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Florida AG Slaps Discord With Subpoena In Child Predator Crackdown
4 hours ago Salomon Melgen was an immigrant who came to the United States and wound up committing fraud, ripping off the American taxpayers by $42 million. “Melgen devised a scheme to enrich himself by defrauding Medicare to the tune of tens of millions of dollars,” an F.B.I. official said when Mr. Melgen was …
No one ever got emotional about a PDF
Marc Wright, Simply, a Gallagher Company Founder and Digital Strategist, runs a series of articles on the adoption of AI practices in the workplace. This is the fourth and last article., looking at the importance of symbols and rituals in increasing AI adoption in the workplace. The third part looked at driving AI adoption through key stakeholders and a champions network, which you can read here.
If you want something done – give it to the busiest person - simplycommunicate
Marc Wright, Simply, a Gallagher Company Founder and Digital Strategist, runs a series of articles on the adoption of AI practices in the workplace. This is the third part, looking at driving AI adoption through key stakeholders and a champions network. You can read part two, looking at enthusing employees about using AI through a clear vision, not badgering them around policy and procedure, here.
Start with the treasure, not the dragon
Marc Wright, Simply, a Gallagher Company Founder and Digital Strategist, runs a series of articles on the adoption of AI practices in the workplace. This is the second part, looking at enthusing employees about using AI through a clear vision, not badgering them around policy and procedure. You can read part one, focusing on how you can leverage external factors to create better buy-in from employees, here.
Peril comes not from AI, but from each other
Marc Wright, Simply, a Gallagher Company Founder and Digital Strategist, runs a series of articles on the adoption of AI practices in the workplace. This is the first part focusing on how your can leverage external factors to create better buy-in from employees. One of the big challenges of introducing change into any large organisation is that employees often feel like the disruption is being imposed on them rather than being developed with them.
Yankees GM Brian Cashman Joins Team in St. Petersburg Amid Persistent Slump
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Hulk Hogan's Son, Nick Bollea, Sentenced to Probation After DUI Plea in Clearwater
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The Lady Vanishes by Alison Sandy, Bryan Seymour
A much-loved mother, teacher and friend steps on a plane for an overseas adventure and is never seen again. When Marion Barter disappeared in 1997, police initially dismissed it as the actions of a divorced mother abandoning her family. In this book, the creators of the addictive global hit podcast The Lady Vanishes detail the winding investigation into Marion's disappearance, from tentative early police efforts to her daughter's 27-year search for answers.
Negotiating the Communication Maze
Last week simplycommunicate were in Prague running a workshop for 20 communications pros who worked for various well-known beer brands across Europe. Why were we there? Well this team face a problem that anyone working in a global comms function will know only too well. How do you align the comms teams in your matrix organisation when each member is fiercely loyal to their local market-leading brand? It's a problem that will always be with us, as global behemoths acquire local brands.
Firstup Infuses AI into Intelligent Communication Platform
OK - so the first fruits of AI in internal comms is going to be our ability to hyper-personalise, just like our cousins in marketing have been doing. Firstup are in pole posityion to deliver these goodies. #internalcommms #digitalworkplaces Today we are announcing #CommunicationAI, the introduction of GenAI into the Firstup platform. While there is debate around the AI hype, we can all agree GenAI is only as strong as the underlying data grounding the model.
Marc Wright on LinkedIn: Workscape Report 2022 – simplycommunicate
"The largest business challenge which internal communicators are working on is employee engagement. 63 percent stated this was a primary concern." Read what is keeping IC practitioners up at night.... We have launched our first-ever annual simply workscape report 2022. This looks at new ways of working for internal communicators, focusing on the biggest areas of development, pain points, how technology can enable better communication, and what communicators need to focus on in the future.
Marc Wright on LinkedIn: #internalcomms
Membership Associations, B2B or STM Publishers, and Information Providers - have you registered for our upcoming webinar? Join simplycommunicate's Founder, Marc Wright, and Zapnito's Director of Strategy & Partnerships, Karien Stroucken (M.A.) on October 13th, to learn how to unlock growth in knowledge-driven organizations with online communities.
