When considering platforms to socialize wellness at work, your internal social media channels and intranet may be underutilized topics at your organization and might only sometimes be top of mind.

In the wake of unprecedented upheaval, today’s leaders are looking for communicators who are strategic advisors — not order takers.

Ragan spoke with Lou Dubois from The Home Depot about the company’s employee-focused approach to making its first documentary about rebuilding communities after natural disasters.

This year’s event offered several takeaways about the economy and the state of work that can guide your comms strategies in the coming year.

When Chicago PR expert Kathleen Connelly stepped into the middle of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant disaster in 1979, she had a simple formula for crisis communications: “Tell it all, tell it accurately and tell it fast.”

In the absence of a crystal ball or tarot deck, here’s where we see internal comms skills fitting in across business functions in 2023.

It’s time to see how your organization’s overall compensation and benefits stack up in Ragan Communications’ 2023 Salary Survey.

Instead of getting exercised about these four age-old obstacles to effective internal communications, let’s do something about them in 2023.

We chatted with Nour Salmeen, senior marketing specialist at Ascension, as part of NextUp, a video series highlighting the brightest young minds in comms.

In my career, I imagine I have given over 1,000 public presentations. As a former fundraiser and current professional communications & DEI strategist, it is a part of my reality.

The holiday season is in full swing, and with it comes a month full of company gatherings, gift exchanges and parties. With all the social events going on this time of year, you might wonder how there’s time to get any work done!

Interested in deepening your understanding of the communications landscape — while getting crucial, proprietary research to inform your decisions and navigate what’s ahead in 2023? Answer by the Dec. 21 deadline!

Halfway through the PRSA ICON 2018 conference, I realized that I was choosing my tracks more for what the grassroots side of me needed than for my job as director of media relations at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. I knew instantly that the grassroots advocacy side was really where my heart lay.

Janet Stovall, senior client strategist at NeuroLeadership Institute, discusses performative communications ahead of Ragan’s DEI Certificate Course for Communicators.

Nearly three years after the onset of the COVID pandemic, much has changed about how employees engage with their employer and their work.

Ragan’s Communications Week 2022, held Nov. 1-7, was overflowing with takeaways to inform the communicator’s 2023 playbook. Peer-to-peer conversations were abundant during this important industry week, which included the Future of Communications Conference in NYC.

The communications function is at an inflection point, as an endless deluge of social and political issues along with increasing employee comms concerns have illuminated the value of communications to the C-suite.

When trying to highlight the best parts of your company, the best way to tell your organization’s story is to focus on the employees who live your culture every day. At Ragan’s Future of Communications Conference, we were lucky enough to hear from three comms pros on how they find the best employee stories within their companies.

Purpose communications can play a big role in this process by helping employees identify a sense of meaning and purpose in their work.

The 2022 Future of Communications Conference gathered hundreds of communications professionals at the Edison Ballroom in New York City, New York to refine and align their strategies around moving from order takers to strategic advisors whose judgment is material to the growth and success of their organizations. Attendees had the opportunity to brainstorm, reconnect with colleagues, make new friends and learn real-world tips and tactics from dozens of leading communicators.