Advanced Learning Institute

Written by: Priya Bates, ABC, MC, CMP, President, Inner Strength Communication Inc. “Communication professionals want more respect and have been talking about getting their rightful seat at the (decision-making) table for most of my career. Over 20 years as an Internal Communication professional, I’ve learned that you don’t automatically get the seat, you have to earn it. And here’s the

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By Darcie Piechowski, the Social Media & Innovation Fellow for the IBM Center for the Business of Government The immediate access to citizen feedback rendered possible by our digital world presents new and faster means for government organizations to improve their services. While the government recognizes the importance of obtaining public feedback and is beginning to encourage more feedback on

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By Caitlin Newark, Novetta Nexus The degree of interest in applications involving “cognitive fingerprints” has taken off in recent years, spearheaded in large part by government-sponsored research initiatives such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Active Authentication program, which has facilitated the exploration of numerous novel, multimodal behavioral and cognitive biometric authentication systems by both academic and private industry

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By Michael Blumenthal There’s an old project management adage, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail”. This is certainly true for deploying Office 365 and more specifically, SharePoint Online, for an organization. Planning involves more than just answering the technical questions needed to sync a company’s Active Directory to Office 365. Planning for Office 365 should involve coming

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Government agencies at the local, state, and national level are finding new and innovative ways to leverage social platforms as a low-cost and effective communication tool. While there can be challenges, there are also undeniable benefits of using social media for government outreach and citizen engagement. Before you remove ‘social media’ from your ongoing communications strategy, consider these 7 benefits

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Identity and access management (IAM) is a challenge that organizations and government agencies face every day. An IAM strategy is necessary when combating vulnerability, decreasing risk, and choosing technological solutions. Without strategy, there might be panic. And with panic comes a whole new set of challenges. Stay ahead of the curve, keep up with the trends, and implement an IAM

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Don’t just engage employees. Involve them in your brand. By: Steve Batterson and Brea Malloy, Associate Directors of Brand Strategy at Simple Truth Every business has a reason for being. Every business also has its own way of being. Internal brand activation connects the first, your brand promise, with the second, your company culture. Which, ultimately, makes the way you

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A well-planned digital workplace can have important benefits that prepare a business for the future of work. When making the case for an updated intranet and the move towards a digital workplace, consider these three benefits: Create community. Give your workforce a place to engage in two-way communication with each other. Create a valuable community through delivering 24/7 access to

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To ease the transition, make sure you avoid common digital workplace mistakes. The workplace continues to evolve past the traditional intranet. Digital transformation and transition to a digital workplace is a significant challenge, but critical to moving towards the future of work. Building a valuable and streamlined digital workplace keeps employees engaged with relevant content, the organization’s mission, and each

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The rise of intranets and digital transformation signifies a fundamental shift in the workplace: out with the old, in with the new. Organizations large and small are embracing the concept and moving towards a digital workplace. A digital workplace provides employees with the self-serve convenience of a digital information hub and collaboration tools. The digital workplace is also becoming an

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