There has been a seismic shift in the workforce in early 2020. Most office buildings have partially closed. A majority of employees are now working from out of their homes, and thoughts are trending towards permanently staying that way. The workplace culture you used to have is now attempting to be recreated over video calls. But is hosting a virtual
ALI Conferences announces new ALI Star of the Month ALI Conferences is thrilled to say that we have a number of speakers, hosts, and attendees who have loved our virtual and in-person conferences, and who continue to attend year-after-year to learn new, updated insights and strategies on employee experience, communications, human resources, and more. To thank these Conference Community members,
How many of us can say that they use Office 365 (or Microsoft 365, as it is now known) now more than ever before? Communication and company culture are large factors in retaining and gaining engaged employees. With a greater emphasis on a remote workforce, you’ll need to consider how you will continue to improve employee engagement and create a
As many employees continue to work from home amid the COVID-19 outbreak, many may begin to catch the “work-from-home-blues.” They might feel isolated, lonely, or even unappreciated — especially those who are new to remote work. However, there are numerous research-backed ways that companies can support employees during these hectic times, ease their concerns, and ultimately boost their morale. It
How You Can Help Your Employee Experience in 2020 As communicators, HR professionals, and marketers, it’s important—now more than ever—to use best practices and unique employee engagement strategies. At ALI Conferences, we are committed to providing you up-to-date trends and tips to help manage your new challenges during this ever-changing time of crisis. As a result of travel restrictions during
Updated: March 30, 2020 We’ve seen a lot of articles lately about the symptoms and reactions to the Coronavirus, or COVID-19, but what about your employees? As the weeks go on, we are hearing from more organizations that they are restricting travel and extending work from home days. To help you frame and implement your own organization’s procedures, we’ve collected
Register here for ALI’s Storytelling for Internal Communications conference, March 17-19 in Washington D.C For employees to feel passionate about their work, they need to feel that they are part of a greater community rather than just a company. Ensuring that your employees feel like they are part of a greater mission will help their enthusiasm to go beyond their
You’ve created all this content for your employees, but how do you measure their engagement with it and to what level? Khaner Walker, Director of Global Internal and External Communications, and his team at Lenovo have built a real-time employee communications dashboard to measure just that. Walker will be speaking at Storytelling for Internal Communications, March 17-19, 2020 in Washington,
Scott Miller is the Director of Strategic Communications at Columbia University – Information Technology and he will be speaking at the 7th Annual Strategic Internal Communications – West conference, January 28-30 in San Francisco. Scott sat down with us to tell us about his upcoming session and himself as a communicator. What do you hope your peers will take away
As communicators we can also support the HR department in phrasing their professional jargon into simple sentences. Keep asking ”why” so many times that you will help the whole organization understand what they should know and what they should do differently in the future. You can ask any professional to explain their complex facts as if they were talking to their mother or their 10-year-old child.