Simply-Communicate Limited | internal communication plans and employee communication toolkits
Download our playbook and use it in your organisation. I’ve made a playbook focusing on the first of the three steps critical to implementing an optimised digital workplace: the discovery stage. The next two stages: development and delivery, will be published in the following weeks.
Simply-Communicate Limited | internal communication plans and employee communication toolkits
simplySUMMIT and simplyEXP take place on 15 & 16 November respectively, at St Paul’s, Barbican, London. While simplySUMMIT is a regular, flagship event run by simplycommunicate, delving into the most pressing issues and trends in IC right now such as ESG, DE&I, and hybrid working, simplyEXP is a new event on the calendar, allowing a deep dive into the tech platforms that allow communication and collaboration.
Simply-Communicate Limited | internal communication plans and employee communication toolkits
Beezy, the intelligent intranet platform designed to enhance the digital workplace experience for employees, which integrateswith the Microsoft platform, has been acquired by communications and space management platformAppSpace. Founded in 2002 and with headquarters in Texas, Appspace is a software platform that delivers content to workplace devices.
Simply-Communicate Limited | internal communication plans and employee communication toolkits
simplycommunicate is hosting one of itsflagship events, simplySUMMIT, on 15 November 2021, followed by simplyEXP, new to the calendar, the following day on 16 November. These are both taking place at St Paul’s, Barbican, London. simplySUMMIT will focus on themes such as diversity, equity and inclusion, the role of technology in hybrid working, and include case studies such as rolling out an office first comms programme to over 200,000 people at Wells Fargo.
Simply-Communicate Limited | internal communication plans and employee communication toolkits
Twenty years ago I sat in the London offices of an American oil services company taking the conference brief for a CEO’s script. He was an oilman of the old school – no nonsense and pretty brutal in his management style. When his PA came in with the coffee she all but threw it over the guy, and left the room with her nose in the air. “The natives are revolting,” he explained.
Simply-Communicate Limited | internal communication plans and employee communication toolkits
the round-up this week includes the following: simplySUMMIT and simplyEXP tickets available, IC professionals in the UK are paid less and changes to LinkedIn profile card integration. 1) Agenda shaping up for simplySUMMIT and simplyEXP One of simply’s flagship events, simplySUMMIT, and a brand new event to the calendar, simplyEXP, will take place over two days at St Paul’s, London, on 15 & 16 November respectively.
Simply-Communicate Limited | internal communication plans and employee communication toolkits
The Diversity in PR conference is the first of a two-part online event series created by the founders of A Leader Like Me, Advita Patel and Priya Bates. The events strive to build an empowering community where under-represented individuals can learn from each other and gain information, insights and inspiration that creates confidence and career progression.
Simply-Communicate Limited | internal communication plans and employee communication toolkits
Kelli Carlson is a veteran comms professional who now leads several workplace experience programs with the corporate properties team. She is also responsible for digital transformation. It is a big responsibility in an organisation of 200,000 people. “We have a huge working team.
Simply-Communicate Limited | internal communication plans and employee communication toolkits
Check out the latest news from our world. 1. Microsoft launch an employee engagement tool with the Josh Bersin Company This week, Microsoft announced that they have collaborated with the HR analyst-led organisation The Josh Bersin Company, and created an employee engagement assessment tool that leaders can use to examine their employee experience and assess which yields the biggest impact.
Simply-Communicate Limited | internal communication plans and employee communication toolkits
Drawing on SWOOP’s research, and our own experience and case studies, here are some top tips to help drive leadership engagement with Yammer. According to research from SWOOP into how Yammer is used, one common trait of high-performing businesses is having senior leadership active on the platform. Where do you start with building senior team engagement?
5 crucial questions to ask before launching your intranet
Grapple with these essential considerations before overhauling your messaging hub. If your colleagues are socially distancing themselves from your content, your firewalls are leaking and managers have taken to collaborating on WhatsApp, then it might be time to get yourself a new intranet. Before you do so, ask these five questions to make sure your new platform is a good fit for post-pandemic hybrid working. [FREE REPORT: Time For Change: Managing A Successful Future Of Work] 1.
Simply-Communicate Limited | internal communication plans and employee communication toolkits
simply ask these 5 questions to make sure your new platform is fit for post-pandemic hybrid working. If your colleagues are socially distancing themselves from your content; WFH is showing up your creaky search; your firewalls are leaking and managers have taken to collaborating on WhatsApp then now is the time to get yourself a new intranet. Is hyper-personalisation important – or, err, just hype?
