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Achieving Personal and Professional Success in Communications

June 1, 2021 by Shel Holtz Leave a Comment

What does it take to ensure success, both personally and professionally, as an organizational communicator? You’ll hear the personal and professional stories from five renowned communicators during a live-streamed episode of Circle of Fellows scheduled for 7 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 17.

Personal success is all about you: Are you getting the jobs you want? Are you moving up the organizational hierarchy? Are you earning a salary commensurate with your contribution to the organization and the skills you bring to the table? Professional success focuses on your ability to move the needle in your organization through communication strategies and tactics and earning recognition among your peers.
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Circle of Fellows #69: Partnering with HR

May 6, 2021 by Shel Holtz Leave a Comment

Internal communicators have been partnering with Human Resources for years. In larger companies, HR even has communicators of its own to handle messaging about people-related matters. Changes in the workplace have led to substantial changes in HR’s role, many of which are potential flashpoints, which now add external communicators to the mix. Consider the recent news about Basecamp, in which a decision by the company’s leaders to ban political discussion from internal forums led one-third of the company’s employees to quit.

In this episode of Circle of Fellows, five IABC Fellows will discuss the relationship between communications and HR in an environment in which purpose and values drive employment decisions, employees expect companies to take a stand on issues that matter to them, and employee activism is on the rise.
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Can Communications Produce Real ROI?

April 3, 2021 by Shel Holtz Leave a Comment

Return on Investment (ROI) is a term that is tossed around loosely in some circles. Strictly speaking, ROI is expressed as a percentage determined by dividing the return (or benefit) of a monetary investment by the cost of the investment. That’s not what most communicators measure, yet the industry frequently refers to the ROI of communication. Is that a number that applies to communication? Can communication contribute to an organization’s overall ROI? What are valid alternatives to ROI that company leaders will appreciate when communicators share them?

Four IABC Fellows gathered at noon ET on Thursday, April 15, 2021, to discuss these and other questions.
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Communicating Corporate Social Responsibility Next Up on Circle of Fellows

March 2, 2021 by Shel Holtz Leave a Comment

Corporate Social Responsibility has never been hotter. With younger workers insisting on working for purposeful organizations, a surge of interest in investment funds that focus on sustainable companies, and organizations embracing comprehensive ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) initiatives, communicators have their hands full. From reporting ESG results (annual ESG reports jam-packed with data are becoming commonplace) to pitching companies’ CSR commitments, challenges abound. Simply checking off CSR boxes (donation made: check) no longer cuts it.

At 10 a.m. ET on Thursday, March 18, four IABC Fellows will spend an hour discussing the communications role in developing and promoting modern CSR efforts. The live-streamed panel (listed below) will take your questions in real time. You can ask your questions or share your observations in the YouTube chat or via Twitter (add the hashtag #COF67).
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Want to go independent? Listen to this IABC Fellows panel first

February 4, 2021 by Shel Holtz Leave a Comment

What does it take to be successful as an independent communication consultant? How do you transition from your current corporate role, with all the support and resources that come with it, to working on your own? How do you drum up business, manage multiple clients, and handle all the administrivia (like contracts, invoicing, accounting, and… Continue Reading →

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IABC Fellows Will Dissect Communications in 2020 on Circle of Fellows #65

January 4, 2021 by Shel Holtz Leave a Comment

By any standard, 2020 was a challenging year for everyone around the globe. Communicators were among those who had to cope with the personal impact of the year’s events while simultaneously coordinating communication to their organizations’ or clients’ diverse audiences — both regular, ongoing communication and crisis-related communication.

At noon 6 p.m. ET on Thursday, January 21, a truly global panel of five IABC Fellows will convene to review the year in communication. (Panelists are from Australia, The Philippines, and Canada.) The panel will take your questions in real-time via the YouTube Live chat function or via Twitter (using the hashtag #COF65).
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Can Communication Build and Sustain a Leading Corporate Environment?

December 2, 2020 by Shel Holtz Leave a Comment

Can communicators help create the right environment for their companies? Can they help sustain an existing environment?

At noon ET on Thursday, December 17, four IABC Fellows will answer these questions and explore the various ways communicators can influence the corporate environment. The panel will take your questions in real-time via the YouTube Live chat function or via Twitter (using the hashtag #COF64).
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What Are the Hottest New Communication Technologies?

November 2, 2020 by Shel Holtz Leave a Comment

For a while, the wave of new technologies offered communicators obvious opportunities to incorporate these new tools into their communication strategies. The introduction of Twitter and Instagram, the rise of mobile use, chatbots, and other technologies that were grounded in communication were introduced at a dizzying pace.

Many of today’s new crop of technologies have less obvious communication applicability. That doesn’t mean communicators should ignore them. From Artificial Intelligence to Blockchain, from live streaming to machine co-creativity, there are technologies gaining steam that can have a significant impact on the effectiveness of both internal and external communication.

On November 14, four IABC Fellows will gather for a live-streamed discussion about emerging communication technologies; they will take your questions in real-time via the YouTube Live chat function or via Twitter (using the hashtag #COF63).
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Communicating Workplace Safety Panel Set for October 15

October 1, 2020 by Shel Holtz Leave a Comment

Safety communication is vitally important. Besides the obvious vital outcome of avoiding injury or death, a focus on safety tells employees the company cares about them. There is another dimension of safety communication that is often overlooked altogether. Psychological safety may not be addressable by wearing PPE and eliminating hazards like exposed electrical wires, but it is equally important in achieving the goal of employees being able to bring their best selves to work every day and go home whole every night. All these dimensions of safety communication will be on the table when four IABC Fellows join moderator Shel Holtz at noon Eastern Time on Thursday, October 15.
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IABC Fellows to Explore Communicating Open-Book Management

September 3, 2020 by Shel Holtz 1 Comment

In his book, “The Great Game of Business,” Jack Stack introduced the business world to open-book management. The Great Game of Business website points out, “Open-book management at its most effective far outperforms a definition as simple as “sharing financial information with employees”. Open-book isn’t just about opening your financials to your company, it’s about responsibility, ownership, results, and growth, all of these things can come together to drive the needle forward in your organization. With proper training and knowledge, all levels of your business start to act and engage just like the owner, or leadership.”

Clearly, communication is a vital dimension of open-book management. On the next Circle of Fellows, four IABC Fellows will look at the communicator’s role, including introducing the concept to leadership. At noon ET on Thursday, September 17, join moderator/Fellow Brad Whitworth and IABC Fellows Jim Shaffer (who worked with Stack on the concept), Tosh Hattori, and Amanda Hamilton-Attwell for a fascinating conversation.
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