Communications

This article, based on research funded by the Promotional Products Association International, looks at how using promotional products to support customer communications efforts can improve engagement.

This feature article from Engagement Strategies Magazine looks at how AstraZeneca's internal and external engagement efforts have helped to make it one of Fortune Magazine's "Most Admired Companies."

A pair of articles examines this critical building block of engagement from two different perspectives

According to this study, combining use of promotional products with other marketing media will improve overall results.

This article, based on research funded by the Promotional Products Association International, looks at how using promotional products to support customer communications efforts can improve engagement.

This feature article from Engagement Strategies Magazine looks at how AstraZeneca's internal and external engagement efforts have helped to make it one of Fortune Magazine's "Most Admired Companies."

Kicking off the new Enterprise Engagement Alliance Brand Engagement 360 Knowledge Management program with the Association of National Advertisers, this primer on Brand Engagement 360 is prepared for marketing and agency management ready to implement a strategic brand engagement process that includes its internal and other stakeholders--including employees, distribution and supply chain partners, communities, volunteers, donors etc. This article summarizes the two key phases of the process: 1) Strategic brand purpose definition and 2) Implementation. Neither require major investments in time and money and in fact are designed to save both over time while enhancing performance and stakeholder experiences through greater alignment and efficiency. These processes are based on over 40 years of academic research and processes time tested in the world of total quality management in factories around the world.

Clear, creative, continuous. That formula guarantees enthusiasm for any program. And the Internet makes it easier than ever to make communications count.

EGR International was one of the first firms to position itself as an enterprise engagement agency to help organizations align all stakeholders around a common vision. It was also one of the first in the incentive field to diversify beyond face-to-face events and incentive programs into other forms of communications through its in-house creative agency BlackLab Media.

This article provides an overview of research from the Forum for People Performance Management and Measurement looking at the importance of communication between human resources and marketing.

According to this study, combining use of promotional products with other marketing media will improve overall results.

This research article identifies several characteristics driving employee engagement, including employee satisfaction, and identifies organizational communication as a key driver of employee satisfaction.

This article defines integrated marketing and looks at the the importance of communication to program success.

A survey of 130 Conference Board chief human resources officers (CHROs) indicates a general state of optimism, despite talk of recession and the potential negative impact of AI.

An analysis of the corporate sustainability reporting of Johnson and Johnson, arguably one of the most stakeholder-focused multinational companies in the world, demonstrates that it will fall far short of the requirements it will have to meet to comply with the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive. This suggests that many other companies may be in the same boat.

The first independent educational organization to support the practical implementation of purpose leadership and stakeholder management principles is joining forces with the Appreciation at Work culture enhancement platform to provide any size or type of organization, advisory and consulting firm a complete tool kit for enhancing organizational performance and experiences through people.

This study from the Forum for People Performance Management and Measurement examines how companies can boost engagement via internal marketing.

This paper from the Integrated Marketing Communications Department at Northwestern University takes a closer look at the six characteristics of highly effective internal marketing programs.