Internal Communication Network Christmas meeting - Speed Networking

Tuesday 16^th November  - Yes OK it is a bit early but we all get so busy closer to Christmas!

Don’t miss the last IC Network meeting for 2010 – an opportunity to hear industry secrets, share tips and tricks, just in time for the new year. Join us for some Christmas fare and a few laughs.   

The Nights Topics:

1.       How to help line managers communicate with their staff

2.       Two-way communication: how to encourage staff to give feedback, ask questions and make comments

3.       How to measure the impact of your communication

4.       How to make your senior management team more ‘visible’ to staff

5.       How to reduce email overload in your organisation

6.       The role of social media in internal communication

Speakers: You’re all speakers tonight.  

An evening of speed networking: reveal your inner most secrets of why your team is such a success, find out how others do it and get all the tips and tricks needed to start your 2011 with a bang.

Venue: Members Dining Room, Auckland Regional Council, Crn Hopetoun and Pitt Streets.

Date: Tuesday 16^th November

Time: 5:30 (networking) 6:00 – 8:00pm

Investment: $20 for attendance, drinks and nibbles. RSVPs accepted with payment. Please deposit $20 into IC Network Account no. 38-9009-0882119-00 Kiwi Bank

Internal Comms Network - Change of dates: next meeting is Tuesday 28 September

If you've been flicking ahead in your diary, you may have noticed that we'd planned to hold a session next week. However, as many of us have just met the week before last at the (excellent) joint PRINZ/Internal Communications session, we've decided to move the dates for our next two meetings out a few weeks.

So please put these dates in your diary: Tuesday 28 September and Tuesday 16 November. The November session will be the last for the year. (No-one is looking for extra things to do in December!) And take these ones out: Tuesday 14 September, Tuesday 26 October and Tuesday 30 November.

Topic for our next session: Tuesday 28 September - Is your communication hitting the mark?

You know you should be doing it regularly. But, let's face it, measuring whether internal communication in your organisation is up to the mark is one of the hardest parts of your job. So join us for a practical session that will show you:

· wWhat you need to measure;

· sSome simple but effective ways to get the information you need;

· hHow to interpret and use the results.

Sharon Coombes - Director, Write Solutions Limited and Kate Thompson -On Message Business Communications will run this session.

Venue: Committee Room 1, Auckland Regional Council, Crn Hopetoun and Pitt Streets.

Date: Tuesday 28^th Sept

Time: 5:30 (networking) 6:00 – 8:00pm

Investment: $5 (if we would like to pay for the year please let us know and we will send an invoice)

Session for next year: crisis communications plans (Canterbury earthquake)

Our thoughts are with everyone in Canterbury as they come to terms with this week's devastating earthquake. The earthquake has seen many of our internal communications colleagues putting their crisis communications plans into action - or wishing they had better plans to deal with the disaster. Early next year we'll be running a discussion session to cover this topic. We'll look at what we learned: what worked, what didn't, and how we can improve for the future.

ICN and PRINZ Combined Northern Event 24 Aug 2010

People - and getting the best out of them

Finding it hard to get through to "don't bore me with the small stuff" Jim in Sales but give "stickler for details" Katie in IT all the information she wants? Or to drag ideas out of Lucy in Accounts but stop Fred in HR from holding the floor?

Then we've got the session for you! Because, when it comes to communications, one size doesn't fit all.

Come along to this joint PRINZ and ICN event and hear international keynote speaker Allie Mooney on her specialist topic: people - and getting the best out of them. Allie will cover the different ways people communicate and offer practical tips to help you make the most of these differences. She's a great speaker and we can guarantee you an interesting and entertaining evening.

Allie is a hugely experienced international keynote speaker and one of only four accredited "Certified Speaking Professionals" in New Zealand. She has won many awards, including "Speaker of the Year" (2004 and 2005), "Most Inspirational Speaker of the Year" (2007), "Most Entertaining and Humorous Speaker of the Year" (2006 and 2008) and "Author of the Year" (2008), all with the National Speakers Association of New Zealand (Auckland).

Date: 24 Aug 2010

Time: 5:45pm - 7:45pm

Venue: Glengarry, Cnr of Sale and Wellesley Streets, Auckland

Tickets are limited to 50. Once this sells out please contact the PRINZ office on (09) 358 9804 to join the wait list.

REGISTER HERE

3rd August Meeting - Telecom XT: Why internal communications matters

Remember to diarise 3rd August for our next IC Network meeting. We have the pleasure of hearing from Megan Wiltshire. Telecom XT: Why internal communications matters. How important is internal communications as part of a crisis response? Telecom NZ found out during its recent XT mobile network outages. This session will give insights and learnings from deep inside one of the year's biggest media stories in New Zealand: the multiple outages that hit Telecom's XT mobile network six months after launch. More info coming soon...

