Today's post really doesn't have anything to do directly with digital signage solutions. Just more so a topic that I wanted to talk out loud about.
Prior to joining MediaTile, I had been working in internal communications for more than 10 years, doing the really fun projects that challenge your creativity but also having to push out benefits and blood drive information that literally suck all the creative juices out of you.
The term "employee communications" is sometimes used synonymously with "internal communications." Hell, I'm sure I do it. But I think that's a mistake. In my opinion, employee comms is just one part of internal comms.
There are other communication pieces that go into the internal communications practice. And I'm not talking about being the offical company event planner or benefits expert. Though that does often fall into our laps. There was a really fun read once about being the benefits expert on Ragan.com but I couldn't find it. If I do, I'll update the link. If you find, add it to the comments section.
But two other communication pieces come to mind: change management communications and management communications. (There are probably even other pieces but it's early.) Those two, along with employee comms, are ingredients into internal comms.
So I pledge, as part of this blog, to try to not intermingle those terms together when talking about installing your digital signs.
Prior to joining MediaTile, I had been working in internal communications for more than 10 years, doing the really fun projects that challenge your creativity but also having to push out benefits and blood drive information that literally suck all the creative juices out of you.
The term "employee communications" is sometimes used synonymously with "internal communications." Hell, I'm sure I do it. But I think that's a mistake. In my opinion, employee comms is just one part of internal comms.
There are other communication pieces that go into the internal communications practice. And I'm not talking about being the offical company event planner or benefits expert. Though that does often fall into our laps. There was a really fun read once about being the benefits expert on Ragan.com but I couldn't find it. If I do, I'll update the link. If you find, add it to the comments section.
But two other communication pieces come to mind: change management communications and management communications. (There are probably even other pieces but it's early.) Those two, along with employee comms, are ingredients into internal comms.
So I pledge, as part of this blog, to try to not intermingle those terms together when talking about installing your digital signs.
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