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Different sectors, same challenges?
What sector do you work in? Do you work for a private or public company or perhaps a charity? How does what you do compare with other people in your network and are there any similarities when it comes to communication? Kim Borrowdale is Director of Borrowdale Consulting Ltd and a former classmat[...]
A young ambassador’s view of social media
"Social media is the buzz of the generation and if businesses don’t keep up, then the consequences will follow. Make social media platforms suit you and your needs." These wise words are from entrepreneurial Jack Watson, a 15-year-old who runs a successful web design and online retail business in [...]
What have you done today
…to make you feel proud? What about this week, this year? It’s been a busy old one and traditionally in December people take time to reflect on the previous 12 months and make plans for the upcoming year. (Apologies if you’ve now got the Heather Small song Proud in your head). December is o[...]
Engaging for success in the UK economy
Last week PR Conversations published an article I wrote for them to highlight the Engage for Success movement in the UK. I was asked to contribute by my friend Judy Gombita, who like many of my global comms contacts, I discovered via Twitter. Judy is a smart cookie with more than 20 years of exp[...]
Why organisations need to live their values
Does your organisation live by its values? Are they relevant to the day-to-day working lives of employees or are they paying lip service to an ideal world that is very far from your reality? Last week I saw on Twitter that a business breakfast was being held in London to discuss value based leade[...]
Engagement comes to town
Today saw a major event in the life of the Engage for Success movement as practitioners gathered in London. The Queen Elizabeth II Conference centre in Westminster played host to the packed room of people working on and interested in employee engagement. I’ve been following today via the #e4s h[...]
The Sunday night blues…
Do you get the Sunday night work blues? Or do you live with someone who dreads going to work the next day? Research published by Engage for Success reveals that 47 million hours* are spent worrying about work every weekend by full-time employees across Britain. If you work at weekends, I doubt [...]
Congrats to IoIC 30 under 30
Last night the Institute of Internal Communications (IoIC) held an event in London to name the Top 30 under 30 internal communications professionals in the UK. You can read the background via a previous article I published a few months ago, as I supported the initiative. As part of their entrie[...]
Comms reflections from the Middle East
What is it like being an Internal Communicator in the Middle East? What challenges do IC pros face there, what are the key trends and what does the future hold? I'm delighted to introduce Nada Enan, an Egyptian currently living in Dubai, UAE, who has written a guest article for Diary of an internal[...]
Uniting a whole country through social media
The benefits of social media to bring people together and share ideas and collaborate are well documented. But how can it be used on a large scale? Read on to discover how a country (Iceland) used social media to establish its own citizen value system. This impressive story is written for Diary [...]
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