Venue: Auckland Regional Council, Crn Hopetoun and Pitt Streets.
Time: 5:30 (networking) 6:00 – 8:00pm
Investment: $5 (if we would like to pay for the year please let us know and we will send an invoice)

SharePoint presentation from the meeting

Can be found on the resources page here.

A non-techie look at Sharepoint for your organisational intranet – what you should know BEFORE you do it and the initial results

Is your organisation looking to implement Microsoft Sharepoint for your intranet? What is the role of internal communications during this period? What happens if you are ‘technologically challenged’? Who should be in charge?

This session looks at the initial implementation of a Sharepoint intranet at the New Zealand Automobile Association. Discussion will include some of the challenges that went with the planning, implementation and follow-up as well as some of the key improvements made so far.
The session will also include a look at managing intranet content and usage as staff adapt to the system in the years following implementation.

“This is definitely not focused on those looking for technical jargon or a discussion on how the technology works (because I can’t help you there) but rather some of the learning curves that a ‘non-techie’ such as myself had to overcome and a few ‘if only I knew then…’ moments.”

Speakers: Kylie Horomia, Internal Communication Consultant, New Zealand Automobile Association and Melanie Pook, Senior Communications Advisor, Chapman Tripp.

Venue: Committee Room 1, Auckland Regional Council, Crn Hopetoun and Pitt Streets.

Date: Tuesday 22nd June

Time: 5:30 (networking) 6:00 – 8:00pm

Investment: $5 (if we would like to pay for the year please let us know and we will send an invoice)

Sponsored by: Proudly sponsored by Melcrum. Find out more about the deal Melcrum is offering the IC Network – more on Tuesday.

Influencing internally to ensure your comms team is successful

Do you find yourself or your communication team brought into projects too late to make a difference? Are you in an organisation where everyone thinks they can do your job? Tired of being viewed as the odd-jobs team that orders promotional giveaways or prints posters? Then this session is for you!

Speaker: Sue Milne, Partner, Senate Communications.
Having worked both in-house as a communication manager and as an external communication advisor in consultancies, Sue understands how frustrating it can be when the communication function is overlooked or undervalued. This session was developed by her colleague, Senate partner Tracey Bridges, for Senate’s government sector clients. However the insights and suggestions are easily transferable to anyone working in communications.

Details
The meeting will take place on:
- Tuesday, 11th May, 5:30 – 7:30pm (6:00pm start)
- Members Dining Room at the ARC (Auckland Regional Council) Office, Crn Pitt St and Hopetoun St.
- $5 at the door if you have not paid your annual fee ($30)

BUPA’s social media guidelines

BUPA’s social media guidelines and presentation on social media for employee communications can be found here. Thanks very much to BUPA for sharing this resource.

Confirmed dates and topics for next meetings

Tuesday 11 May

Influencing internally to ensure your communications team is successful

Sue Milne (Senate Communications)


Other dates (topics from the list below, speakers to be advised):

* Tuesday 22 June

* Tuesday 3 August

* Tuesday 14 September

* Tuesday 26 October

* Tuesday 30 November


Topics for sessions from August to November (no particular order):

* Developing and using an intranet in SharePoint

* Communication styles

* Style guides

* The role internal comms has played in turning an organisation around

Cost = $5 on the door.

If you would like to attend or speak at one of these meetings, please contact us here.

Developing a strategy for social networking

Let’s continue the conversation we had with Sarah Perry, Snap Comms last year. Social media is here to stay – what’s what and what’s worth using

Content:

· Why a strategy’s important

· How to do the research

· Issues to consider (policies, protocols, what works for which audiences, selling it to the exec, link to marketing strategy, etc)

When: Tuesday 30th March (drinks from 5pm, session 5.30 to 7pm)
Where: ARC Meeting Room 1
Who: Facilitated by Daryl Mead, The Warehouse
Fee: $5

Annual fee – $30 (does not include any meetings partnered with PRINZ or the special Christmas meeting). Always forget your $5? You can pay your annual sub by depositing straight into IC Netwrok account

Click here to register or be added to the invite list for future meetings.

Detox your writing - Tuesday 16 February

Start 2010 as you mean to go on: Detox your writing! Facilitated by Kate Thompson

Did you overindulge over the holiday season? Are you:

· - suffering from stodgy sentences?

· - over-shooting your word counts?

· - losing the battle with ‘corporate speak’?


It happens to all of us from time to time! If this sounds like you, you need our writers’ and editors’ detox. Join us (in the privacy of your own profession) to trim down, tone up and remind yourself why less is more when it comes to getting your message across. We’ll give you some simple tips and techniques to get your writing back in shape.

When: Tuesday 16 February (drinks from 5pm, session 5.30 to 7:30pm)

Where: ARC Dining Room, Crn. Pitt and Hopetoun Streets

Who: Facilitated by Kate Thompson (On Message Business Communications)

A glass and a ½ and nibbles provided. $5 at the door