In case you haven’t noticed, there’s an interesting trend going on in the employee communications world. 10% of employees have downloaded the app and used it in the first four weeks. In employee’s email inboxes by 6:30 a.m., MORE
This is tied for the highest number Gallup has found since it began tracking employee engagement in 2000. Gallup also found an all-time low of “actively disengaged” employees (13 percent). RELATED: Discover the secret to creating workplaces employees love ]. MORE
Social media has redefined crisis response in three important ways: outlet options, messaging speed and employee engagement. But the most important change to crisis response has been under-reported and underutilized—the power of employee evangelists. Guest Post by Laurel Kennedy. MORE
On Tuesday, Uber fired 20 employees following an investigation into sexual harassment and other previously ignored complaints at the company. reported : At an all-hands meeting today , Uber released the results of a Perkins Coie LLP investigation into 215 employees accused of harassment. MORE
The good news is that employees engage better with content produced by their colleagues, anyway. These dual realities have merged to create one of the liveliest trends in contemporary communication: employee-generated content. Studies have shown that engaged employees perform better. MORE
The Skimm only has 15 full-time employees, so the Skimmbassadors have been a HUGE part of publisher’s success over the last couple years. The Skimmbassador Program may be the best example I’ve seen of an employee social advocacy program. Case Studies Employee Communication MORE
Gunman shot through the glass door to the office and opened fire on multiple employees. The Capital Gazette’s response to the unthinkable loss of five of its journalists to gun violence was to do their jobs—and do them well. MORE
But here’s the thing: When your employees go home at night, what programs and platforms are they using? A wealth of apps on phones that allow these employees to do everything from bank to make travel reservations to buy clothing with just a few simple clicks. MORE
Next, it is interesting that Earnshaw’s chapter title focuses on relationships with employees, where the 2014 text has a more functionalist title. Employees naturally are and always should be the most important corps of good-will ambassadors for the company. MORE
As the President of a growing agency, it seems every week I find myself in a conversation about employee retention. The article examines what Hoffman argues is the “dishonest conversation” between employees and employers. Agency Life employee retention employees MORE
Are you struggling to measure the effectiveness of your employee communications? You distribute quarterly surveys and maybe peek at email open rates consistently, but you’re still not able to pinpoint the true impact your employee comms has on your organization. MORE
The Secret to Scale is Employees. The secret to scale is employees. Brands need to facilitate a culture of content , attract and retain those that excel in this skill, and find ways to train and activate the employee base. * * *. by Frank Strong. MORE
According to outandequal.org , one in four LGBTQ employees report experiencing employment discrimination in the last five years and nearly one in 10 LGBTQ employees have left a job because the environment was unwelcoming. This June, communities across the U.S. MORE
While the majority of the time was spent detailing tips and tricks to use on each of these social networks, one speaker in particular highlighted what I believe to be the most underutilized, but highly effective social selling tactics: employee engagement. MORE
Given the opportunity, I believe most employees will act responsibly. If you enjoyed this post, you might also like: Scale Content Marketing: Employees are the Secret. The post Crisis Comms: No one More Reliable than an Employee appeared first on Sword and the Script. MORE
And, it got me thinking: Introducing a new CEO to the rank-and-file employees is a big job. APPrise Mobile recently conducted a study that found “nearly a quarter (23 percent) of Americans who work at companies with more than 500 employees are unsure of the name of their CEO.” MORE
When you apply this truth to social media marketing efforts, your employees—not online influencers with massive followings—make the difference. revealed that 71 percent of digital marketers either currently use employee ambassadors or want to for future campaigns. MORE
Consider the following: Three out of four (75 percent) employees report wasting time to keep up with the constant dings, pings, chats and more. I believe a big reason employees are using words like this to describe corporate communications is simple: There’s simply much technology. MORE
As the UK department store British Home Stores (BHS) went into administration last week (a situation similar to going into “Chapter 11” in the USA), questions are being asked about how it was run to the detriment of employees and their pension fund. care for employees; and. MORE
