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Making Your Brief Work Harder for Your Communication Project

Communicators are often excellent at shaping narratives and delivering messages. However, when it comes to briefing their own teams on projects, campaigns, or programmes, clarity is often...

4 Stages of Project Management

Communicators often find themselves chasing short-term outputs dictated by leadership.  While these outputs may provide a sense of accomplishment, they do not always contribute to meaningful...

A Stakeholder relationship tool kit

Wishing for strong stakeholder relationships without investing time, effort, and meaningful actions is an unrealistic approach.  Positive and strong relationships require intentionality and...

A Guide to Measuring Stakeholder Relationships for Communicators

Building and strengthening stakeholder relationships is an essential task for communicators.  These relationships provide the foundation for trust, collaboration, and long-term success. However...

Actionable Steps for Building Strong Stakeholder Relationships

A strong relationship with a stakeholder can be vital to success. For communicators, the quality of relationships with stakeholders can make or break their ability to deliver meaningful outcomes...

3 common stakeholder challenges and how to deal with them

Stakeholder relationships are at the heart of any communication function, yet they often come with challenges that lead to tension and frustration. These challenges can make it difficult for...

The Power of Systems in Stakeholder Communication

Effective communication with stakeholders is a cornerstone of a successful communication function. While external communication often garners the most attention, (internal) stakeholder communication...

What happens when communicators become trusted advisors

Communicators are often regarded as the bridge between organisations and their stakeholders.  But is that enough?  To truly influence outcomes, communicators must aim to become trusted...

Converting intangible value into a stakeholder discussion

Engaging stakeholders effectively is one of the most frustrating challenges communicators face.  While discussions around tangible metrics such as revenue, market share, or engagement rates are...

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Measuring Outcomes

One of the most persistent challenges in communication is showing how programmes and campaigns influence audience behaviour. Whether the goal is brand trust, issue awareness, or product interest, many...

Moving from strategy to operational objectives and outputs

A common challenge faced by communicators is learning how to separate strategy from operations when planning and running programmes or campaigns. The terms are often used interchangeably, but they...

Presenting an outcomes-based project to stakeholders

The project is complete. The objectives were met, the milestones were achieved, and everything went according to plan. Now, it’s time to present the outcomes to stakeholders.  However, a...

Measuring outputs effectively

Outputs and outcomes are both essential components of a communication programme, but they serve different purposes.  Outputs refer to the tangible activities and deliverables produced, such as...

Using research and data to decide on approach and tactics

Research and data play a central role in shaping communication programmes and campaigns. They provide a foundation for understanding audiences, evaluating trends, and selecting the right approach to...

Connecting goals, objectives, outcomes and measurements

A well-structured programme or campaign requires clear alignment between goals, objectives, outcomes, and measurements.  Goals provide direction, objectives define the specific steps needed...

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