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Staying on track – top tips for effective content planning

By | January 4th, 2021|Categories: General|

Effective content planning allows you to not only align closer with the rest of your organisation but gives you back precious time and helps you stay on track against your objectives. On Tuesday 1 December, I joined the 2nd European Internal Communications Conference – Digital Internal Communications, running my first virtual, interactive workshop on ‘effective content [...]

Communication as a business partner

By | August 10th, 2020|Categories: General|

Although we are still going through the pandemic the first months of it left us with lots of learnings and showed us how humans can quickly adapt to new challenging situations. Dealing with communication & repetitional crisis is something all communicators study and learn about. We all know the importance of being prepared, but this crisis [...]

Is your communication culture ready for the new normal?

By | August 4th, 2020|Categories: General|

COVID-19 has become the game-changer for communication culture and has quickly and dramatically changed our working world. It is now necessary to handle "The New Normal", adapt processes, and respond to the needs of employees and companies. We at COYO have reviewed the key findings of various studies and ventured a look into the future. In [...]

How social advocacy can enhance your internal communications strategy

By | July 31st, 2020|Categories: General|

You may have heard about social advocacy and how it can move mountains for your organization; but what is it exactly and how can it help you? Before launching an entire program for employee social advocacy, first take stock of your existing internal communications, examine how it can fit inside your global strategy, and determine what [...]

Internal Communications: the opportunity of growing together as one team

By | July 31st, 2020|Categories: General|

The COVID-19 pandemic has initiated a powerful conversation on the importance and value of internal communications in a company. This crisis forced many organizations to shift to remote-working models practically overnight and employees have had to adapt rapidly. From their homes, employees need and want to feel more connected to their employer through its purpose, strategy [...]

The Comprehensive Study for European Internal Communicators in 2020

By | May 29th, 2020|Categories: General, News, Studies & Whitepaper|

Digital transformation shapes internal communications in Europe like no other topic – this is reflected in the results of our study „Internal Communications Monitor 2020“. The study, commissioned by SCM (School for Communication and Management), Staffbase and Kammann Rossi, investigates the state of internal communications across Europe and provides an overview of relevant channels, content and formats. Using insights from more than 260 communications [...]

Launching a social intranet: Get to know the different user types

By | April 24th, 2020|Categories: General|

Currently, most companies worldwide find themselves in the situation where all or most of their employees have to work from home. This scenario is new to most of them – and thus requires new tools to approach it. After all, well-functioning digital collaboration and networking among employees is now more important than ever. Many employers have [...]

The top trends in internal communication for 2020

By | February 28th, 2020|Categories: General|

2020 will be another exciting year for internal communication, continuing along the path of digital transformation that’s already led to so much momentous change in the field. But as trends in internal communication are always evolving, which ones do you need to watch in order to prove yourself as an internal communications specialist in 2020? We’ve [...]

Insights: Employee communications in a multinational company

By | February 24th, 2020|Categories: General|

We talked to Eric Jaffe, Senior Manager of Employee and Executive Communications at Microsoft, about Microsoft's approach to employee communications, the demands upon the area of internal communications, social networks and evolving trends in the coming years.   Microsoft develops internal communication solutions for other companies. Is the customer feedback regarding the latter also useful for [...]

How to create a flexible workplace for the modern employee

By | January 13th, 2020|Categories: General|

With the rise of the digital workplace and today's focus on employee engagement, it's no surprise that flexible work options are becoming more popular. Take a few minutes to browse online job postings, and you'll see an increasing number of businesses offering flexible work arrangements such as telecommuting. Why are flexible work options becoming so popular? [...]