The post Reputation Management: Making Employees Brand Ambassadors appeared first on 5WPR CEO Ronn Torossian Founder's Blog. Reputation management is no easy feat for any company. In fact, the bigger the company, the less control it seems to have over people’s beliefs about its corporate values and decisions. Need some convincing? Take a look at industry leaders like Wal-Mart and Bank of America, versus smaller competitors like Target and SunTrust. The perception is not the same. MORE
Richard Russell, a 29-year-old Horizon Air employee, took a 76-seat plane into the air—seemingly with no flight training or experience. They're credential employees. If he was an authorized employee of an airline, it wouldn’t have been that difficult to get on the plane itself. […]. MORE
The post Publix Is Great At Public Relations… And To Their Employees appeared first on 5WPR CEO Ronn Torossian Founder's Blog. In NYC, Publix isn’t a big deal. But if you are from the Southeast, particularly Florida, Publix is a little slice of heaven disguised as a grocery store. And when a new location opens, that’s occasion for big news. Recently, residents of Central Florida and Northern Alabama both got new Publix stores. Both openings made huge local news. MORE
Half of marketing and advertising hiring decision makers (50 percent) surveyed feel productivity would increase if their company instituted a compressed schedule, where employees work four 10-hour days. MORE
Are your employees passionate about working for your brand? Whatever the case, you can bet your employees share their opinions on social – and your audience is taking note. Employees that feel empowered and inspired in the workplace make positive brand advocates on social media. MORE
I’ve sat through convention and forum talks where various oracles pronounced that: employees just want to be loved. Just look at the many different ways Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’s work on death and dying , and her change curve turns up in jolly presentations about employee motivation. MORE
Gallup’s latest “State of the Global Workplace” report says a staggering 85 percent of employees are not engaged at work. A great way to do this is to create a survey where you ask your employees what they would like to see improved in their culture. MORE
According to OfficeTeam , which surveyed more than 600 office workers, employees are wasting an average of 56 minutes per day on their phones. All that Facebook peeking, Amazon sifting and fantasy football tinkering is taking a toll on productivity. MORE
Employee advocacy can help you make that possible. All that’s necessary to run an effective PR campaign via employee advocacy is strategic PR content, a comprehensive employee advocacy guide , and a reliable employee advocacy platform. Guest Post by Jessica Davis. MORE
When you see a new post on your company’s social media page, can you tell which of your employees was responsible for writing it? The post How to ensure your employees properly represent your brand appeared first on Agility PR Solutions. MORE
The post Employee Morale and Patient Experience Belong in the Same Conversation appeared first on LTPR. Uncategorized communications Employee Morale Healthcare internal communications Patient Experience PR MORE
It combines two loves of mine: employee communications and social media. And one big part of that kind of work is figuring out how to engage and incent existing employees to advocate for the brand online. HOW do you encourage employees to share your message? MORE
The post 3 productive PR strategies for recruiting new employees appeared first on Agility PR Solutions. Companies that have great PR are likely to have more job applicants from more qualified candidates. MORE
When I brought on Geben’s first employees—a tiny team gathered around my dining room table—everything was new. Being involved in a startup like that—even as an employee—requires some amount of entrepreneurial spirit. Hire Employees Who Care. MORE
I was surprised to get a Facebook request from my company ( Six Degrees PR ) to join its Page named “Six Degrees PR bunker.” I never thought that any company would step up to connect and engage with its employees through a private Facebook Page – this was quite a surprise to me. MORE
Your employees are often your company’s best storytellers. warns that starting an employee activation initiative with your HR department or upper management can backfire. Employees may be skeptical if HR or leadership pushes them to act,” he says. “If MORE
Employees working outside a company’s factories are becoming more vocal about benefits and wages. RELATED: Create a workforce of employee ambassadors who love your brand. ]. Walmart announced a plan to increase wages for about 40 percent of its employees. MORE
Getting employees involved on social media may seem like a terrifying idea. One employee’s inappropriate tweet could result in a social media crisis. Look for what your employees are doing to go above and beyond their job expectations and daily duties. MORE
