Archive for September, 2010

Money-Saving Strategies for Internal Communications September 24, 2010 No Comments

Want to make yourself a more valuable employee? Conventional wisdom says there are two ways to accomplish that: make money or save money.  One way for you to save the company money—one that’s often overlooked—is by finding a more cost-effective way to communicate internally. From training and development to investor relations and company-wide messages, here [...]

Webinar Feedback – 4 Best Practices September 17, 2010 No Comments

Keep ‘em interested. Keep ‘em talking. Engagement has become a watchword in the social media world. Yet engagement is also a gotta-have component of an effective webinar. Your message will be successful if the audience is interested and participatory. Unfortunately, the webinar format can make engagement a challenge because presenters can’t see the yawns and [...]

Trample Time Wasters with Teleconferences September 10, 2010 No Comments

Time wasters. Every office has them. Some of them, like watching Susan Boyle on YouTube or debating the college football pool, are of our own making. Others, however, are a product of processes that could be improved. Whether you’re in charge of product development or manage the PR team, you know how frustrating those inefficient [...]

Beware! How to Avoid Delivering a Scary Webinar September 3, 2010 No Comments

Halloween is still two months away but already creepy masks and frightening costumes are  making their way onto end caps and POP displays everywhere. Unfortunately, scary webinars can happen any time of year. If you’re charged with delivering a webinar, beware of these things that can frighten off your target audience:
Beware of the Unknown
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