March 2010 Posts
The 2009 Inspire Awards for Internal and Employee Communications winners were just announced. According to their website, the competition drew one of the largest number of submissions ever. It’s encouraging to see so many companies make an effort to engage [...]
Before your company starts a Facebook fan page, there are two rules you should know: Rule #1: Don’t alienate your fans Rule #2: Don’t forget rule number #1 Nestle forgot the first two rules. It’s unfortunate because Nestle has something [...]
At Tribe, we’re interested in how different generations interact in the workforce. We’re currently conducting follow-up research on how the recession has affected the different generations, so look for that to be released soon. Additionally, we’re conducting research on Gen [...]
Now’s the time to help your employees get out of the recession rut. And the business can’t move forward if your employees aren’t. Is your company losing money because people are in a holding pattern? Corporate employees across the country are [...]
If a picture is worth a thousand words, imagine how powerful a video of your CEO passionately explaining the company mission can be for employees. As blogging becomes more popular, so does video blogging (also know as v-blogging or vlogging). In [...]
More and more companies are seeing the advantages of integrating all of their data and processes into a single, unified system. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are the method of choice, and the most popular provider is SAP. Unfortunately, ERP [...]
Finally getting your company’s social media plan off the ground can be very rewarding. You put in a lot of time and energy and are excited to see things really start to take off. It starts off slow at first, [...]
For companies both large and small, flexibility is the holy grail of employee benefits. The good news for employers stymied by the Recession, and not in the position to be giving out raises and bonuses, is that offering flexibility can [...]
I was recently reading Michael Winerip’s “Time, It Turns Out, Isn’t on Their Side” article in The New York Times. The article is a follow-up to an article Winerip wrote a year ago about out-of-work Baby Boomers looking for jobs [...]
2009 was a tough year. Record layoffs, dismal profits and pessimistic news coverage really do a number on employee morale. But 2010 shows a lot of promise, and it’s time to let employees know that you value their contributions. So [...]