I’m delighted to welcome charity leadership and change specialist, Caroline Doran, as my first guest of 2020. It is a cliche but true that the only thing we can be certain of these days is change. Here, Caroline talks about how getting communication right at times of change can be hugely empowering for all concerned. … Read more
Yesterday I attended the public sector comms conference and came away with my head buzzing with ideas. It was a packed agenda, with speakers from a whole range of organisations, and sessions covering a variety of topics. A key theme was using effective communication to support behaviour change and here are some takeaways from the … Read more
I had a conversation with a client this week about how the large system project she is about to start will require considerable change communication – simply having a new system in place will not solve any of the problems the organisation is experiencing if no-one changes their behaviours. This discussion reminded me of this … Read more
Last summer a not-for-profit organisation approached me for help in identifying how to take their internal communication activity forward during a period of change. A campaigning organisation that had grown rapidly in a short space of time, they had never had time to review the way they were communicating with each other, but they knew … Read more