Corporate Communications in the 21st Century
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Transcript of Corporate Communications in the 21st Century
© 2009
Christopher Bishop
chief reinvention officer
Improvising careers
Corporate Communications In the 21st Century
Fairfield UniversitySeptember 29, 2014
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Socio-historical perspectiveNew models Role of social media
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The world is changing…rapidly
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…CRAZY?
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Automobile
Inte
rnet
Technology adoption continues to accelerate
0 25 50 100 125 15075Years
25
50
100TelephoneElectricity
Radio
Television
VCR
PC
Cellular% P
enet
ratio
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Metaverse
YEARS
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21st century communication has evolved from a tops-down, one way interaction…to a conversation
2004 2014
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Sources we trust have changed
Trusted sources of information according to US Consumers, 1997 and 2007Rated 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest)
Source: eMarketer Bridge Ratings and University of Massachusetts 2007
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Companies no longer control the message
Paid Owned Earned
Print, TV, radio, magazines, banners, in-store media
Brochures, Web sites, Facebook, retail stores, mobile apps
Word-of-mouth, Twitter, YouTube. Flickr, blogs, forums
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The people formerly known as *the audience* are participating
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Communication tactics has evolved to keep up
1. Email
2. PowerPoint presentations
3. Internet/Intranet articles
4. Announcement memos
5. Newsletters
6. Topic/program specific speeches
7. Collateral/flyers/leave-behinds
8. Press releases
9. Blogs
10. Wikis
11. Podcasts
12. Video
13. Enterprise social
14. Virtual world events
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Team exercise #1 – 10 minutes
1. HTML 5
2. Eps
3. Hootsuite
4. Server log
5. Click-throughs
6. Style Guide
7. Cascading Style Sheets
8. InDesign
9. B roll
10. Sentiment analysis
How many of these terms do you know?
• What is it?
• How is it used?
What are we trying to achieve?
ObjectivesObjectives Key Messages
Key Messages
Segment audience
Segment audience
Determine tactics
Determine tactics
Create calendarCreate
calendar
What are the key messages that we want to communicate?
Who are the audiences by role, org, Geo?
How do they want to receive information?
How frequently do we want to touch them?
Approach: define objectives, identify messages, determine audiences, select tactics and frequency
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Internal communications
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External communications
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Disruptive power of social media
Share expertise
Find expertise Self-promote Make
connections Collaborate Recommend Communicate
Social marketing: Twitter
Potential additional audience based on 1Q Twitter followers = >141,000
Social marketing: LinkedIn
Join our community
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P&G social recruiting
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Topic: What’s cool about the school? Work in teams 140 characters Include a URL using bit.ly – point to
relevant content Add a picture if you want!
Team exercise #2 – 10 minutes
Create a tweet!
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Prepare for success
Write well
Embrace technology, stay current
Be well-read: know what is going on in the world
Network
Use social tools
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@chrisbishop
www.christopherbishop.net
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