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ABT puts internal communications in the spotlight

June 27th, 2008 in News, Opinion
Get the Flash Player to see this player. An interview with Marketing Manager, Howard Downer, reveals that not everyone understands or appreciates the importance of internal communications.

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    [...] My very good friend Gerry McCusker has pointed me to a superb video by a client of his, ABT. [...]

  2. Barbara Nixon Says:

    This is fantastic. I’ll use it to kick off my Corporate PR class when we talk about internal communication.

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  7. Diana Gattellari Says:

    This is brilliant - it highlights in a very effective and humorous way the challenge many communicators face in organisations - leaders who do not understand how internal communication can help the business achieve its strategic objectives. Our job is to educate and influence their thinking so they recognise internal communications is about achieiving outcomes, not delivering outputs.

  8. Sophie Malik Says:

    Had a great laugh over this, primarily because it defines every conversation I’ve ever had with a business regarding internal communications.
    I would love to use this to kick off more talks about the function and raise awareness - if ABT is appropriately credited, would that be acceptable?

  9. Polly Pearson Says:

    So brilliant it hurts!!

    This was too close for comfort to our “before” picture at EMC — though less the “millions” spent on ads. Embracing web 2.0 technology and behavior models I believe has helped catapult EMC into a great “after” picture of employee engagement … and, of course, establishing and Employment Brand Office which is comprised of both HR and Marketing folks.

    Thanks for the fun. I’m going to call attention to this on my blog. (And thanks Larry Lawfer of “Your Stories” for sending it my way!)

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