
News

2021 is the year we’re welcoming three new people to the team and becoming LinkedIn official with two long-time contractors. For a small agency, hiring five people is a big deal and we couldn’t be more excited for our future together.

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When and Why We Speak Up and Speak Out
Internal Communications

Sometimes the biggest question we face as communicators is whether to speak up or stay silent. In our cultural and political climate, it's becoming harder to ignore what's going on in the outside world and many companies have begun speaking out against issues that impact their employees.

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5 Ways for HR and IC to Get Election Ready
Internal Communications

2020 has been a wild ride and the upcoming election is sure to add fuel to the fire. So, as a communicator or human resources professional, what should you do? Check out five ways you can support your people while staying true to your values in a tumultuous time. 

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Resources for Voting & Civic Engagement for Employees
Internal Communications

We’re seeing an uptick in companies giving employees time off to vote and encouraging civic engagement. As communicators, we have an opportunity to not only give employees a voice in the companies in which they work but also outside the workplace as they use their votes and time to create a better world. 

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