When Baptist Health’s health news site reported on the risks of an e-cigarette that looks like a flash drive, parent-employees at the Jacksonville, Florida hospital network were concerned. Employees are finding our information so interesting that they want to share it,” says Vikki A. MORE
The post Is Effective Employee Communications Possible? Featured PR Observations and Preferences PRGN Employee Communications Perspective Strategies PRGN Partner public relations global networkOf course it is! But, it’s not as easy is sending an email or calling a meeting. MORE
But, along the way, we heard from one surprising source as the story unfolded: An Amazon employee. And, this opens up, yet again, a discussion we’ve had before: Should employees be empowered to speak up during a company crisis or firestorm? MORE
Those of us who communicate with employees might wonder whether the effort is worthwhile. After all, employees are quick to delete an email, daydream through a town hall meeting and ignore even the most important intranet content. Do employees report that they seldom see top executives? MORE
That, my friends, is why employee communication measurement is in the state it is in. The powers that be, however, increasingly are demanding to know why employee communication matters. 3 Ways to Measure Employee Communication. Guest Post by Sean Williams. MORE
A few weeks ago, Josh Bernoff made a post that talked about a recent communication from Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s CEO, to employees about a recent series of layoffs. Rarely does a CEO or senior leader write an important message to employees on his/her own. MORE
But what one tactic can drive employee engagement and consumer support? More and more employees, particularly ones from the millennial generation and beyond, care about social activism. Find a cause that engages employees and consumers. MORE
Employee Related Topics Cision
OCTOBER 17, 2015
Getting employees involved on social media may seem like a terrifying idea. One employee’s inappropriate tweet could result in a social media crisis. Look for what your employees are doing to go above and beyond their job expectations and daily duties.
PR Daily
SEPTEMBER 15, 2018
Those of us who communicate with employees might wonder whether the effort is worthwhile. After all, employees are quick to delete an email, daydream through a town hall meeting and ignore even the most important intranet content. Do employees report that they seldom see top executives?
HMA Public Relations
MAY 10, 2018
The post Is Effective Employee Communications Possible? Featured PR Observations and Preferences PRGN Employee Communications Perspective Strategies PRGN Partner public relations global networkOf course it is! But, it’s not as easy is sending an email or calling a meeting.
Waxing UnLyrical
DECEMBER 14, 2016
Employee advocacy can help you make that possible. All that’s necessary to run an effective PR campaign via employee advocacy is strategic PR content, a comprehensive employee advocacy guide , and a reliable employee advocacy platform. Guest Post by Jessica Davis.
Waxing UnLyrical
JANUARY 8, 2013
I was surprised to get a Facebook request from my company ( Six Degrees PR ) to join its Page named “Six Degrees PR bunker.” I never thought that any company would step up to connect and engage with its employees through a private Facebook Page – this was quite a surprise to me.
Shift Communications
AUGUST 5, 2015
As the President of a growing agency, it seems every week I find myself in a conversation about employee retention. The article examines what Hoffman argues is the “dishonest conversation” between employees and employers. Agency Life employee retention employees
Waxing UnLyrical
MARCH 15, 2018
Social media has redefined crisis response in three important ways: outlet options, messaging speed and employee engagement. But the most important change to crisis response has been under-reported and underutilized—the power of employee evangelists. Guest Post by Laurel Kennedy.
Waxing UnLyrical
AUGUST 26, 2015
That, my friends, is why employee communication measurement is in the state it is in. The powers that be, however, increasingly are demanding to know why employee communication matters. 3 Ways to Measure Employee Communication. Guest Post by Sean Williams.
PR Conversations
MAY 3, 2016
As the UK department store British Home Stores (BHS) went into administration last week (a situation similar to going into “Chapter 11” in the USA), questions are being asked about how it was run to the detriment of employees and their pension fund. care for employees; and.
Agility PR Solutions
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
Half of marketing and advertising hiring decision makers (50 percent) surveyed feel productivity would increase if their company instituted a compressed schedule, where employees work four 10-hour days.
Sword and the Script
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
Given the opportunity, I believe most employees will act responsibly. If you enjoyed this post, you might also like: Scale Content Marketing: Employees are the Secret. The post Crisis Comms: No one More Reliable than an Employee appeared first on Sword and the Script.