Simply-Communicate Limited | internal communication plans and employee communication toolkits
Nazir Ul-Ghani is the Head of Workplace by Facebook for all of EMEA. We wanted to know why a man who made his career in start-ups chose to join one of the biggest companies in the world? And why he can’t wait for his son to buy him a pint. Nazir Ul-Ghani I worked at other businesses, but when I came here, I just couldn’t believe the level of transparency. Having a great culture is actually around people being able to be themselves. I can be myself. And I want everybody from my team to be themselves.
Simply-Communicate Limited | internal communication plans and employee communication toolkits
I meet all kinds of people in the internal communications game: practitioners, consultants, platform vendors, comms gurus. It is one of the perks of writing regularly about IC and running simply events. But Andrew O’Shaughnessy is someone who really stands out in the IC landscape. Written by Marc Wright He built a dream from a standing start into a company that now employs over 200 in Cork and Boston.
simplycommunicate comes of age
When I first launched simplycommunicate 15 years ago, the internal communications landscape was unrecognisable from what we enjoy today. Printed newsletters abounded, approval processes averaged 3 weeks, and apart from a few pioneers in the BBC and BT no-one was even remotely thinking about a personalised intranet where staff might have a voice.
Going virtual at simplyIC live | simply-communicate
Join us broadcasting live from our virtual SimplyCity This May, the UKs largest conference for internal communicators will be showcasing how digital communication is keeping organisations in business and their people engaged. Given the ongoing global crisis, our theme for the event will be supporting your recovery through crucial conversations. Wherever you are in the world, you are invited to join us in simplyCity on May 21st 2020 12:30 – 16:30 BST.
Why join the simplynetwork
The simplynetwork is an exclusive community which enables passionate people with effective communications and transformative technology for better business results Managing internal communications is a challenge: organisations are complex, the technology is bewildering and the pace of change is accelerating. But there is help on hand. The simplynetwork gives you support when you need it most.
What members say
“It’s refreshing for us to be part of a community of corporate communications professionals that shares a passion for transforming the way their organizations work. Thank you for continuing to be a leader in this space.” Steve Nguyen, Microsoft “Thanks again for the conference and in particular the IC strategy session on Tuesday – as I said – sooo helpful and perfect timing for us as ours is under major review.” Jo Hobbs, Ocado “A quick note to say thanks you for a great day on Monday.
Choose the membership for you
We have the membership that best suits the size of your team, where you want to take them and how much you want to invest.
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Networking It can be a lonely business curating communications for an entire organisation. As a member of the simplynetwork you have access to other like-minded professionals. Ask a question of your peers or add a post to share what’s on your mind. You will quickly get advice and signposting that could save you days of research. And if you are looking for new members for your team – ask the network and get access to hundreds of connections who are involved in IC and the digital workplace.
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Hawksmoor, Workplace Communications | simply communicate
Would you love to be part of a group at work that posts about creating the perfect steak and chips? You can if you work for the restaurant group Hawksmoor that connects 660 staff in restaurants from London to New York. Madeleine Geach is Head of Culture at the Hawksmoor Group which has six high-end restaurants in London and one apiece in Manchester, Edinburgh and are just opening in New York.
Jonathan and Lisa join simply full-time
simplycommunicate, Europe’s leading community for internal communications and digital transformation bolsters Executive Leadership Team with two senior hires London, 14th January 2020: simplycommunicate, Europe’s leading community of internal comms professionals, has expanded its senior leadership team with two additions. Jonathan Phillips joins as Head of Consultancy and Lisa Pantelli joins as Head of Content and Community. Both will become equity partners in the business.
Generic Comms Toolkit for you to download
We have created a generic Comms Toolkit which our simplynetwork members can download and adapt for their own training manual. Aimed at Managers it covers 4 key areas of employee communication.
Clearbox Report, Internal Communications
The Clearbox Report is your buyers’ guide to intranet products for SharePoint and Office 365 with: 30+ products expertly reviewed Updated quarterly 600 pages Instant download Take a look >> We can offer a special and exclusive discount for readers of simplycommunicate: sign up to our newsletter today to receive your discount code!
