Internal Comms Network Research - May 2011

Presentation from Ideas Shop presented by Anna and Amanda on Tuesday 10th May. View here

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.