2024 Workplace Experience Trends & Insights Report from Appspace
Many employees are back in the office, at least part time, but employers haven’t yet solved today’s top collaboration challenges in this new hybrid work environment
Many employees are back in the office, at least part time, but employers haven’t yet solved today’s top collaboration challenges in this new hybrid work environment
Insights from the 2024 Ragan Communications Benchmark Report, an exclusive research project for Ragan’s Communications Leadership Council, paint a picture of communicators at the center of some of the most important conversations shaping the future of their organizations.
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Year after year, respondents to ContactMonkey’s global survey say that email is the most valuable tool in their internal comms arsenal.
As technology evolves, so do the threats, making it essential for organizations to adopt robust data security practices. Defining privacy means acknowledging that the data subjects — your employees and contacts — deserve more than compliance. It’s about creating an environment where they feel protected and secure.
A common fear when sending a large broadcast or important communication is that you have not noticed a mistake. It doesn’t matter if you are sending out an email to a few hundred or a few hundred thousand people, no one wants to send out something that isn’t perfect. Of course, human error can happen in any profession, and although a mistake can feel terrible at the time, there are steps to rectify it and make sure it doesn’t happen again on your next send.
With the introduction of tools enabling automated content generation, customer engagement, predictive analytics, crisis management and more, artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing the discipline of public relations.
With the ongoing increase in healthcare costs and the growing challenges in maintaining a healthy work-life balance work life, employers are placing greater emphasis on the wellbeing of their workforce. Investing in workplace health programs improves productivity, reduces absenteeism, attracts talent and nurtures a healthy company culture. Nevertheless, crafting effective programs that harmonize high-quality solutions with cost management presents a challenge.
Executives increasingly recognize the profound effects internal communications (IC) has on many key parts of business, such as enhancing employee engagement and sentiment, fostering alignment toward common objectives, fostering a sense of connectedness and belonging, and boosting talent retention. And direct executive involvement is one of the most effective strategies for IC success.
A great intranet is like a tree: planting the seed is just the first step. To truly flourish, it needs constant nurturing and care. For a tree, that’s water and fertilizer, but for an intranet, that’s content, creativity and new features.
Internal communicators play a vital role in informing and engaging employees on topics of vital business importance. But the communications function is often overlooked by leadership who might not realize just how critical these tasks are to sustain a healthy, thriving organization.
Ragan Communications partnered with research consultancy HarrisX in the fall of 2023 to understand how CEOs and communications leaders view each other’s roles and responsibilities, what they value most, and when they believe responses to public policy issues are necessary.