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The Clearbox Report is your buyers’ guide to intranet products for SharePoint and Office 365 with: 30+ products expertly reviewed Updated quarterly 600 pages Instant download Take a look >> We can offer a special and exclusive discount for readers of simplycommunicate: Just use the code CyberSmileSPR5 when you order
smilelondon is live!
Watch the event from your phone and desktop: 8:30 – 12:30 2:30 – 5:30 View the agenda Streaming by Kinura
17th-19th March - 3 day Strategic Comms Expert training with Sue Dewhurst
The Comms Expert Series is the brand new training solution created by employee communication expert Sue Dewhurst. We know that every internal communicator needs to be strategic – use communication as a business enabler, work collaboratively – help others see and use the power of communication and help organisations transform – smooth the path and help behaviour change happen.
Microsoft, Yammer | simply communicate
smilelondon is a week away and the timing could not be better for any communicator who is rolling out the popular Microsoft tools Teams, Yammer, O365, SharePoint and Stream. This week has been full of news coming from Microsoft’s Ignite conference in Orlando, Florida. Most significant for the internal communications community is the announcement of the new Yammer.
Microsoft, O365 and Yammer
Microsoft have just announced major new changes in the O365 suite of tools – in particular Yammer and MS Teams and your IT colleagues need to know about them. Well you can help – and gain an ally in the process. We are flying in Microsoft’s top team for Yammer and O365 Groups on Nov 18th to London. Murali Sitaram and Steve Nguyen are giving the keynote at smilelondon – the UK’s largest conference on internal communications and the digital workplace.
Information Overload, Webinar | simply communicate
For this year’s “Information Overload Day” on October 15th, the Information Overload Research Group sponsored an online Webinar featuring speakers that focused on the specialized topics of “Beyond Email – The Next Generation of Solutions”.
Internal Communications, Community | simply communicate
Networking It can be a lonely business developing a new platform for an entire organisation. As a member of the simplynetwork you have access to other like-minded professionals. Ask a question of your peers or add a post to share what’s on your mind. You will quickly get advice and signposting that could save you days of research. And if you are looking for new members for your team – ask the network and get access to hundreds of connections who are involved in IC and the digital workplace.
Thought Leadership, Creative Communications
November saw the fourth and biggest ever ‘DRPGBIGtalk’, staged at DRPG’s 212 studios in Worcestershire. The thought leadership event transported 150 delegates to New Frontiers incorporating insight and innovation including keynote presentations, workshops and interactive sessions, hosted by experts from the industry and the DRPG team.
Microsoft Partner, Digital Transformation
Dave Bowman of Fresh Intranets visited Microsoft’s Inspire event where the software giant revealed its plans to its technology partners. In this 11 minute video hear Dave talk about the rise of Microsoft Teams, the plans for Yammer and SharePoint and a range of improvements that you can exploit in your enterprise once you get O365 in the cloud.
Internal Communications, Remote Workers
Research from Gatehouse tells us that remote workers/ non-desk based workers are one of the biggest barriers to effective internal communication, yet the priorities on the list for internal communicators doesn’t reflect this challenge. Jenni Field, Director of Redefining Communications and President-Elect for the Chartered Institute of Public Relations teamed up with Benjamin Ellis from SocialOptic to explore why this was continuing to be a challenge, and why it wasn’t a priority.
How your business can avoid a hard exit
At Monster we have recently produced our latest UK Jobs Confidence Index, which aims to measure how confident people feel about the labour market and understand what implications that has for workers, job seekers and employers, writes Larraine Solomon, Global Vice President Internal Communications, Employee Engagement and Change at Monster Worldwide One of our key findings was that one in four workers do not feel confident about their job security over the next six months.
Will AI take your job? - smilelondon
August 15, 2019 4:06 pm Published by Marc Wright 3:45pm Stephen Waddington and Martyn Perks explore the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the world of internal communication. From robots writing company announcements to algorithms that might block your next promotion the world of IC is not immune to the impact of AI. Will AI be a force for better communication or the big brother in our brave new world? Categorised in: Day 1 This post was written by Marc Wright Comments are closed here.
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