Best Practices

The Internal Communications Data Storytelling Guide

Whether you’re a master of measurement or you’re mystified by internal comms metrics, knowing how to present and tell the story of your data is the most powerful way to demonstrate the effectiveness and influence of your internal communications.

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Slack It To Me: 7 Simple Tips To Optimize Slack

Communication platforms like Slack help people around the world stay connected and collaborate. Yet, as folks lean on Slack to lessen the volume of emails, it can run the risk of becoming disruptive and counterproductive. The good news? There’s nifty tips to optimize to your Slack usage.

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When and Why We Speak Up and Speak Out

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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How Flexibility Can Foster Trust In The Workplace

People are dealing with more struggles now than ever before. How can we help? Here's the one skill that we need to bring into 2021 to help build a culture of empathy and trust inside the workplace.

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Cures for the Common Newsletter: Information Overload and Email Fatigue

People rarely drown from too much valuable information but they will tune out (or worse, disengage) if they're being bombarded with way more info than they want or need. There’s a way to beat this. We’ll show you how!

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Becoming Better Humans: Building a More Diverse and Inclusive Company

To truly change the face of our company, and ultimately our industry, we’re going to have to break out of familiar patterns. We must open our minds to new ways of working and thinking and approaching problems. Here are some insights we’ve gained on our journey toward meaningful change.

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Editorial Slump? 7 Employee Spotlight Ideas You’ll Love

Looking for ways to profile your employees and leaders in your internal communications? Look no further! Here are some of our favorites ideas for making your people, well, people and giving them the spotlight they deserve.

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5 Ways for HR and IC to Get Election Ready

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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Battery Levels & Mental Health in the Workplace

The effects of the global pandemic, civil unrest, and social isolation are clear and the research backs it: Employees are struggling and companies can and should do more. So how can we better support the mental wellness of our employees? We can start by checking in.

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