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I'm glad you stopped in today. Please take a look around -- watch and rate a video, start a discussion in the Forum, join a group, take a poll, comment on a blog post -- but most importantly, get involved.

This community was built just for you. It's a place where you can visit to be inspired and to inspire others with the work you're doing to get your employees, your community and the world involved.

Thanks for being involved today. Let me know if I can get you anything to make your stay more enjoyable.

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Communicating Corporate Goals

What are some successful ways you've communicated company goals to make them relevant, memorable, meaningful to employees?

Tags: goals, Company

Started by chris cabrera in Employee engagement Nov 4, 2010.

You never get a second chance to make a first impression..... 2 Replies

How can the "new kid on the block" make a positive first impression?  Continue

Tags: impressions, first

Started by Chris MacEachern in Employee engagement. Last reply by Chris MacEachern Oct 7, 2010.

Is it about the people, the projects, or both? 12 Replies

From your perspective, while wearing a pair of internal communication-colored sunglasses, what stories garner the the highest response rates from staff and why?   Continue

Tags: people, projects, staff, rate, communication

Started by Chris MacEachern in Internal communication. Last reply by Chris MacEachern Jun 9, 2010.

To retain or not to retain: that is the question.

As we slowly climb out of this recession, employee retention is a trend on the minds of the leadership at most companies. Do you put efforts in place to incent top talent to stay, or do you resign…Continue

Tags: attitude, incent, trends, retention, recession

Started by Tim McCleary in Trends May 25, 2010.

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The escalator effect: Is your organization suffering from it?

Did you know that the first escalator was installed in Coney Island, New York City, in 1896?  Today, they’re in airports, malls, subway stations, stadiums and office buildings. We ride them often and don’t give them a second thought. They’ve become commonplace. Despite the plain vanilla experience of being on one, there may be something [...]

You know they’re involved in your brand when they’re singing your tune!

  All aboard! The Amtrak train bound for Washington D.C. pulled into the station 20 minutes late Tuesday morning, as weary passengers, huddled under a rain-soaked overhang, tried to keep dry. Tired and frustrated, the human cargo – with luggage in tow, shuffled onto the train and found seats that hadn’t been visited by drips [...]

A delicious way to cultivate involvement

Have you ever bitten into a juicy, vine-ripened tomato or munched on a crisp carrot – picked or plucked directly from your home garden? It’s an incomparable experience. But, it’s one that not everybody gets to have, especially if you’re a city dweller. How, then, do you transcend the limitations of home gardening and stir people’s [...]

Exchange 2010: IABC Pacific Plains Region Conference (Palo Alto, CA)

Who: Tim will be keynoting with “What Do Baking a Cake and Employee Involvement Have in Common?” on Monday, October 18, 2010, from 3-4 p.m. What: Exchange 2010: IABC Pacific Plains Region Conference When: October 17-19, 2010 Where: Sheraton Palo Alto Hotel, Palo Alto, CA For the most up to date information about the conference, [...]

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Be Less Helpful

As a leader, one of your functions is to develop others – to be a mentor to those around you and help them grow their skills. However, mentoring can be frustrating. You want to offer complex tasks that challenge the mentee. But often you will be asked to just provide “the answer” to “How do I do…

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Posted by Pauline Graf on May 25, 2010 at 2:25pm

The Monday Missive - May 4, 2010

The Power of No

Once again, the Missive is a day late. We apologize. Like many of you, we’ve been squeezed between home and work. When one is clamoring for our attention, the other suffers. So, we triage. We…

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Posted by Pauline Graf on May 5, 2010 at 3:00pm

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