7 ways to make stories shorter and stronger The post What You Don’t Say Can Hurt You appeared first on Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training.| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
7 ways to make stories shorter and stronger The post Story Too Long? Here’s How to Trim It appeared first on Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training.| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Turn off the phone? Write in longhand? Hide your notes? No single solution works for everyone, but here are 7 tips worth trying.| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Assess Find out what’s working – and what needs work. Recent Communications Audits Call it an assessment, an analysis or an audit. We help organizations measure the effectiveness of their communications. Our assessments help communicators: We build our assessments to fit our client’s goals, budget and timeline. Our Methodology DISCOVERY We’ll gather and review the...| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
7 steps on your post-assessment to-do list.| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
All too often, mid-level supervisors become a bottleneck of vital information, rather than a key conduit| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
The move to hybrid work exposes communicators’ biggest challenge: reaching the hard-to-reach| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Bolstering your internal communications is especially important now. Here are three ways to do it.| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Even in the age of fleeting attention and endless scrolling, some stories still need to be longer than a tweet| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Add ‘sentiment analysis’ to your measurement mix| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Mistakes are OK—beneficial, actually, as long as you learn from them. Just hope Chewbacca stays offline.| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Starling Lawrence, who died last month, leaves behind some tips that are useful to corporate communication managers The post How to Edit Blockbuster Stories appeared first on Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training.| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
3 ways to earn a bigger communications investment for next year| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Close the Communication Gap Managers are the in-betweeners. They’re supposed to deliver messages from leaders and return with questions, concerns and feedback. The path can be rocky ― in both directions. The famed “cascade” of communications is often a trickle. We help all levels of management listen, learn and lead, from the C-Suite to the...| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
In these times, the ability for leaders to effectively communicate with their teams is getting more complex. The number of available communications channels is rapidly increasing, teams are more physically dispersed, and the need for better connection among colleagues is greater than ever. Even with these challenges, effective leadership communications is critical to business success...| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Most engagement surveys and communications audits will uncover the fact that some managers are not actively communicating with their teams – and that’s hindering the hard work of employee communication experts. The key is to get managers actively communicating. That’s easy to say but takes planning to do well. In this guide you’ll learn the six steps...| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
In its handling of an independent investigation, the university confronted common, but crucial, crisis questions.| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
New CEO Linda Yaccarino’s interview at the Code Conference showed how not to do an interview.| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
5 tips to make both leaders and employees want to attend all-hands meetings| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Give your managers training and they won't drop your internal communications in times of change| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Rise in manager layoffs demands more from communicators.| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
CEO Bob Jordan’s memo wasn’t bad. It could have been better| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Evaluating Musk’s ‘Fork in the Road’ email to federal employees| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Needed more than ever, even a simple CEO message can get complicated in a pandemic| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Public Relations Society of America issues guidance on using artificial intelligence.| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Your organization is already using AI. Do you have guidelines to govern its use — and avoid disaster?| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Reporters don’t care how busy you are or how many hats you are juggling. Here are some tips for when and how to respond to crisis inquiries and keep your head on straight.| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
A new report on the October accident in San Francisco furnishes four lessons on crisis comms.| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
The New York Times opinion writer offers examples from a wide range of sources that demonstrate five basic writing techniques The post How to Write Stories Frank Bruni Would Love appeared first on Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training.| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Why artificial intelligence is a slippery slope for storytellers| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Changes in the news media require a shift away from public relations and toward a new way to reach your audiences.| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
To get started, answer this time-honored list of reporter's questions| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Don’t proclaim your great values to people. Show them in action| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Companies increasingly turn to brand journalism as news outlets continue to struggle with declining revenue| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
The art (and science) of finding what’s not there but should be| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Memos and slogans don’t change corporate culture at the telecom or anywhere else The post Somebody Should Tell John Stankey: Stop Talking About AT&T’s Culture appeared first on Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training.| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Consumers have dinged the retailer for its pullback on DEI. Their expectations are different for Target than other companies. The post Target Gets a New CEO as Opinions on Corporate Activism Shift appeared first on Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training.| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
If there was a Nobel Prize for editing, the author of “Beloved” and “The Bluest Eye,” would have won that too| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Clickbait that withholds facts or provokes emotions has different results on audiences| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
A more active role will turn your communications department into a news-breaker.| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
A sampling of great ideas from our Denver workshop.| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Planning stories, developing sources and managing approvals.| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
You don’t have to remake your newsroom overnight. Start with one story.| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Use our checklist to gear up for what promises to be a turbulent ’24.| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Talking about a story before a word is written saves time and creates better stories.| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
A new book highlights how the two activities are one in the same| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Let us help you find, tell and share yours.| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Ready to connect with one of our experts? Everything we do is tailor-made, so we believe everything should start with a conversation. To make that happen, fill out the form, schedule a meeting, email us, or even pick up the phone can call us–gasp! What we do Use a clear and attention-grabbing short paragraph to engage your audience and draw them...| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
We Build Better Communicators Assessments, Consulting and Training We Build Better Communicators Assessments, Consulting and Training Newsroom The latest news, views and insights from RCG. Why work with us? Our values. When’s the last time you did a communications audit? Ragan Consulting Group co-founder and managing partner Jim Ylisela has some thoughts about why you’re...| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Communicators, think twice before copying journalism’s latest trend| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Leave the press releases behind and engage your audiences with news, visuals and commentary| Ragan Consulting Group | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and T...
We have six tips to make the creative process a little more enjoyable| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
A special feature section filled with made-up content offers lessons for all companies on how not to become a symbol of technology gone awry| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Amid the outpouring of solutions to boost employee retention, one way is often forgotten| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
A new Pew Research study lends support for adopting brand journalism| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Brand journalists get out of the office to report, produce song parodies and give voice to their experts| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
6 tips on how to make communication team meetings turn out more compelling copy| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
Given the sociopolitical rollercoaster we’re all riding, bringing calm to and maintaining integrity within your workplace culture is challenging and important.| Ragan Consulting | Internal and Corporate Communications | Audits and Training
