Category: Employee Communication

  • Aviva Investors, the uncaring employer

    It’s probably just as well that Aviva Investors talks only about its markets and its clients on its website home page, and not its employees. According to a report in the Telegraph, the HR department at the asset management firm…

  • EU: The internet cuts out the middle man

    The EU Observer reports that the European Parliament is looking at how its 736 deputies and 6,000 staff should prepare for novelties such as internet-politics, multi-lateralism and enhanced legal powers. […] A recent example of the power of the internet…

  • A memorable video to tell your social media policy story

    If you’re planning to produce policies and guidelines for using social media in your organization, take a look at how an engaging video may well be the most effective communication tool you can use. The Department of Justice in the…

  • Make podcasting take off for you

    There’s an intriguing article on the BBC Click website that says the term “podcasting” has largely disappeared from view as attention has increasingly turned to social media, and asks: why has such a popular technology received such a small amount…

  • On the death of a mainstream medium

    It’s an astonishing end to a newspaper that published its first edition in 1843 and grew to become the biggest-circulation English-language weekly newspaper in the world, with a readership averaging close to 7.5 million in 2010. That newspaper is the…