Posts Tagged ‘miri zena mcdonald’
How an attorney general’s office taps inexpensive videos to boost engagement
Miri McDonald attended Advanced Learning Institute’s Strategic Internal Communications Conference in Chicago. Like many government agencies in today’s economic environment, Washington State’s Attorney General’s Office is experiencing budgeting issues. Sarah Lane, the office’s communications consultant, is using social media combined with traditional communications to try to keep employee morale up during this climate. At her session, Lane shared her communications goals: Keep employees engaged, [...]
How BBVA Compass shares its employee-value proposition
This guest post is by Miri Zena McDonald, a strategic communications consultant. Miri tweets at @miri_orgchange. She attended the Marcus Evans 6th Annual Employee Engagement and Internal Communications Conference in Orlando, Fla. BBVA Compass is working to promote employee engagement by demonstrating its value and strength as a company to its employees, says William Trout, [...]
How Safeway put its workers on camera to improve engagement
This guest post is by Miri Zena McDonald, a strategic communications consultant. Miri tweets at @miri_orgchange. She attended the Marcus Evans 6th Annual Employee Engagement and Internal Communications Conference in Orlando. Safeway has about 1,700 stores across the U.S. and Canada, and about 186,000 employees in 10 regional divisions. Dan Pryor, vice president of corporate [...]
How Salesforce.com puts managers at the center of internal communications
This guest post is by Miri Zena McDonald, a strategic communications consultant. Miri tweets at @miri_orgchange. This post is a recap of a session at the Marcus Evans 6th Annual Employee Engagement and Internal Communications Conference last month in Orlando. Effective communication is a key retention tool, says Jeremy Henderson, director of internal communications at [...]
How Discovery made its 25th anniversary more than a party
This guest post is by Miri Zena McDonald, a strategic communications consultant. Miri tweets at @miri_orgchange. She attended the Marcus Evans 6th Annual Employee Engagement and Internal Communications Conference last week in Orlando. Discovery Communications celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. Tim Redd, manager of Discovery’s internal communications, saw this as an opportunity to reinforce [...]
How Molson Coors brewed up stronger engagement
This guest post is by Miri Zena McDonald, a strategic communications consultant. Miri tweets at @miri_orgchange. She attended the Marcus Evans 6th Annual Employee Engagement and Internal Communications Conference earlier this week in Orlando. Molson Coors was able to dramatically improve its employee engagement through its Our Brew program, Jill Hollingsworth, director of employee communications [...]
How Best Buy strives for transparency
This guest post is by Miri Zena McDonald, a strategic communications consultant. Miri tweets at @miri_orgchange. This week, she’s reporting live from Marcus Evans 6th Annual Employee Engagement and Internal Communications Conference in Orlando. Business leaders must make their strategy clear to employees if they want to foster engagement, says Gil Dennis, senior director of [...]
UBS’s Kraleigh Woodford, on communicating during times of difficult change
This guest post is by Miri Zena McDonald, a strategic communications consultant. She is passionate about employee engagement, corporate culture, and the use of social media to drive internal communications. Miri tweets at @miri_orgchange. This week, she’s reporting live from Marcus Evans 6th Annual Employee Engagement and Internal Communications Conference in Orlando. UBS, a multinational [...]
