’09 End of year report

Read what the internal communications network have been up to over the past year here (under the heading ‘other’ near the bottom of the page

Output from the Internal Communications Network Christmas do!

See if you can spot ‘drug dealer snowman’ and ‘stripper snowman’. Such a fun evening, who’d have thought we could all draw so well after a few glasses of bubbles…

Christmas Drinks and Fun Tonight!

It’s not too late if you would like to come along to the Network’s end of year gathering tonight. It’s called " the lighter side of visualisation" - learning how to draw all your favourite Xmas characters such as Santa and Rudolph - and maybe even your partner, family, or boss - inspired with a glass of Christmas cheer. We'll be creating our own cards. Are you game?

Prizes for the best and not so best cards...

*Delectable Christmas nibbles and bites, bubbles and juice. $25per head (pay on the door) or click here to contact Sarah Perry at SnapComms.

Doing more for less - 20th Oct meeting

Our speaker for this meeting is Martin Coates.

This presentation will cover the need to communicate effectively, the 4-stage Visualisation process, and the benefits of using this approach. As you might expect, a presentation on Visualisation will have loads of pictures, based on real life examples and success stories. Martin aims to make this a fun and interactive presentation, so remember to bring your pencil and paper in order to unlock your own creative "right brain" potential!

Tuesday, 20th October, 5:30 - 8:00pm (6:00pm start)
Committee Room 1 at the ARC (Auckland Regional Council) Office click here to register.

Free Workshop Offer for Melcrum SCM Sydney

Since SnapComms are a global sponsor of Melcrum this year, there is a special offer for 'Friends of Snap'

Enter the keyword “Snap” when you sign up and you’ll get the pre-conference workshops for free. (The Workshops Package is usually AU$3,195 + GST, but friends of Snap can attend for AU$2,395 + GST.)

If you have stumbled on this but are not currently a 'friend of Snap', feel free to drop your contact details to us here and we'll be your friend (and add you to our mailing list - it's about 3 emails per year and of course you can unsubscribe!)

Great to see old faces and new last night

Great night at the Internal Communications networking event last night. Some new faces, good wine and great discussion (plus a few name plays on the word Twitter which kept us all giggling...!)

The consensus at the end seemed to be – “Surely, if Twitter is useful as an internal communications tool, we wouldn’t need to dig so hard to find compelling strengths to overcome its weaknesses...”

The next meeting on the 15th Sept will be focusing on measuring internal communications.

Send a note here to register or be added to the mailing list.

Social media as an internal communications tool

There is a lot of hype around social media “revolutionising the way we communicate“. Twitter, in particular, has received extensive media coverage. There is little doubt that such tools are an essential part of external corporate communications….but what about from an employee communications perspective?

Our speaker for this meeting is Sarah Perry, SnapComms.
Sarah will facilitate a discussion around some of the benefits and realities of such social media tools for employee communications

Details
The meeting will take place on:
Tuesday, 4th August, 5:30 - 8:00pm (6:00pm start) Committee Room 1 at the ARC (Auckland Regional Council) Office, Crn Pitt St and Hopetoun St.

To attend or be added to the mailing list, send a note here.

Internal communications resources & white papers http://ping.fm/s4zfm

SharePointStrengths and Weaknessnes - Video

Here

Internal Communications – supporting engagement in a recession

Internal Comms Network meeting topic: “Internal Communications – supporting engagement in a recession”
Our speakers for this meeting are Julie Cunningham, Cunningham Associates. Julie will present her experience as a HR Consultant on how organisations approach (or not) engagement, how it is measured and how engagement is driven from and HR perspective.

Details
The meeting will take place on:
· Tuesday, 23 June, 5:30 - 8:00pm (6:00pm start)
· Committee Room 1 at the ARC (Auckland Regional Council) Office,
· Crn Pitt St and Hopetoun St.

As usual, there will be a small charge of $5 to cover expenses (receipts available).

Click here to RSVP

Video - Employee Communications During a Downturn

Can be found here.

Creative ways to compensate for an old intranet

Useful intranet tips presentation here.

Internal communications - stepping up during a recession

Read a related white paper from SnapComms here
Participate in a facilitated workshop at our next networking meeting on the 12th May (5.30pm at the ARC building, meeting room 2). Please RSVP here

SharePoint Conference

SharePoint is coming up more and more at our meetings so this conference may be of interest to some (2nd and 3rd July in Wellington).

Crisis Communication - 31st March 2009

Diarise Tuesday 31 March – Internal Comms Network Meeting at ARC Meeting Rooms.

Topic: “Crisis Communication Management”
Our speaker for this meeting is Dominique Crikemans from Air NZ. Dominique will present a case study around the tragedy recently faced by Air NZ. Dominique, as Acting Group Internal Communications Manager was part of the communications team that handled the internal and external communications around the accident. Dominique will talk about how the Internal Communications team dealt with this crisis internally and the role they played.

Change Communications at The Warehouse

Last night Christine Sewell gave an insightful presentation about Change Communications within The Warehouse. The presentation is available here. Thanks very much Christine!

Internal Comms Network February meeting

This month’s meeting topic is “Change Management” and our speaker Christine Sewell - Change Manager at The Warehouse (to be confirmed) will discuss the Kotter Model of Change:

Time: Tuesday, 17th February, 5:30 - 8:00pm
Place: Committee Room 2 at the ARC (Auckland Regional Council) Office, Crn Pitt St and Hopetoun St.
As usual, there will be a small charge of $5 to cover expenses.

Please RSVP by Thursday 12th February