Agility PR Solutions
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
When you see a new post on your company’s social media page, can you tell which of your employees was responsible for writing it? The post How to ensure your employees properly represent your brand appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.
Communications Conversations
SEPTEMBER 2, 2015
It combines two loves of mine: employee communications and social media. And one big part of that kind of work is figuring out how to engage and incent existing employees to advocate for the brand online. HOW do you encourage employees to share your message?
Ron Torossian
APRIL 11, 2016
The post Reputation Management: Making Employees Brand Ambassadors appeared first on 5WPR CEO Ronn Torossian Founder's Blog. Reputation management is no easy feat for any company. In fact, the bigger the company, the less control it seems to have over people’s beliefs about its corporate values and decisions. Need some convincing? Take a look at industry leaders like Wal-Mart and Bank of America, versus smaller competitors like Target and SunTrust. The perception is not the same.
Communications Conversations
OCTOBER 7, 2014
But here’s the thing: When your employees go home at night, what programs and platforms are they using? A wealth of apps on phones that allow these employees to do everything from bank to make travel reservations to buy clothing with just a few simple clicks.
Cision
JUNE 8, 2015
But what one tactic can drive employee engagement and consumer support? More and more employees, particularly ones from the millennial generation and beyond, care about social activism. Find a cause that engages employees and consumers.
PR Daily
JUNE 18, 2018
When you apply this truth to social media marketing efforts, your employees—not online influencers with massive followings—make the difference. revealed that 71 percent of digital marketers either currently use employee ambassadors or want to for future campaigns.
PR Daily
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
This is tied for the highest number Gallup has found since it began tracking employee engagement in 2000. Gallup also found an all-time low of “actively disengaged” employees (13 percent). RELATED: Discover the secret to creating workplaces employees love ].
Cision
AUGUST 10, 2015
While the majority of the time was spent detailing tips and tricks to use on each of these social networks, one speaker in particular highlighted what I believe to be the most underutilized, but highly effective social selling tactics: employee engagement.
Agility PR Solutions
AUGUST 16, 2018
The post 3 productive PR strategies for recruiting new employees appeared first on Agility PR Solutions. Companies that have great PR are likely to have more job applicants from more qualified candidates.
PR Conversations
NOVEMBER 20, 2014
Next, it is interesting that Earnshaw’s chapter title focuses on relationships with employees, where the 2014 text has a more functionalist title. Employees naturally are and always should be the most important corps of good-will ambassadors for the company.
prTini
DECEMBER 1, 2016
When I brought on Geben’s first employees—a tiny team gathered around my dining room table—everything was new. Being involved in a startup like that—even as an employee—requires some amount of entrepreneurial spirit. Hire Employees Who Care.
Communications Conversations
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
In case you haven’t noticed, there’s an interesting trend going on in the employee communications world. 10% of employees have downloaded the app and used it in the first four weeks. In employee’s email inboxes by 6:30 a.m.,
PR Daily
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
Are you struggling to measure the effectiveness of your employee communications? You distribute quarterly surveys and maybe peek at email open rates consistently, but you’re still not able to pinpoint the true impact your employee comms has on your organization.
PR Daily
MAY 25, 2018
Your employees are often your company’s best storytellers. warns that starting an employee activation initiative with your HR department or upper management can backfire. Employees may be skeptical if HR or leadership pushes them to act,” he says. “If
Sword and the Script
JUNE 9, 2015
The Secret to Scale is Employees. The secret to scale is employees. Brands need to facilitate a culture of content , attract and retain those that excel in this skill, and find ways to train and activate the employee base. * * *. by Frank Strong.
Cision
DECEMBER 18, 2015
Are your employees passionate about working for your brand? Whatever the case, you can bet your employees share their opinions on social – and your audience is taking note. Employees that feel empowered and inspired in the workplace make positive brand advocates on social media.
Beyond PR
JUNE 7, 2018
According to outandequal.org , one in four LGBTQ employees report experiencing employment discrimination in the last five years and nearly one in 10 LGBTQ employees have left a job because the environment was unwelcoming. This June, communities across the U.S.
