Ragan Insider Eleanor Pierce
A communication professional’s airing of grievances
The fictional holiday Festivus is soon approaching, which means it’s time to put up the pole and get it all out.
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Ragan Insider Matt Wilson
Facebook’s new search function won’t be a boon for communicators
For the first time, the social media giant gives users a tool that enables them to search posts going back for years, but it will only show them posts they’ve seen before.
Ragan Insider Matt Wilson
Facebook’s new search function won’t be a boon for communicators
For the first time, the social media giant gives users a tool that enables them to search posts going back for years, but it will only show them posts they’ve seen before.
Ragan Insider Russell Working
9 ways to manage—and cut back on—corporate email overload
Swamped? Professionals say email overload is a major problem. Here’s how to manage the flood, both in your inbox and across your organization.
Ragan Insider Russell Working
9 ways to manage—and cut back on—corporate email overload
Swamped? Professionals say email overload is a major problem. Here’s how to manage the flood, both in your inbox and across your organization.
Ragan Insider Russell Working
Survey: Internal social networks won’t replace email
Email remains a daily tool for communicators, despite the popularity of social media, a survey reveals. Specifically, email is the preferred way to deliver crucial information to employees.
Ragan Insider Beki Winchel
UNC chancellor: Accepting responsibility crucial to repairing scandal
A damning investigative report found that students were taking ‘non-classes’ at the university. As officials wait for disciplinary action, they’re speaking out.
Ragan Insider Russell Working
Doctor blogger proves the value of expert communicators
Seattle Children’s physician is a one-woman content machine, demonstrating that medical and other specialists can speak to the public at large.
Ragan Insider Russell Working
Most communicators will measure email within a year, survey says
A third of organizations don’t measure the internal emails they send, a PoliteMail/Ragan survey reveals. But most plan to change that, hoping for insights into how well they’re doing.
Ragan Insider Kristin Long
Infographic: Signs people still love email
Ninety-percent of people check their inboxes compulsively, and 46 percent spend more than an hour reading emails.
Ragan Insider Russell Working
Email’s the top internal channel. So why aren’t people measuring it?
A PoliteMail/Ragan survey shows that email outranks the intranet and supervisor meetings in its importance internally—but it isn’t the most measured.
Ragan Insider Russell Working
Malaysia Airlines disaster in Ukraine sparks international crisis
The airline scrambles as a second plane this year goes down. But this one reportedly was shot down amid the separatist conflict in the Eastern European country.
Ragan Insider Mark Roberts
What corporate communicators can learn from newsrooms
Good newsrooms measure everything, embrace new technology and discover the right tools, among other things. Corporate communicators should follow suit.
Ragan Insider Susan Young
3 reasons business communicators should use metaphors
They can help you capture attention, build emotional connections and simplify complicated issues. Here’s how.
Ragan Insider Russell Working
Internal communicators desire more meaningful metrics, survey says
Counting opens isn’t enough, respondents say in a Ragan/PoliteMail survey. But many find it hard to measure whether they’re making a difference—and most aren’t measuring at all.
