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Archive: 2009

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CW Bulletin 2009 Archive

• December 2009—Use Video to Connect and Communicate
• November 2009—Spokesperson Training
• October 2009—Measuring the Impact of Social Media
• September 2009—PR and Social Media
• August 2009—Effective Conflict Management
• July 2009—Combat Information Overload with Visuals
• June 2009—Reshaping Your Career
• May 2009—Next-Generation Leadership
• April 2009—Building Online Communities
• March 2009—Doing More with Less
• February 2009—A Crisis of Trust
• January 2009—Why Mentoring Matters

December 2009—Use Video to Connect and Communicate

• The Evolution of Corporate Video
• Do-It-Yourself Video Production
• Think Before You Fire Up that Flip Camera!
• To Liven Up Content, Try Video Webcasting

November 2009—Spokesperson Training

• Strategies for Training the Executive Spokesperson
• Teaching Spokespeople to Manage Risk
• What You Don’t Say: The power of nonverbal communication
• What Spokespeople Should Say and Do in a Crisis

October 2009—Measuring the Impact of Social Media

• Social Media ROI: Separating myth from methodology
• Measuring the Success of Your Blog
• Identifying Social Media Metrics
• Measuring Social Media’s Return on Engagement

September 2009—PR and Social Media

• Social Media and Public Relations: You can do this
• Next-Generation Press Releases
• Tweet Ethics: Trust and transparency in a Web 2.0 world
• Taking the Guesswork Out of Social Media
• HR Can Help Protect Online Reputation

August 2009—Effective Conflict Management

• 5 Ways to Constructively Resolve Conflicts
• How to Adopt a No-Blame Approach to Workplace Conflict
• Conflict in the Workplace: Costs, causes and cures
• Top 10 (Hidden) Sources of Workplace Conflict
• 5 Conflict Resolution Skills to Move Your Career Forward

July 2009—Combat Information Overload with Visuals

• Be Heard, Understood and Remembered in an Overloaded Environment
• 5 Ways to Introduce Visuals into Everyday Communications
• Using Visuals in Web Communication
• In the Picture: How visuals communicate key concepts and grab employees’ attention

June 2009—Reshaping Your Career

• Employment Market Outlook Points to Better Days Ahead
• Strategies for Today’s Career Decisions
• Staying Up in a Down Economy
• 7 Tips for Effective Networking
• 10 Tips for Résumés that Get Read

May 2009—Next-Generation Leadership

• Reminder: Update your web site with new World Headquarters address
• Membership hardship extensions
• IABC Research Foundation offers US$50,000 grant for research on communication dept. structure
• Lifetime Foundation Friend Award recipient announced
• Early registration deadline for 2009 World Conference extended to 29 May

April 2009—Building Online Communities

• Seven Questions to Ask Before Starting an Online Community
• Lessons from a New Kid on the Twitter Block
• Best Practices for Building Successful Online Communities
• Developing an Online Community
• Six Tips for Engaging a Youth Audience Through Social Media

March 2009—Doing More with Less

• Difficult Times: The best time for creativity and innovation
• Here’s Less, Do More: Cut costs without compromising creativity
• Effective PR Strategy on a Budget
• Marketing Musts During a Recession

February 2009—A Crisis of Trust

• Creating a High-Trust Organization
• Safeguard Your Organization from the Corporate Trust Crash
• Trust: The absence of fear

January 2009—Why Mentoring Matters

• Mentoring Strategies for Today’s Realities
• Building a Mentoring Culture
• The Benefits of Mentoring
• The Mentoring Match: Finding the perfect pairing