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

’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.