Communications in a snap

Posted By: Cindy Crescenzo | March 14, 2009

New technology allows you to push information directly to employees in a variety of different ways. Do any of the following points describe your organization? * Employees are experiencing email overload * There is limited upward communication at your organization * There is inconsistent communication between managers and their teams * Excessive ad-hoc communications are [...]


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Can you teach an old dog new tricks? A conversation with David Murray

Posted By: Cindy Crescenzo | March 13, 2009

Steve Crescenzo and David Murray go WAY back — as both friends and communicators. Join them as they talk about how corporate communications has changed over the years, as well as how they have (or have not) adapted to these changes in the industry. Duration: 15:10 Listen to Episode 5 with Dave! Read David’s blog: Writing Boots


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BT intranet relies on social media

Posted By: Cindy Crescenzo | March 13, 2009

The British company uses blogs, podcasts, social networking, wikis, forums and user-generated content to drive its communications—and its business At the recent IntraTeam Intranet Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, BT (formerly British Telephone) communicator Richard Dennison blew the room away when he showed his organization’s intranet—which uses just about every social media tool available to allow employees [...]


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Even Facebook is slow to learn the new rules of communication.

Posted By: Cindy Crescenzo | March 13, 2009

by Robert Holland Communication at Work, Tuesday, March 03, 2009 One of the leaders of online social networking is learning a hard lesson about how the movement has changed the nature of communication. Organizations would be wise to heed the lesson. Facebook, with 175 million users worldwide – and still growing – recently tried to communicate [...]


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Crescenzo Communications: Two Minute Tips

Posted By: Cindy Crescenzo | March 13, 2009

We’re debuting a new weekly video program: Two Minute Tips. In it, we’re going to offer quick-hitting tips on everything from writing and photography to social media and online communication. Our first edition talks about corporate photography.


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Lesson Learned

Posted By: Cindy Crescenzo | March 03, 2009

Ok, so maybe all communication tools just aren’t all that creative. In fact, some of them are mind numbing. At the request of a couple of my readers, I went ahead and attempted to research video conferencing tools. My God. We can send people to the moon, but finding a simple, effective video conferencing solution [...]


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September 15, 2010

Corporate Communications 3.0: 7 Ways You Can Be Relevant 5 Years From Now

IABC Webinar: 11:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Central Time

As social media and other factors chip away at the traditional role of the communicator as "publisher," organizations are going to take a harder look at what they're getting from their communicators - and whether or not they need them at all. During this webinar Steve shows you the skills that will always be in demand, no matter how much things change and how you can blend these skills with the ones you'll need for tomorrow.

September 16, 2010

Write & Rewrite Webinar

Webinar: 1:00 p.m. Central Time

Steve Crescenzo (Write) and Jim Ylisela (Rewrite) bring you a webinar with a twist: Steve and Jim will talk about whatever's on your mind: writing, social media, intranets, running an editorial operation, executive communications, boring initiatives and common communication problems.

October 14, 2010

Strategic Creative Communications

Washington, D.C.

The only seminar that links creative communications using print, online and social media tools with strategy, research and measurement.

October 17 - 19, 2010

IABC 2010 Heritage Region Conference

Philadelphia, PA

Cutting through the Clutter: Creating Communications that People Will Actually Pay Attention to . . . and Act on! In this keynote session on October 19, Steve showcases dozens of real-life examples of how to change the very nature of how you communicate so you can cut through the clutter and grab your audiences' attention.

October 28 - 29, 2010

IABC 2010 Employee Communication Conference

Chicago, Illinois

Breakout! Turn the traditional employee communication model upside down. With new media, Web 2.0, changing demographics and shifting corporate cultures, employee communicators need to change with the times and communicate differently. On October 28, Steve will show you how.