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EPISODE #66: OUR BEST IC EXPERT ADVICE FROM 2022

December 21, 2022 by Sharon McIntosh Leave a Comment

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As we prepare to take a brief pause for the holidays – and hope you do, too! – we’ll first take a moment to reflect on the challenges we faced this year: increasingly passionate employee bases; global, domestic, and online uncertainty; developing data and communication methods; and the many other factors that contributed to the year that was for internal communicators in 2022.

In looking back, we’re happy to continue our holiday tradition of a year-end roundup episode: one podcast with highlights from our 2022 conversations, in just a few minutes. Here are some of the top insights from this year’s slate of IC experts.
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Filed Under: EE Voice Tagged With: change_management, crisis communications, cyber security, internal_communications, listening, year_end_wrapup

Episode #48: Steve Crescenzo on becoming a strategic advisor during the pandemic

September 18, 2020 by Sharon McIntosh and Sharon Phillips Leave a Comment

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We love talking to Steve Crescenzo because where else can you gain practical, actionable comms advice through a conversation that includes a pet rabbit on the loose, (not) tolerating our spouses under COVID-19 quarantine, and leadership communications hostage videos? Steve and his wife and partner Cindy have had front row seats to the comms-coronavirus crisis response through their business, Crescenzo Communications. Steve joined the EE Voice podcast to talk about all they’ve learned – from the two things you must do to step up your internal comms leadership to the office culture shifts we’re witnessing that he predicts are irreversible.

Links referenced in the podcast:

  • Whitepaper: 7 steps to futureproof your internal communications strategy
  • Gallup study on the need for internal communications during the pandemic
  • Crescenzo Communications upcoming webinars (happy hour included!):
    • Employee Communication Master Class
    • Writing Master Class

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Filed Under: EE Voice Tagged With: COVID-19, executive_communication, internal_communications

Episode #28: Taking the Crisis out of Crisis Communications

June 6, 2018 by Sharon McIntosh and Sharon Phillips Leave a Comment

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In this era of hyper-alertness about everything from data security to natural disasters, it’s no longer a question of whether you need to develop a crisis communication plan. It’s how to develop one that works. As an employee communication professional, you’re key to this process. So are employees, as is – no surprise here – social media.

The latest episode of EE Voice, Sharon Phillips explores these murky waters with internal comms consultant and author Paul Barton.

Tune in to hear why Paul advocates a proactive approach to crisis communications that includes employees, social media and something he calls “the five Ps.” Tune in to hear more.
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Filed Under: EE Voice Tagged With: crisis communications, crisis management, internal_communications

Episode #22 – Should We Stop Measuring Internal Comms? – With Bloomberg’s Ethan McCarty

November 12, 2017 by Sharon McIntosh and Sharon Phillips 2 Comments

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Ethan McCarty can freak you out, particularly if you’re an internal communications professional. For example, he recently wrote a blog entitled, “Don’t Measure Internal Communications.” Wait … what?

And when I heard him speak at a Poppulo conference last summer, I knew he’d be a terrific EE Voice guest. Because he’s doing some unexpected – and successful – work in his job as Global Head of Employee and Innovation Communications for Bloomberg. He didn’t disappoint.
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Filed Under: EE Voice Tagged With: employee_communications, integrity, internal_communications, measurement, transparency

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