Communications Conversations
MAY 4, 2016
The Skimm only has 15 full-time employees, so the Skimmbassadors have been a HUGE part of publisher’s success over the last couple years. The Skimmbassador Program may be the best example I’ve seen of an employee social advocacy program. Case Studies Employee Communication
PR Conversations
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
I’ve sat through convention and forum talks where various oracles pronounced that: employees just want to be loved. Just look at the many different ways Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’s work on death and dying , and her change curve turns up in jolly presentations about employee motivation.
PR Daily
AUGUST 13, 2018
Richard Russell, a 29-year-old Horizon Air employee, took a 76-seat plane into the air—seemingly with no flight training or experience. They're credential employees. If he was an authorized employee of an airline, it wouldn’t have been that difficult to get on the plane itself. […].
PR Daily
JUNE 29, 2018
When Baptist Health’s health news site reported on the risks of an e-cigarette that looks like a flash drive, parent-employees at the Jacksonville, Florida hospital network were concerned. Employees are finding our information so interesting that they want to share it,” says Vikki A.
Communications Conversations
JUNE 6, 2017
And, it got me thinking: Introducing a new CEO to the rank-and-file employees is a big job. APPrise Mobile recently conducted a study that found “nearly a quarter (23 percent) of Americans who work at companies with more than 500 employees are unsure of the name of their CEO.”
PR Daily
AUGUST 14, 2017
According to OfficeTeam , which surveyed more than 600 office workers, employees are wasting an average of 56 minutes per day on their phones. All that Facebook peeking, Amazon sifting and fantasy football tinkering is taking a toll on productivity.
PR Daily
MAY 17, 2018
Gallup’s latest “State of the Global Workplace” report says a staggering 85 percent of employees are not engaged at work. A great way to do this is to create a survey where you ask your employees what they would like to see improved in their culture.
Communications Conversations
AUGUST 21, 2015
But, along the way, we heard from one surprising source as the story unfolded: An Amazon employee. And, this opens up, yet again, a discussion we’ve had before: Should employees be empowered to speak up during a company crisis or firestorm?
Communications Conversations
AUGUST 12, 2015
A few weeks ago, Josh Bernoff made a post that talked about a recent communication from Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s CEO, to employees about a recent series of layoffs. Rarely does a CEO or senior leader write an important message to employees on his/her own.
PR Daily
JUNE 7, 2017
On Tuesday, Uber fired 20 employees following an investigation into sexual harassment and other previously ignored complaints at the company. reported : At an all-hands meeting today , Uber released the results of a Perkins Coie LLP investigation into 215 employees accused of harassment.
PR Daily
JUNE 29, 2018
Gunman shot through the glass door to the office and opened fire on multiple employees. The Capital Gazette’s response to the unthinkable loss of five of its journalists to gun violence was to do their jobs—and do them well.
PR Daily
MARCH 31, 2015
Employees working outside a company’s factories are becoming more vocal about benefits and wages. RELATED: Create a workforce of employee ambassadors who love your brand. ]. Walmart announced a plan to increase wages for about 40 percent of its employees.
LTPR
JUNE 25, 2015
The post Employee Morale and Patient Experience Belong in the Same Conversation appeared first on LTPR. Uncategorized communications Employee Morale Healthcare internal communications Patient Experience PR
Ron Torossian
NOVEMBER 30, 2015
The post Publix Is Great At Public Relations… And To Their Employees appeared first on 5WPR CEO Ronn Torossian Founder's Blog. In NYC, Publix isn’t a big deal. But if you are from the Southeast, particularly Florida, Publix is a little slice of heaven disguised as a grocery store. And when a new location opens, that’s occasion for big news. Recently, residents of Central Florida and Northern Alabama both got new Publix stores. Both openings made huge local news.
PR Daily
FEBRUARY 16, 2018
The good news is that employees engage better with content produced by their colleagues, anyway. These dual realities have merged to create one of the liveliest trends in contemporary communication: employee-generated content. Studies have shown that engaged employees perform better.
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