Michael DesRochers
7 internal communication trends shaping success in 2025
As 2024 comes to a close, it’s a good time to both pause and look back while preparing for the future.
Employee Communications
Sean Devlin
How Children’s Hospital Colorado tells the stories of its dedicated employees
Inside the hospital’s DifferenceMakers campaign, which earned a 2024 Ragan Employee Communications Award.
Ragan Insider Sean Devlin
How to craft business-savvy leadership comms
Knowing the ins and outs of the organization is a major asset to any communicator.
Ragan Insider Sean Devlin
How employee personas inform employee experience
Looking at the data before customizing your employee messaging builds trust.
Sean Devlin
How communicators encourage employees to take PTO
Time away from work is necessary — but how we talk about it is just as important.
Sean Devlin
When and when not to focus on company news during Election Week
There’s a method behind the madness.
Ragan Insider Sean Devlin
Reducing political tension with productive workplace dialogues
Timely strategies during election season.
Jess Zafarris
Bridging the deskless divide with personal connections
Andres “Dre” Muñiz of Eli Lilly explains why comms leads should get to know employees in person.
Ragan Insider Ragan Staff
Launching a ‘community of communicators’ with an ambassador program
How Southwire grew a vast network of content publishers to drive communications ownership at its on-site locations.
Ragan Insider Ragan Staff
Revamping your town halls for relevance, consistency and creativity
Each town hall is a high-stakes opportunity to bridge leaders to employees—or create disconnection.
Ragan Insider Ragan Staff
Taking a chapter-based approach to layoff comms, grounded in feedback
REI reimagined its change comms based on how employees wanted leaders to communicate.
Ragan Staff
Upskilling your employees with business fluency education
How Jackson’s business fluency and mentorship programs became a successful upskilling initiative.
Ragan Staff
The power of personalizing your internal messaging to reach specific employee segments
How Baptist Health’s Alejandro Zequeira segments internal audiences to make messages relevant and accessible to frontline hospital staff.
Sean Devlin
Getting your ducks in a row: A primer on handling layoffs
It always pays to be prepared.
Jess Zafarris
A tightrope in heels: Comms advice for politically contentious times
Mercedez-Benz’s Christina Frantom offers up her best tips for internal and external comms practices during hot election seasons.
